Its time for Fitness Fort Myers;

I am inviting you to check out something I am very excited about… it’s an organization called WuWu Women. Please look at the website www.wuwuwomen.com  for the details. WuWu Women is all about helping women find their passion in life and achieving their goals. Self Time Fitness is proud to be a part of this group and is happy to be working with wonderful women who find their passion to be helping others. Personally my passion is to empower women through fitness. Fitness to me is more than exercise…its a way to strengthen your heart and mind.

Josh Koscheck and Anthony Johnson Agreed for UFC 106

Josh Koscheck and Anthony Johnson have verbally agreed to fight each other at UFC 106 on Nov. 21 in Las Vegas.

Koscheck announced Tuesday on his Twitter account that he would be fighting Nov. 21 in Las Vegas in a co-main event fight.

“I got some big fight news for me,” he wrote. “I am fighting Nov 21 in Vegas. Co main event!!! Haha it’s on baby!!!!”

Following Brock Lesnar’s withdrawal from his title defense against Shane Carwin, the scheduled UFC 106 co-main event, Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin, became the main event. Reports surfaced later that the UFC was looking to bolster the card with a new co-main, and that now appears to be the case with Koscheck-Johnson.

Koscheck stopped Frank Trigg at UFC 103 in September to rebound from an upset loss to Paulo Thiago in February. Sherdog.com’s No. 5-ranked welterweight, he has 11 UFC wins and four losses. Johnson, 8-2, has won three straight in the Octagon. Most recently he stopped Yoshiyuki Yoshida on Oct. 24.

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The Burpee, bastardo and complexes

  Origin

The exercise may have been originated by a man named Lieutenant Thomas Burpee (1757-1839). He was an officer in the New Hampshire Militia during the Revolutionary War and was described as “having the innate Burpee fondness for martial exercises” in A History of the Town of New London, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Lt. Burpee may have used the combination of pushups and squat thrusts as a means of drilling, conditioning, and disciplining the troops under his command. In addition, the exercise may have also been used by the troops as a way to stay warm during the winters in wartime New England.

The jump burpee, the bastardo, the 8 count are all variations of the standard burpee and the stalwart of the British Military and martial artists.

Why is this exercise such a favourite, simple it is an all over body exercise that targets the aerobic system, endurance and strength and conditioning exercise.

It is performed in four steps: The standard burpee is as below

• Begin in a squat position with your hands on the floor in front of you.
• Kick your feet back,
• Immediately return your feet to the squat position,
• Stand up from the squat position. (position of attention)

 Variants

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  • Bastardo- athlete completes a press up in between
  • Long-jump burpee: the athlete jumps forward, not upward.
  • Tuck jump burpee: the athlete pulls his knees to his chest while jumping.
  • Jump-over burpee: the athlete jumps over an obstacle between burpees.
  • One-armed bastardo: the athlete uses only one arm for the whole exercise including the pushup.
  • Kettlebell burpee: the athlete holds a pair of dumbbells while performing the exercise.
  • Parkour burpee: following one burpee on the ground, the athlete jumps upon a table and performs the second burpee on the table, then jumps back to the initial position
  • Hindu push up burpee: instead of a regular push up, do a hindu push up
  • Bouncing Burpee- with the legs extended the athlete bounces both legs to the right, centre,left centre then back to the start position.
• Other variants
• Wall burpees / incline burpees / air burpees: the athlete kicks his feet up against a wall / up on a table / up in the air, instead of back.
• The 8 count body builder is another variant of the burpee. Counts 1-8 are as follows: (1) put your hands down, (2) push out your feet, (3) and (4) do a jumping jack on the ground, (5) and (6) perform a pushup, (7) bring your feet back forward, (8) jump in the air.

COMPLEXES

We need to look at the exercise individually (the burpee) and progress this move rather than regress it.

Complexes come in various forms but progress the exercise to another level. These complex moves can be placed in any type of training, exercise or use any equipment, complexes should come in the forms of two moves as a minimum requisite and cover different types of exercise demands

Variations include

1. Strength to speed
2. Plyometric to strength
3. Endurance to plyometric
4. Plyometric to speed
5. Dynamic to strength

 Examples of exercises that compliment progression rather than regression are

1. Turkish get up to Tuck jump Burpee
2. Squat to concertina press up
3. Squat thrust to incline press up
4. Press up to sit (through sagital plane)
5. Doris burpee to pull up

Give the complexes ago and see how quickly you progress in all over body functionality

I need your opinion leave a comment with your favourite burpee or complex!

Sorry I've been out of touch lately

Hello everyone — it’s been a little while since I’ve last posted. For that I’m sorry. I was out of the office on Friday, leaving out of town for a special event for which my fiancee and I volunteered. We stayed out through Sunday. Then back in the office yesterday. But, I just wasn’t able to post last Thursday or yesterday.

Anyway, I’ve been a bad, bad boy. This is the first real trip I’ve taken since being on this new diet, and I have to admit that it was a train wreck. That came on the heels of binging Thursday night on a pizza — a real pizza cooked in the oven, of which I ended up eating half of it. The one upshot — it was thin crust.

I was able to regain my composure for Friday throughout the morning and for the morning snack. Then I skipped lunch since I was on the road driving and couldn’t eat anything. I also skipped the afternoon snack, so by the time dinner rolled around, I was hungry! We went to a well known national Chinese food restaurant, and I tried to not only pick something economical but also somewhat healthy. The choice was double fried noodles with beef and vegetables. There was a lot of it, but the big decision was what to do with it. If I only ate what I was supposed to, I couldn’t take it with me so it was going to be wasted, and we’d have spent all of that money on nothing. I couldn’t see the sense in the that. So, I ate it all

Then to make matters worse, we went to a famous fondue restaurant to top everything off with a white chocolate dessert. It was unbelieveably fantastic but also not good for me! At least there was some fruit I ate with it, so I guess this made it a little more healthy …. right?

Then came Saturday morning — ate at our favorite little French bistro, which we did again on Sunday morning. Now, to my credit, on Saturday morning I walked in a 5k event. We went to a pizza joint that night, and we split a pizza and a spinach and artichoke dip. I really wanted a beer but passed on it since I couldn’t justify the calories. Becuase I was feeling so guilty, we walked another 50 minutes around the parking lot of the mall we were at — we were quite a sight to be seen. At least we helped augment security by keeping an eye on things.

