Variations • Varying level of descent: The lower you go, the more difficult the press becomes because it recruits a growing number of muscle groups. How ever, the level of descent must take into account not only the muscles you want to focus on but also your morphology. The longer your legs are, particularly your…
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How to stretch your glutes and gain flexibility in the hip rotators.
Stretch the Glutes• lunges are an excellent way tostretch the glutes. Instead of putting your foot on the floor in front of you, you could put it on a bench to increase the range of the stretch.For best use of this range of motion, bend your back leg so that you candrop your buttocks lower…
The Benefits of Physical Activity
Getting the recommended amount of physical activity each week, about 150 minutes of moderate, aerobic exercise, such as power walking or bicycling, does not require joining a gym, or taking expensive, complicated classes. If you can’t commit to a formal workout four to five days per week, you can become more active in simple ways—by…
EVIDENCE-BASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATIONS✨
The other part of the energy balance equation is physical activity. The Dietary Guidelines are complemented by the2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in aneffort to provide evidence-based guidelines for appropriate physical activity levels. The 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines provide guidance to Americans aged six…
My Plate Planner-an easy approach to healthy eating
Estimating portions can be done using the My Plate Planner. My Plate is divided according to how much of each food group should be included with each meal. Planner Methods of Use:• Fill half of your plate with vegetables such as carrots, broccoli, salad, and fruit. • Fill one-quarter of your plate with lean meat,…
Creatine-Nutrition,Metabolism and Exercise
Creatine, or methyl guanidine-acetic acid, is a naturally occurring compound found in abundance in skeletal muscle. It is also found in small quantities in brain, liver, kidney and testes. In a 70 kg man, the total body creatine pool amountsto approximately 120g, of which 95% is situated in the muscle. In the case of humans,…
🔵Signs that your body needs Detoxification
In order to understand the term detoxification, we must know what exactly are toxins and how can they be lethal and hazardous to humans. Toxins can be primarily defined as harmful foreign particles that can infiltrate the body through various sources like the environment, bad lifestyles, and metabolic reactions. Look out for these signs in…
Why are Fibres as important as Proteins.❣
Fibres can be classified into 2 categories:- 1. Soluble Fibres. 2. Insoluble Fibres. ✔Soluble Fibres contains vitamins and minerals which gets easily absorbed by human intestine.They also give rise to short chain fatty acids and provide small amout of calories (roughly about 1grams=2 kcal) ✔Insoluble Fibres like cellulose and raffinose mostly present in pulp and…
5 Signs that indicate you are probably Bloated and not Fat
While most of us, including me in the initial days of weight training took a bloated stomach for bad belly fat, which is very common as both of them can appear quite similar to each other. But here are a few clues to avoid that mistake and through which you can easily distinguish between belly…
Prepare your own weight loss diet
I’ve seen people do crazy things like skipping their meals to even ingesting tapeworm eggs hoping to eat cakes and cheeseburgers without putting on weight. Let’s be honest most these weight-loss diets on health and wellness programs can be very difficult to follow. Although weight loss diet is a complete failure if it doesn’t follow…
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