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Portland, Oregon (PRWEB) April 09, 2012
Cardiorespiratory Intensity
When doing aerobic type of exercise, creating the most amount of caloric expenditure in a shorter amount of time is what matters. This is going to happen by increasing the intensity of the workout that is being done on the treadmill, elliptical or stair climber, or implementing some kind of high intensity interval training into the fitness routine. What Kisar Dhillon creates for individuals who want to generate this specific goal is that the intensity of the workouts has to be at a rate where the client is utilizing both the aerobic and anaerobic systems. In turn, this will allow the body to utilize both carbohydrates and fats for energy sources.
Resistance Training Intensity
Weight lifting is something that all individuals need to start implementing into their fitness routines. Maintaining bone density in both males and females is extremely crucial, especially when the golden years begin to approach. Building a solid foundation of great muscle tone and healthy bones is something that will pay off in the future. In addition, weight lifting also has a great metabolic effect that will help the body expend or burn a certain amount of calories when at rest. This is called resting metabolic rate and the faster it is the quicker a person?s metabolism. So creating a good amount of lean muscle mass throughout the entire body will help an individual burn more calories at rest, which in turn will help lose those extra percentage points of body fat.
When it comes to doing abdominal crunches, it is best to do a variety of different exercise that target the same muscles, but from different angles, positions and with a variety of external resistance. If assistance is needed in creating a variety of routines, it is recommended to consult a Portland personal trainer or local fitness professional for a routine that will be tailored to the fitness level of the individual.
Food Intake or Diet
Food intake is something that is very emotional for most individuals. The idea of totally changing a person?s food can be very scary because will the food be enjoyable? Eating healthy does not mean starving or eating foods that look like cardboard. The initial goal is continue eating the current foods, but shrinking the portions or change the way they are cooked. Eating vegetables are great if they are steamed, baked or boiled, but when they are fried, they become the enemy. Foods can be healthy, tasty and can create results that will help a personal achieve that defined mid-section. The rule of thumb is stay away from simple carbohydrates (fruit juices, candy, and dense sugary deserts), white flour and saturated fatty foods. To get an exact food plan, it is recommended to go to a registered dietician to get an exact printout of how much and of what type of foods would be beneficial. The foods that were mentioned above can all be substituted by healthier options such as fresh fruit and vegetables, low fat and reduced sugar deserts, wheat or whole grain breads and wheat pastas, and non-saturated fat types of foods.
Combine Them For Success
If a personal can combine all three of these components into a health and fitness program, the results they will generate will be amazing. Achieving that awesome mid-section will no longer be a dream, but a reality. The most challenging part will be starting the program, being accountable and staying consistent with the training program. The best way to guarantee success is to hire a Portland personal trainer, go to a registered dietician and create an excellent support network of family and friends.
Elizabethtown, KY (PRWEB) March 29, 2012
March Madness is well underway. Across the country, people are following every bracket busting moment with careful attention. EatMoveBeFit.com is now trying to turn the attention away from the results of the game and toward the lessons that student athletes can show us about our own personal health and fitness.
?A huge portion of the American population is tuning into March Madness,? Scott Colby, editor of EatMoveBeFit.com says. ?The amazing comebacks and buzzer beating shots attest to the drama of basketball. But these young athletes are doing so much more than entertaining: they are teaching.?
What exactly are the lessons to be learned from the NCAA Men?s Basketball Tournament, and how do they apply to people in general?
?First of all,? Colby begins, ?March Madness teaches us the value of teamwork. In basketball, the team that passes the ball and puts teamwork first usually comes out ahead. This is no different from how we can approach our personal fitness journeys.?
Colby recommends that people, whatever their age or ability level, find a workout partner. ?Workout partners make the time pass quickly and make all activities more enjoyable.?
He also notes the importance of having a support network at home. ?Living a healthy lifestyle starts at home. Whether it?s what kinds of meals you?re eating or what time you?re going to sleep, you need to have a supportive home environment for all aspects of health and fitness.?
The second lesson Colby sees in the men?s basketball tournament is resiliency. While the last second comebacks of the college basketball players attest to their perseverance in the face of adversity, Colby believes that kind of attitude is crucial in our personal lives.
