By: Dean Forster
Pilates For Weight Loss
Before you begin reading this article, please bear in mind that
the creator of Pilates methods did not originally intend for
Pilates to be something just used to lose weight. Its intention
is to build core strength and muscle tone. You will also be able
to keep in good shape performing Pilates exercises providing you
are also following a sound diet regime.
Joseph Pilates introduced the methods to America in the 1920's
and it has now become hugely popular around the world. Pilates
is a low intensity way to work out. This is confusing to some
people as they don't quite 'get it' how you can have such a
program that also allows you to lose weight. As long as you are
moving and working your body, you don't need to use heavy
resistance or overly strenuous apparatus in order to lose
weight. Maintaing a good Pilates exercise regime and a healthy
diet will ensure you lose the extra pounds. It's also nice to
know that going to exercise won't be something you dread as much
as having your teeth pulled at your local dentists.
Going to the gym and enjoy it by taking a Pilates class. You
will learn how to properly stretch your muscles and get rid of
that excess flab. After a while you will start to notice changes
in your physical appearance as well.
There are a multitude of reasons why devotees use Pilates for
the purpose of achieving weight loss. You won't just lose the
weight though, you'll also feel healthier as well. Visit
http://www.pilatesworkoutzone.com for more on Pilates exercise.
Your balance and posture will improve. You will even notice that
you may have sharper mental acuity.
Famous celebrities have latched on to the Pilates methods to
tone and get rid of the excess fat. However, for best results
you should really practice it daily or almost daily.
Having a good diet will also give you the energy you will need
to maintain this kind of regular routine.
If you want to train from home, get hold of some Pilates
exercise equipment and some instructional dvd's for the
exercises. Keep an eye on that diet and you will soon be at the
weight you wish to achieve.
About the author:
Dean Forster is the owner and editor of
http://www.pilatesworkoutzone.com a website dedicated to
information and tips on Pilates exercise and fitness. Pilates Exercise
Monday, April 09, 2007
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Weight Loss the Natural Way
By: Lambert Klein
If you want natural weight loss and improve your health, then
consider a raw food diet as an option. There are many benefits
including a stronger immune system.
Many believe that a raw vegan diet is the natural diet for
humans. It seems like people on raw food diets can eat almost as
much as they want and still maintain a healthy weight.
Cavemen didn't eat cooked foods until after they learned how to
use fire. Then they slowly started to incorperate it into their
diets. Once they begin using fire they slowly incorporated
cooked foods into their diet.
This appears to make sense. Raw foods contain all the natural
enzymes that assist you to completely digest your food without
putting excessive strain on your body. Cooked foods have most if
not all of the enzymes destroyed. You have to try your best to
cut back on processed food. Stay with the healthier fresh fruits
and vegetables.
We are all aware of the hormones, preservatives and other
unhealthy additives that are in our foods today. This is a
significant reason to try to eat organic foods as well.
People on raw food diets seem to be healthier, happier and
hardly catch a cold. You do have to make sure you have enough
vit-b12 though. Have this checked and take a supplement if
necessary.
One healthy food that may be particularly good in helping with
weight loss is parsnips. They are high in fiber which makes you
feel fuller. Parsnips can lower cholesterol and keep your blood
sugar even.
If you definitely want to lose weight and keep it off, then you
need to follow a healthy lifestyle. You must get enough exercise
and eat healthier. Instead of taking the elevator, take the
stairs. Only on those Geico comercials will you see a caveman
taking an escalator instead of hoofing it.
Make sure you include healthy oils and fats that contains omega
3. Stay away from the unhealthy ones. Avocados also contain
healthy oils.
Try your best to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. Slowly
start to cut out the cooked foods and meats. Continue on this
path and you will start to feel great and wonder why you haven't
started this long ago.
After the cavemen discovered fire they had to chase their
dinner. They even had to run from their so-called dinners at
times"dinner" would chase them. Before they ate meat they had to
thoroughly search for other food. I suppose they exercised a bit
more than we do today.
Walking, running, swimming and jogging are some of the ways to
exercise more. Maybe those cavemen aren't receiving all the
credit they deserve after all.