Next came Sunday. I already mentioned breakfast. There was no lunch. Then we went to another famous Japanese restaurant, and I had lots of stuff — soup, salad, shrimp, vegetables, fried rice and chicken. Whew! The funny thing though was that I wasn’t stuffed. That’s not good though. Then, my fiancee has wanted for a long time now a special dessert she loves from a well-known steakhouse that serves excellent desserts. In fact, they have wonderful ones that are flambeed tableside. She wanted bananas foster. Of course, since she was getting a show, I couldn’t let her be the only one to have all of the fun. So, I ordered cherries jubilee.

What a show! Not bad with all of that liquor. The nasty part was when they took one of those really big spoons you use to stir soups and stews with, and stuck it in the sugar canister and brought it out fully loaded with sugar. That went directly into the dish and onto my hips! The hot sweet and tasty concoction was served up with some vanilla ice cream to boot!

Well, reality settled in yesterday alth0ugh I had a rough landing. Because we arrived so late Sunday night back from our trip, I had no time to get ready for Monday. In fact, by the time the morning rolled around, I called in telling them I’d be a few hours late so I could catch up on my sleep. I had four graham crackers for the morning snack. Then my boss and I went to one of those nasty buffets that cost lots of money but the food sucks. You know the type. I tried to do the best I could and managed fairly well, but just ate way too much.

I had a huge salad — good. I had about 10 strawberries and one orange — kind of good but not really (it was too much). Then, on to the meat, etc. I had one scoop of corn, a cup of chicken noodle soup (since it was cold and rainy), one small fillet of fish and a large spoonful of pot roast along with a wheat roll. I wasn’t full, but nevertheless, it was more than required. Then, even though I had a reasonable dinner, my fiancee enticed me into having some ice cream — not a good idea.

I need to put on the breaks in a serious way. It’s so easy for things to escalate and get out of hand. I’ll be traveling again on Nov. 9-11 and facing the same issues again. I need to come up with a better game plan. What happened before didn’t work like it was supposed to. Plus, I injured my ankle yesterday so I’m not entirely sure if I’ll be able to walk much this week. We’ll have to see.

My world is crashing down around me — not really. Just trying to show a little drama.

Talk to you tomorrow. Until then,

Be well and eat healthy!

Robert M.

How To Get Fit In An Unfit World

America is inundated with advertisements on food that will kill you. As a nation, we are the global world leader and authority on obesity, overweight earthlings, and plain old fat stores on the body. On top of this, we then have companies that get rich off of then selling instant cures to this weight problem.

You have to first understand that your body is a very complex machine that God has made for us. It knows exactly what to do because our bodies are directly connected to our minds. The body knows when to store fat and it knows exactly how to get rid of fat when it is working. There is no magic pill that will make fat go away because the body doesn’t respond like this.

You can’t just raise your metabolism or your heart rate by taking something. I thoroughly recommend something simple to reduce weight. The first thing to do is immediately stop eating processed foods. Processed foods are the pre-cooked frozen meals at the grocery store that people have convinced us that we need because we simply don’t have time to cook anything.

You don’t even need super excellent nutrition to get the weight down. You don’t need to munch on salads everyday. You need to remove processed foods and start baking or grilling your food.

The next thing you need to do is walk every single day without fail. America has become so dependent on the automobile that we never, ever walk anywhere. People were thinner in the pre-industrial and pre-automobile age because we relied on bicycles and walking to go anywhere. I recommend walking every single day for at least 4 miles or 1.5 to 2 hours each day.

You will be amazed at how much weight you start to drop just by doing that alone. The combination of removing processed foods and walking 2-4 miles each day will make you start dropping weight in 30 days. Don’t make any excuses. Just walk. Get a good pair of running or walking shoes so that the walk is comfortable for you. If you don’t like walking or hiking, simply get on a bicycle and ride your bike each day.

The key to reducing any amount of weight anywhere on your body lies in doing the task every single day of your life so that it becomes a habit. Good habits are where breakthroughs and success live.

Gerard Spinks is the CEO of Spinks Industries; a web content developer and online marketing agency based in Atlanta, GA USA. You can get started with a comprehensive marketing plan at http://www.spinksindustries.com.

Are Marathons Safe?

Over at the Well blog of the NYT, Tara Parker Pope wonders if marathons are safe. As an endurance sport, if you aren’t well trained or well prepared, they can be dangerous. Her research indicates that triathlons are even more dangerous. How about ultra-marathons?

Another interesting post is about running barefoot, but that’s already been mentioned on this blog. Running barefoot is good for you.

For God's Sake, Get Your Swine Flu Shot

This today from MSNBC:

Flu illnesses are as widespread now as they are at the winter peak of normal flu seasons, Thomas Frieden, director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters. “To be basically in the peak of flu season in October is extremely unusual,” he said.

Barack Obama today declared swine flu a national emergency. Get. Your. Flu shots. Both swine and general. And ask about the pneumonia vaccine. It is grossly irresponsible, if you’re an adult, not to get these shots this season, both for you and your children and grandchildren. If people were to act responsibly this season, mass deaths and misery could be averted, or at least substantially curbed. With a vaccine available, it is frankly immoral to pay such gross disregard for yourself and your community. “No man is an island; each is a part of the main.”

Skipping

I’ve not posted for a few days because life got in the way! If you get chance to see them the Bueno Vista Social Club were great- but that’s for another blog.

I’m still working on the 3-day schedule. The 3rd day is just about snatching. Seven reps each hand for as many reps as possible. I used a mixture of 12kg and 16kg and worked hard on form. Moving back to the gym for day two meant that I could dead lift double 20kg which was more of a challenge. I just have to watch that my knees don’t move in.

That concentrated work on snatches clearly paid off as got I praise last night. My trainer thought I was snatching 12kg when I was actually snatching 16kg and he was pleased with form. Just goes to show that sometimes taking the pressure off helps.

We then went outside- in the dark- to work on skipping. I have been skipping for about 40 years without even thinking about form. So this was hard work. Not from a cardio point of view but from a corrective point of view. I skip too fast, my feet are too close together and I don’t use my wrists enough. Add to that breathing and phew there is a lot to learn. The hardest part was slowing down…He also told me to relax as well- this was one step too far!!

