Category: Weight Loss Exercise

I have wanted to write about deltoid workouts for a while now but never quite get to it. Out of all of your muscles your deltoids may be the most obvious to work in your workout. The muscles are very easy to isolate. To work your shoulders you have to remember that your deltoids have three heads, one in the front or lateral deltoid, one on the side, medial deltoid and one in the back posterior deltoid.

Any exercise where you are lifting in front of you works your front deltoid. This includes front raises, pullups and to some degree bench press. To work the side deltoid you can do side raises and there do actually isolate your side of your shoulder really well and make your shoulders pop out, widening your shoulders better than anything else. To work the rear deltoid I have always found that the best exercise is to lean forward and do a flye like exercise where you swing your arms out from underneath to a position right lateral with your upper body, try it out you will really feel this exercise a lot.

One mistake that many people make when working shoulders is using too much and doing to few reps. Try doing three sets of each of three exercises (one for each part of the deltoid) and do 10-12 reps for each exercise.

Take care of your form as well. I also find that most people want to really work their shoulders and will use bad form and swing that more than they should. Do not worry about the amount of that you are lifting instead try to concentrate on keeping the reps very controlled and a little slower than the time that it takes for reps of other muscle groups.

Deltoid workouts can be tough and hurt a lot the next day but in the end your deltoid muscles will make your upper body look a lot bigger so it is worth the effort.

As I mentioned yesterday there is a blog writing contest, well kind of a contest going on where people are writing articles on their top 5… whatever they want. I have included this list from that list to let you peruse other articles, mostly fitness, that I liked.

Here is the home page for darrens blog writing project
Top 5 – Group Writing Project Day 2

Great basics on staying or keeping in shape – with a great looking picture
5 Back-to-Basics Strategies For Renewing Your Energy at Ririan Project

Of course as a home beer brewer I had to add a page on beer making that I found in the list
5 Reasons Why I Make Wine and Beer

How to get your body aligned so that it works better
NPA Think Tank: Top 5 Physical Therapist Recommended Body Hacks

It takes a lot of disciple and commitment to lose or to maintain a trim body. These days a lot of people are making that important decision to lose and keep healthy. Fortunately, due to the advancement of science, there are now various pills and medications which can make the process of losing easy, quick and safe. Chitosan is one of these wonderful diet pills available.
Chitosan diet pills reduce fat, help raise good cholesterol and control appetite naturally. Basically, Chitosan is a fiber derived from shellfish, and it operates as a magnificent fat trapper.
Nowadays, many chitosan-based products are available on the market, and they all promise to block fat in order to benefit fromweight loss.

Chitosan, works to bind to some of the dietary fat that you eat and remove it from the body rather than allowing it to be absorbed. This way, you do not accumulate excess fat.

Based on some reviews and claims, Chitosan attaches to the intestinal lining where it tightly binds dietary fats and lipids prior to the absorption in the body. Consequently, the dietary fat is prevented from entering into the bloodstream because when the dietary fat is bound to the chitosan fiber, it becomes a large mass which cannot be absorbed in the body. This means that the fat is not absorbed into your body, thus preventing you from carrying excess .

In addition to chitosan, Supplementing with Vitamin C can aid Chitosan effectivity. Several published reports have shown that chitosan works in concert with Vitamin C. Additionally; Chitosan also contains an all-natural bean extract that generally inhibits alpha-amylase activity. This prevents the breakdown of dietary starches into glucose, which means that carb from starch passes through the system unchanged.

It is also claimed that Chitosan is a non-stimulant, all-natural nutritional ingredient derived from the white kidney bean. Chitosan is by far the first nutritional ingredient that has been clinically and scientifically proven to neutralize starch that is commonly found in your favorite foods like breads, pasta, rice, crackers, corn and potatoes. If we do not expend some energy by exercising, we accumulate fat from eating these carbs.

It is important to understand how Chitosan works. The advocates of Chitosan state that during the digestive process, your body converts carbs by breaking down the carbohydrate molecule with alpha-amylase, which is an enzyme produced in the pancreas. These calories are either burned off through exercise or stored as fat cells for future use. If one does not exercise to expend calories, this may lead to gain. Inactivity means that these stored fat cells accumulate. This is where Chitosan comes in. Chitosan then binds to some of the dietary fat that you eat and removes it from the body rather than allowing it to be absorbed. In addition, Lipase, a digestive enzyme is added to Chitosan in order to assist in emulsifying the fats that you consume, making it a better fat absorber.

Chitosan seems like a wonder pill has several other health benefits; namely, it increases fiber intake; avoids constipation and increases bone density. It is also said to help with healing wounds and ulcers. Chitosan also reduces the risk of heart disease and improves longevity.