Fitness Friday

WebFit Tip September 28, 2007

After work, plan a transitional activity to unwind before dinner - people tend to over-eat when keyed up. Exercise is a great choice that also can improve your mood.

What Is Royal Jelly?

What’s all the buzz about royal jelly and is this popular supplement right for you?

Royal jelly, also known as gelee, is a thick gelatinous milky white substance secreted from glands near the head of nurse worker bees and fed to the hive’s queen from her larval stages and up into adulthood. Its sole purpose it to stimulate her growth and development. It seems that the royal jelly acts on the juvenile hormones in the developing queen’s body and this allows her to mature while the drones, which aren’t given royal jelly, remain in a state of physical immaturity. A hive queen can live up to seven years, but without her special diet of royal jelly the queen would have had the same short life cycle of any other worker bee – seven to eight weeks.

Build Strong Ripped Abs With Core Fitness Training

Core stability training works the muscles of the trunk, including the abs and back, as well as the hip musculature.  Your core is the origin of movement and must be stable and strong to protect your spine and internal structures from injury while also giving you the ability to enhance performance. You can improve posture, balance, and create a
solid foundation for increased strength and power.

Use a draw-in technique when performing these exercises. This
means to draw in your navel toward you spine and hold tight,
while maintaining a rhythmic breathing pattern. Use these
exercises to supplement to your program. They are most
effective in helping you reach your fitness and weight loss
goals when combined with a complete body weight training and
cardiovascular program and a healthy diet.

WebFit Tip September 21, 2007

Professional athletes are illusionists. What may look like raw power is often practiced restraint. The lesson - pace, not force, is what can make the difference. For example, when running think quick, not fast. Shorter strides are more efficient.

Aerobic Fitness: Keeping Yourself in Top Fitness Condition

So what does “fitness” mean and what does  “aerobic” stand for after
all? Under the word fitness we should understand the state of wellbeing of a person. Your physical fitness is formed by a set of many different body capabilities like endurance, strength, flexibility, and coordination. Fitness is not only the physical health, but also mental health of a person along with self awareness and emotional satisfaction. So now we see that in
general fitness is a state when mind, body and soul are in touch one with each other and what is more - souls do fit the bodies and live in harmony.

Weight Loss Success - A Nutritionist's 10 Best Tips

You've heard it before, possibly more times than you care to remember. To lose weight simply eat less and exercise more. The problem is there could be nothing further from the truth. The concept is true--eat less and exercise more--but there is nothing simple about weight loss! Don't let anyone try to convince you otherwise.

I could spend hours, no maybe days or weeks explaining why it
is difficult. However, I imagine that isn't necessary because you already know just how hard it can be. What's worse is that losing the weight is only half the battle. Keeping the weight off can be even more difficult!

WebFit Tip September 14, 2007

Weight training will help you maintain a total lean body mass; more muscle equals a higher resting metabolic rate.

One more thought - If spot reducing worked (meaning you will see results just by working on one body part) all typists would have skinny fingers.

What Are Antioxidants and How Do They Help You?

Antioxidants are natural chemicals found in the body. Free radicals are the results of processes in cells that can damage cell walls, structure and genetic material. Antioxidants help prevent this from occurring. They occur naturally in the body and can also be added with diet and supplements.

Supplements such as vitamins A, C and E and selenium all contain antioxidants. Supplements are widely available at health food stores, grocery stores and pharmacies. They come in forms such as tablets, capsules and soft gels and are taken orally. It is recommended to seek out a multi antioxidant pack as opposed to a single one. It is also recommended that supplements be taken to enhance the natural diet, not replace it. Patients suffering from illness and under treatment of prescribed medication should consult a physician before adding antioxidant supplements to their diet. A physician will be able to help recommend required doses for supplements and suggest dietary changes that will best compliment treatments already in progress. Antioxidant supplements for otherwise healthy individuals are generally free from side effects and safe to use.

The 8 Inhibitors To A Slimmer Waist

As trainers, we have all quickly realized that our clients can't exercise enough to compensate for their poor eating habits.  Although
this struggle with weight has persisted over a long period of
time, our clients still have the expectation of a fast solution.  It is
important to remember and remind your clients that it is in the basics where metabolic healing begins. However, even equipped with these basics, some clients will still face weight loss challenges. Understanding such existing barriers can help you, the professional, lead and encourage a discouraged client on the path to real and sustained weight loss.

WebFit Tip September 7, 2007

Try Something New! Mix it up. Our bodies adapt to our exercise programs quickly, often resulting in training plateaus. In addition, the same exercise could be placing excessive stress on your muscles and joints.