Fitness and Exercise
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The 10 Exercise Commandments
1. Fuel your body before workout. Your body needs energy to exercise. Your muscles rely on carbohydrate foods like corns, fruits and vegetables for quick energy. Eat some Carbs 30-45 minutes before workout. 2. Warm up, Always. You need to warm up your body to perform your best every time. A good warm up reduces aches and risk of injury. 3. Breath! Your body needs oxygen to perform properly. Smooth and efficient breathing is crucial for delivering the oxygen around your body. Good breathing can help you to exercise longer and harder. 4. Keep your Tempo. It is important to keep even rhythm of a repetition for a given exercise.…
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Why does exercise matter?
Over the decades researches have shown that the positive effects of exercising can be substantial. Effects like improved heart and lungs function, flexibility and balance for example. It also reduces risk of cancer, high blood pressure, heart disease, osteoporosis and more. Our bodies were meant to move. We had to use our bodies for hunting and running from predators and so on. A strong, flexible and fast body was necessary to survive early on. Today we are not using our body like our ancestors used to do. In fact most of us are sitting on our buttock 8 hours a day 5 days a week. What happens when we don´t use…
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Is walking and running one of your exercise choices?
If the answer is yes you probably recognize pain like shin splints, side stitches and muscle cramps. There´s nothing as irritating like pain while working out. Life Fitness has a good advice for you on how to put the pain to bed so you can keep enjoying your exercise. You can read about it here. Walking and running without pain can be really joyful. It does not only strengthen your heart and increases your lung efficiency it also has psychological benefits. Your body releases endorphin when your are exercising. The endorphin reduces depression and other psychological disorders. It can also make your feel more energized both during and after exercise.…
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What puts you on the top?
Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the most successful bodybuilders in the world and later successful actor and politician. In this YouTube video talks the master of bodybuilding about the importance of mental aspects to succeed. Take the next nine minutes to listen to the master of bodybuilding on how to reach your goals.
