Muffin tops, bra-fat and thunder thighs will be a thing of the past when you zap your trouble zones with these workout tips!
FITNESS magazine asked its readers for the trouble zones they most wanted to sculpt and then they asked their fitness experts for their ultimate slimming moves.
“For a total-body makeover, do all the exercises on these pages. Or pick and choose a few to target specific problem areas. Whether you do the all-over or a la carte workout, add a one-minute jog or jump-rope blast between sets to burn big calories. Perform the plan twice a week on nonconsecutive days to give your muscles mending time.”
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If you’re a regular at the gym and still not noticing results than it probably means that you’re doing something wrong.
Doing the same workout every time, over exercising and not using enough weights are all common culprits to a workout rut.
Best Health put together a list of workouts that are great for you cardio, muscles and are fun enough that you’ll stick to it.
Here are their top picks:
- Circuit Training
- Boot Camp
- High Intensity Training (H.I.T.)
- Spinning
- Fitness/ dance hybrid classes
- Stability ball workouts
- Combat workouts
These are just some of the options available. There are so many different ways to train, the thing that matters most is finding something you enjoy and will stick to. Some people may prefer rock climbing outdoors or the tranquility of yoga. My favorite workout is a long run alternated with weights and a 90 minute Bikram yoga class.
Do you feel like your workout is at a standstill? Are you sweating every day, but still the same dress size? The reason may be that you’re going at it all wrong!
Here are some common mistakes that well intention gym goers make from Prevention.com
-1. You Sacrifice Good Form
Do: Slow down and stand tall
The Results: Burn 50 extra calories per session
-2. You Exercise While Parched
Do: Sip 15 ounces of water 2 hours before working out
The Results: More energy to lift weights and firm up faster
-3. You Read on the Treadmill
Do: Listen to music
The Results: Burn 15% more calories
-4. You Hate Your Workout
Do: Pick a cardio routine that’s fun
The Results: Lose 4 pounds a year
-5. You Skip Strength Training
Do: Swap aerobic exercise for weights 3 times a week
The Results: Lose up to 12.5 pounds in a year
-6. You Trust Calorie-Burn Estimates
Do: Track your burn with a heart rate monitor
The Results: Lose 3 pounds this year
After a hard day at work nothing feels better than hitting the gym to sweat away work related stress.
Besides the obvious benefits of a leaner body, exercise has mental benefits as well!
“Exercise can boost your mood because it ups production of endorphins, the brain’s feel good hormone. It also lowers levels of stress hormones, like cortisol. Bottom line: a sweat session can help your brain and body cope better with anxiety.”
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Did you know that feeling the burn and sweating can make you happier, healthier and more energetic?!
Not only will getting fit improve your health, but it will improve your lifestyle as well.
Continue reading to find out all the benefits of working out.
Q. I try to walk 1.5 miles every day on my lunch hour. Is it better to walk before or after I eat?
A. It’s a good idea to eat or snack on something before a workout to provide a little bit of fuel. But if you’re only walking, and only for 1.5 miles, or a 30-minute walk, you probably don’t really need to specifically fuel yourself up for this level of activity, unless it’s been more than three or four hours since you last consumed any calories. Read more…
According to Martica Heaner
It’s another hot, smoggy day in the city and you’re desperate for a run.Yet every time you read the news or listen to the radio, there’s some health expert telling you about the dangers of mixing exercise and air pollution on a hot, muggy day.
The problem - as those same health experts will tell you — is that exercise is crucial to your well-being.
While this contradiction may not have been a big deal before the days of frequent smog and heat alerts, it’s becoming a real headache for the health-conscious and for high-level athletes.
World-class Canadian triathlete Lisa Bentley has eleven Ironman wins under her belt, but she didn’t get there by avoiding exercise on hot, smoggy days.
“Training is my career, it’s my job, it’s what I do, and I have to go to work every day. So if I go to work in the smog, I go to work in the smog.
“I love what I do too much to let the poor air quality keep me back from it …Unfortunately I will take the risks that go with that,” Bentley said.
