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Trampoline Exercise

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Trampoline exercise has been considered one of the most effective forms of exercise due to the many health benefits associated with rebounding. Rebounding is a unique exercise due to the G-forces experienced during the bounce. During every bounce the body experiences weightlessness at the peak of every jump and 2 – 3 times the force of gravity during the upward bounce. The forces produced when bouncing strengthen the bones, muscles and cells.This is why in the weightlessness of space astronauts will keep themselves fit by applying some stress on their bones while exercising to prevent muscle and bone degeneration.This exercise does not just have the effect of strengthening the bones and muscles but also stimulates the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system is like the garbage can of the body removing dead and cancerous cells, viruses, heavy metals and foreign substances.Because 90% of modern-day illnesses and afflictions are immune related, treatments are often best stimulated by activation of lymph.From everything from weight loss, reducing blood pressure, stress and diabetes to increasing muscle and bone strength, lung capacity and balance plus all the other benefits you should find rebounding an exhilarating and fun exercise.

Advantages of Trampoline ExerciseWhile trampoline exercise has more health benefits then other exercises it also has other advantages over other exercises like jogging and aerobic exercises that involve high impact on a surface. While your body is designed to run, it is not designed to run on a concrete surface, which is what pounding the pavement involves. Many who jog regularly can end up with micro-trauma injuries to their heels and ankles. Shock is transmitted up through the hips to your spine. When bouncing on a trampoline you do not have to worry about the potential shock impact to your joints, skeleton or muscles. The impact is absorbed by the trampoline surface and the risk of damage to your muscle fibres is significantly reduced as the peak force isn’t nearly as high. Also the G-Force measured at your ankles, back and forehead is more equally distributed when you bounce, compared to floor exercise where your ankle joints take more than twice the impact of your lower back or head.

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Cardio Tips

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

- You can greatly increase the quality of your fitness, improve your tone through the way you breath. Most people breath less than 30% of what they are capable of. Breathing is vital to heart health, metabolism, and many other functions. It would be wise to learn some optimal breathing methods to supercharge your health and everything in your life.

- Lower(ideally eliminate) cholesterol, sodium, refined sugar, and refined carbohydrates. These things are responsible for inflammation, high insulin levels and high blood pressure. They are detrimental to cardiovascular health, and will produce startling improvements if avoided.

- Timing of meals is important to ensure optimal functioning and processing of your body, including hormones and cells. To get the most from your body be sure to eat 3 meals per day, with 5-6 hours of rest in between each meal and never eat after 7pm. The body responds naturally to the sleep/wake cycle and planning your eating schedule in alignment with this cycle is the best way to enjoy peak fitness.

- Avoid any stimulants, things that suppress the immune system. Coffee, alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, any of these things wreak havoc on health, especially the heart, and lower the bodies natural energy production.

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Cardiovascular Health

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

For instance, Africans generally are lean, muscular, enjoy great health and fitness and do it without trying to be that way. It is part of their nature. The same goes for the French. These are people who are generally lean, energetic and live a very long healthy life. They must be doing certain things in their life, or not doing things that give them these qualities without any conscious effort on their part. That brings me to the things we are doing here that make us overweight, unhealthy and live a sub-optimal level of health. A lot of it is mainly our diet. If you were to compare the average North American diet to our friends over in Africa, you would see that things are strikingly different. They for one things, do not typically eat any unprocessed foods. Mainly they eat vegetables and fruits, nuts, seeds, herbs. It has been studied many times that refined sugars, high sodium, high glycemic carbohydrates, processed foods, transaturated and saturated fats cause obesity, diabetes, low-energy, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, inflammation. To avoid from these is the first key to living a life with great health benefits.

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Cardiovascular Methods For Great Benefits

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

If you can learn how to do a combination of short intense cardio with medium moderate-intense cardio and long moderate cardio, you are activating 3 separate breathing mechanisms in the the body and recruiting optimal glycolysis(sugar burning), fat burning, muscle building, anti-oxidation. Basically you turn on the broad spectrum of high performance machinery in your body. Ideal to put your body in the highest state of health, fitness give you all the benefits of peak health and at the same time counteract the negative effects of unhealthy habits.

- Interval training. This is moderate periods of 75%-80% intensity training, followed by brief periods of 100% intensity training.

- Moderate-intense state cardio. Do not go beyond 70-80% intensity but maintain the same intensity over a period of at least 30 minutes. This is a great way to gradually increase your fitness level. In the long run you will be increasing your fitness level and doing it this way, your old 75% intensity will be your new 70% intensity level.

- Long-light-moderate intensity cardio. This would be like doing a marathon, or walking over a period of 2-3 hours. You are recruiting the most fat burning and stableness of your heart rate at this level. This is great for building long stamina and endurance.

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How to Flatten Your Stomach

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

With beach season right around the corner there are people everywhere who are working towards getting that ripped 6 pack or toned stomach that will get the stares and attention this summer. The problem is that the first thing everybody does is march straight to the gym and begin doing hours of stomach exercises without paying any attention to the other main part of the 6 pack abs puzzle. If you want to develop those perfect abs that you’re picturing inside your head then you will have spend time flattening or reducing the fat that lies on top of your abdominal muscles. Burning off this stubborn layer of fat that is covering your abdominal muscles is going to prove to be the hardest and probably least enjoyable part of your journey to perfect abs, but it can be done by anybody regardless of how much fat you have or what you’re genetics are like. Keep in mind that there is no possible way to spot reduce fat so you will have to reduce your overall body fat. In order to do this you will have to concentrate on eating properly and exercising in a way that burns the most calories possible in the shortest amount of time.

Your meals need to consist of low fat, low sugar foods that are packed with fibre and complex carbohydrates. These types of foods take longer to burn therefore keeping you full longer. You want to aim for 500 cals less per day then what your body can burn off during that day. This on top of moderate to high intensity exercise will cause your body to be in a calorie deficit state at the end of the day and when this happens your body turns to your fat stores for energy.

Exercises contrary to popular belief will not consist of stomach exercises at this stage. Instead you will focus on big multi joint exercises such as the deadlift, squats, clean and press and Back Rows. These exercises because so many muscles are used at one time cause your body to have to use a whole lot more calories than running or biking would. These exercises also build muscle which burns more calories than fat does.

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