I was interested in why we were skipping. Kettlebells are great for cardio so I don’t need to skip from that point of view, although I do enjoy the change in movement from time to time. Apparently skipping is really good from a corrective point of view . It increases awareness of what your body is doing ,where you are in space and breathing control. In my case, I’m all over the place in with all three so I can see the benefit. Three sets of 10 skips has now been added to workouts. I’m interested to see what difference this makes.

Fall is the Season of Change

~Autumn is a reminder that it is vital to be flexible,
open to change and willing to let go of the things that don’t matter. ~Use the season of change as inspiration to change your life. Learn something new.

This time of year is all about beginnings and endings. The change of seasons, Rosh Hashannah, the start of preparations for Thanksgiving, Hannukah and the Christmas holidays, the fiscal new year for companies. All of these make Fall the Season of Change. You can make Fall your Season of Change also! Fall is an excellent time to start a Wellness program as an invigorating “blast” to help prep you for the upcoming holiday season and winter months.

Get ready for the holiday season and upcoming winter months by creating positive health and fitness habits now! Fall is a great time to start or ramp up your fitness program. With the change of seasons comes a renewed time to rethink and restart.
Family and business commitments seem to increase and the days get shorter and darker. Be prepared for the stress and abundance of food and drink that will find you during this holiday season by taking control now.

Exercise and taking control of your body and health is empowering. Integrating a wellness routine into your life makes you feel good and when you feel good you make better decisions about life in general. So, take advantage of this time of year and make Fall Your Season of Change!

Its so boring at night

I signed up for a 24 hour gym tonight.  God bless the internet.  For… hmmm, wow, the better party of a year, I’ve been wah wah-ing about how sad I am that I am so outta shape, and what to do? and how do I pay for it? and where is the time?

And then… it hit me… fuck, I seem to be up every night till some dumb hour, trolling the internet, watching the worst late night TV, wandering my tiny condo, doing nothing… if only there was something productive, I could do at 12 midnight.  a-ha! Work out.  AND there is a 24 hour gym in Victoria.  I went to their website and you can sign up for a free month trial.  I did, they emailed me a coupon and tomorrow I’ll bring it in and get their “pitch.”  If its reasonable, I’ll sign up and get in the best shape of my life… or not.  Maybe it costs a billion trillion dollars to work out at a 24 hour gym?

The point is, after trolling the internets for a bit, I could burn off energy doing something. Its so boring at night.  It is times like this I wish I lived in a city, then I’d walk outside.

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My online journey yesterday lead me to read about a new band called Girls.

Their or his, or whatever… the record is called “Album.”  Neat huh.

Has a nice vintage rock & roll sound.  Maybe for fans of Glasvegas… except they don’t have that one nice stand-out like “Geraldine.”  Surf style guitars, Buddy Holly hic-up sing-songs.

Review: Girls – ‘Album’

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Go with yourself.

Two-wheel love

Back in ‘96 or ‘97, Volkswagen ran a limited edition model of the Jetta, called the Trek. They gave away a free Trek bicycle with the car. My boyfriend at the time already owned a much nicer bike, so he gave me his Trek Jetta. It wasn’t fancy, and it was far too small for me (I didn’t really know at the time how much difference that made), but it was my ride throughout college and my early 20’s, following me to I forget how many homes in four different states. Its chain rings ate the leg of a favorite pair of pants when I forgot to roll them up. It bore silent, un-mocking witness to my first lung-busting singletrack ride at elevation, just a week after I’d moved from parts lower. It took me around town and back home again, and I repaid it by letting it squeak squeak squeak away, developing tiny islands of rust here and there. It met the demise of so many bikes in Albuquerque when it was stolen out of my back yard almost four years ago. I never got to apologize for my rank neglect.

After several bikeless months, my Man Friend took me bike shopping. Thankfully, he’s better at staving off shopping fatigue than I, and we made the rounds of the bike shops in town. Gary Fisher and Giant and Raleigh, oh my! Everything felt great, simply by virtue of being the right size for me. What a revelation! I used a convoluted, impromptu vocabulary to describe the different bikes, dubbing them beefy, butch, insubstantial, squirrely, lumbering, cramped, crisp, or dense. A few were definite no’s, but the maybe list kept getting longer and longer. You’ll know it when you ride it, my shopping taskmaster companion assured me. Apparently bikes are a lot like art or porn.

But he was right. At the first pedal stroke of the Rockhopper, I grinned and couldn’t stop. A love affair had begun, and, as with all mature relationships, my new love benefited from my past mistakes. In the last three years, I’ve learned how to take care of my bike. My mother’s foresight in giving me oilcloth kitchen aprons has proved fortuitous–I’ve found they double quite nicely as bike mechanic aprons (thanks, mom!). I’ve upgraded a few components, which felt like a big deal–you know, something real cyclists do. I’ve trimmed her down for commuting and errand-running, and she’s by now logged thousands of miles around Albuquerque.

I’ve dabbled, off and on over the years, in running. It always seems like such a good idea, flying down a path, putting one foot in front of the other, moving over the ground under your own power. I’ve fantasized about running the Caldera Marathon. I even have dreams about running. But the reality is never quite as attractive. For one, I have the delicate stride of an overweight elephant, matched with some anatomy-experiment-gone-wrong feet. Pounding the pavement becomes far too literal, and my joints stage a protest.

But put a girl on a bicycle, and it doesn’t matter how unsoftly she walks.

What I love about cycling is much the same as why I go for a long hike every chance I get: moving through space, propelled only by your own muscles and blood and breath is powerful. Sure, you can waste the experience by focusing on how much slower you are than someone else, or how you’re breathing like a steam engine and you look fat in these shorts and oh my god I’m so out of shape why am I doing this ? Sure you can. I’ve done those things. Or you can have this epiphany and learn to revel in your own physical power, slight though it may be at this moment. The epiphany, for me, was this:

Fitness is not only for the fit.

