Monday, March 2, 2009

Some Fat Burning at the Gym

A Treadmill Weight Loss Routine

What to do:
30 minutes of aerobics. Warm up fot 2 minutes, then alternate cycles of three-minute fast-walking sprints with one-minute recovery sessions.

First Sprint: 4.5 to 5 mph at an incline of 4 percent. Recovery: 4 to 5 mph at no incline. Second Sprint: 4.5 to 5 mph at an incline of 6 percent. Recovery: 4 to 5 mph at no incline. Third Sprint: 4.5 to 5 mph at an incline of 6 to 8 percent. Recovery: 4 to 5 mph at no incline. Four Sprint: 4.5 to 5 mph at an incline of 10 to 12 percent. Recovery: 4 to 5 mph at no incline. Fifth Sprint: 4.5 to 5 mph at an incline of 12 to 14 percent. Recovery: 4 to 5 mph at no incline. Sixth Sprint: 4.5 to 5 mph at an incline of 14 to 15 percent. Recovery: 4 to 5 mph at no incline.

Cool down over four minutes, gradually return speed to start.
  • five minutes for back and abs.
  • five minutes for for push ups.

Do as many as you can from the toes.
  • five minutes of general stretching and cool down.

This routine decreases body fat and tones you.

Carol Espel
Sports Center

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Thursday, February 19, 2009

A Weight Loss Plan with YOGA

Take a YOGA Breather at Your Desk

Take a good weight loss plan using YOGA. When you can´t escape the office, close your door, kick off your shoes and do a few YOGA moves. You´ll notice inmediate energy, focus and calmness of mind. "Yoga teaches you to be more present in the moment, because that is the only time we have to live, grow, learn", says New York City Yoga teacher Donna Davidge.

What to do:
  • The move shown here, the chest strech, is a simple combination of movement and breathing: Simply place both hands lightly atop your shoulders, elbows out to sides, then rapidly extend upward, palms facing each other, while inhaling through the nouse. Exhale through your nose as you rapidly lower hands back to start. Try to keep moving and breathing for a minute. Rest, then repeat.

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Lunch Hour Workouts

A better body Fast

Five kick-butt reasons to exercise at noontime:

  1. You are being paid to work out-unless you are an hourly worker, a paid lunch hour is part of your deal.
  2. It doesn´t cut into social or family time.
  3. It energizes you for the rest of the day.
  4. It can whack those lunch hour fat grams by increasing calorie burn off.
  5. It makes you a better worker by improving memory and problem-solving ability, and increasing creativity.
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Monday, February 16, 2009

Natural Weight Loss

A natural way to lose weight is controling your meals. But, you should answer a question:

Small meals are better for you?
It is one of the most-traded bits of nutrition wisdom, a staple of diet books and health club chat. Is there any truth to it?.

If spreading your calories across the day helps keep your appetite under control, eating small, frecuent meals rather than three large ones could help. But whether, as many people believe, eating small meals make a difference metabolically, by forcing your body to burn more calories, is doubtful. While animals studies have suggested that small meals promote less storage of fat, this has never been demostrated in humans.


Thursday, January 15, 2009

Lose Weight Thinking Like a Thin Person

How to think like a thin person in order to lose weight?.

The idea is simple. Develope a better eating attitude.

The first action is : "Downsize Portions". Choose a smaller dish. What´s different is portion size. Exercise quantity control. If you see that your meal is big, try splitting it into smaller portions. Eat one of them and save the other portions for the rest of the day.

The above is a very simple tip, but it´s very important. A natural and effective way to lose weight.

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