About the author:
We can all lose weight. Why not start today? Learn even more.
http://www.1thinkhealthy.com/weightloss-cures-book.html
If you want natural weight loss and improve your health, then
consider a raw food diet as an option. There are many benefits
including a stronger immune system.
Many believe that a raw vegan diet is the natural diet for
humans. It seems like people on raw food diets can eat almost as
much as they want and still maintain a healthy weight.
Cavemen didn't eat cooked foods until after they learned how to
use fire. Then they slowly started to incorperate it into their
diets. Once they begin using fire they slowly incorporated
cooked foods into their diet.
This appears to make sense. Raw foods contain all the natural
enzymes that assist you to completely digest your food without
putting excessive strain on your body. Cooked foods have most if
not all of the enzymes destroyed. You have to try your best to
cut back on processed food. Stay with the healthier fresh fruits
and vegetables.
We are all aware of the hormones, preservatives and other
unhealthy additives that are in our foods today. This is a
significant reason to try to eat organic foods as well.
People on raw food diets seem to be healthier, happier and
hardly catch a cold. You do have to make sure you have enough
vit-b12 though. Have this checked and take a supplement if
necessary.
One healthy food that may be particularly good in helping with
weight loss is parsnips. They are high in fiber which makes you
feel fuller. Parsnips can lower cholesterol and keep your blood
sugar even.
If you definitely want to lose weight and keep it off, then you
need to follow a healthy lifestyle. You must get enough exercise
and eat healthier. Instead of taking the elevator, take the
stairs. Only on those Geico comercials will you see a caveman
taking an escalator instead of hoofing it.
Make sure you include healthy oils and fats that contains omega
3. Stay away from the unhealthy ones. Avocados also contain
healthy oils.
Try your best to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. Slowly
start to cut out the cooked foods and meats. Continue on this
path and you will start to feel great and wonder why you haven't
started this long ago.
After the cavemen discovered fire they had to chase their
dinner. They even had to run from their so-called dinners at
times"dinner" would chase them. Before they ate meat they had to
thoroughly search for other food. I suppose they exercised a bit
more than we do today.
Walking, running, swimming and jogging are some of the ways to
exercise more. Maybe those cavemen aren't receiving all the
credit they deserve after all.
About the author:
We can all lose weight. Why not start today? Learn even more.
http://www.1thinkhealthy.com/weightloss-cures-book.html
Friday, April 06, 2007
Lose Excess Belly Fat - The 3 Mistakes You Just Can't Make
By: Steve Faber
Excess belly fat can keep you off the beach, but worse, it can
be plain unhealthy. If you have a long, thin lean body type,
you're what's called an ectomorph. You have problems gaining
muscle, but being skinny, doesn't mean you can't have some
excess body fat. With the ectmorphic body type you can get what
some call a "heart attack body". If you have a heart attack
body, you'll have excess fat on your belly and sides, but be
relatively lean everywhere else.
You can lose the excess belly fat, get a nice set of abs, and
improve your overall health at the same time, but there are some
fat burning mistakes you must avoid in the process.
Belly Fat Loss Mistake #1 - Trying to spot reduce. You can't
reduce fat in one location, no matter how convenient that might
be. Instead, you must adopt a strategy to burn fat throughout
your body. In the process, you'll lose that excess belly fat. In
that vein, don't lose sight of your fat loss goal and waste time
with endless ab work. Ab work definitely has its place. However,
that place is the development of your abdominal muscles, not fat
loss. After you've lost the fat, you'll be able to see those
muscles, but you've got to lose the excess fat first.
Belly Fat Loss Mistake #2 - Working out incorrectly, for too
long. It's true - you can work out too much. For optimum fat
loss effectiveness, you should be doing your cardio in the
morning, on an empty stomach. You should do relatively high
intensity cardio for about 25 - 30 minutes, no more. It's
ironic, many people will find this too difficult, but will think
nothing of spending 45 minutes on the bike or an hour in
kickboxing aerobics.
Belly Fat Loss Mistake #3 - Trying to do it all with cardio.
