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Weight Loss – Lose 7 Pounds in Three Days
Let’s face it; there is no quick fix for weight loss (outside of surgery). No matter what method you use to lose weight, you must decrease your intake of calories to lose weight and to maintain your new weight. Effectively managing your weight is an issue of a lifestyle of prudent or healthy choices, including an increase in physical activity. Even if you go the surgical route, lifestyle management is still the long-term solution. In practice I have seen individuals who have sudden and effective weight loss with bypass or stomach stapling surgeries. However, the patients who go back to their poor dietary choices eventually gain wait in excess of their ideal body weight or re-gain a great percentage of their previous weight that they had lost.
To effectively lose weight, one may choose natural products or supplements which may help to support the body and its metabolism to help make losing weight more favorable. Weight loss enhancers or supplements are not magic potions. You have to do your part. Supplements usually work by increasing the body’s metabolism, therefore increasing the rate at which your body burns fat. However, when you use supplements, do not use supplements with ephedra. Ephedra can be a potent stimulant to the heart and nervous system and can speed up the heart rate. If you have heart disease (especially coronary artery disease), stimulating the heart can be deadly.
One promising natural supplement that I have seen is SlenderWize. This product is made by a company by the name of Cyberwize. This supplement is ephedra free. It is rich in B6, B12, Vitamin C, Niacin, and Folic acid (folate). SlenderWize also contains Grape seed extract, Green tea extract, Ginko Biloba extract, Ginger root extract, L-Tyrosine and many other nutrients. Slenderwize has more than 20 nutrients. It also contains some caffeine and theophylline. As with any supplement, consult with your health care provider to see if any supplement is right for you. Getting medical consultation is especially prudent if you are taking prescribed medicines or have high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, etc.
Weight loss is difficult for most people. Although losing weight is difficult, it’s not complex. You can lose weight by either decreasing input (Calories) and or increasing output. Increasing output involves either exercise or speeding up the body’s metabolism (supplements, exercise as well). Please check with your healthcare provider before starting an exercise program or using any weight loss enhancers such as supplements.
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The Definition of Physical Fitness
Interestingly, the definition of physical fitness has evolved from being focused primarily on athletic performance to include the modern health-related aspects.
The reason for this evolution is because fitness or being fit can be a bit complex or abstract even; hence, the reason for so many different definitions. For instance, government health agencies and other organizations define physical fitness differently although they do agree on certain aspects.
To get some clarification on the definition, you have to first understand that the definition of fitness is comprised of two separate parts. And including both parts makes the definition more accurate. As a matter of fact, the most accepted definition includes a general or health-related fitness component as well as a specific or performance/skill-related fitness (the ability to perform specific aspects of sports or tasks) component. So a definition falls short when it only uses one part.
Let’s elaborate on the two parts of the definition.
Some argue that physical fitness should be measured through the use of some type of criteria (for the health-related components of physical fitness). Health-related or general fitness comprises those components of fitness that exhibit a relationship with health status as a result of regular exercise, proper diet and nutrition, and proper rest for physical recovery within necessary parameters. In other words, being in a quality state of health and well-being.
On the other hand, some say physical fitness should be measured through a population-based norm defined by specific achievement scores on various fitness tests that represent desired health standards (for the performance/skill-related components of fitness). Performance/skill-related or specific fitness is a person’s ability to perform in a specific activity with a reasonable efficiency such as sports
or other physical tasks.
Therefore, a good general definition of physical fitness is “Good health combined with proper physical development. In other words, a body that is easily able to fight sickness along with a proportionally defined physique.”
However, a better definition might be “A set of attributes that are either health related or performance (or skill) related. Health-related fitness comprises those components of fitness that exhibit a relationship with health status. Performance/skill-related fitness involves those components of fitness that enable optimal work or sport performance.”
Now after saying all of that, it needs to be stated that it’s not very useful to try and define physical fitness as one, and only one, all-encompassing definition because of the very nature of the concepts involved in defining physical fitness. (And, thoroughly explaining those concepts goes further than the scope of this article.)
