THE BENEFITS OF RESISTANCE TRAINING
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

Resistance training is any training that uses a force, for example a weight, to resist the force of a muscular contraction. Often, resistance training is simply called weight training or strength training.

According to the American… read more

PERIODISATION FOR MAXIMUM MUSCLE GROWTH
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

Have you been training hard for years and eating all the right foods, only to find that you just can’t put on muscle like you used to? If so, it sounds like you’ve hit a… read more

LOW G.I. DIET
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet | No Comments »

If you’ve tried fad diets in the past only to discover they are impossible to stick to and leave you feeling hungry and irritable, then it’s time to start eating sensibly; enter the ‘Low GI… read more

REST-PAUSE TRAINING FOR INCREASED STRENGTH
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

It is widely accepted that training with heavy weights for a low number of repetitions per set (1-6 reps) will promote increases in strength, whilst lifting lighter weights for a higher number of reps (15+)… read more

BURN MORE FAT WITH INTERVAL TRAINING
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

Interval training is highly popular as a very effective way of burning fat. At the same time, it is also a first-rate method of improving cardio-vascular fitness.

Interval training involves alternating high intensity bursts of activity… read more

SCULPTING SIX-PACK ABS
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Strength Training | No Comments »

When we think of abs, we normally mean the rectus abdominus muscle that forms the six pack of the stomach area. However, to get the perfect mid-section you also need to work your obliques and… read more

VITAMIN D FOR SKIN
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is recommending that people with light skin take 1,000 IU of vitamin D per day in the fall and winter, and people with darker skin and those who do not… read more

VITAMIN E PROTECTS THE HEART
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

Higher doses of vitamin E protected against heart disease in those with high cholesterol; type 2 diabetics who took vitamin E had fewer heart attacks and strokes, and vitamin E reduced DNA damage in adults… read more

PROGRESS ON LIVER CANCER
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

A compound from milk thistle kept liver-cancer cells from spreading and reduced their numbers in a new laboratory study. Researchers from the University of California at Irvine tested various doses of silibinin—a compound from milk… read more

LESS PAIN, MORE ENERGY
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

D-ribose improved symptoms of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia; glucosamine, chondroitin, and vitamin D helped rebuild bone in osteoporosis, and rosehips decreased pain and cut pain medication in osteoporosis, three new studies reveal.

In a chronic fatigue… read more

LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE & CHOLESTEROL
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Nutrition & Diet | No Comments »

Quercetin—an antioxidant in apples, berries, and onions—lowered blood pressure in those with high blood pressure, and citrus flavonoids and vitamin E reduced cholesterol in those with high cholesterol, in two new studies.

In a blood pressure… read more

FITNESS MOTIVATIONAL TIPS: HOW TO TAKE CONTROL OVER YOUR LIFE
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness, Mental Health & Fitness | No Comments »

All about control but different meanings!

To take control requires knowledge and self-discipline.
To have control requires commitment and a… read more

HOW CAN ONE PREVENT OVERTRAINING?
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

by Vince DelMonte

We’ve all over-trained at least once in our lives, and we’ve paid for it. Overtraining is a serious problem amongst bodybuilders. Very often a new bodybuilder who thinks “more is better” is a… read more

CARDIO STUDY
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

ATHLETIC ENHANCEMENT THROUGH CARDIO 

SUBJECT:
Optimal approach for fat loss: interval training vs. steady-state cardio

RESULTS:
The question is as old as the hills — What’s better for fat loss: lower-intensity, longer-duration (steady-state) cardio or higher-intensity, shorter-duration read more

FEWER INFECTIONS
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

Healthy mature adults who took zinc had fewer infections than those who took a placebo in a new study. Researchers recruited 50 healthy men and women of all ethnic backgrounds from a senior center, aged… read more

STRONGER BODIES
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

Those with higher levels of vitamin D had better physical performance and muscle strength than those with lower levels, according to results from a new study. Researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem… read more

LOSING WEIGHT, PROTECTING BONE
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

Calcium and vitamin D maintained and strengthened bones in women in two new studies. Researchers from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, recruited 44 overweight premenopausal women, average age 38, to take calcium while dieting… read more

BETTER BLOOD SUGAR
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

Diabetics who took the B-vitamin biotin and the essential trace mineral chromium picolinate had better blood sugar control and reduced blood fats, according to a new study.

Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven… read more

HEALTHY JOINTS
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

Chondroitin, glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), and S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAMe) reduced pain and other symptoms of degenerative joint disease (osteoarthritis, or OA) in several new studies.

In an analysis of placebo-controlled studies published or performed between 1980 and 2002… read more

LONGER LIVES, BETTER MINDS
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in General Health & Fitness | No Comments »

People with adequate levels of the essential trace mineral selenium live longer, healthier lives, and have better mental function compared to those with lower levels, according to three new findings from the Study of Aging… read more