The Costa del Sol is renowned for its incomparable outdoor lifestyle.
With residents and visitors alike able to enjoy just about every sport and leisure activity imaginable – not to mention almost year round al fresco socialising – the Coast offers a rare mix of healthy living and fun.
Until now, magazines produced for English-speaking expatriates and tourists have tended to focus on the “fun” side of life on Spain’s “Sun Coast”.
Now (January) sees the launch of Health Matters, perfectly timed after the festive season when we are traditionally resolved to removing the party paunch.
Ok, so you’re working your butt off. You’re sweating. You’re hustling. You’re getting that exercise “high.”
Heck, not only are you now enjoying your workouts, but you want to learn more about how to make them more effective.
That’s great!
It never ceases to amaze me how most people don’t give their bodies a second thought. They think they just go to the gym…walk on the treadmill…throw some weights around…go home and eat whatever…
Seriously, the human body is the most complicated piece of machinery on the planet. Do they really think there’s ZERO science behind exercise?
Do they really think they can just eat whatever is in their fridge after working their butts off?
I dunno, maybe it’s just me, but it drives me a little crazy when people look at fitness as nothing more than guesswork. Actually, it’s a little infuriating.
Take post-workout nutrition, for example. Does it make sense that there be an OPTIMAL way to fuel your body after all the demands you make of it during your training session? Of course it does!
Here’s a 13.49 min video on a variety of topics around exercise:
Chap 1: Detoxification
Chap 2: Body Fat
Chap 3: Belly Fat Problems
Chap 4: Exercise Machines
Chap 5: Which Exercise Machine?
Chap 6: Obesity in Children
Chap 7: Why Children are Obese
Chap 8: Organic foods and detoxification
Chap 9: Tips on losing weight in women
Chap 10: Weight loss in children
Chap 11: Ways to get children active
Chap 12: Weight Loss in Women
The #1 reason people don’t exercise is that they don’t have time.
At least that’s what they tell themselves!
I know we are all busy. Between getting to and from work, balancing responsibilities and having time for yourself, there’s little left over for workouts.
With the holiday season fast approaching your busy schedule is sure to get even busier. There will be parties, shopping, decorating, cooking and family gatherings. It’s no wonder that exercise quickly takes a backseat to holiday activities.
Yet … you don’t have to succumb to weight gain this holiday season.
You can escape the time crunch excuse in three easy steps:
Step One: Schedule Your Workouts
You’ve heard this before and it makes so much sense. If you treat your exercise time with the importance of a work meeting then you’d never skip a workout and you’d be in amazing shape.
While the scheduling concept is brilliant in its simplicity, you have to put it into practice to reap the benefits.
Pull out your calendar and a pen. Don’t laugh, I’m serious! Just do it. If you want to get into shape it starts with committing to a revised schedule with a set exercise time.
Identify three 45-minute time slots and mark them on your calendar. That is when you’ll exercise.
Remember this: if the thought that you should exercise this week is floating around in your head, but you haven’t anchored it down to a specific time and date, then it will quickly disappear.
Here’s a quick checklist for you on popular strength training terms that us Personal Trainers often take for granted.
Exercise: The actual strength training lift or movement being performed. For example, the Bicep Curl.
Repetitions or Reps: One FULL movement of the exercise from start to mid-point and back to start again. For example, in the Biceps Curl, the raising of the weight from the start position of arms down to the midpoint position of arms up (curled), and back to the start position of arms down is one repetition, or “rep.” Most often an exercise set includes several repetitions, usually between 8 and 15, depending on one’s experience level, goals and interests.
Set: This refers to a complete number of reps. For example, 10 consecutive bicep curls would complete one set. Usually one to four sets make up each exercise.
Here’s an ingenious way to exercise at home from Fit Dad – Ed Scow.
Ed is always playing with unique ways to work his body.
Carpet sliders are currently his new favorite because they really hit the abs!
You can do many exercises with them, and whether it’s because of the balance involved or just because of the way you have to do the exercise (or both), rest assured they hit the abs and they hit ‘em hard.
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This creates more tension so it’s equivalent to higher weights.
However, as you go to failure, you can bring the weight closer by bending your arms, reducing the tension.
Keep doing this until the weight is over your [...]
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