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What is basal metabolism?

Friday, January 8th, 2010

metabolism

Whenever we talk about losing weight or fat-burning metabolic rate is mentioned, in addition to referring to things like speed up metabolism and increase energy expenditure.

For those who do not at all clear that we see in detail is the basal metabolism.

Basal metabolism is the energy consumed in mechanical activities supporting life processes such as breathing, blood circulation, the synthesis of organic constituents, body temperature maintenance, etc.. It is, therefore, the energy required for maintaining normal physiological functions and homeostatic, with the body at rest and fasting.

Proportionally the energy used in basal metabolism is bound by 50% to cellular metabolism, 40% used for the synthesis of molecules, especially proteins, and 10% of the internal mechanical work, movement of respiratory muscles contraction of the heart, intestinal peristalsis, etc..

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Training with elastic bands

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

training with elastic bandsWhen we can not train in a gym we have various options to do at home, without the need for dumbbells, weight machines bars or expensive also occupy much space.

The training routine can include both gymnastics and aerobic exercises and some intended to increase muscle mass. In the latter case it is necessary to use any technique to achieve the necessary overhead.

Well you can do try replacing it the weight of the discs or dumbbells using common objects in any home, therefore you will see options in training routines at home we have previously.

Another alternative is to use rubber bands for when undertaking a training muscle toning.

The first thing is to get a good quality rubber bands, there are many brands in the market, you should verify that there are dry, cracked, holes, cracks or visible, this aspect is very important because if the band breaks during exercise may cause you injury.

There are different sizes, from 200 to 250 cm are used for most exercises, but it would be nice to have a pair of short bands exercises for glutes, adductors and abductors.

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Biotypes, why the muscle becomes fat

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

byotypes

The classification system of bodies established by William H. Sheldon, named somatotipia, has a scale from 1 to 7. One shows the characteristic minimum, seven maximum, average and four.

The first issue of the three categories represents numeric attributes endomorphic, second, the mesomorphic and the third the ectomorphic. Let each one of them.

Endomorphic: rounded contours, soft and smooth, with dominance of the abdomen to the chest, square shoulders and short neck high. The sports in which the mass itself is important are those that best suit people with this type, mainly combat disciplines. Not recommended are the sports that has to bear its own weight, and the race.

Mesomorphic: characterized by long bones, covered with thick muscles, broad chest, waist is relatively thin and prominent abdominal muscles and fat. It’s the kind of athlete par excellence. All physical activities are recommended for him.

Ectomorph: rather it is linear and fragile, with small bones and lean muscle, slumped shoulders and winged scapulae trend. The advantage of an ectomorph sport is its low weight. Many endurance athletes maintain their types between the meso and ectomorphy: marathon runners and cyclists especially.

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Tone up, slim down and look like you want

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

slim down

Many people are convinced that intensive training of those parts of its body considered problematic for improvements, but this is not entirely correct.

In principle and in referring to muscle tone, for example a person who wishes to reaffirm butt because you have fallen or flaccid, achieved by doing exercises to harden the buttocks, the same is true for any muscle area in the same conditions.

But if the problem is related to excess fat accumulated then the solution may not be exclusively localized to be better understood if one takes too much beer in the abdominal area that fat is not lost intensively training the abdominals.

Nor is lose fat making hundreds of exercises to train the hips. We understand that fat is not removed from where we want, as not only accumulates only in a particular area.

Most people looking to lose weight to improve both appearance and health, and here again we must stress a few things. Losing weight is not synonymous with better health and better looking, really what to look for is a lower percentage of fat stored when it is high.

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The benefits of running

Friday, January 1st, 2010

benefit of running

Many people “run” with different objectives: to incline to the good health, maintain their physical appearance or take time off. But when launching the business, he raises a number of questions that can not always answer.

Why run?
Our body has the wonderful quality of transforming chemical energy into “motion”, and does basically two ways: aerobically (in the presence of oxygen) or anaerobic (without oxygen). For the first case obtains ” fuel “of some of the foods that are nourishing, carbohydrates (such as potatoes, bread, pasta, desserts, etc.) or fat (such as oils, butter, and meats).

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Anti-cholesterol diet

Friday, December 25th, 2009

anti cholesterol dietHigh cholesterol is considered a risk factor for cardiovascular and neurological diseases. You can fight with medication and diet. Here’s a diet that helps lower bad cholesterol and lose weight.

Breakfast and lunch
Alternative 1:
A glass of skim milk can be decaffeinated coffee, tea or other infusion like mate latte.
Two whole-wheat toast spread with light cream cheese or jam diet.

Alternative 2:
fresh fruit juice (preferably grape)
Fresh fruits
A yogurt or light

Alternative 3:
Decaffeinated coffee
A yogurt with cereal (not recommended for people with high triglycerides)

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Diets for the masculine

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

men dietsMen are prone to certain diseases: adequate food is a good way to prevent them.

Heart disease, hypertension, prostate cancer … are the most common health problems in men, we can not 100% prevent these diseases, but we can help that do not appear.

· Heart diseases. Affects one third and half of the Western male population. Overweight and over-consumption of animal fats are risk factors that should be avoided. In a heart-healthy diet should prevail unsaturated fats (olive oil, corn or sunflower oil …) over saturated (butter, lard, cream, palm oils …); should consume fruits and vegetables daily and plenty and increase consumption of oily fish.

· Prostate cancer. Recent studies point to the possibility that consumption of tomatoes and soybeans have preventive effects against this cancer. Tomato benefits could come from its high content of lycopene, a carotenoid with antioxidant properties on the apparent effectiveness of soybeans (deaths from prostate cancer are significantly lower in Japan) could be related to the activity of its plant estrogens, which reduce the activity of the hormone linked to cancer development.

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