It's one of the most common misconceptions in the fitness world;
Cardio for fat loss, weights for size. Wrong, wrong, wrong. One
of the most effective fat loss strategies is to elevate your
basil metabolic rate. That makes your body burn more calories
throughout the day no matter your level of activity. One of the
most effective ways to elevate your basil metabolic rate, and
keep it up, is to build lean body mass using weight training.
Not only will you burn calories while you are training, you'll
burn many mre throughout the day.
Remember, you need to burn 3,500 excess calories to lose one
pound of fat. You just can't do that with a great cardio
session. As an example, a 200lb man would have to string
together 14 consecutive miles at an 8-1/2 minute/mile pace to
burn 3,500 calories. Obviously, few people take their training
sessions to that extreme. It's far more effective to train with
weights to raise the basil metabolic rate.
You can lose that excess belly fat. As an added bonus, you'll
also rid yourself of other body fat and pick up that healthy,
lean body you're after.
About the author:
It's tough losing that last stubborn bit of excess belly fat. It
may not be as hard as you think, you just have ot know what to
do. Much of what you've been told is just plain wrong. You need
to eat and work out correctly, and you need to know how. You
need to see one of the most popular fat loss and muscle building
guides in the world. See the Lose
Excess Belly Fat Guide.
Excess belly fat can keep you off the beach, but worse, it can
be plain unhealthy. If you have a long, thin lean body type,
you're what's called an ectomorph. You have problems gaining
muscle, but being skinny, doesn't mean you can't have some
excess body fat. With the ectmorphic body type you can get what
some call a "heart attack body". If you have a heart attack
body, you'll have excess fat on your belly and sides, but be
relatively lean everywhere else.
You can lose the excess belly fat, get a nice set of abs, and
improve your overall health at the same time, but there are some
fat burning mistakes you must avoid in the process.
Belly Fat Loss Mistake #1 - Trying to spot reduce. You can't
reduce fat in one location, no matter how convenient that might
be. Instead, you must adopt a strategy to burn fat throughout
your body. In the process, you'll lose that excess belly fat. In
that vein, don't lose sight of your fat loss goal and waste time
with endless ab work. Ab work definitely has its place. However,
that place is the development of your abdominal muscles, not fat
loss. After you've lost the fat, you'll be able to see those
muscles, but you've got to lose the excess fat first.
Belly Fat Loss Mistake #2 - Working out incorrectly, for too
long. It's true - you can work out too much. For optimum fat
loss effectiveness, you should be doing your cardio in the
morning, on an empty stomach. You should do relatively high
intensity cardio for about 25 - 30 minutes, no more. It's
ironic, many people will find this too difficult, but will think
nothing of spending 45 minutes on the bike or an hour in
kickboxing aerobics.
Belly Fat Loss Mistake #3 - Trying to do it all with cardio.
It's one of the most common misconceptions in the fitness world;
Cardio for fat loss, weights for size. Wrong, wrong, wrong. One
of the most effective fat loss strategies is to elevate your
basil metabolic rate. That makes your body burn more calories
throughout the day no matter your level of activity. One of the
most effective ways to elevate your basil metabolic rate, and
keep it up, is to build lean body mass using weight training.
Not only will you burn calories while you are training, you'll
burn many mre throughout the day.
Remember, you need to burn 3,500 excess calories to lose one
pound of fat. You just can't do that with a great cardio
session. As an example, a 200lb man would have to string
together 14 consecutive miles at an 8-1/2 minute/mile pace to
burn 3,500 calories. Obviously, few people take their training
sessions to that extreme. It's far more effective to train with
weights to raise the basil metabolic rate.
You can lose that excess belly fat. As an added bonus, you'll
also rid yourself of other body fat and pick up that healthy,
lean body you're after.
About the author:
It's tough losing that last stubborn bit of excess belly fat. It
may not be as hard as you think, you just have ot know what to
do. Much of what you've been told is just plain wrong. You need
to eat and work out correctly, and you need to know how. You
need to see one of the most popular fat loss and muscle building
guides in the world. See the Lose
Excess Belly Fat Guide.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Grow New Brain Cells with Exercise
By: Lambert Klein
Exercise is excellent for our physical health. We know that it's
good for our heart and weight and now there's proof that it's
good for our brain. There are studies that suggest exercise can
actually grow new brain cells. This is something that was
believed impossible not long ago.
