Outstanding Growth Potential With Muscle Building Programs to Fit Your Lifestyle

With all the strict muscle building programs out there, it can seem pretty overwhelming. It can certainly be disappointing to try adding muscle mass, only to learn you must train on gym machines to do a major portion of these muscle building programs. Maybe you have a serious lower back problem, but the workout you've found wants you doing dead-lifts. Why don't we look at some BETTER options in muscle building programs!
Okay, let's dispel some myths. "Does it really matter what type of resistance training I'm doing?"
No! The philosophy of free weights being so much better of the muscle building programs is HOGWASH! The ESSENTIAL POINT is that you are DOING the resistance training. It really makes NO difference whether you're getting it from free weights, body weight, or gym equipment. Although MANY bodybuilders swear by free weights, there have also been MANY who have used Arthur Jones' Nautilus equipment to REALLY bulk up! So stop focusing on the "how" part of the resistance training, and concentrate on the "DOING" part of it! You're muscles WILL see gains as long as you are PUSHING them.
"How should I divide up my workouts?"
Regardless of working out 5 times a week, or just once, you CAN get a complete and full-body workout that gives you everything you need. Think less of how to divide up your muscles into categories for working out on particular days together. Rather, think MORE about the TIME each week you can commit to exhausting your muscles. The only additional benefit to a total-body workout done in a single day is that you ONLY have to do it ONCE a week. Workouts broken down into 3 or 4 days a week, on the other hand, will not take nearly as long as the one-day workout. Personally, 4 days a week works great for me. But this is only MY choice, not necessarily a recommendation. The key is finding what works for YOU!"Is there any benefit to less vs. more reps?"
Actually, each has it's own purpose. Neither is particularly better or worse. Generally, if you're looking to get REALLY big, REALLY fast, then more repetitions is the way to go. It's know as sarcoplasmic muscle growth, and it's AWESOME for bulking up. On the other hand, if the "Hollywood look" is your goal, along with overall strength, then you want less reps. For the best of both worlds, try doing more reps for a period, then switch to less reps for a time afterwards.
"Is it better to workout first thing in the morning?" Only if you're a MORNING person!
The only advantage I've found to early morning exercise is that it's OVER and DONE with sooner! On the other hand, morning exercise CAN increase the potential for injury if you do not warm up first. Honestly, the time's NOT that important. About the only thing getting ME out of bed before 6AM is a BOMB going off! Still, though, you do have you "die-hards" that LOVE a good morning workout - my hat's off the them!
Anyway, I really hope this has shed some light on some common misconceptions regarding muscle building programs. The bottom line is that you truly CAN see outstanding muscle gains with muscle building programs to fit your lifestyle!
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Chi Kong Techniques - master Huang Defa

     CHI KONG TECHNIQUES

It is not surprising to me to find out that the techniques I use and teach are taught by other re known masters as well :) As a reference I put his picture and name here if you wish to know more about him you can search the web.

So let's get to the techniques:

Stand with your feet apart at shoulder length from each other and unlock your knees so that the energy can flow in your body.

1. With your palms facing downwards comb you hair with your fingers beginning at your forehead and moving backwards. It is good to imagine that you are combing negative thoughts out of your mind while you are doing this exercise. DO it 8 times. It is a good exercise to prevent getting bold :)

2. Rub your hands together several times so that you collect more Chi. Then "wash" your face with this Chi by moving your hands upwards then downwards on your face 8 times. You can do the multiples of 8 if you want to do more.

3. With your thumb and index finger rub your ears gently starting from the top, moving downwards (Your thumb is behind your ears) 8 times. Great exercise to help your organs function well as  your ears are full of acupuncture points!

Enjoy :)

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Qype: Crisis Skylight Cafe in London

London


The café is serving healthy and nutritious sandwiches, light lunches, cakes and drinks. All the food is made "on the spot" - that means you'll enjoy the taste of home-made food.
You can just pop in and enjoy the atmosphere, take in some of the artwork hanging on the walls produced by Crisis Skylight artists and try the tasty treats on offer.
The really good thing about the place is that it supports unemployed people to get back into jobs, so you not only enjoy a great meal or drink but you also take part in helping others. What a good feeling that is!
The café is also available as an event space in the evenings and at weekends.

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A review of clinical trials of tai chi and qigong in older adults.

Rogers CE, Larkey LK, Keller C.

Chiexercise

Arizona State University, USA. carol.rogers@asu.edu

Abstract

Initiation and maintenance of physical activity (PA) in older adults is of increasing concern as the benefits of PA have been shown to improve physical functioning, mood, weight, and cardiovascular risk factors. Meditative movement forms of PA, such as tai chi and qigong (TC & QG), are holistic in nature and have increased in popularity over the past few decades. Several randomized controlled trials have evaluated TC & QG interventions from multiple perspectives, specifically targeting older adults. The purpose of this report is to synthesize intervention studies targeting TC & QG and identify the physical and psychological health outcomes shown to be associated with TC & QG in community dwelling adults older than 55. Based on specific inclusion criteria, 36 research reports with a total of 3,799 participants were included in this review. Five categories of study outcomes were identified, including falls and balance, physical function, cardiovascular disease, and psychological and additional disease-specific responses. Significant improvement in clusters of similar outcomes indicated interventions utilizing TC & QG may help older adults improve physical function and reduce blood pressure, fall risk, and depression and anxiety. Missing from the reviewed reports is a discussion of how spiritual exploration with meditative forms of PA, an important component of these movement activities, may contribute to successful aging.

PMID: 19179544 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]PMCID: PMC2810462Free PMC Article

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19179544?dopt=Abstract

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How Come Artificial Sweeteners Are Making You Fat?

In my practice as a nutritionist and personal trainer, new clients are always coming to me telling me they are doing everything they are “supposed” to do, but still, they do not lose weight. Of course, this is highly frustrating. Losing weight is hard enough, and to change your eating habits and still see no results, that’s even more frustrating.

Why don't these people  lose weight? If I had to pick the most common reason why most people’s efforts have no results, I would say it is the deception of artificial sweeteners and processed diet foods. Yes, you heard right. It is the diet coke, diet snacks, processed foods and artificial sweetener in your food and drinks that are keeping you fat.
How is this so?

Artificial sweeteners overwhelm your liver!

Your liver is the largest internal organ, and it’s responsible for a massive variety of life-sustaining and health-promoting tasks, including those that make healthy weight loss and weight management possible. There are countless metabolic processes, the liver supports the digestive system, controls blood sugar and regulates fat storage. One of your liver’s most important functions, and the most crucial to your weight loss, is chemically breaking down everything that enters the body, from healthy vegetables, to not so healthy fast food, from clean water to not so healthy soda or coffee.

It’s your liver’s job to distinguish between the nutrients you need to absorb and the dangerous or unnecessary substances that must be filtered out of your bloodstream. But when the liver is overwhelmed with toxins, like artificial sweeteners, it can’t do a very effective job of processing nutrients and fats. If it can not process the nutrients and fats that your body needs, this will cause you to gain weight or will prevent you from losing weight.
Your liver also produces bile, a crucial substance for detoxifying your body. It is the job of the bile to help our bodies break down the fats we need and to assimilate fat-soluble vitamins. But when our bile becomes overly congested with the toxins it’s trying to filter out, it simply can’t function properly. It becomes thick and highly inefficient in breaking down fats. The result: You are more likely to gain weight and have a greater difficulty losing it. So the more toxic your body becomes, the more difficulty you’ll have losing weight and keeping it off because your liver just can not work properly to break down fat.  

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