Year: 2009

Women: Strength Training

One of most growing forms of women exercise is strength training. Strength training promotes: fat loss, metabolic rate increase, bone density increase and restoration, lean muscles mass increase, injury prevention, improved balance, coronary disease prevention, recovery and rehabilitation, sports performance improvement, delayed aging, and figure enhancement.

Reaching Your Body”s Full Potential

Being fit always brings to mind the idea of bulging muscles, superman strength and a to-die-for athletic build. But fitness more importantly means the body’s resistance level and stamina for physical activities. And peak fitness is the point where your physical ability and faculties are functioning at optimum level. Peak fitness means achieving the fullest […]

How is Anxiety Different from Stress?

Contrary to popular belief, there is a difference between stress and anxiety. Stress comes from the pressures we feel in life, as we are pushed by work or any other task that puts undue pressure on our minds and body, adrenaline is released, extended stay of the hormone causes depression, a rise in the blood […]

Diabetic Eating Tips

One of the most important things that people who have just been diagnosed with diabetes have to pay attention to is their dietary plan. They have to make sure that they have a proper diet. This will help them maintain good health, and well being!

Navy Seal Fitness Exams

There have been many men and women who have dreamt of becoming a part of the United States Navy Seals. If you are one of them, then you need to increase your chance of getting in. You should take a look at the challenging Navy Seal fitness examinations and see if you can do it.

Identify Your Stressors

Many of us may feel “stressed out” in our daily lives without knowing why. As many people are on medication due to anxiety and depression, it is obvious that many of us are under a great deal of stress. While medications to alleviate the symptoms of stress can help, they are merely a mask. The […]

Diabetes Defined – Type I and Type II Diabetes

The word diabetes is a familiar one with most people. Unfortunately, its familiarity stems from the fact that so many people have been afflicted with this disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly 180 million people worldwide have diabetes. If current trends continue, by the year 2010, there will be nearly 250 million […]

How does Stress and Anxiety Affect Your Body?

The physical psychological symptoms of stress are varied. They happen when the stress is positive (marriage/birth) or negative (job loss / death). Your body doesn’t recognize the difference between the two types of stress and you end up with the same physical psychological symptoms of stress.

Eye Injuries

Sports cause more than 40,000 eye injuries each year. Interestingly more than 90% can actually be prevented. You might think that basketball and baseball are some of the safest sports to play but they actually result in the most eye injuries followed closely by water sports and racquet ball sports.

Benefits of Abstinence

Marriage is an institution that has been sacred for centuries. Today it has become more of a legally binding contract between two adults who have intentions of spending the rest of their lives together. The part that is legally binding allows the pair to enjoy some financial benefits to help them raise their children but […]