tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24780366567999306762024-03-18T21:23:28.856-07:00rouge forceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847150949196509204noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478036656799930676.post-2276728359570763412013-11-03T22:10:00.004-08:002013-11-03T22:11:28.636-08:00Build A Fitness Training ProgramAfter the personal questionnaire has been completed, the training program can be designed in the following order and based on these considerations. In the first week of training, exercisers are introduced to the apparatus. It is important for beginners to try out equipment that is relatively easy to operate without special knowledge or technical skills.<br />
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This should include a comprehensive explanation of operating instructions and safety procedures. Emphasis should be on proper structured performance, rather than on intensity.<br />
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Recommended apparatus for this purpose are: <a href="http://myexercisebikereviews.com/" target="_blank">exercise bike</a> or treadmill, upper pulley, chest press, and knee extensors and flexors. The work on these apparatus activate large rather than small muscle groups and, therefore, avoids causing premature fatigue. In addition to performing the exercise, exercisers should understand the aim of the activity, and the relationship between the work and health benefits.<br />
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Only after they have acquired basic knowledge and understanding of the ways in which the apparatus operates can they work with instructors to set goals and decide on appropriate exercises. When planning an annual training program for professional athletes, training should be divided into four seasons according to the principle of progression: preparation, transition, competition, and off-season.<br />
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During the preparatory season, the emphasis is on building general fitness. The transition season should allow for a gradual shift from the emphasis of the preparatory season to that of the competitive season. During the competitive season, emphasis is placed on the specific activity performed in competition.<br />
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Off-season provides time for physical and mental rest from the specific training, while continuing with some sort of activity that keeps physical fitness a “glowing ember” that can be “reignited” next season. Balance should be a central consideration in building a training program. One important type of balance assures a correct mix of activity intensity and fitness components.<br />
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The most common mistake made by many instructors is to emphasize a certain fitness element, especially strength or cardiovascular capacity, while downplaying or ignoring other fitness elements (flexibility, coordination, and agility). Flexibility enables us to express our movement abilities properly and reduces risk factors for injury (cramps).<br />
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Coordination and agility are reflected in everyday functioning and affect a person’s image. It is also important to maintain a balance in muscle tone between frontal and posterior muscles. Lack of balance is visible in posture disorders such as kyphosis (sunken shoulders and round back).<br />
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A lack of balance between upper and lower parts of the body take the form of “chicken legs,” that is exaggerated chest and arms atop spindly legs. To summarize, lack of balance can be both visible and functional. Once it has been decided that the trainingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847150949196509204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478036656799930676.post-10015762111406262472013-10-06T08:53:00.002-07:002013-10-06T08:56:10.627-07:00Is Your Hair Healthy ?<div style="text-align: justify;">
Healthy hair with the <a href="http://www.latestshorthairstyles.net/" target="_blank">latest hairstyles</a> is dream for most women. Did you know that you can identify how healthy your hair is by doing an at-home hair test? </div>
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Try this! Pull a strand of your hair out and put it through a sewing needle. If the hair slides through it's fine or probably straight. If you have problems threading the needle or if it gets caught along the way, your hair is probably thick, wavy or curly. </div>
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Another test is to fill a glass with water. Take a strand of your hair and place it in the glass of water. If your hair floats, it's healthy or may be a bit oily. As you know, oil floats when added to water.</div>
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If your hair sinks, the hair is absorbing a great deal of water. This means that your hair lacks moisture so it must be dry.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847150949196509204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478036656799930676.post-33270668210575795742013-10-02T10:58:00.000-07:002013-10-02T10:58:15.852-07:00How To Use Aloe Vera as Herbal Remedies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Aloe Vera’s fame as a treatment for burns and scalds goes back to Alexander the Great, who used an island off Somalia for the sole purpose of obtaining the “amazing woundhealing” plant.</div>
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Aloe vera has bitter, cooling, sweet qualities. It is astringent, and an excellent blood cleanser.</div>
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The leaf, the gel, the juice.</div>
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<a href="http://aloeverajuicer.com/benefits-of-drinking-aloe-vera-juice/" target="_blank">Drink aloe vera juice</a> for internal conditions, and apply the gel externally. To soothe wounds, clean the wound with soap and water. Cut several inches off an older leaf, slice it lengthwise, and apply the gel to the wound.</div>
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Aloe vera relieves inflammation, soothes muscle spasm, purifies the blood, and cleanses the liver. Fresh aloe gel scooped or expressed from the spongy leaves of the plant can be spread on the skin to heal burns, scalds, scrapes, sunburn, and wounds.</div>
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<b>Used With Other Herbs? </b></div>
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Barberry, cinnamon, cloves, licorice, St. John’s wort.</div>
