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Too much screen time? Unhealthy behavior may be cross-generational
Children whose parents spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer or other screen are more likely than other children to have excessive screen-time habits, as well as associated risks for heart and blood vessel disease, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2014. “Screen time of […]
Countdown To Summer Fitness Challenge! How To Get Fit And Lose Weight In 6 Weeks.
How about those fabulous bike rides in the park! What about grilling barbeque on the deck? Are you down for a little surfing and tanning on the beach? Summer will be upon us in less than six weeks. Not only do we want to enjoy the warm months that are rapidly approaching, we want to […]
The Ideal Recipe For A Longer And Healthy Life
Health News of Thursday, 27 November 2014 Source: Kwasi, Emmanuel Regenerative Health And Nutrition: The Ideal Recipe For A Longer And Healthy Life In This Our New Generation To regenerate means reestablish on a new, usually improved on basis or to revamp. Regenerative health and nutrition is further elucidated as the attainment of optimal physical […]
How do teenage boys perceive their weight?
Almost one third of male adolescents inaccurately perceive their weight. This can influence their eating habits and, consequently, their health, according to a study led by the UAB and conducted with 600 teenage boys from Barcelona and surrounding areas. Up to 25% of the boys reported trying to lose or control their weight in the […]
No Excuses Exercises
It’s old news that exercising is the single best way to spark up your weight loss efforts. The activity perks up your metabolism, and eats up more calories. In addition, the more you exercise, the better the effect. Exercising builds muscle mass, which is denser and more compact than fat. That means your body has […]
How to Determine What to Charge for Your Services
Congratulations! You’ve studied hard, passed the exam to become an ACE Certified Personal Trainer and are now ready to start helping others change their lives through fitness. After figuring out how to get new clients, the next question you need to answer is how much to charge for your services. This is […]
6 Habits That Will Help You Get Fit And Lose Weight
Holistic health guru Mickey Mehta shares 6 easy-to-do fitness tips. Follow these and stay healthy 🙂 Constant travel for work coupled with never ending long and tiring commutes to the office, work pressure, unhealthy diets high in saturated fats, sugar, food with high sodium content and a sedentary lifestyle, all combined together pose serious health […]
Fitness For Life
Fitness has become lately one of the most popular methods of physical training, having now all the rights to claim the status of mass sport. The word comes from English and it crossed over all linguistic barriers, being translated as ‘physical shape’, ‘physical state’, ‘general physical training’, ‘health state’, etc. Deriving from women body building, […]
Energy drinks cause insomnia, nervousness in athletes
A study analyzing the positive and negative effects of energy drinks on athletes has seen that, although in principle their sports performance was seen to improve by between 3% and 7%, there was also an increase in the frequency of insomnia, nervousness and the level of stimulation in the hours following competition. The consumption of […]
Fitness – Anaerobic Training
Anaerobic fitness is the force component of fitness in general, which also contains at least two other essential components: aerobic fitness (the part of cardio-vascular resistance) and joint mobility. Speed and skill are native qualities and they are not very relevant for the health state which is the main concern in mass fitness, the […]