Archive for the ‘Exercise’ Category

How to prepare for a yoga session

Friday, May 13th, 2011

Yoga is a physical, mental discipline by many utilities. For example, it helps to relax and definitely gives you a better sense of self and the world around us.

prepare Yoga

To practice yoga, the best would be appropriate to take classes but in scarcity of these also follow some explanatory dvd. But what is often overlooked by such media is adequate preparation for the several years of this discipline. This instruction will help you really understand how to prepare in the best way.

Instructions
Before you experiment with different yoga positions you need to follow some basic rules that will promote relaxation and help you in the best performance of the positions themselves. First, before it begins you wait for at least three hours after eating. It is also essential that you be released or that the bladder and bowel are empty. (more…)

Self-Help Exercises

Saturday, April 16th, 2011

Every day we face stress in our lives. “Who was not feeling nervous, anxious or exceeded at any time”?. If we use simple self-help exercises will overcome the situations involved and retrieve the necessary balance.

self exercise

Throughout the day we all feel lows, ie, we feel that we lost our way or we can not overcome certain situations. It is then that we must grow in adversity and make our self-esteem is significantly reinforced. Self-help exercises based in breathing or say out loud what they think about things, helps to remove a weight that often we impose on ourselves.

Think about it. We often forget to remember what we really want. Sometimes the needs of our partner, family and our friends got faulty. When you see that this happens, stop and think what you want. Be a little selfish with yourself and dedicate yourself some time. (more…)

Feed your Memory

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

Feeding conditions virtually all of our body, and memory is no exception. A good diet can help improve and enhance our memory. You only need to include in our daily diet nutrients that support growth and reduce those who harm them. At any age is good to feed the mind, but you have particular impact on smaller and older than the house.

The physical and mental exercise, and eating a healthy and peaceful life remains in our memory functioning, but it must be supplemented with a balanced diet. Therefore we propose a list of foods to decrease, and one which should appear in your diet if you want to keep your memory healthy.

Foods to decrease:

  • Whole milk
  • Caffeine
  • Nicotine
  • Sugar
  • Foods rich in fat and cholesterol
  • Butter
  • Alcohol

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Aquaspinning, Actively Refresh

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Aquaspinning

The aquaspinning is the latest addition to the gyms in the area of fitness. This indoor cycling class in the pool. The fixing bicibletas both the edge and at the bottom of the pool. The spinning classes are similar to normal but it works twice. Normally the class lasts 30 minutes and is the perfect activity to combat the high summer tempature.

To practice aquaspinning only need a swimsuit, a coulotte and especially hydrated before, during and after exercise, so keep on hand a bottle of water or sports drink. You must combine this practice with toning exercises and stretching to avoid injury. In aquaspinning water should cover you until your chest to the arms also work with the weight of water. (more…)

Aerobic exercise to burn body fat

Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

aerobic exercise

In fact, the sport provides great benefits to the health of overweight people and therefore we intend to do aerobic exercise to burn body fat. Practice a little exercise on a regular basis throughout the week, is a necessary task and good for our body. Furthermore, with an hour of aerobic exercise of moderate intensity burn wounds around 300 calories and if intense enough, maintaining a high level of metabolism for several hours after the activity.

But be careful with aerobic exercise is practiced, since this type of aerobic activity does not develop muscle fiber. In addition, the combination of excessive exercise with a low calorie diet can result in loss of muscle tissue, so that eventually, the person who is on a diet can end up thinner but also more flaccid. (more…)

Hormones define the female figure

Sunday, October 17th, 2010

Female body shape can be explained on the theory of hormonal biotypes, which according to the function of certain glands provides the context and metabolism. In every woman predominant type of hormone that influences the lines of her body and how it reacts to fat.

female figure solution

Hormones determine how much food energy is converted into body fat. So to be fit, you must follow a proper diet and exercise to the gland that sends to your body.

Let us quickly review each of the biotypes established to help determine which of them belong to and so put you to work with the suggestions as appropriate. (more…)

Exercise after a heart attack

Friday, October 15th, 2010

A study by the Center Rehabilitation Heart of Clinic Valmont-Genolier in Glion (Switzerland) has concluded that physical exercise in a planned way can improve the flow of blood after a heart attack.

aerobics exercise

This study found that any kind of exercise was very useful to correct vascular dysfunction in patients who had suffered a heart attack, no difference was found between resistance training, aerobics or in combination.

But the improvement in blood flow observed in the 209 survivors who participated in the study, was lost after four weeks of the cessation of exercise. This shows that such patients should be kept in a program constant training to maintain vascular benefits. (more…)

Repetitive strain injuries

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Repetitive Stress Injuries (RSIs) or repetitive strain injuries occur when there is excess pressure being exerted on a particular area of the body, because of which it produces an inflammation causing pain.

Repetitive strain injuries

It can also cause injury to muscles or tissue damage, but the reality is they are always produced when performing repetitive movements in an area of the body.

In fact, it is fairly common injury-related physical exertion. Can happen to people who use long computer keyboard and although adults are more common in adolescents can have this type of problem to use the computer for too long, playing musical instruments or playing video games. (more…)

How to correct scoliosis

Monday, October 4th, 2010

The composition of our spine is an overlay of 24 separate bones that are distributed depending on the area they occupy. So there are seven cervical, twelve thoracic, five lumbar vertebrae, plus the sacrum and coccyx. These bones are connected to each other by way of training called fibrocartilaginous.

correct scoliosis

By observing the profile column shows a cervical and a lumbar curve and if we see behind a regular column is presented as a straight line. On the other hand, spine consists of various functional units bony overlap and remain balanced on the sacral base that by nature is well suited to a double action, movement and supportive. (more…)

6 tips quick for exercise in the office

Monday, September 27th, 2010

Most office jobs require us to sit at the computer for many hours a week, it seems impossible to work out in such conditions. Remember that physical activity is one of the best ways to reduce stress and stay healthy, so adding some active breaks a routine sedentary may cause a big difference in your physical, mental and even increase productivity.

Office Exercise

Let’s see how a little creativity but some minutes a day we intangible exercise in the office:

Start the day with exercise cardiovascular, walking quickly or bike to work, if you go by subway or bus, stay one or two seasons prior to walking. You will wake up 10 minutes before but the effort is worthwhile. (more…)