What’s the best exercise for heart health?
A combination of weight training and aerobic exercise might be the best prescription for overweight people at risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease, a new study suggests.
People doing only aerobic exercise dropped weight and inches off their waistlines — so an aerobic-only program is also a good (and less time-consuming) option, researchers said. Those in the study who just lifted weights saw very little benefit in terms of heart health, although they did gain strength.
“Aerobic plus resistance is clearly the optimal program,” said Dr.
Weight gain during pregnancy – #Con11 Revisited
Last month Peter and I attended the Canadian Obesity Summit in Montreal. We put up a lot of posts during the conference itself, but (amazingly) we had so much content that I actually decided to save some! Over the next couple weeks I will be posting that content from time to time, including several podcasts that I think people will really enjoy (the first to come later this week).
Todays post comes from Dr Danielle Bouchard, and focuses on the impact of weight gain during pregnancy and birth weight on weight management across the lifespan. This is an emerging area of intense research, and with good reason as Danielle notes in her write-up, each additional kilogram of weight at birth increases the risk of being overweight/obese during adolescence by 60%. As
Weight Control Diet – Instant Weight Loss Instead of Waiting Months For Results
? To get instant weight loss, you simply cannot at random choose a routine and a diet and say ok Im ready to see results because it simply does not work this way. What you will find really shocking is that only 5% of methods out there actually work in the long term! Sure you can lose a few pounds by starving yourself and drinking nothing but water but how long can you keep that up? You need to look ahead weeks and even months before you so that you can get slimmer and stay that way instead of only tasting success only to have it whither away a few weeks later. The EverLoss guide below can help you out with this, and has tons of info like:
The Body Positive: 10 Healthy Ads With An Unhealthy Body Image
When you consider the amount of time and money that goes into making an ad campaign, its amazing certain advertisements make the cut. Especially in the so-called healthcategory: Even products that are supposed to make us healthier, cleaner and happier manage to insult us. One of our biggest pet peeves, though is the bad body image they promote.
Here are nine more ads, ranging from the mega-offensive to the merely absurd, that prey on womens body insecurities to push healthy products. Well be exercising our purchasing power elsewhere
Count Down to Fitness Success and Keep Your Motivation Drive Alive
Got another great article from our trusted friend, Tom Venuto we loved this article he wrote, so wanted to share it with youfantastic take home points for permanent success!
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Count Down To Fitness Success And Keep Your Motivation Drive Alive By Tom Venuto, NSCA-CPT, CSCS
There are many fantastic ways to get focused and motivated to begin a diet or exercise program, but often the most difficult thing to do is keep that drive and ambition alive for more than a few weeks and see your goal through to completion.
Within just weeks of starting, many people have already hit their first snag or setback, and as a result, have slipped backwards in the mental focus and motivation department.