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Addressing
New Protein Diets
New diet promoters use lots of new diet jargon and often relay a word, "ketosis,"
as some great indicator of body fat loss. I'm going to do the best I can to
explain the real story behind ketosis and some of the other effects carb deprivation
can bring about.
When you consume a healthful and supportive diet complete with proteins, carbs,
and fats, the carbohydrates are broken down into glucose. Glucose is actually
blood sugar. Some of that glucose is transported and stored in muscle tissue
as "glycogen." This is sort of the fuel in your fuel tank. That's
important to understand. Glycogen = Fuel.
NEW
Fitness Programme of the Month
Welcome to this fantastic NEW addition to our Health section. Each month we
will bring you professionally written fitness programme for you to try-out.
The programme will vary from fitness, injury rehabilitation and sports performance.
The exercises are listed to the right and for a explanation of how to do each
exercise click on the ‘more’ button. This will take you to a new
page with a descriptions of each exercise and a video for you to watch to see
how the exercise should be performed.
1.
Abdominal Crunch - SB Long Lever
2. Rotation - Kneeling on SB with Dowel
3. Rotation - Seated on SB with Dowel
4. Abdominal Crunch - On SB
5. Twist - Supine on SB with MB
6. Prone Over Ball Trunk Traction
7. Lateral Flexion - Sidelying on SB
8. Neck Extensor - Seated
9. Upper Traps - Seated (Assisted)
10. Levator Scapula - Seated
11. Sternocleidomastoid
12. Scalene
Abdominal
Crunch
To get the most benefit from this fantastic training aid you need to initiate
the correct recruitment of muscles.
The abdominal crunch on the stability ball is one of many effective strengthening
exercises.
Science
Based Articles
Welcome to a brand new section on our site, where each month we will bring you
the latest articles, audios and exercise tips from the world's leading health
and fitness professionals! This is your personal subscription (for FREE!) to
a wealth of information to assist you in your quest for optimum health.
Abdominal Stability and Mobility
Core stability is a watchword that focuses on anterior and posterior trunk weakness
and instability. Core stability by itself is a limited concept. The human torso
is designed for a combination of stability and mobility. Our bones and muscles
facilitate a large amount of flexion, extension and rotational movements while
fascia connects, stabilizes and maintains bony relationships. A healthy core
is not just stable – it is mobile.
A Functional Approach to Children’s Fitness
Working with developing young children can be a daunting task for coaches, trainers
and parents due to the individual rates of maturation, structural development
and functional efficiency. Children will experience physiological changes such
as growth spurts and puberty at different ages (i.e., physiological age).
Throughout this development, their bodies will often feel foreign to them and
they may experience difficulties with balance, coordination, strength and flexibility
(16, 20). These physical qualities must be challenged in a manner that creates
success for these individuals. Exercises and drills must be programmed in a
manner that recognizes the individual needs of each child at their relative
stage of development.
A Simple Guide To Stretching
Not to be confused with stretching, flexibility is defined as the normal extensibility
of all soft tissues that allow full range of motion of a joint. In other words,
when recruited your muscles have the extensibility to move in all directions
under the control of your central nervous system. It is important not to forget
that flexibility and function are interdependent components; therefore, to gain
desired flexibility, the stretching program must progress to multi-planar soft
tissue techniques with optimal levels of neuromuscular control throughout a
full range of motion.
Breast Cancer Recovery
Did you know that every three minutes another woman is diagnosed with breast
cancer? If you have clients with breast cancer, you can have a great role in
their recovery, as the treatment that these women and men (men can get breast
cancer too) must undergo can have both physical and psychological ramifications.
Most breast cancer survivors will live many years after receiving medical care.
Before implementing a fitness program, it is important to understand the disease
and the treatments provided.