On a final note, most government health agencies and exercise scientists, are in fact in agreement that physical fitness can be divided into the following types (known as the 5 components of fitness): body composition, cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, muscular strength, and muscular endurance. Because each of these components can be assessed, quantified and measured to give a general idea of a person’s physical fitness level.
Know that some sources might discuss agility, balance, coordination, and speed along with the 5 components of fitness to help clarify the picture of establishing someone’s fitness level. In addition, you may also find that some sources include mental and emotional health as an important part of overall fitness.
As you can tell from this article alone, when trying to provide a definition of physical fitness, you can clearly see that complete fitness is certainly more than just good general health.
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There is no question that having a massage makes you feel great. Even having a deep-tissue, sports massage makes you feel wonderful afterwards. Massage can relieve stress, help you recover from hard physical activity or injury and even reduce anxiety, but can it help you to achieve your weight loss goals?
Research shows that massage can have a positive effect on your muscle-building capabilities and fitness levels, which in turn increases your capacity to control or loose weight.
Healthy strong muscles burn calories and give you the freedom to participate in all sorts of sports and activities that can help you burn excess calories and improve your overall fitness and wellbeing.
Massage has the following benefits that can directly influence your ability to control or loose weight:
1. Massage has been shown to improve circulation and the supply of nutrition to the muscles. Massage increases the interchange of vital substances between the blood and tissue cells, which increases tissue metabolism. After muscles are exercised, vital nutrients must be supplied to them so that they can recover and rebuild themselves. Massage maximizes the supply of these nutrients and oxygen though increased blood flow, which helps the muscles to grow and burn more calories as a result.
2. Massage improves your muscles’ range of motion and their flexibility. This allows them to maintain maximum power and performance while active, and burn the maximum number of calories in the process.
Improved range of motion and flexibility also reduces muscle soreness during periods of recovery and muscle repair.
Having a wide range of motion and maximum muscle flexibility also reduces the danger of experiencing injuries during exercise which can severely limit activity, exercise and weight loss progress.
3. Massage helps to shorten the recovery time needed between your workouts. Waste products such as lactic and carbonic acid build up in muscles during and after exercise. Increased circulation to these muscles helps to eliminate toxic debris buildup caused by these waste products and in doing so shorten recovery time.
Shortened recovery time means you can safely have more workouts over a given period of time, which in turn means that you have the opportunity to burn more total calories in your effort to achieve your individual weight loss goals.
4. Massage can also help reduce the chance of you over-training. Massage has a relaxing effect on the muscles and a sedative effect on the nervous system. By helping you to rest, which is a very important element of any exercise program, massage can reduce the likelihood of you experiencing over-training syndrome, which is known to limit your ability to build strong healthy muscles and therefore loose weight with maximum efficiency.
5. In addition to all of the above, massage may directly aid in fat loss. According to some research studies, massage is thought to be able to burst the fat capsule in subcutaneous tissue so that the fat exudes and becomes absorbed. In this way, combined with proper nutrition and exercise, massage may actually help in weight loss.
6. As we have already touched upon, massage helps prevent and heal injuries. By stretching connective tissue, massage improves circulation to help prevent or break down adhesions and scar tissue that result from muscle tears and other common muscle injuries. Massage also influences the excretion of certain fluids (nitrogen, phosphorous, sulfur) that aid in tissue repair. Fast and effective recovery from injuries means that you can begin exercising sooner after suffering an injury and getting your weight loss progress back on track.
So there you have it. Massage has a lot of benefits that can indirectly and possibly even directly aid you in achieving your weight loss goals.
Regular massage is just as important a component as regular workouts and correct nutrition in any comprehensive fitness and weight loss program, which is great news for those of us who thought that exercising and loosing weight was all hard work! Remember, weight loss is all about leading a balanced lifestyle and massage is an essential part of any balanced lifestyle.
If you haven’t had a massage lately, what are you waiting for? Get on the phone and make yourself a booking. If you haven’t had a massage before, just remember to have your massage done by a qualified massage therapist.
If you are unsure about a massage practitioners qualifications and experience, ask for referrals, professional training information, and make sure they are certified by reputable agency or institution.
And remember, have fun!