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Whenever I go into the gym it seems there are two kinds of people, women on treadmills and men lifting weights

I hate to group the sexes this way but it is mostly true. Men are always looking to gain huge muscle while women are looking to “tone” their bodies. Well I think it is time for a bit of a role reversal in most gyms. I myself am bad for this but cardio has become a lot more important to me lately

Women Getting Fit – How and Why?

Today, women are into staying healthy and physically fit and this is evident by the number of women we see who devote some of their time going to the gym and other fitness centers. This change is the result of the strong influence of the media.

Women see those actresses and models show off their nice flat belly and strive to have that kind of body too. And that is where the problem starts.

Women start to ask around how they can lose weight, get rid of those love handles, chubby thighs and finally have that flat belly. They start searching online to find workout plans and other loss strategies that will help them with this dilemma.

Weight Lifting Workouts and Women

Luckily, after years and years of fitness training and studies, fitness experts have come up with workout plans that will suit the needs of women specifically.

Although women are very different from men, physically and emotionally, the things that they have to consider when it comes to working out are not far from men. Men require having a proper diet while working out, so do women.

Men need a good workout plan that can provide the required results, same is required in workouts for women. The only big difference women have when it comes to working out is the intensity of the workout plans that each group follows.

I said that because while most men seem to have the interest and motivation required to do heavy training such as the popular heavy weightlifting exercises, most women just don’t have that kind of interest. I said most, not all, as there are women that are much stronger and have more internal weight lifting motivation than your average man.

Quick Workout, Just A Few Minutes Per Day

The following are some exercises to include in your workout or you can just do these alone. Before you begin though, make sure you hydrate.

Drinking plenty of water throughout the day will not only help you get toxins out of your body faster and help lose more fat but also will help you prevent bad breath by keeping your mouth moist.

This is convenient because as you work out you tend to breath hard through the mouth and if there are people around you, it could turn into a social problem for you

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Wow it has been a long time since I have done any kind of drugs, decades actually, but in celebration of 420 today I thought I would get a bit of entertaining info on just how things have changed and how prevalent marijuana is in our society today.

First of all the overall popularity of Marijuana:

I was a little shocked to see numbers these high but it is interesting to see which countries are the highest per capita use.

Seems this is one of those “First World Problems” as we hear so much about these days. Although there are a few outliers it looks like most companies with a fairly high standard of living have the highest usage rates.

Benefits of Medical Marijuana

But, we keep hearing the benefits of marijuana use for people. Medical marijuana is all the rage in North America as studies seem to show that there are a lot of good uses. Prevention magazine shows the grading of how effective marijuana is for everything from nausea, chronic pain, Epilepsy, Crones Disease ,cancer, Parkinsons, Alzheimers, and more.

Another interesting thing in going from the clinical to the recreational is how Marijuana can be consumed. We all think of the smoking weed, and hash, brownies but there are a few other ways as shown by the United Patients Group in a good article on how to consume pros and cons.

Now this leads me to a bit on recreational use. I am not a big fan, maybe times and attitudes will change for me but after a bit of heavy use back in the 80s I realize full well that any kind of high consumption of alcohol or drugs can lead to all sorts of personal issues and of course professional ones as well.

But, I should not be one to judge how people spend their time and what they do with their free time. So I will refuse and just keep telling my kids to avoid drugs (until they can make their own good decision either way). And with a bit of paranoia there are studies showing marijana can alter the brains of young adults.

Are There Benefits For Casual Marijuana Use?

But there are benefits to casual marijuana use and just for today I wanted to highlight a few of them. Trouble is there do not seem to be any.

I was a little shocked when I started looking hard to find the case for casual marijuana use. I was guessing stress relief, dopamine kick, coritsol drop. But none of that. In fact, Cortisol is a stress hormone so I was sure that would at least drop, but no a study shows Cortisol levels actually increase after smoking marijuana.

And for people smoking pot on a regular basis there are also studies showing a drop in testosterone levels with one notable exception.

So, I guess my kinda negative vies of marijuana use is actually pretty accurate. This may not be the worst thing you could do, but in the absence of a serious disease there are not any good reasons to partake in the 420 Smoke Out ritual that has become so popular

 

 

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The fitness industry is replete with theories, some of which are facts while others are myths. You should separate the facts from myths to ensure that you reach your fitness goals quickly and easily.

In the following article I will tell you about the top two fitness myths. It drives me crazy when I hear things that are obviously (to me anyway) wrong but at the same time they are very commonly heard.

Weight Loss Pills Will Lose Weight For You:

Different people consume diet pills and loss supplements for different reasons; some do it to lose weight while others take them to ensure that they never gain in the first place.

In either case, if you are not doing anything else for fitness apart from consuming these pills and supplements, you are merely fooling yourself and wasting your money.

Some facts about loss pills and supplements:

a) Even though some diet pills are rich in vitamins and minerals, they are no substitutes for a healthy diet. If you eat only junk foods then these pills alone cannot keep your body healthy, and an unhealthy body cannot be fit.

To ensure permanent fitness, you should eat mostly wholesome fruits and vegetables. These foods, apart from being cheaper than their junk counterparts, are also very nutritious and would keep you fit and healthy all the time.

Plus, being low on calorie content, they won’t make you fat either. Talk about a win-win situation.

b) Many of these diet pills have side effects. That is why most diet pills and supplements are not approved by the FDA.

Whenever you notice those hyped ads about diet pills on your television screen or at the front page of your favorite magazine, make sure to read the “fine print” which contains warnings and disclaimers regarding the usage of such pills.

Basically, if you suffer from any side effect as a result of consuming those drugs, you are on your own.

If You Work Abs, You Will Lose Fat Quickly:

Wrong. Losing weight is a function of burning calories, not making your muscles stronger. In fact if you strengthen your ab muscles you will actually have your fat sticking out a bit more.

What you have to do to lose fat quickly is to do cardio and weight workouts, called HIIT workouts. to burn lots of calories and keep your body guessing.

If you keep on doing the same workout day after day, your body soon gets accustomed to it.

When your body gets accustomed to a workout, it wouldn’t burn fat at the same speed as before.

The ideal way to burn fat is to do a variety of workouts; this way, you would not only manage to “confuse” your body about your workout regimen but also be able to burn fat from all parts of the body.

With such a workout regimen, you would have no problems burning fat fast.

Plus, when you try out a variety of workouts and alternate between them, you are unlikely to become bored with your workout routine.

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