Neither you nor I will be on the cover of Runner’s World anytime soon. So what? You and I have the same equipment as that cover model, and if you can set aside the judgment that comes with red-faced huffing and puffing your way up that hill while you squish out of your clothes in a few places, then you can appreciate it. Feel how your muscles move in exactly the same way, transporting you from there to here. Feel the energy that flows through you, the breath that fills your lungs, the heart that pushes blood out to your developing muscles. Do this hike, this walk, this bike ride twenty more times, then feel how it’s a little easier to breathe; put your fingers on the more defined mass of quads beneath your skin. Look around you; appreciate what it means to be outdoors and to be in motion. Remember that you really are doing a bold thing, and one that far too few folks make it a point to do. Start a passionate love affair with things that make you sweat. One day you’ll catch yourself admiring your own little muscles in the mirror, and then you won’t be able to stop that moving.

Two months ago, my own love affair reached a new milestone. I bought my first road bike. I call her Sexy. She’s like a gazelle that I can saddle up and push around with my two feet. I had a formal fitting today at my favorite shop, putting the magic of geometry to work in my employ, heightening my efficiency and comfort in the saddle. After each adjustment made me that much happier about being on the bike and that much more ready to be on it more often, I’m wondering how anyone puts their two wheels away for the winter. You make your own heat when you pedal–and there’s no sitting in the driveway waiting for the thing to warm up. Cover your more delicate bits, and you’re ready to go. I’m just sayin’… performance fabrics, like beer, are proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy.

Go play outside. Grin so hard you have to pick bugs out of your teeth later. Replace all thoughts of fat or slow or can’t with a simple yippee! It really is an effective eraser. So are high-fives–my friend Johnny taught me that. Maybe this Gutter Bunny will see you out there.

My 20th High School Reunion

Last night was my 20th high school reunion, and what a fun time I had!  I wrote about it in this post, so you can read that and check out the photos I posted.

One thing that struck me was how many compliments I received.  I really did feel like I looked wonderful, that is, until I viewed some of the photos this morning.  Wow!  I look so heavy in all of them.  But rather than getting depressed or upset about that, it really has inspired me to keep up with my weight loss efforts.  I don’t like the way I look in these pictures, and I know that the only way I’ll look differently is to continue on with my journey.

As far as overindulging, I was so busy talking and catching up that I barely ate any of the appetizers, and only had a few small drinks.  Not bad at all.  Today is all about cleaning, organizing, and getting ready for the week ahead.  And definitely hitting the Wii games for some exercise.

It’s great to have a renewed sense of motivation after seeing myself in some of the photos.  I’m bound and determined that by the time the next reunion rolls around, I’m going to look like a completely different person.

Reducing stress by seeking open spaces

I live in a city, Portland, Oregon, that has an impressive number of parks and trails. It’s hard to believe there are so many ways to connect with nature in this metropolitan region of roughly two million people. In June, I wrote a post  about Tryon Creek State Park, located just minutes from downtown Portland. I found taking a nature walk through Tryon helped relieve the stress of living in a big city. 

Amanda Gardner writes an article that explores the surprising health benefits of living steps away from parks and wooded areas:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-10-15-nature-anxiety-exercise_N.htm

It’s important to seek out these open green spaces. If you’re a 9 to 5 office worker, try to sneak a quick nature stroll during your lunch hour. It will give you added energy. I envy the workers at nearby NIKE headquarters. There are some splendid trails in close proximity to the athletic shoe manufacturing campus.

My hope is to explore other walking trails and open spaces in the Portland area. If you have a favorite walking trail, park or wooded area in your city, feel free to comment on this post or drop me an e-mail at scottguythingblog@gmail.com and I’ll share with the readers of this blog.

New Sunday Morning Class: willPower & grace™

Beginning Sunday, November 1st I will be teaching willPower & grace™ at 24 Hour Fitness in the Castro! I will lead the class every other Sunday but will be there most Sundays to assist my partner instructor, Kim Nicol.

willPower & grace™ is such a great class and I am super excited to add this class to my schedule.

To learn more about willPower & grace™, please visit the official website at willPowerfit.com or view the class description on my schedule page.

Hope to see you at class. If you are not a member at 24 Hour Fitness, contact me for a guest pass!

Sundays 9:00 a.m.
24 Hour Fitness on Market at Church
2145 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
(415) 864-0822

30 day shred

Well, I have decided to workout to Jillian Michall’s 30 day shred program. Parts 1 and 2 are available for free on OnDemand. I did workout 1 once and so I already know that it will be tough. I hoping it will help me see results. I don’t plan to do it everyday though. I figured every other day to start with walking and riding the stationary bike on the off days. Today will be my first day when I wake up from sleep.

Weight Loss Secret: Workout DVDs

Exercise is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle and a key ingredient in weight loss, but it’s also one of the hardest things to fit into your schedule. That is why I LOVE workout DVDs!  There’s no excuse when you can just pop the workout int he DVD player, clear some space in your living room and workout any time of day. No need to treck to the gym in the rain or wait for the cardio machines to open up, you have a 24/7 gym at your fingertips! 

Here’s the thing though, not all workout DVDs are created equal. Some workouts are short or just not worth the time. So I’ll save you some time and energy and let you know which workout are worth a try and, most importantly, which ones pass the Living Great with Cait Test

• Physique 57: These ballet inspired workouts are worth the money. You will stretch, you will shake, you will sculpt an awesome butt! Check out my more detailed reviews in earlier posts.
• P90X: Yes, I’m talking about the P90X  from the late night infomercials.  The workouts are HARD and probably the best weight lifting workouts out there, there’s also a nice option to use bands instead of dumbbells. Get ready to do tons of push ups and pullups!
• Cathe Friedrich: Cathe is the queen of exercise videos and she has a HUGE selection of workouts to choose from on her website Cathe.com. Get ready to sweat buckets,  lift serious weights and sculpt serious muscle! Only downside is for those that don’t like step since most of the cardio workouts are step aerobics.

FUN: These DVDs are a great time, much better than another 30 minutes on the elliptical!!! The workouts fly by and the variety keeps your mind occupied and your body guessing. That means no boredom and continuous results.

RESULTS: Oh boy do you get AMAZING results from DVDs, it’s like always having a personal trainer on hand!

REWARDING: It’s so nice to get a fantastic workout done in an hour or less since you don’t have to travel to the gym. Working out with DVDs will seriously help you keep your workout appointment and the bonus will be how great you look and feel!