?There are always going to be times when it seems like the odds are stacked against us,? Colby muses. ?Whether we?re struggling to lose weight or are dealing with an injury, the most important thing is focusing your mental energy toward achieving your immediate goals.?
Lastly, Colby points out that there is a consistency among the best college teams: teams like Duke, North Carolina, and the UCLA powerhouses of the 1960s and 70s. All of the great teams have great coaching.
?When you are trying to embark upon a new health and fitness endeavor, you need a good coach guiding you,? he said. ?EatMoveBeFit.com is the best health and fitness e-magazine out there.?
Indeed, with its stable of top fitness professionals contributing detailed yet accessible articles on topics like strength training, nutrition, and fat loss, EatMoveBeFit.com operates with the goal of coaching people to new heights in their personal fitness journeys.
The online health and fitness publication publishes three new issues every week. The articles are free for anyone who visits the website.
If you are trying to burn fat, consider visiting the website (http://EatMoveBeFit.com) to learn more about exercise and its benefits.
EatMoveBeFit.com is a member of the Fitness Consulting Group family of companies. It is the world?s leading health and fitness website and newsletter for giving you a better body today.
To learn more, visit: http://eatmovebefit.com.
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(PRWEB) March 21, 2012
Craig Kastning part of the Chicago based, Chi-Town Boot Camps is also a personal trainer at the camp. Craig and the other Chicago trainers use conventional training and exercise in combination with nutrition based on readily-available foods to help clients reach fitness goals. Every fitness program is designed specifically to a client?s needs and programs are designed to offer technical advice along with passion, encouragement, and good fun.
Conventional workouts incorporate core solidity; strength training and workouts from week to week are different and unique. Originality and personalization provide phenomenal results. Each Chicago trainer at Chi-Town is professional, experienced and very willing to share their expert knowledge with clients. Chi-Town trainers also use personal motivation techniques to help clients reach fitness goals. Every workout is designed to be a path toward healthy living.
Clients have stressed that working with a Chicago personal trainer at Chi-Town Boot Camps is not easy. The amount of work required to reach your goals can be brutal, but clients go back week after week knowing that they are being taught and trained for life. Clients are shown ways to eat properly, avoid fad diets and pills, and regulars soon realize that nutrition is essential to weight loss success.
As each client is supported and taught by Chi-Town trainers, Craig, Jamie and Dustin, they learn information about themselves and their body maintenance that is invaluable. They learn how to be challenged, succeed, motivated and educated. Trainers take personal pride in the success of their clients and as a result customers return week after week to take part in stimulating workouts. Students and participants in Chi-Town?s boot camp programs rave about getting back their health, feeling great and realizing that they need to take time out for themselves. It has been expressed by many Chi-Town clients that their Chicago personal trainer have brought back their lives.
Chi-Town Boot Camps is designed to show those clients who generally go to corporate gyms how to work out in a fun and passionate environment; and see weight loss success. One client relates how her exercise program in a corporate gym was to just ride a bike, but she never advanced, and eventually became frustrated with her exercise plan. When she enlisted the services of Chicago trainer, Craig Kastning, she learned to be challenged in an atmosphere of individual progress. As a result her body fat went from 28% to 14% and she realized gains in strength and energy. She now looks forward to working out.
You do need to realize that during your first week of training, you will be sore after using muscles not normally used. The second week your body will be tighter, and after three weeks of training you can feel a difference in how your clothes fit and how your body moves. Your reward for this hard work is having friends and family commenting on the new you.
To get your life back and work with a Chicago trainer at Chi-Town Boot Camps, use the following information:
Chi Town Book Camps
853 W. Belmont Avenue
Lakeview, Chicago, IL 60657
(630) 560-4500
New York, NY (PRWEB) January 20, 2012
Researchers from the Children?s Environmental Health Center at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York have found an association between exposure to the chemical group known as phthalates and obesity in young children ? including increased body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference.
Phthalates are man-made, endocrine-disrupting chemicals that can mimic the body?s natural hormones. They are commonly used in plastic flooring and wall coverings, food processing materials, medical devices, and personal-care products. While poor nutrition and physical inactivity are known to contribute to obesity, a growing body of research suggests that environmental chemicals ? including phthalates ? could play a role in rising childhood obesity rates.