Age-related memory usually starts to decline around age 30, but
exercise can help you fight this decline and prevent Alzheimer's.
Test with mice has shown they developed new brain cells in the
dentate gyrus region. This is part of the hippocampus that
affects age-related memory. These studies do show a natural
pattern, which proves that people can also grow new brain cells
with exercise.
A test was performed on 11 adults that went though a three month
exercise program. Test with MRIs of their brains demonstrated
increased blood flow to the dentate gyrus region, similar to the
mice.
This is very exciting news! We now know that we can do more to
fight back against memory decline. Exercise can build new brain
cells as we get in shape both mentally and physically.
In the future physicians may prescribe particular exercise
routines to patients that have mental decline. This is much more
promising than drugs.
Exercise optimizes your brain to learn, improves circulation,
boosts metabolism, decreases stress and improves attention and
mood.
The brain cells work better when you exercise, making it easier
for the neurons to communicate back and forth.
Basically if you exercise regularly, you will become smarter,
more alert and be able to carry out all of your tasks better.
You will also feel better.
Even brisk walking a few times a week will help. Start there and
build up. Your body and mind will thank you. Another benefit is
that this will help flatten your stomach. Most of us will like
that idea.
If you want to stay fit and eliminate your dependency on others
as you age, then start an exercise routine now.
If you combine an exercise routine with a diet rich in fresh
fruits and vegetables and low in processed junk food, then your
results could be amazing. Blueberries and bilberries also seem
to help the brain's neurons to communicate better. This can
improve motor behavior in the aging.
Why not start today? Begin by going for a short stroll and
increase the distance in the days ahead. This is not a quick
fix, but a new lifestyle that will help bring you health, peace
and happiness, if you truly want it enough to go the distance.
About the author:
For natural health supplements visit
http://www.1thinkhealthy.com/thinkstraight.html
Exercise is excellent for our physical health. We know that it's
good for our heart and weight and now there's proof that it's
good for our brain. There are studies that suggest exercise can
actually grow new brain cells. This is something that was
believed impossible not long ago.
Age-related memory usually starts to decline around age 30, but
exercise can help you fight this decline and prevent Alzheimer's.
Test with mice has shown they developed new brain cells in the
dentate gyrus region. This is part of the hippocampus that
affects age-related memory. These studies do show a natural
pattern, which proves that people can also grow new brain cells
with exercise.
A test was performed on 11 adults that went though a three month
exercise program. Test with MRIs of their brains demonstrated
increased blood flow to the dentate gyrus region, similar to the
mice.
This is very exciting news! We now know that we can do more to
fight back against memory decline. Exercise can build new brain
cells as we get in shape both mentally and physically.
In the future physicians may prescribe particular exercise
routines to patients that have mental decline. This is much more
promising than drugs.
Exercise optimizes your brain to learn, improves circulation,
boosts metabolism, decreases stress and improves attention and
mood.
The brain cells work better when you exercise, making it easier
for the neurons to communicate back and forth.
Basically if you exercise regularly, you will become smarter,
more alert and be able to carry out all of your tasks better.
You will also feel better.
Even brisk walking a few times a week will help. Start there and
build up. Your body and mind will thank you. Another benefit is
that this will help flatten your stomach. Most of us will like
that idea.
If you want to stay fit and eliminate your dependency on others
as you age, then start an exercise routine now.
If you combine an exercise routine with a diet rich in fresh
fruits and vegetables and low in processed junk food, then your
results could be amazing. Blueberries and bilberries also seem
to help the brain's neurons to communicate better. This can
improve motor behavior in the aging.
Why not start today? Begin by going for a short stroll and
increase the distance in the days ahead. This is not a quick
fix, but a new lifestyle that will help bring you health, peace
and happiness, if you truly want it enough to go the distance.
About the author:
For natural health supplements visit
http://www.1thinkhealthy.com/thinkstraight.html
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