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Flexibility bring you to better health

You may find it difficult to spend time in exercise planning, let alone stretching. But most aerobic and strength training programs cause muscle tension. That's why it's important to stretch regularly to make sure your body is functioning properly. Regular stretching can: Increases flexibility, which makes daily tasks easier Improves range of motion of your joints, which helps keep you mobile Improves circulation Promotes better posture Helps relieve stress by relaxing tense muscles Helps prevent injury, especially if your muscles or joints are tight While Stretching, REMEMBER: Target major muscle groups. When you're stretching, focus on your calves, thighs, hips, lower back, neck and shoulders. Also stretch muscles and joints that you routinely use at work or play.  Warm up first. Stretching muscles when they're cold increases your risk of injury, including pulled muscles. Warm up by walking while gently pumping your arms, or do a favorite exerc...

Isotonix™ OPC-3™ Plus

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Isotonix OPC-3 Plus is an isotonic-capable health supplement that is made from a combination of bilberry, grape seed, grape skin, pine bark extracts and citrus bioflavonoid complex. Oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs) are bioflavonoids (complex organic plant compounds) found in fruits, vegetables and certain tree barks that provide nutritional benefits to the human body. Isotonix OPC-3 Plus contains Pycnogenol, which is a natural plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree and the well researched bioflavonoid. Isotonix dietary supplements are delivered in an isotonic solution. With Isotonix products, little nutritive value is lost, making the absorption of nutrients efficient. Benefits: Acts as an antioxidant Supports a healthy complexion Promotes overall well-being Ingredients: Grape Seed Extract Grape seed extract is typically extracted from the seeds of red grapes (instead of white), which have a high content of compounds known as oligomeric proanth...

How to Lose Body Fat

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If you want to improve your overall health or simply want to lose weight in the summer, burning excess fat can be very difficult. In addition to diet and exercise, many other factors can affect weight and fat loss. Fortunately, there are many simple steps you can take to increase fat burning quickly and easily. 1. Start Strength Training Strength training is a sport that requires you to contract muscles to resist resistance. This can strengthen muscle mass and increase strength. Strength training usually involves lifting weights to gain muscle over time. Studies have found that strength training has multiple health benefits, especially when burning fat. One study showed that 12 weeks of aerobic exercise was more effective than aerobic exercise alone compared with aerobic exercise alone. Resistance training can also help keep fat-free substances, which can increase the calories your body burns when it burns. Doing weight exercises, lifting weights or u...

Tactical Strength & Conditioning

Introduction Before deciding what are the strengths and tactical conditions, it is important to discuss no. Often, in the first tactical performance plans, erroneous attempts were made to apply the traditional sports models of power and conditioning principles directly to the fighters. Popular concepts such as linear cycles, seasonal and off-season training, and discharges rarely find a balance in procedures that provide soldiers with an organic and fluid battle space and today's deployment program. In fact, it can be said that these concepts have a negative impact on the training of athletes. With that in mind, a completely different definition should be considered. Strength and tactical conditions can be considered as a multidisciplinary approach to repair, maintain and optimize tactical athletes to maximize their use on the battlefield. Keep in mind that the term "tactical athlete" can easily refer to police, level 1 soldiers, firefighters and even emergency medi...

Nutrition Tips for Athletes

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If you are an athlete or an extremely active individual, you need a diet that can keep up with your high-performance demands and help you recover quickly afterward. This is especially true if you are doing something that takes a lot of endurance at a high-intensity level. Anytime you are working out at this high intensity for 60 to 90 minutes, such as runners, basketball players, soccer players or any other fast-paced sport, your body needs extra fuel.   Here are some tips for you as an athlete: 1. Don’t be afraid of carbohydrates.  Carbohydrates are critical to an athlete’s optimal performance and are the preferred fuel during exercise.   Carbohydrates give your body the energy it needs to work out for over an hour. Athletes should not be consuming a “low-carb”. It doesn’t necessarily mean you need to eat a lot of bread and pasta. Carbohydrates food should make up approximately 60 percent of total calories consumed (about 350 grams of a 2,200-calorie di...

Tips to Build Muscle and Lose Fats

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Building muscle and losing body fat is one of the dreams for everyone. Also known as ‘getting lean,' this body transformation is not necessarily a priority for everyone, but if it is for you - read on! You may think you just want to decrease your body fat without gaining muscle, but did you know that even a small increase in muscle mass will boost your metabolism? This means you'll burn more calories at rest, which enables easier fat loss to your body. Here are 8 tips to build muscle and lose fat which also supports your overall health and well being. 1. Use heavy enough weights Wherever how many sets or repetition you do in one type of workout exercise, the weights must be heavy enough that you couldn't possibly do more than one extra rep in each set. For women, a common reason they are not gaining muscle and losing fat is that the weights they're using are too light for the body to need to change. Men, on the other hand, will sometimes attempt lifti...