Fitness Goal Tips

If you look after your health you have probably heard of antioxidants. They are the good guys who fight the ‘free radicals. Here’s what Dr. Chandra of the World Health Organization says about antioxidants: “To date, some sixty diseases have been associated with free radical damage, and each human cell receives at least 10,000 damaging hits from free radicals every day. So by taking antioxidants we increase our immunity as they act as a scavenging system to free radicals”. Antioxidants can be taken in tablet form or in liquid form in a drink such as Pomesteen. I have personal experience of how antioxidants can improve health. A couple of days before Christmas 1999 I was ill with pancreatitis. Although I was 55 at the time I had never had any serious illnesses so this came as quite a shock. I was taken to my local hospital where I spent 3 weeks. Most of that time I was on a drip and unable to eat or drink. During the last 2 or 3 days, I was allowed to eat and once I had pro...

There are a few rules that you need to follow when you are trying to gain muscle fast. Here are a few of the most important. Dieting Issues Everyone who aims to gain muscle knows that eating more is an important step, especially if they have always had trouble with weight gain. The thing not everyone realizes is that eating more doesn’t just mean eating more within any given meal. It’s imperative that the meals and snacks you have, happen more frequently. Your body will adjust to the bigger meals and learn to adjust to the new intake. If you also eat more frequently, the body can only adjust by gaining weight. There are a lot of things you need in order to gain muscle mass fast. There are a lot of ingredients that help build that muscle, but protein is really the most important one. So when you start eating more, aim to add a lot of protein to the meals. You’ll likely find that you have trouble reaching the amount of protein recommended for muscle gain, so you should stro...

CURB YOUR APPETITE According to acclaimed health and diet experts, Mehmet Oza and Michael Roizen, one way to curb your appetite is by exercising at the gym. But not just any type of exercise. They emphasize combining cardiovascular exercises and strength training. In their online newspaper column, YOU Docs Daily, they cite a small 16-week study comparing a group of men who did only aerobics for 60 minutes or only weight training, to men who did no exercise at all and to men who combined only 22 minutes of cardio training with lifting weights. Results indicated that men who combined both aerobics and weight lifting were actually less hungry and ate fewer calories. The experts speculate that this powerful combination, cardiovascular training with weight training, might affect blood levels of fats, glucose, amino acids, and even hormones that affect appetite. MANAGE YOUR EMOTIONS Pay attention to the way you think and feel. If emotions are stirring up inside of you, and your immediate res...