This study was the first to examine the relationship between phthalate exposure and measurements used to identify obesity in children. The paper is available online in the journal Environmental Research. The project was funded by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, the National Cancer Institute, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Mount Sinai researchers measured phthalate concentrations in the urine of 387 black and Hispanic children in New York City, and recorded body measurements including BMI, height, and waist circumference one year later. The urine tests revealed that greater than 97 percent of study participants had been exposed to phthalates typically found in personal care products such as perfume, lotions, and cosmetics; varnishes; and medication or nutritional supplement coatings. The phthalates included monoethyl phthalate (MEP) and other low molecular-weight phthalates. The team also found an association between concentrations of these phthalates with BMI and waist circumference among overweight children. For example, BMI in overweight girls with the highest exposure to MEP was 10 percent higher than those with the lowest MEP exposure.
?Research has shown that exposure to these everyday chemicals may impair childhood neurodevelopment, but this is the first evidence demonstrating that they may contribute to childhood obesity,? said the study?s lead author Susan Teitelbaum, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. ?This study also further emphasizes the importance of reducing exposure to these chemicals where possible.?
The percentage of obese children ages six to 11 in the United States has grown from seven percent in 1980 to more than 40 percent in 2008, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 15 percent of American children between the ages six and 19 are characterized as obese. In New York City, more than one in five children in public schools are obese.
Dr. Teitelbaum and the team at the Children?s Environmental Health Center plan to further evaluate the impact of these chemicals on childhood obesity. ?While the data are significant, more research is needed to definitively determine whether phthalate exposure causes increases in body size,? she said.
About The Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Mount Sinai Medical Center encompasses both The Mount Sinai Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Established in 1968, Mount Sinai School of Medicine is one of the leading medical schools in the United States. The Medical School is noted for innovation in education, biomedical research, clinical care delivery, and local and global community service. It has more than 3,400 faculty in 32 departments and 14 research institutes, and ranks among the top 20 medical schools both in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and by US News and World Report..
The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation?s oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. In 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranked The Mount Sinai Hospital 16th on its elite Honor Roll of the nation?s top hospitals based on reputation, safety, and other patient-care factors. Of the top 20 hospitals in the United States, Mount Sinai is one of 12 integrated academic medical centers whose medical school ranks among the top 20 in NIH funding and US News and World Report and whose hospital is on the US News and World Report Honor Roll. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 560,000 outpatient visits took place.
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Related Nutrition And You Press Releases
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) December 27, 2011
Weight loss is one of the top New Year?s resolutions for 2012. While many people flock to gym memberships in the first few months of the year, weight loss is actually 80 percent diet, says Craig Kastning, a Chicago personal trainer and owner of a Chi-Town Boot Camps fitness center. ?I always tell my clients, ?What good are rock-solid muscles if they?re obscured by fat?? weight loss starts in the kitchen,? he says. He shares the following tips to make healthy eating easier this year:
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (PRWEB) December 24, 2011
When you think about ?the code,? you might think of a combination or password, but if you were told to dream bigger, perhaps you would think of the code to a more successful and joyful life. This big dream can come true as you crack ?The Code,? a downloadable ebook with secrets to success offered by some of the world?s experts in wellness, finance, nutrition, fitness, business, stress management, wealth creation and life abundance.
Available online at http://www.thecodeebook.com/ for just $ 3.97, ?The Code? brings together world-class experts from a variety of industries to deliver information on achieving results in health, money, love, stress, business and more.
?After studying human achievement for two decades, I decided to bring together these great minds to create a comprehensive guide to success, abundance and fulfillment,? said John Spencer Ellis, creator of ?The Code? and founder of John Spencer Ellis Enterprises, a personal development and fitness solutions company. ?All of these experts teach that true success comes from having balance and abundance in all areas of your life and that anyone can achieve this.?
In addition to Ellis, other experts include:
Joe Vitale, star of ?The Secret? movie, who offers a five-step attraction system;
T. Harv Eker, author of ?Secrets of the Millionaire Mind,? which hit No. 1 on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller lists;
Chalene Johnson, entrepreneur, TV fitness personality, motivational speaker, author, choreographer and clothing designer;
Dr. Topher Morrison, the recently appointed president of the board of directors for the Association of Integrative Psychology;
Debbie Allen, The Shameless Success Expert, and a business-building strategies expert;
And many more. More than 40 leading experts contributed to the collaboration.
