A guest post by Ric Moylan:
Getting into shape is important, but not as important as getting your approach right. Going about your fitness regime in the wrong ways can be counter-productive and even put you off pursuing your new routine. Read on for a few handy little tips for keeping your training safe as well as effective:
Flaxseed, also known as linseed, is considered to be one of the most powerful plant foods on the planet. It has been around for thousands of years to add fibre, fats and protein to diets when these nutrients were unavailable or sparse. Despite flaxseed possessing a rare blend of nutrients found in few other foods, it is rarely a staple part of the modern diet. Let’s explore some of the benefits that flaxseed can offer and you can decide for yourself if it is worthy of a place in your nutritional inventory:
If you are considering taking up a new exercise routine or returning to exercise after some time out you may find that some common exercise excuses present themselves. Getting started can be a challenge, and depending which excuse fits best on the day, you may never get started at all. It’s time to face up to the excuses and make them a thing of the past. Once you do this you will allow yourself to achieve the physique and healthy lifestyle you have always wanted. Here are some common exercise excuses to try to recognise and combat:
Elite athletes are amongst the fittest living beings on the planet. They are finely tuned, exquisitely conditioned and mentally robust individuals who consistently achieve high standards of fitness. We can admire them, we can want to look like them, and we may even try to act like them, but we can benefit most from thinking like them. The mindset of an elite athlete is what sets them apart from everyone else. Let’s remember that they are only human like the rest of us, they have busy lifestyles, families and temptations to battle with, but their fitness never suffers.
The way they think provides them with the ability to consistently enforce good habits that provide the most effective health and fitness results. Lets explore the mindset of an elite athlete:
Continue reading to explore the mindset of an elite athlete…
For many fitness enthusiasts and athletes the deadlift is often a forgotten and neglected exercise. Perhaps this is down to fear and uncertainty of performing a technical exercise or maybe it is simply a lack of understanding just how fundamental this movement can be to achieving a strong and healthy body in union with a burly cardiovascular system. Women often suggest that these kinds of exercises should be avoided because doing them will lead to bulking of muscle – a look many women want to avoid. This is a myth and simply not true, women will not get big and bulky like a man might due to the difference in genetics and the hormone testosterone. Let’s explore why the deadlift can be such an effective exercise for many men and women looking to get into shape:
Investing in the services of a personal trainer may have crossed your mind if you are committed or seriously considering making a commitment towards improving your health and fitness. Many questions are likely to come to mind, mainly whether it will be worth the prices involved per session or if they can offer something you cannot achieve alone or alongside an equally enthusiastic friend. These kind of questions depend on the quality of trainer you decide to hire, this is not a decision to made quickly and a bit of research is often required.
Personal training certainly isn’t for everyone, but it can provide several life changing benefits to many people. Most professional personal trainers offer an initial taster session free of charge to enable the opportunity to see if we favour the experience. Let’s take a look at some reasons for hiring a personal trainer:
Alcohol is one of the biggest drug problems we face today, but it is culturally acceptable for many and deeply fixated within societies – so i guess it is ok, right? Well, not if you value your physical and mental health or exercise progression and performance.
Excessive drinking, binge drinking, weekend sessions – many of us have done it, and we have also felt the full effects of it with an insane hangover. In terms of the effects on athletes and exercisers alike, this kind of drinking can seriously affect performance, recovery and progression in a chosen sport or activity.
Some key points about excessive alcohol intake and exercise performance:
Eating strategies applied at breakfast time can have a big impact when it comes to achieving long term fat loss. For many people, starting with a poor or unhealthy breakfast can ripple across the rest of the day, leading every food choice to be a poor or unhealthy one. Conversely, if we start off positive we will be more inclined to continue in this fashion and choose nutritious and healthy foods at every meal.
When fat loss is the goal we want to be including lean protein at breakfast – cereal just does not cut it. Protein for breakfast has been found to increase satiety and reduce hunger throughout the day. It has a high thermogenic effect, which means it takes more energy to break it down in the body when compared to carbohydrate. This can leave us feeling fuller and satisfied for longer, it provides steady blood sugar levels, and can help to boost fat loss.
Here are some fat loss breakfast ideas for you to try and enjoy each day:
Exercising outdoors provides lots of great benefits. Heading into the great outdoors in some parts of the world, especially here in the UK, can be difficult – but a bit of rain never hurt anyone, right?
Let’s consider some reasons to embrace the great outdoors:
For most people, trying to lose body fat is a daily priority, regardless of whether they are overweight or not. It has become an obsession in modern society. Sometimes this can become an unhealthy obsession as the methods used can be detrimental to health and progress. However, when it is done correctly, losing body fat is a positive thing and offers many health benefits – especially for people who are overweight or obese. Why? Because the health risks involved are plentiful and harsh. This article will highlight the risks of being out of shape. Continue Reading…
