How to Build Muscles

If you want to build muscles there are some things you should be aware of before you start. Here are a few pointers that can help you reaching your goals.
Eat 5-6 meals per day
To build muscles the body needs a regular intake of energy. If you want your muscles to grow, you will have [...]

Exercising – More benefits than just losing weight

When losing weight isn’t a motivator for you any more in order to continue your training program, you could probably need some pep-talk. Here are some motivating facts that will get you focused again and help you continue exercising on a regular basis.
Exercise stimulates the release of endorphins, chemicals produced in the brain. Endorphins have [...]

Benefits of walking

Walking is an underestimated form of exercise.
Some of the benefits of walking 20 minutes twice a day:

is just as efficient as running half an hour, three times a week
counteracts stress
makes your mind clearer
improves your memory
makes you more creative (due to movements of the arms and [...]

Fitness with a Healthy Eating Habit

To get all the benefits from your fitness activities, you should pay attention to what and how you eat and drink. By following a healthy eating plan, you will feel more energized and lose more weight. You will also improve and strengthen your overall health. Here is how you do it:
Eat [...]

Fitness and Healthy Food Recipes

It’s important to get enough energy before and after a fitness activity. Eat the right kind of food in order to get the needed energy without upsetting your stomach. Try to eat food that contains a lot of carbohydrates and less protein and fat.
Here are two tasty and simple food recipes. Enjoy!
Pasta with Bean and [...]

8 Fitness Steps to a Healthy Lifestyle

1.  Find  activities that you enjoy
If you want a long term result it’s important that you enjoy your fitness program. Try out different fitness workouts like running, power walking, aerobic, spinning, weight lifting, yoga, Pilates, dancing, bike riding etc. Try to combine your fitness program with exercises that build your muscles as well as raise [...]

Fitness Program – Focus on your overall health

When you begin a fitness program, you will be working towards the goals of well-being and health, rather than the narrower goals of improving in one sport, or minding any concerns you may have over your appearance. Fitness will help in both of those areas, but the target can be much broader.
Healthy diet
If you establish [...]

Aerobic and Anaerobic Exercise

Aerobic Exercise is intense for a longer period of time

Aerobic exercise helps to keep your heart healthy. Aerobic exercise to improve fitness is performed at a fairly high intensity level, over a good amount of time. If you run at a moderate pace for a long distance, this is referred to as aerobic exercise.
Aerobic [...]

Women are more sensitive to overtraining

Studies have shown that women are more sensitive to over training than men. If a woman exercises too hard it can have a negative affect on the hormones and reduce the production of estrogen. Estrogen regulates the menstrual cycle and reduces bone resorption.
If you train too hard your period may become irregular. Most people who [...]

Different activities affect your daily calorie consumption

Have you ever wondered how your everyday activities affect your energy consumption in calories? The table below shows how many calories you consume performing different activities, during 1 hour. Notice that the numbers are not exact and varies depending on age, weight, sex, metabolism, exercise intensity. The numbers will give you an idea and make [...]

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