NUEVOS CAMPEONES DE FÍSICOCULTURISMO

El pasado domingo 11 de octubre se celebró en Punta Umbría el Campeonato de España de Físicoculturismo y Fitness, con la participación de más de 100 deportistas de toda España.

Los vencedores en categoría masculina fueron el levantino David Boix , el canario Rafael Guerra en Junior y por lo que hace las féminas  la vasca Elena Bertsch se proclamó campeona de España. En la competición por parejas los extremeños Arantxa Pérez y Álvaro Pérez se adjudicaron el primer puesto. Por otra parte, el premio al mejor posador recayó sobre David Fernández.

Entre los participantes del campeonato, participó el campeón del mundo de la categoría máster Manuel Balbuena, con 66 años. Además, esta cita ha servido para elegir a los miembros de la Selección Española de cara a los campeonatos del Mundo.

La cita contó con un gran éxito de público ya que unas 600 personas además de los jueces y organizadores asistieron al evento celebrado en el Centro de Convenciones Barceló. Hubo un total de cinco categorías, por un lado las féminas y, por otro, culturismo clásico, sub23 y junior.

Tanto los participantes como la organización coincidían en destacar que no se trata sólo de deporte, es algo más. “Un estilo de vida”, según el vicepresidente de la Federación Española de Físicoculturismo y Fitness y presidente de la Andaluza, José María García.

CAMPEONATO DE FISICOCULTURISMO DE LA COMUNIDAD DE MADRID Y II TROFEO MEMORIAL FIDEL MONTERO

La agrupación Madrileña de clubes de Fisicoculturismo y Fitness (AMCFF/IFBB), organizan el CAMPEONATO DE LA COMUNIDAD DE MADRID Y II TROFEO MEMORIAL FIDEL MONTERO.

LUGAR: El Campeonato se celebrará en el TEATRO DEL COLEGIO OBISPO PERELLO (Calle José del Hierro Nº 1), el 17 de Octubre de 2009 a las 17:00 horas.

Todo el campeonato se desarrollará bajo la normativa de la IFBB (International Federation of BodyBuilding).

El Campeonato de Madrid estará compuesto por todas las categorías oficiales de IFBB (siempre que haya el mínimo de atletas establecido para cada una de ellas).

Al finalizar el Campeonato de Madrid tendrá lugar el Trofeo Memorial Fidel Montero, Este Campeonato esta dotado con 3000 € en premios a repartir entre las categorías de:

. Classic BodyBuilding (categoría única)

. Culturismo (categoría única)

. Bodyfitness (categoría única)

INSCRIPCIONES:

Se realizarán exclusivamente a través del Presidente del Comité de Competición de la Territorial Madrileña (Rosa Sayago), teléfonos de contacto: 637-20-47-11 y 637-20-47-13 Email: r.sayago@yahoo.es antes del día 12 de Octubre.

EL PESAJE DE ATLETAS: Tendrá lugar a las 12:00 horas en el Teatro del Colegio Obispo Perelló, todos los atletas deberán tener licencia federativa en vigor de la Agrupación Madrileña, junto al DNI, Bañador reglamentario y CD de música.

Todo los Clubes que tengan la licencia de este año en vigor tendrán derecho a dos entradas que podran retirar en la Taquilla del Teatro.

Para mas información puedes llamar a los teléfonos 637811494 – 637204713.

ENTRADAS

Para todos los interesados en adquirir localidades para el Campeonato de la Comunidad de Madrid AMCFF/IFBB 2009 y II Trofeo Fidel Montero, indicar que la Agrupación ha puesto a disposición de todos los aficionados la venta anticipada de entradas al precio especial de 12 euros cada una (en taquilla, será 15 euros).

Para garantizarse este precio especial, y recordando que el aforo es limitado, deberá realizarse el pago mediante transferencia al siguiente número de cuenta:

Banco: Banesto

Cuenta: 0030 1418 77 0001555271

Titular: Agrupación Madrileña de Clubes de Fisicoculturismo y Fitness

Concepto de la transferencia: CPTO CAM 09 + nombre del titular de la reserva

enviando justificante de dicha transferencia vía email a la cuenta de correo electrónico amcff.madrid@gmail.com. Por su parte, la Agrupación te remitirá por la misma vía un número de localizador que será canjeable por las localidades en la taquilla del Teatro Obispo Perelló el mismo día del evento. De este modo, además de beneficiarte del descuento especial, el acceso al lugar de celebración será más rápido.

Peso Corporal, Fitness y Salud

Para la mayoría de los profesionales de la salud es virtualmente un axioma que acarrear peso extra constituye una seria amenaza para la salud. La creencia de que el “exceso de grasa corporal es un boleto para la tumba precoz” está tan arraigada en nuestro ambiente médico, que raramente es cuestionada.

Debería ser, por la evidencia científica de los peligros de la obesidad para la salud, un factor de riesgo independiente para enfermedades degenerativas, pero esto está lejos de aclararse. Consideremos, la enfermedad cardiaca. Ciertamente, la presión sanguínea elevada, los altos niveles de colesterol o triglicéridos y la intolerancia a la glucosa son considerablemente más comunes entre hombres y mujeres delgados. Que la obesidad está asociada con éstos problemas de salud es bastante evidente.

Sin embargo, esta asociación no significa que la obesidad sea la causa primaria de las patologías metabólicas. En 1982, Investigadores del Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública en Helsinki, Finlandia, reportaron que los cambios en la calidad de la dieta fueron mucho más importantes para alterar los lípidos sanguíneos que los cambios en el peso corporal. 54 hombres y mujeres de mediana edad cambiaron sus dietas normales ricas en grasa (39% de las calorías totales provenían de las grasas) por las dietas pobres en grasa (24% del total calórico) durante 6 semanas.

A pesar de que el peso corporal sólo disminuyó cerca de 1Kg, los lípidos sanguíneos cambiaron dramáticamente: el colesterol total redujo de 263 mg/dl a 201 mg/dl en los hombres y 239 mg/dl a 188 mg/dl en las mujeres. Cuando volvieron a sus dietas habituales ricas en grasa, el colesterol volvió a sus niveles iniciales, aún cuando el peso corporal siguió sin cambio, urgiendo a los investigadores a concluir que “los cambios observados se debieron a la composición de la dieta y no a la disminución en el peso corporal”.

