Archive for October, 2007

Cholesterol is a type of fat that is manufactured by your body.

This cholesterol is essential to maintain good health and it will be found in each and every cell of your body.

High cholesterol will create severe health problems because this high cholesterol will restrict the flow of blood to every major organ you have such as legs, arms, brain and the heart.

The reduced flow of blood to your brain can obtain a stroke. The reduced flow of blood to your legs and arms can create ulcers.

The reduced flow of blood in the heart will create infections and gangrene in the heart which can lead to heart attacks. Heart attacks will be obtained if the blood vessels present in your body become narrower due to the plaques that are deposited by the wrong type of lips in the blood stream.

The contributory factors which will lead to high cholesterol are:

• Taking a diet which is high in saturated fat.
• If you perform low levels of exercise.
• Your Family history is also responsible for high cholesterol.
• Your age.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Steroid abuse.
• Smoking.
• Obesity/over weight. [Weight Loss Tips]

Metabolism is a process which makes your body to burn calories required for your daily functions.

This metabolism will be always running in your body, even when you sleep also.

Metabolism speed up helps to burn more calories in your daily routine which leads to weight loss.

The 10 major factors that affect the metabolism are:

• Weight gain
• Body size
• Body composition
• Age
• Sex
• Heredity
• Drugs
• Psychological state
• Temperature
• hormones

Weight gain is the aspect which will lower your metabolism rate. Even though fat body requires more calories to perform daily activities; it will not help to move your body as active as lean body.

Body size has the major influence on the metabolism rate. Big body requires more calories to perform their regular activities. Therefore the rate of metabolism will be more on them.

Body composition is also important aspect in metabolism speed up. An over weight person or a person with high body composition can burn more calories in short period of time, but he cannot able to perform the activity or exercise for long time where as the leaner persons will be more active and can perform the activity constantly.

Elliptical cross trainer is also known as elliptical trainer or elliptical. This is stationary exercise equipment which is used to perform walking or running on it.

Usage of this exercise machine will not cause much pressure to the joints and it also decrease the risk of impact injuries.

These cross trainers will offer a non impact cardiovascular workouts which varies from light to high intensity based on the preference of resistance.

These elliptical machine work on your upper and lower body (some machines does not contain moving upper body components, so select the machine which works on your upper as well as your lower body).

Basically this elliptical cross trainer is designed to elevate or to raise your heart rate more than building muscles. These machines are powered with AC electricity.

This will give a total body workout (legs [Leg exercises], hips, buttocks [Exercises for beautiful butt] , arms and shoulders) within short period of time. It can be used by people of all ages and the speed and intensity of workout should be programmed by you according to your interest and capacity.

You can perform several exercises to attain fitness for your body with resistance band.

Some workouts with this band are explained as follows:

Exercise #1: Resistance band squats:

• Take the resistance band and keep your both feet on the band with shoulder width apart.
• Now hold the band at shoulder level with both of your hands and perform the full squat by holding the band at shoulder height.
• Return to the starting position and repeat this process.

Exercise #2: Bent over rows with resistance band:

• In the starting position, place the band below or under one foot and other foot should be one step back.
• By keeping your back flat, bend over at an angle of 45 degrees.
• Now pull the resistance band upwards by keeping your two elbows close together.
• Squeeze your two shoulder blades at a time while performing this exercise.
• After sufficient pullouts repeat the same process by keeping the band under other foot.

Exercise #3: Alternate lying chest presses:

• Lye flat on your back by placing the resistance band under your back.
• Hold the two ends of the band with your two hands.

The number of calories you have burnt on a single day will be dependent on your activity and weight.

Calorie burning can be fast as well as slow.

The burning of calories will be dependent on your intensity or speed of performing the exercise.

Aerobics exercise is the best source of exercises which helps to burn more calories with in short period of time.

The height of the step and the number of calories burnt is given in the below table:

Other than steps exercise in aerobics the number of calories burnt in 10 minutes for various exercises with various body weights are shown in the below table:

Steroids are not only used by sports man, but people who want to improve their physical appearance with strong muscles are also using these steroids. Most of the non athletes who have the intention to improve their physical appearance are taking larger doses of steroids.

The doses which are taken by them are larger than previously recorded and they are not stopping steroid abuse even though they are all admitted to adverse side effects [Side Effects of Steroids]. Health concerns are not enough to deter their steroid use.

The survey was conducted to identify the current trends in steroid taking habits. The various researchers posted a mysterious, self administered opinion poll to several message boards on the websites popular among steroid users.

