Saunas have been known to provide some great health benefits. Partaking in the heat can help with arthritis, asthma, chronic fatigue, and can flush toxins from your body. Some studies have even found that sauna use can decrease your blood pressure, despite the fact that your heart rate jumps from an average of 100 beats per minute to 160. (This is with normal usage, which is about twenty minutes.) However, it can also be dangerous. Don’t consume alcohol in a sauna, and try to avoid going in if you have recently had an alcoholic beverage. Dehydration can be a real issue here, so no matter what you’ve been doing, make sure you rehydrate afterward with two to four glasses of cool water.And men, beware: sperm motility and quality can be affected directly after a sauna visit. So if you’re trying to become a dad, maybe you should avoid the steam. Read more…
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You know you should, and you think about it all the time, you just need to actually start…start exercising that is.
The good news is that to get the benefits out of exercising you don’t necessarily need to fit in an hour workout.
Apparently, “a number of published studies show that you can stay in shape and burn enough calories to maintain or lose weight by doing mini-workouts throughout the day. In fact, research has shown that short bouts of exercise—as few as three 10-minute sessions—are just as effective as long ones, provided the total cumulative workout time and intensity level are comparable. Repeat any of the following exercises for a minute.”
Here are some quick and easy workout moves for those on the go.
1. Jumping jack
2. Stair running
3. Jumping rope
4. Squat jump
5. Split jump
6. Step-up
7. Alternating knee lift
8. Hamstring curl
9. Jog in place
10. Side-to-side leap
Read exactly how at Shape.com
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