But public health officials worry that heat and smog alerts, while designed to protect the public, may inadvertently discourage others who should be more active. Read more…
According to Peter Hadzipetros
While there is no fountain of youth for the brain, neuroscience provides evidence for the next best thing. There are lots of things you can do right now to preserve, protect and enhance your gray matter. One hint: If you’re already a devotee of a heart-healthy lifestyle, you’re way ahead of the game. What’s good for the heart is probably good for your head. That’s twice the motivation and payoff.
Foods for thought—and memory. We are what we eat, the old adage goes. When it comes to brain fitness, eating certain types of food can improve and preserve our sharp-as-a-tack selves.
The strategy: Keep unhealthy fats to a minimum (no more than 20 percent of calories). Sticking to a Mediterranean style diet—lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, a minimum of red meat, plenty of fish, daily wine—is paramount.
1- Folate: A member of the B vitamin group, this nutrient is found naturally in legumes, kidneys, oranges and leafy green vegetables.
2- Other B vitamins: Vitamins B6 and B12 are believed to be involved in the formation of the sheaths around nerve cells that contribute to communication between these cells.
3- Vitamins C and E together: A Johns Hopkins University study published in 2004 demonstrated that subjects who had the highest levels of these two antioxidants had a greatly reduced chance of contracting Alzheimer’s.
4- Omega-3 fats: Eat at least two servings of tuna, salmon or sardines a week, but consider taking a supplement, too.
5- Drinking and thinking: Alcohol in any form—beer, wine or spirits—is beneficial to the brain. But if you’re striving for optimum brain health, red wine should be your drink of choice. That’s because it contains an abundance of a potent antioxidant called resveratrol, a type of polyphenol.
5- Fitting the pill —aspirin and ibuprofen. The daily use of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory—aspirin and ibuprofen are two of the most common—is considered by some researchers as a promising therapy for keeping the brain healthy in certain groups of older people.
6-Minding your meditation. You don’t have to join a monastery or hire a guru to reap the substantial rewards of daily meditation. As little as 15 minutes a day may be enough—whether it’s sitting in the car waiting to pick up your child from school or in a quiet room at lunchtime.
7- Get on the laugh track. It’s long been said that laughter is the best medicine, and science keeps reaffirming the concept. Laughter reduces the stress hormone cortisol in your body; it relaxes your arteries so that cholesterol is less likely to build up; and it even engages you in a bit of exercise (belly laughs activate hundreds of muscles throughout your body).
8- Social studies. All primates, including humans, are highly social animals. In a sense, our brains have spent a couple of million years fine-tuning themselves to the nuances of social interactions, because that’s been a lynchpin of survival.
9- You snooze, you win. Although scientists still puzzle over why sleep is necessary, one thing is certain: We cannot survive more than a few weeks without it. When we are denied good, restful, sustained sleep on a regular basis, our brains falter in concentration, learning, memory and alertness.
10- Jumping jacks for the brain? Well, sort of. By stimulating your mind, you may be able to improve cognitive function, and perhaps delay or even prevent mental disorders such as dementia.
11- Pump up the hippocampus. How can a rousing, sweat-inducing physical workout benefit your grey matter? By improving blood flow, releasing stress-reducing endorphins, strengthening the connections between brain cells and increasing the number of brain cells themselves.
Read the ‘11 Brain Boosters’ in more detail
Read WatchMojo’s ‘Drinking and Thinking’
When France went smoke-free, it was something that no one would have expected, but to see the UK go smoke free is almost as shocking:
England is due to go smoke-free on July 1, following Wales, which outlawed the habit in enclosed public places in April, and Scotland, which banned it last year. Many other countries have banned smoking indoors or have plans to do so.
The chief executive of Oceana and Liquid nightclubs owner Luminar, Stephen Thomas, said one problem of the smoking ban was that people would now smell their fellow sweaty clubbers.
Hmm… so let me get this straight: smell snoke or smell sweat? Hell yeah. Read more.
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