It is known that the usage of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) is widespread among body builders to increase their muscle strength and size. 500 AAS users are participated in a survey.

The foods which have fewer calories in them are known as the negative calorie foods.

There are several foods with negative calories which help to lose your weight in safe way.

The foods with less calories or negative calories can really help you to speed up your metabolism and to lose weight without any special workout or dieting.

Negative calorie foods contain very little energy. Your body needs more than that energy to absorb and digest the food and nutrients.

That means by just eating these foods there is a chance for a net loss of calories from your body and this is required in order to obtain weight loss.

The list of various negative calorie foods is given below:

Negative calorie foods in vegetables and spices:

• Asparagus
• Broccoli
• Beetroot
• Green cabbage
• Carrot
• Celeriac
• Chicory
• Celery
• Cucumber
• Chili peppers
• Endive
• Dandelion
• Garlic
• Garden cress
• Lettuce
• Green beans
• Papaya
• Onion
• Radishes
• Zucchini
• Spinach
• Turnip

Various negative calorie foods in fruits:

• Apple
• Blueberry
• Cantaloupe
• Grapefruit
• Cranberry
• Lime
• Lemon

The muscle present in your shoulder is known as the deltoid muscle.

This muscle will be in the form of rounded contour in the shoulder.

This deltoid is previously known as deltoideus and it is still used by some anatomists.

You have to perform some shoulder exercises to make your deltoids strong. Some exercises which makes your deltoid strong are:

• Military press or seated barbell press
• Seated dumbbell press
• Side lateral raises
• Front lateral raises

These workouts are explained as follows:

Military press or seated barbell press:

• This is the essential shoulder work out which makes your front deltoids (anterior) and triceps strong. It will also work on the upper chest and upper back as the secondary muscle.
• In the starting position, sit on the upright bench and grab the barbell with your widened shoulders.
• Now push the barbell upwards until your arms length above your shoulders.
• Lower the barbell slowly to the starting position and repeat the process for required number of times (not more than the limit).

Seated dumbbell press:

• This exercise will completely work on your deltoids and triceps [Tricep Exercise]. Upper chest and upper back muscles will attain the secondary stress.

Beaded Jump Rope Orange/Grey

Jumping rope is an activity that is suited for cardiovascular workout, similar to riding bicycle or jogging.

For a vigorous activity of one hour, it can burn up to 1300 calories.

Jumping rope avoids knee damage, which may occur due to running.

This beaded jump rope helps to strengthen your shoulders and arms. This rope is designed with high density beads formed around the rope for consistent weight distribution. It builds endurance nad cardiovascular fitness.

It is of less cost and easy to carry anywhere. While using jumping rope, wear a pair of aerobic or cross-training shoes. Avoid jumping on concrete or hard tiles; choose wooden floors or rubber tiles.

For other details of Beaded Jump Rope, visit:

http://www.warehousefitness.com

Tension Squeezer; max cap 8cm

Tension squeezer works the reflexology points of the hand.

These squeezers are useful for reducing tension and anxiety.

They can also help to treat repetitive strain injuries.

It also helps to relieve stress while strengthening your grip and it is made from high density rubber.

You can keep this squeezer along with you or take it while you are traveling so that you can develop your grip, wherever and whenever you alike.

There are several side effects with the usage of steroids.

It’s not safe to use steroids, unless some medical problem is present in you.

The various side effects of steroids are:

• Abnormal weight gain
• You may get the problem of edema.
• Nocturia and urinary frequency
• Loss of potassium content in your body
• Acne or pimples can be obtained on your face
• Headache, fatigue, euphoria and insomnia
• Various allergic reactions
• Arthritis [Get Rid of Arthritis]
• Cardiovascular system effects such as thromboembolic complications and hypertension
• Eye complications such as corneal lesions, glaucoma and sub capsular cataract
• Several infections or increased susceptibility to various infections
• Problems in Osteoporosis [Osteoporosis Prevention] such as growth suppression
• Musculoskeletal effects
• Neuritis
• Problem in central nervous system such as seizures
• Adrenal insufficiency after steroid withdrawal
• Psychotic reactions
• Muscle disease or muscle weakness such as myopathy
• Hair loss [Hair Loss Treatments]
• Depression [How to manage Depression?]
• Excessive facial hair growth
• Coronary artery disease
• Cataracts
• Menstrual irregularities in women. Several disturbances will be created in menstrual cycle and sometimes periods will get stopped with the usage of steroids.