According to reader Justin Stein, ?”I have never learned so much from any one source in my life!”
About John Spencer Ellis Enterprises and The Code
John Spencer Ellis Enterprises is a solutions provider for fitness and coaching professionals around the world, providing education, turn-key business programs, coaching and resources for new and advanced fitness and coaching professionals. For more information about John Spencer Ellis Enterprises or The Code, please visit http://www.thecodeebook.com/
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(PRWEB) December 17, 2011
The 2012 ?New Years Resolution Survey? found that Americans? top four resolutions this year are to: 1) Get more physically fit, 2) Improve financial condition, 3) Improve health, and 4) Lose weight. The Camp Chino Hills personal trainer can help out on all these fronts. Not only will individuals get in the best shape of their lives, but they will also be able to save money on the cost of personal training by getting more one-on-one interaction for the cost of a group class.
Participants begin their Chino Hills personal trainer odyssey by calling to set up an appointment to meet with one of The Camp?s personal trainers. The trainer will ask questions about the participant?s goals, health background and fitness / dietary preferences. From there, the trainer will draw up a customized road map for success that includes a monthly meal plan and workout regimen. After this initial meeting, the participant will receive a schedule of classes and begin a free one-week trial.
Chino Hills personal trainer group classes generally meet three times a week, every other day, for one hour. People of all ages, shapes, sizes and conditions come in, but most people have about 10-40 pounds to lose and trouble staying motivated with fitness programs on their own. The added accountability and scheduling helps keep them on track with their New Years? resolutions in the beginning. Over time, participants say they become addicted to the great feeling they get after a rigorous workout, motivated by the progress they see and inspired by their certified fitness professionals.
Exercises at The Camp Chino Hills boot camp include everything from lunges, squats and jumping jacks to mountain climbers, burpees and wall-sits. Most exercises use the body?s natural weight to provide resistance and incorporate all major muscle groups. Obstacle courses and quick interval training sessions mix things up and keep participants interested from start to finish. Classes are straightforward and easy-to-follow and based upon proven scientific studies to provide real results in a short period of time.
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Marlborough, Mass. (PRWEB) July 25, 2005
As part of its growing commitment to providing consumers with effective health and wellness tools, Skyscape Inc. has made the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)s MyPyramid food guidance system available for a variety of handheld and smartphone platforms. Skyscapes Food Guide can now be downloaded free of charge from http://www.SkyscapeOnHand.com/mypyramid.
USDA encourages efforts that promote the use of MyPyramid.gov and welcomes initiatives to promote healthy lifestyles,” said Eric Bost, USDA Under Secretary for Food, nutrition and Consumer Services.
Skyscapes application of MyPyramid provides consumers a way to create a personalized guide that puts detailed nutritional and diet information right in the palm of their hand.
With Skyscapes Food Guide application, we are making it convenient for consumers to access the new federal Dietary Guidelines anywhere. said Sandeep Shah, president and CEO of Skyscape, Inc. The key is to empower consumers to take control of their diet and health in an era where time is in short supply and mobility is a way of life.
Skyscapes free Food Guide application allows consumers to make smart diet choices by providing the following resources:
MyPyramid Guide – Personalized guidance on what and how much to eat from each food group.
Inside the Pyramid – In-depth information on each food group, recommendations for choosing healthy oils, discretionary calories, and physical activity.
Tips & Resources – Suggestions on starting a healthy diet, sample menu plans, tips for eating healthy when dining out, information for vegetarian diets, and more.
Skyscapes Food Guide is free at http://www.SkyscapeOnHand.com/mypyramid.
MyPyramid is the U.S. Department of Agricultures food guidance system. The Skyscape Food Guide Application has been developed using content solely from the USDA.
About Skyscape Inc.
Skyscape Inc., the leading provider of interactive mobile references for over 400,000 medical professionals, now offers a host of solutions for health conscious consumers including The South Beach Diet OnHand and The MyPyramid Food Guide for use on handhelds (PDAs), smartphones, and personal computers. Visit Skyscape at: http://www.skyscapeonhand.com.
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