Los datos de más de 4500 hombres y mujeres que completaron un programa de 3 semanas con residencia en el Centro de Longevidad Pritikin en Santa Mónica, California, aporta una evidencia aún más convincente que sostiene que es la grasa en la dieta y no en el cuerpo, la que afecta a la salud.

Capacidad Aeróbica más importante que la delgadez.

En términos de perspectiva de longevidad, es más importante estar entrenado que no ser obeso. Si las tablas de altura/peso dicen que está 5 libras más pesado, o aún 50 libras, esto tiene poca importancia, en la medida en que esté físicamente entrenado. Por el contrario, sin ejercicio físico, el ser delgado no asegura en absoluto buena salud y no aumenta las posibilidades de vivir una larga vida.

A pesar de que es cierto que los genes pueden jugar un rol importante en la determinación de la capacidad aeróbica, es poco probable que la capacidad aeróbica genéticamente determinada en forma aislada, sea el determinante principal de la relación entre “Fitness” y mortalidad. La actividad física cumple un papel fundamental. Los beneficios para la longevidad del ejercicio son resultado del entrenamiento, sin cambiar de forma (no ser obeso).

Peso Corporal y Mortalidad

Se ha demostrado que aumentar la actividad física y la capacidad aeróbica, en forma independiente de la disminución de peso, reduce las tasas de mortalidad en mayor grado que la pérdida intencional de peso.

La mejoría de los problemas más comunes asociados a la obesidad (hipertensión, dislipidemia, resistencia a la insulina, intolerancia a la glucosa) puede lograrse a través de cambios en el estilo de vida, independiente de la disminución de peso. La resistencia a la insulina y sus secuelas metabólicas, son las verdaderas culpables de gran parte de la morbimortalidad atribuida al sobrepeso/obesidad. La salud vamos a conseguirla, aumentando la actividad física, la capacidad aeróbica y mejorando la nutrición, que reduciendo el peso.

Información tomada del libro “Cómo vivir cien años”, del Dr. Rafael Velasco Terán, especialista en Medicina anti-envejecimiento.

THE OCTOBER FIT PROJECT

The October Fit Project – Week 2

Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Benjamin Franklin

That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Week 1 update :  All completed minus 1 run

Week 2 Intentions -  

As I will be away from home and my standard environment for the working part of the week, I have adjusted programme accordingly.

5 runs (1 spd efforts, 1 hilly, 1 park circuit with step ups & side leaps), 2 Weight Sessions (1 Lower & 1 Upper), 1 Body Circuit, 3 Tabata sessions following runs, yoga sessions + stretches

Somewhere New – New places to run

Something New – Tabata sessions completed with 2 water bottles (no access to weights)

Week 2 focus – Complete 1 run of 1 hr and 5 runs in total.

 

 

On Your Mark, Get Set, Rain!

Today I woke up with my energy still at large. I pulled out a whole wheat bagel, peanut butter, honey, and made a perfect pre race breakfast. I had a side of dried apricots for potassium, however i couldnt finish them they are my preferred potassium kick, bananas don’t agree with my taste.

While eating I was shaking from all the carbs I had last night. I felt so good it was unbelievable. Dad took a picture of me at the breakfast table playing with something. He was practicing his photo shooting for my finishing photo. He is such a pro .

Run hard, Think about finishing, Have fun. 7:00am almost race time!

Chamber Classic 1/2 Marathon Race Recap

Start

At the start I was feeling pretty good, I was cold and wet but feeling good. The bell rang at 8:00 and we all went running, the rain did to. Right when we started it poured, and it was cold as hell.

Miles 1-3

Miles 1-3 went pretty swell. It was the coldest miles of the race. We started down a road and hit a slight inclined hill. My hands and face were went and cold, and my race outfit was drenched. After the small loop you went past the boat house and started twice around the lake.

Miles 3-7

Once passing the boat house I saw my dad and got that confidence kick . Its been a whole year since I ran around the lake but I had a slight idea what it was like. For the most part I was right. Running miles 3-6 were fairly tough because my lungs were just starting to warm up and I was drying off from the rain. At mile 6.5 I used a Gel pack for a quick lift but it was so hard to open! My hands were frozen stiff and I couldn’t rip the package, so I used my teeth and when it opened gel went flying all over my face and into my lungs. It wasn’t my intended way of getting the “gel to my mouth” but it worked.

Miles 7-10

After going around the boat house for the second time I was pumped. I wanted to finish strong so I ran the hills like they were nothing and around the lake I ran once again. Now it was warmer so I felt cooled down, not frozen. I enjoyed the last bit of the run more than the beginning. It went relatively good .

Miles 10-13.1

It was sooner than I though, Only 3 more miles to the finish. At this point all I could think about was finishing so I began to kick it around miles 11. At that point we were coming around the bend of the lake and into the tennis fields. You could see the boat house in the distance and I ran like crazy. Right into the finish!

My overall time was 1 hour 33mins. 1st in my age group, 15th overall. I couldn’t be more pleased especially with overcoming from a sinus cold the week before. What a great race!

After the race I hit the snack tent and had a peanut butter Clif bar. Only 2 left, damn 5kers… taking all the good snacks. Im happy I got atleast one . When we got home I had some Okios with granola for lunch, with a side of a banana and peanut butter for a potassium buzz after racing. I feel pretty good, Legs, shins, and lungs! hurt a bit, but hell, I just ran 13.1 miles, thats like running from my house to the city of Pittsburgh!

Will Student Bodies© measure up?

Today I signed up for Student Bodies©, an eight week program sponsored by the Towson University Counseling Center to help women challenge negative influences on body image and to develop a healthy mindset about diet and exercise.

 According to the TU Counseling Center, the goal of Student Bodies© is “to help women develop healthy eating and exercise skills, challenge the belief that thinness equals happiness, and learn to accept and appreciate their bodies.”

During enrollment in the program, participants are required to complete short reading assignments, maintain a body image journal, and share ideas on a group discussion board.  Anonymous participation is optional.  Reading material and discussion board topics will focus on themes of body image, the media, nutrition, fitness, and wellness.

Student Bodies© was developed by researchers at Stanford University, and studies have shown that the program is effective in “helping women learn healthier weight management strategies, experience less body image dissatisfaction, and reduce risk for developing eating disorders.”

