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Announcing Interval Training for Fat Loss Forget long steady state aerobic training if you want to lose fat. Why? 1. Its boring! Who really wants to spend half an hour or more running, cycling, rowing, etc. 2. Your body will adapt to it! As you get fitter, it becomes harder to burn the same amount of calories as when you started exercising because your body adapts and becomes more efficient. So what do you do to burn the same amount of calories as you used to? Well if you continue with aerobic training the answer is either go for longer or do the same time quicker neither of which are particularly enjoyable. 3. The fat burning zone or heart rate training doesn't work. Yes, you burn a higher percentage of fat at a submaximal intensity but the overall calories burnt are less than a higher intensity workout . (See the post below for more on Fat burning zone and heart rate training for fat) 4. Sprinters have less fat than marathon runners 5. Yes, you burn calories whilst doing aerobic ...

You may be wondering, "How can I possibly do resistance training with my dog?" Well, here are a few exercises you can do with the aid of your faithful furry companion. Leg raises - if you have a male dog, he's probably already shown you how to do this one. Abdominal crunches with a paw on your forehead - laying down on the floor and grunting in pain can cause your dog to do it's own investigation to find out if you're all right. The scratch marks across your forehead are simply a byproduct of that concern. Deadlifts - if your dog has any inkling that you're taking him to the vet or someplace else he doesn't want to go and you've had to scrape him up off the floor to get him in the car, you've just done a deadlift . Pull-ups - this involves pulling up furniture, rugs, carpets, clothes, etc. to pick up all the fur that gets into the strangest of places. Pushdowns - one for the overly-enthusiastic dinnertime beggar. Lunges - when you're try...

Before fitness training, one must give importance to doing warm-up or stretching exercises to prevent accidents or to enhance the output during the training.  There are also a number of precautionary measures and tips to serve as guidelines when doing fitness exercises.  Here are some of them. 1.  To increase your flexibility and to avoid injuries, stretch before and after workout .  Almost everyone knows that stretching before workout prevents injuries during the exercises, but only few people know that stretching after workout, when muscles are still warm, can increase flexibility. 2.  Hold your stretching position for more than 60 seconds to increase flexibility.  While holding your position for 20 seconds is enough for warm ups, holding each position for at least 60 seconds will develop the body's flexibility. 3.  Do not go into a stretching position then immediately return to the relaxed position, and do it repeatedly.  This is more appropri...

The woman golfer has a myriad of questions on how to develop the correct golf swing as does most any amateur. The questions from woman golfers center on a myriad of topics such as; how to hit the golf ball farther, how to develop a more repeatable golf swing, how do I hit half shots with my wedges, what are good putting drills? The list can go on and on in relation to the woman golfer and how to improve their golf swing. An area that is now presenting more and more questions from the woman golfer centers upon golf fitness. Questions such as; what are good golf flexibility exercises, and how can golf fitness exercises help me drive the golf farther? These and many more questions are arising in relation to golf fitness and the woman golfer. It is well known on the LPGA tour the number of players utilizing golf fitness programs to improve their golf game. Annika Sorrenstam has publicly stated the benefits she has received in her golf game from golf fitness training. One area that always a...

In the U.S., turmeric is best known as a zest. It's one of the fundamental segments of curry powder. In India and different parts of Asia, turmeric is utilized to treat numerous wellbeing conditions. It is accepted to have mitigating, cancer prevention agent, and maybe significantly anticancer properties. Turmeric, the primary flavor in curry, is seemingly the most capable herb on the planet at battling and possibly switching illness. It has such a variety of recuperating properties that presently there have been 6,235 associate evaluated articles distributed demonstrating the advantages of turmeric and one of its eminent mending mixes curcumin. This puts turmeric on top of the rundown as a standout amongst the most as often as possible specified therapeutic herbs in all of science and the following most famous contemplated herbs incorporate garlic, cinnamon, ginseng, ginger and drain thorn. Of the 6000+ reviews referencing curcumin, the most fascinating finding is that when turmer...

The health benefits of turmeric... What if I told you there was a nutrient that had a myriad of health benefits, could help with a range of some of the most debilitating health conditions in the Western world, was cheap, and, lastly, was very very tasty. Sounds too good to be true, I know,  but that's exactly what turmeric offers. Turmeric is a yellow spice that is used a great deal in Indian cuisine. Its history of use in India and China spans hundreds of years and these cultures have been received its many health benefits without even realizing just powerful it was. In recent decades researchers discovered just how wonderful this culinary spice really is. They learned that turmeric contains an active ingredient called curcumin that harbors both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Antioxidants, as we all now, play an important role in helping prevent free radicals from damaging our body's cells. In addition, free radical damage often results in inflammation. Our bod...