Body Building Information

Before you think about running a marathon, it is advisable to do an assessment – a self-assessment that is. Do you have the required discipline, commitment and desire to run and complete a marathon? Are you prepared to participate, in a consistent manner, in the preparation and practice that is required leading up to the run? If you have never run before, it is suggested that you should have run for at least a year prior to starting a marathon run. As a beginner, there are some basics to consider.

A medical check up should be the first thing that you do. It would be wasted time to get halfway through a training program and find out that you shouldn’t have started, or that you required some prerequisite prior to starting. You also need to think about your health and [ Continue Reading ]

There are many fine books, magazines, instructional videos and trainers who can provide information on how to perform exercises that build muscle. Whether using free weights, machines, cables or free-hand exercises, mastering the principles of resistance training is fundamental to building muscle. However, what is often lacking in these how-to guides is information on how to best organize one’s diet, rest schedule and exercise routine to maximize results. Building muscles and muscle mass is one of the toughest tasks you can attempt. Okay, sainthood is probably harder, but not by a lot. Your body is an extremely efficient machine. It retains the amount of muscle mass that is required to comfortably perform your daily routine — no more and no less. Excess bulk takes a lot of [ Continue Reading ]

So, you’ve figured out your diet. You’re eating frequent small meals that are high in protein, whole grains and vegetables. Now, you’d like to add a few supplements to your diet. (Make sure your diet is rock solid before adding supplements—because a “supplement” is just that “an add on, not a base”). However, with so many supplements out there and a limited budget, how do you know what to purchase and what should be disregarded as marketing hype? Well, below is a list of supplements in order of importance:

Daily Multivitamin

A lot of people may overlook this supplement, but it is nonetheless the most important. Vitamins and minerals contained in multivitamins are essential to many functions of the human body. These [ Continue Reading ]

Our bodies need vitamins specifically because this is like gasoline for a car. It is our fuel. Vitamins help our bodies heal and help to build our bodies up so that we don’t get sick as often. They are a natural and necessary part of our bodies needs.

The body’s biochemical processes need vitamins. In fact vitamins are very essential for the optimum working of these processes. Food has to be converted into energy and the body needs help to manufacture hormones and chemicals needed for the nervous system and blood cells. Only small quantities may be required but these 13 vitamins and 18 minerals are essential for everything in the body to function efficiently. They work to improve the body’s functioning and influence the body’s absorption abilities. [ Continue Reading ]

Osteoporosis is a disease that no one seems to be aware of until it’s too late. Sure you’ve heard the term “Osteoporosis” but are you aware of how quickly it could end your independent living and forever change your quality of life? The devastating health effects of Osteoporosis may be just as debilitating as cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Osteoporosis, or porous bone, is a disease characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to bone fragility and an increased susceptibility to fractures, especially of the hip, spine and wrist, although any bone can be affected.

It is a disease that affects 1 in every 2 women! Unfortunately — many women do not even realize they are suffering from the disease until a [ Continue Reading ]