I’m really looking forward to the program on a personal level because as someone who struggled with eating disorders in my past, I think I’ll gain a lot from the shared knowledge of the Counseling Center staff and from the insight of my group members.  Keep checking back for periodic updates of my experience in the Student Bodies© program.

10:04 Sono una perditempo

Ho appena finito la mia sessione giornaliera di Les Mills e mi sento particolarmente in forma! Sta diventando una specie di droga, crea troppa assuefazione, dopo un pò che non lo fai ne senti la mancanza… Non vedo l’ora di essere abbastanza allenata da poter fare Body Combact…Quando lo inizierò, non spaventatevi se non posterò nulla per un pò, ma morirò per qualche giorno XD, ho visto dei video ed è davvero pesissimo!!!

Voglio svelarvi un mio piccolo segreto:

Questo dovrebbe diventare il migliore amico di tutte le ragazze come me me che odiano i propri capelli ricci e se li fanno lisci a suon di piastre… è veramente fantastico! è uno dei miei migliori amici asd. è quasi come una piastra e rovina meno i capelli!

Cosa fareste senza di me?!

XOXO

Carrie.

Boom Boom Fitness

Derack De La Paz

Boom Boom Fitness.

A short sketch by Phillip Kopczynski
 
Politely declined by my friends at Barats and Bereta since they may have their own similiar idea. So this is up for grabs.

Derack “Boom Boom” De La Paz: An unqualified fitness instructor with unlimited confidence.

Rachel: A gorgeous 20 -something workout video model

Bryant: A 20-something workout video model

 

S1:  A plain fitness room with some dumbbells and fitness balls in the back. Techno workout music is playing.

 

Derack: Hey What’s Up People? This is Derack De La Paz with  BOOM BOOM FITNESSSSS!  (begins marching in place) I hope you’re standing, I hope you’re ready to move, I hope you’re ready to start getting into the best BOOM shape of your life! BOOM BOOM! I know I am (marches in place for a bit, loosening shoulders and neck) Okay! BOOM BOOM! Are my helpers ready?

 

Rachel and Bryant run out into place behind Derack forming a workout triangle. They march in place. Rachel wears a tank top and shorts that fit comfortably but not loose, Bryant wears the same but it seems too small.

 

Rachel: Boom Boom Derick

 

Bryant: BOOM BOOM Derack!

 

Derack: Bryant I LOVE that enthusiasm! (Speaks to the beat of the music) Okay we’re in our march, we got our bounce steps. And here we go,here we go – Follow me, follow me  – in one – in two – follow me on four – in three – and here we go- in four. Two steps to the right – BOOM BOOM! Two steps to the left BOOM BOOM! Two steps to the right BOOM BOOM! Two steps to the left BOOM BOOM! (continues movement) How you doing back there Bryant?

 

Bryant: BOOM BOOM Derack!

 

Derack: (mildly psychotic) YESSSS! Rachel? Do you like the burn?

 

Rachel: Boom Boom Derick.

 

Derack: (fairly psychotic) Work on it Rachel! BOOM BOOM! (starts marching again) Now come on we’re going to plant our feet into a wide squat stance. One at a time, first the left BOOM then the right BOOM– make sure to get that stance nice and wide. Now we’re going to reach down, down, down, now we’re going to reach up, up, up – Really extend those legs! Now reach down, down, down, again and up, up, up. Okay three quick ones. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Good! Now slow again. Here we go, down, down, down. Let’s see how the kids in the back are doin.

 

Derack breaks formation to walk back and point out his assistants’ performances. Rachel and Bryant keep doing the squat exercise.

 

Derack: Alright look at Bryant here. He’s been with  BOOM BOOM fitness for eight weeks and is getting some major results.

 

Bryant: Never felt better Derack! BOOM BOOM!

 

Derack: Yeah! That’s my boy! Now look at the definition of those thigh muscles. You can’t get that without work people! And this stomach BOOM rock hard! Lookin’ Good Bryant!

 

Bryant: Thanks Derack!

 

Bryant is still doing the squat exercise. Derack is very close to him, they lock eyes deeply. Both are panting from the exercise and so close their noses are almost touching.

 

Bryant and Derack: (whispering) Boom Boom.

 

Derack: Now let’s look at Rachel. Rachel is new to BOOM BOOM Fitness and she has A LOT of work to do. Her body is a wasteland for carbs and saturated fats. Hardly any definition and absolutely no bang to her BOOM BOOM. But we’re gonna get her in shape in just six weeks.  Isn’t that right Rachel?

 

Rachel: Umm…yeah

 

Derack: Rachel I don’t understand what you’re saying Rachel!

 

Rachel: Boom Boom Derack!

 

Derack: There we go! Okay guys shake it out, shake it out. Now this is it for today but tune in everyday and join the BOOM BOOM Revolution.

 

Cut to black with words, “Six weeks later.”

 

S2.  Same fitness room and only Derack

 

Derack: Yeah! Welcome to a special edition of BOOM BOOM FITNEEEEESSSE! It’s our results show where we look back at all our hard work . First let’s bring out Bryant! Yeah BOOM BOOM!

 

Bryant comes running out and strikes a pose

 

Derack: Look at these results!

 

Bryant: I can’t STOP lookin’ Derack.

 

Derack: HHHHA! This is a perfect example of how the BOOM BOOM program continues to produce results. Bryant show them your bicep. BOOM! Now the other one – BOOM! That. Is. Outstanding!

 

Bryant: Boom Boom Derack.

 

Derack: Boom Boom Bryant.

 

Derack: Now, we’ve got a special treat. With only six weeks under her belt with the BOOM BOOM program, Wratchel has had some of the quickest results I’ve ever seen.

 

Derack and Bryant begin clapping proudly.

SPECIAL EFFECTS NOTE: Rachel comes out no longer being played by the same actress, but by the actor playing Bryant. “Rachel” is wearing the same clothing, but now it is just a bit too tight

 

Rachel: BOOM BOOM Derack!

 

Derack: BOOM BOOM Wratchel. YEAH! What you say we just get started?

 

Rachel and Bryant: BOOM BOOM Derack!

 

Derack: Just like yesterday people, lets begin with some arm reaches annnnnd to the left  BOOM BOOM To the right BOOM BOOM to the left BOOM BOOM to the right BOOM BOOM. Now you at home keep sending in those result photos and remember everyone…

 

For the first time in the sketch the background techno music stops but “Rachel” and Bryant continue working out as if it is still playing.

