Category: Health Fitness

Energy used during training Our bodies depend on adequate food for fuel to power all of our functions. Therefore, it is important to know the functions that different foods fulfill. The proteins, fats, and carbohydrates in your diet are converted into energy through a process called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. ATP breaks down and releases…

Hungry Girl 300 under 300 by Lisa Lillien This book offers 300 great foods for breakfast, lunch, and dinner that are less than 300 calories. It also includes starters and appetizers. The plethora of foods bring original foods and come to life with new ingredients in the mix, like Buffalo Chicken Wing Macaroni & Cheese…

The Tabata protocol is a high intensity training regimen that produces remarkable results. A Tabata workout (also called a Tabata sequence) is a 20-second interval training cycle of maximum intensity exercise, followed by 10 seconds of rest, repeated without pause 8 times for a total of four minutes. In a group context, you can keep…

Belly fat is a stubborn annoyance and an obvious health hazard for women around the world. Some women take steps to combat this natural occurrence of the human body. On the other hand, others ignore belly fat or are not sure how to handle it. Simply put, losing belly fat requires a constant effort of…

Almost everyone who reads this article will have experienced the situation where the weight you lose keeps coming back; This is actually a very common problem that people experience with weight loss and it’s called The Snowball Effect. This is the most frustrating problem you will experience in weight loss, but luckily there are things…

Bowflex SelectTech dumbbells are an excellent strength training tool. Strength training is an effective activity for burning fat, losing weight, and keeping it off. Using that logic, we can come to the conclusion that adjustable Bowflex dumbbells can help you lose weight. Weightloss Weight loss is not about physiology or biology. It’s about math. It…

There are many good reasons why you should be concerned about your physical health and protect yourself from the growing number of cases of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity that threaten both men and women today. Home fitness equipment allows you to get in shape in the privacy and comfort of your own home. Bring…

These are the best principles for arm training: OVERLOAD PRINCIPLETo make a muscle get bigger and stronger, you must continually overload it with increasingly heavy weights. So when you see favorites doing barbell curls at 225 pounds or eliminating lying tricep extensions at nearly 300 pounds, you can understand how the principle of overload develops…

Reaching your ideal weight after strenuous exercise has a great feeling associated with it. I have seen many people around me embark on weight loss journeys and get massive results with just a little bit of determination and a lot of effort. One question I am often asked by people who have lost a lot…

The Schwinn 231 exercise bike is a home use model, but it looks a lot like a commercial gym exercise bike. There are a number of ways that a commercial bike doesn’t work very well at home anyway. For example, gym machines are very heavy and difficult to move. This is a recumbent bike and…