Monthly Archives: September 2013

Battle Obesity: Use Home Fitness Equipment to Optimize Your Health

Setting goals for working out has proven to be an effective way for making sure you sustain an efficient and diligent exercise routine. Optimizing your physical fitness is crucial towards the health of your mind and body. Therefore, it is necessary to remain active through daily cardiovascular and strength training. Those who fail to maintain a constant balance of cardiovascular and strength training, are those who are responsible for the fact that the the rate of obesity is so high in the United States and even more importantly, those who do not exercise on a regular basis, become sick and have lower life expectancy rates than those who make staying physically fit a priority in there life. Unfortunately, many of us do not see physical fitness as an important priority in our lives, as evidenced by the overwhelming amount of overweight adults and children in the United States. Over the past 30 years, the obesity rates for adults in North America have doubled. Today, 34% of adults in ou

Take Control of Diabetes through Exercise!

Being a type 1 diabetic myself, I understand first hand how important it is to make exercise a routine part of your day. Did you know that both type 1 and type 2 diabetics who exercise daily for 9 months, their glucose metabolism (the body’s ability to process blood sugar) improved 87%, and their fasting glucose (a marker of diabetes risk) decreased significantly?This can be as easy as taking a 15-minute walk everyday, even starting at 5-10 minutes sessions and working your way up. I find taking a short stroll through the neighborhood after dinner a great way to boost my mood, energy, and overall metabolism. Another trick I've found is always looking for a way to add a few extra steps into your day… be it not using the nearest restroom at the office, and using another one on a different floor, climbing the stairs to get there. Or instead of taking that 10-minute coffee break, substitute it for a short walk outside. Once you learn tackle short walks in your everyday, it&rs

Tips and Guidelines for Buying Treadmills & Ellipticals

Comprehensive and thought out weight loss plans are more effective than those which are based upon short term goals. Everybody wants to take a magic pill or a secret shortcut in order to lose weight. Although most rational, intelligent minds understand that eating well and exercising regularly are the most significant factors that contribute to the level of ones health, there are still tens of millions of Americans who are in search of a way to lose weight without doing the necessary legwork in order to do so. Those who strategically design an exercise regimen for themselves are far more likely to have success working out than those who do not. It is very easy to develop an exercise program. A simple search on the Internet of various exercise programs will be sufficient on order to find at least one exercise program applicable to your situation. Once you find an exercise program optimal for your body, look for health club quality fitness equipment to use at home so you don't have to g

My Labor Day Workout

Woke up today at 7:10 am PST. Stretched for 10 minutes then did 200 push-ups (a bunch of sets of 30), then jumped in the shower. For breakfast I ate half of a grapefruit, a bowl of raisin bran and two slices of rye toast. Then I went to work in front of the computer but I got the feeling that I really needed to exercise more and since today is Labor Day I decided to go to the local middle school and use their rubberized track to get some running in. I walked 2 laps (1/2 Mile) then ran about 14 laps (3.5 Miles). The key to running is making sure that you are not beating up your knees, ankles, hips and other joints and bones. Rubberized tracks and treadmills with quality suspension system are your best bets. After the light jog I felt much better and went home to do some real work.

When lunch time came I was ready and had burned off most of what I had for breakfast so a big good lunch was really needed. For starters I ate a sa