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<li>Cover the leaves with vegetable oil. Any vegetable oil can be used as the base. Allow the mixture to soak for 60 days, then strain. Keep the oil in a dark glass container. The oil will keep indefinitely.</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847150949196509204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478036656799930676.post-90373595010644704892013-10-01T00:00:00.000-07:002013-10-02T10:59:21.718-07:00What Type of Juicer Is Right for You?<div style="text-align: justify;">
Buying a juicer can be a major investment, so knowing the facts about the equipment prior to making your purchase is only smart. Each type of juicer is great at producing the juice for which it’s been specialized, but buying one that doesn’t meet your overall needs can be an expensive, messy mistake. Let’s break these down and discuss the pros and cons of each.</div>
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<b><a href="http://mywheatgrassjuicer.com/" target="_blank">Wheatgrass Juicers</a></b> do exactly what the name implies: <a href="http://mywheatgrassjuicer.com/skinny-energy-shot-juice-for-weight-loss/" target="_blank">juice wheatgrass</a>. They aren’t designed to juice anything other than wheatgrass, with the possible exception of a few small, soft fruits, such as grapes. These juicers come in both manual and electric styles.</div>
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<b>Pros</b>: The fact that you can get an efficient, affordable model if all you’re looking to do is make a nice green shot for health reasons or to add to a recipe.</div>
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<b>Cons</b>: It’s an expensive piece of equipment given its specialized, limited capabilities, and the fact that they’re often bulky. Especially considering that most decent juicers can handle leafy greens and grasses, this isn’t a necessary piece of equipment for green juicing anymore if you buy a suitable standard juicer.</div>
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<b>Centrifugal Juicers</b> are the least expensive juicers on the market and the type that most department stores carry. They extract your juice by shredding the produce and then using centrifugal force to spin the pulp against a strainer at extremely high RPMs. This is OK if you’re juicing soft produce, but these machines produce much more waste (wet pulp) than other types of juicers.</div>
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<b>Pros</b>: Speed and affordability.</div>
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<b>Cons</b>: Low efficiency (high waste); decreased shelf life, because the extraction process spins oxidizing air into the juice; and difficulty juicing grasses or leafy produce.</div>
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<b>Masticating Juicers</b> extract juice by literally “chewing” the food using a single auger or gear and then separating the juice as it chews. This process results in more nutrients, fiber, and enzymes being extracted from the pulp because of the chewing action.</div>
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<b>Pros</b>: Greater efficiency, less air in the juice, more nutrients extracted from the produce, and less nutrients lost due to heat or oxidization, because it operates at a lower RPM than a centrifugal juicer. Also, masticating juicers often do a good job with leafy greens and grasses. Many masticating juicers also homogenize your produce, so you can make baby foods, ice cream, sauces, or nut butters.</div>
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<b>Cons</b>: Higher cost, larger size, and more noise. A masticating juicer also takes significantly more time than a centrifugal juicer does.</div>
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Choosing the right juicer is an important part of your experience, so educate yourself about your options and choose wisely. Because there are so many different brands, and people juice for so many reasons, it’s difficult to make specific product recommendations, so just pay attention to what the various machines offer and match those features to what you intend to use most.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15847150949196509204noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478036656799930676.post-34054548111872386712013-09-30T10:56:00.001-07:002013-09-30T11:01:08.127-07:00Build Your Own Home Gym <div style="text-align: justify;">
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Doing cardio workouts will improve important aspect of your fitness. It is possible to get cardio effect from weight training, as we've seen in the sample circuit workouts in each kit chapter. But if you really want to improve your cardio ability and enter races, you could benefits from buying a cardio machine.</div>
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The main types of cardio machines are treadmills, <a href="http://myexercisebikereviews.com/" target="_blank">exercise bike or spin bike</a> and rowing machines. You can of course run and cycle outside and both of those activities are fantastic at improving your cardio fitness but a machine is a convenient weather-immune option and unless you live near a road and have access to bike an <a href="http://myexercisebikereviews.com/keiser-m3-plus-indoor-cycle-review/" target="_blank">indoor exercise bike</a> is also problaby going to be more convenient.</div>
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If you do get a cardio machine, avoid doing the same session over and over again. You'll soon get bored and stop improving. In the same way that you need to keep challenging your muscles if you want to get bigger and stronger, you need to make sure you vary your cardio training if you want to become aerobic fitter.</div>
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The quality of home multigyms has improved enormously in recent years.The best ones now mimic the movements you make when using freeweights, whic allows you to push yourself without getting trapped under a heavy barbel. They're also increasingly space efficient.</div>
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The cheaper option will lock you into fixed planes of motions, so it's the machine rather than your muscles thats controls a large part of the movement. More shopisticated (and, therefore, expensive) machines may either have cables wheres movement patterns aren't fixed or the option to switch between fixed path and freeweights.</div>
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