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Working at maximal intensity for an extended amount of time is physiologically impossible. So if you think that performing tougher workout routines for longer durations will make you shed fat faster, you may want to change your weight loss strategy.
In fact, there is a much more effective way to experience body transformation in much lesser time. Instead of spending hours grinding it out with traditional workout regimes, there is a better and faster way to reap the full fitness benefits by utilizing high intensity movements in short bursts. By doing so, you grant your body frequent recovery periods to prepare for the next round.
Countless studies prove that high intensity training will facilitate in losing body fat fast while retaining maximal muscle mass. High intensity training can also strengthen the cardio vascular system and improve your endurance for high level of intensity training for a longer period of time.
Heart attacks are one of the leading causes of death in America. With most of us suffering from various kinds of health conditions and adding a lot of extra stress to the heart through our lack of activity and poor eating habits, it is no wonder that many of us are just ticking time bombs before we are able to experience a heart attack ourselves.
Mother Nature has taken hundreds of thousands of years of evolution to develop your heart along with the rest of your body.
Perfected by nature to become arguably the most important organ in your body. Your heart is a large muscle that pumps blood containing oxygen and other essential substances to all the organs and cells of the body. Not just that, it provides the means of removing the waste that is produced by day to day bodily functions.
When you are in poor health, it feels as if nothing is ever going to make you better. Standard, traditional medicine, while powerful at times, tends to fall short, or for some, it can be too much to handle.
For those who prefer taking the more natural approach to life – it can be harsh to go through those invasive treatments and take pill after pill. However, not taking the necessary steps to heal yourself is potentially dangerous, so you need a milder alternative that is just as effective.
Side effects have always been one of the problems of common western medicine. Alternative or holistic treatment methods have been proven to be effective and have less or no side effects, thus encouraging more and more people to search for such methods.
With the support of natural healing therapy, both physical illnesses and mental ones can be improved, healed, or helped.
Eczema, that horrible itchy rash on your skin, isn’t new. Ancient Egyptians suffered from eczema and sought relief with oatmeal baths. And it worked! Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, discussed the role of skin disease, sweating, and itching over two thousand years ago.
Thirty million Americans suffer from eczema, including children. Doctors have discovered a genetic link for eczema between parent and child. If a parent suffers from eczema, the child may be predisposed to eczema, as well.
One in five school-age children have this rash, and one in twelve adults suffer from eczema. This condition can affect their self-imagine, self-esteem, and health. It can affect every-day life and cause a lack of sleep. It can also be embarrassing.
When you say the word health, you are referring to the wellbeing of yourself or others. So naturally, health becomes a personal matter especially when it revolves around your own health. Everyone wants to be in better health which is again a very natural impulse.
The first and easiest things you can do to better your health is to eat properly and work out routinely. Eating properly can be dieting and monitoring what comes into your kitchen. Working out, on the other hand, can be somewhat trickier.
Working out doesn’t mean you have to become a bodybuilder or weightlifter though those are possible achievements to gain from working out. It could simply mean you want to maintain a certain weight or keep your body moving properly and functionally. In such cases, to maintain proper health you don’t need dumbbells and treadmills, only a functional fitness routine.
A healthy diet is important for a well-functioning body. However, it isn't as restrictive or as confusing as people imagine. Food is the source of energy that we consume to provide nutritional support and has a direct impact on our cognitive performance in every stage of life.
Your food choices each day affect your overall health and well-being. It has a significant impact on your mood and mental health. Hence, the type and amount of food you consume has a major impact on your body.
However, eating a healthy, balanced diet doesn't mean surviving solely on carrot juice, rabbit food and bird seed. All you have to do is really simple. Eat from a wide variety of food groups in the right quantities to maintain the energy and nutrients a healthy adult needs.
Every day the weather changes in some way. Maybe it's the breeze, or the temperature. Perhaps it's raining or it's snowing, or even a beautiful day outside. The point is that the weather is always ever present in our lives. While you can't control the weather, what you can do is make it more manageable, such as through dressing more appropriately to suit the conditions outdoors.
This is very similar to stress in that we can't necessarily avoid stress from trying to weasel it's way into our life, but we can face it head on and cope with it to prevent it from taking over. Stress, defined as our reactions to external situations or internal psychological states, affects our physical health and, of course, emotional well-being. Despite all of the books, features, and advice that's been put out there regarding the topic of stress, why are so many of us still feeling overwhelmed by it day after day?
One reason may be that we're unable to accept that the process of living life in itself causes various forms of stress, which means it's truly impossible to eliminate entirely. You can't live life without encountering stress, it's just a fact.
But not all stress is bad, per se. For instance, the excitement of achieving a goal and the occurrence of happy events in our lives can result in due stress that we welcome in many ways.
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Firstly welcome to our beginners guide on the future of fitness and wearable technology, I just want to say thank you for joining me as we embark on a quick journey of discovery into this ever changing landscape of technological advancement. In this first introductory chapter we will be going over why we are in need of fitness and how technology is/will play a huge part in getting us fit. Let’s get started…
First and foremost, here we are, living in an era where fast food meals that are rich in fat are available on every corner and advertised on every platform available. There’s no wonder more and more people are suffering from obesity. Obesity, in the dictionary, is defined as
“The condition of being very fat or overweight; corpulence.”
There are dire consequences for those that are morbidly obese. Take a look at the facts and figures about obesity throughout the world …
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity rates worldwide have doubled between 1980 and 2008. In 2014, 39% of adults aged 18 and over worldwide were overweight (about 2 billion) with 19% of them considered obese (estimated 1 billion people).
Obesity statistics in children is just as disturbing. WHO revealed that the number of overweight and obese children under five years old has risen to 41 million, from 31 million in 1990.
We live in a very chaotic world. We also live in a very polluted world. You probably don't need me to remind you of this fact. There are all sorts of pollution available and, thankfully, the United States is one of the world's leaders in cutting down on physical pollution.
I am, of course, talking about pollutants that make their way into our air, water, and food. The Environmental Protection Agency, despite whatever issues it have, has done a generally good job of protecting citizens from physical and chemical pollutants.
The same can be said of the US Food and Drug Administration. Thanks to their vigilance, they have done an outstanding job making sure that most of the food items that make their way to our table are generally safe. Of course, there are certain issues that we can nitpick over like GMO and certain types of chemical residues. Still, it can’t be denied that, by and large, the US and other developed countries are fairly well protected against standard the sources of pollution.
If you don't believe me, just hop on a plane and go to Beijing, China. The difference in air quality, water quality, and food safety is like day and night. This is not a slam on China because they are making great progress in tightening regulations but it has to be said that when it comes to protecting its citizens, the developed world has done a fairly good job.
