Friday, October 21, 2011

Types of exercise:

Hello my friends... Today I going to write to you all about types of exercise.
Physical exercises are generally grouped into three types, depending on the overall effect they have on the human body:

Flexibility exercises, flexibility or limberness refers to the absolute range of movement in a joint or series of joints, and length in muscles that cross the joints. Overall flexibility should be developed with specific joint range of motion needs in mind as the individual joints vary from one to another. Loss of flexibility can be a predisposing factor for physical issues such as pain syndromes or balance disorders.


Aerobic exercises,  is physical exercise of relatively low intensity that depends primarily on the aerobic energy-generating process. Aerobic literally means "living in air", and refers to the use of oxygen to adequately meet energy demands during exercise via aerobic metabolism. Such as cycling, swimming, walking, skipping rope, rowing, running, hikikng or playing tennis, focus on increasing cardiovascular endurance. 


Anaerobic exercises, such as weight training, functional training, eccentric training or sprinting, increase short-term muscle strength. Anaerobic exercise is exercise intense enough to trigger anaerobic metabolism. It is used by athletes in non-endurance sports to promote strength, speed and power and by body builders to build muscle mass.

Friday, October 7, 2011

Healthy Eating with Homemade Meals

A healthy lifestyle always begins with what you eat, in other words your nutrition and your diet. The best and healthy way to eating is by preparing and cooking your own meals at home rather than eating out at restaurants or buying processed or pre-made foods from your grocery store.
Cheap processed foods, prepared foods and frozen foods with claims to being low in sodium and healthy for you are in fact not the healthiest alternative. What most people fail to realize is that they still contain too much sodium and they will actually making you fatter. Often times they may not contain the most desirable ingredients.



Here are the steps I recommend that you take to preparing healthy homemade meals:
  1. Before you go shopping, have an idea for the week of all the meals or potential meals that you intend to have. You may want to check your flyers for best prices on what you plan to buy.
  2. Purchase the food required for the meals that you are going to make for the week or buy in bulk to save money.
  3. Cook your meals for 2 or 3 days at a time. Foods like chicken, brown rice, vegetables can be cooked in advance, stored in your refrigerator in glass containers and reheated, yet still taste great!
  4. Store the food in your refrigerator that you will be eating over the next two days.
  5. Salads can be made daily and take very little time to prepare. Fish also takes very little time to prepare and cook.
Bye bye!!

Monday, October 3, 2011

Exercise controls weight....

Exercise can help prevent excess weight gain or help maintain weight loss. When you engage in physical activity, you burn calories. The more intense the activity, the more calories you burn. You don't need to set aside large chunks of time for exercise to reap weight-loss benefits. If you can't do an actual workout, get more active throughout the day in simple ways — by taking the stairs instead of the elevator or revving up your household chores.