 

Close up on Derack.

 

Derack: (absolutely psychotic) Boom Boom.

La revolución nutritiva Agel.

Desde hace unos años el mercado mundial de los complementos nutritivos está experimentando un auge imparable a nivel mundial. Sólo el mercado de los vídeojuegos está experimentando un crecimiento similar.

Todos los días nos despertamos con multitud de anuncios de productos que nos aportan energía ( red bull…), que nos refuerzan el sistema inmunitario (actimel… ), que nos ofrecen un suplemento vitamínico o de minerales ( aquarius…), etc. Son nutrientes y por tanto alimentos, no medicinas, productos que podemos adquirir por diferentes medios desde la compra directa a un número de teléfono, en una parafarmacia o en el Corte Inglés de turno.

Complementos alimenticios tradicionales

Estos productos sirven para mantenernos con un cuerpo más sano y equilibrado, son útiles para cualquier persona pues todos queremos encontrarnos lo mejor posible.

Con el tiempo se ha demostrado que el suministro convencional de nutrientes, en pastillas, en líquidos, etc, es efectivo como máximo en un 60% y además actúa en un tiempo de aproximadamente 2 horas. Esto quiere decir que desaprovechamos gran parte del producto que tomamos, impidiendo por otra parte un control sobre la medida necesaria a suministrar, y además ha de pasar un tiempo muy grande hasta su beneficio en nuestro cuerpo.

Al igual que en otras muchas industrias, el campo deportivo profesional supone la avanzadilla tecnológica y de experimentación de un montón de productos y componentes que posteriormente, una vez testeados positivamente, son puestos a disposición del gran público. Gran parte de las mejoras de los coches de fórmula 1 acaban en los coches de serie tiempo después. En el campo de los nutritientes también ha ocurrido esto gracias a Agel.

Nutriente con base de Gel

Desde hace unos pocos años los deportistas profesionales disponen de los mejores nutrientes pero, a diferencia de nuestros aquarius, actimeles o barritas energéticas de proteínas, son suministrados al cuerpo a través de una forma revolucionaria: sobre una base de GEL. ¿ Por qué sobre una base de GEL ?.

Son innumerables las ventajas que se han descubierto sobre esta forma de aportación de nutrientes al cuerpo pero principalmente diremos dos: una biodisponibilidad prácticamente inmediata y un aprovechamiento de casi el 100%. ¿ Qué quiere decir biodisponibilidad ? A disposición del organismo. En el caso de productos basados en soporte de GEL nuestro cuerpo los va a abosorber de forma prácticamente instantánea y aprovechandolos al máximo.

Esto a los deportistas profesionales les permite una recuperación más rápida de los esfuerzos, un equilibrio mayor en los componentes de su cuerpo y un mejor control de su organismo. Sí, cuando ves un deportista por la televisión tomando un sobrecito durante su partido, está tomando alimento sobre base de Gel. Ya sabes qué es eso tan raro que hacía tu deportista favorito.

Agel y su fundador Glen Jensen lo que han hecho ha sido utilizar esta tecnología y ponerla a disposición de todos, revolucionar el mercado de la nutrición de consumo, con el fin de mejorar nuestra salud y equilibrar nuestro organismo y además hacerlo sólo con nutrientes naturales. Pero es más, Agel no sólo tiene productos para recuperarnos de esfuerzos, tiene productos de prevención, refuerzo de nuestro organismo, de mejora de las articulaciones, de la circulación…y ahora hasta de hidratación de nuestra piel desde dentro. ¡ Increíble ! pero cierto.

La tecnología con base de Gel lo permite casi todo en el campo de la nutrición y una buena muestra de ello es los casi 100 productos que actualmente tiene la compañía en desarrollo, otro día hablaremos de ellos.

Si quieres saber más, si te interesa el mundo Agel, aquí estoy para ayudarte.

Sunday October 4 Workout

Gym, Cardio/Core/Flexibility:

Training Alone.

Time: 9:20 a.m.

Cardio:

Stepmill:  Fat Burner Level 8, 20 minutes, 2.7 miles

Treadmill:  4mph, incline 4, 15 minutes, 1 mile

Core/Flexibility:

Super Set One:  (three times through with no breaks)

Planks, Forearms on Stability Ball, Feet on Bosu Trainer:  1 minute, 1 minute, 1 minute

Hanging Tucks with Straps: 15, 15, 15

Thirty seconds rest.

Giant Set Two:  (three times through, no breaks)

Hamstring Curls Off Stability Ball: 15, 15, 15

Regular Planks: 1 minute, 1 minute, 1 minute

Upward Facing Dog: 45 seconds, 45 seconds, 45 seconds

Stretching:

Lying Hamstring Stretches: 3 minutes per leg (hams tight today, took a while to reach a full stretch)

Lying Glute Stretches:  2 minutes per side

Standing Hamstring Stretches: 1 minute in full stretch

Standing Quad Stretches: 1 minute per leg

Standing Calf Stretches: 1 minute per leg

Standing Glute/Hip Stretches: 30 seconds per leg

Notes: Slept well. Nutrition on track. Weight 104.8.

A Handy Guide When Eating Out

Eating out is an enjoyable experience, more so if we do this activity while having a great time with our family and friends. Indeed, eating out and dining at our favorite restaurants and fast-food chains is something that we all try to indulge in every so often. But the problem steps in when the dining experience becomes too enjoyable that we tend to forget the restrictions that we should limit ourselves to. One of the more prevalent phenomena these days is to eat out in fast-food chains. The meals served at these fast-food chains are on-the-go and easy to eat. Aside from these, fast-food meals are also affordable and tasty as well. Oftentimes, we bask in these positives too much, that we don’t seek out the more beneficial effects of eating the right kinds and the right amount of food to supplement our health. Of course, due to the unhealthy nature of fast-food chain meals, it is also quite a common, Food, Health, fact that these foods are likely to trigger weight gain among us all. In an effort to veer away from this occurrence, what some people do is to do some exercise routines in tandem with their unhealthy eating habits., Food, Health, The idea is that the effects of fast-food meals would also get slowed down. But even so, the sting of such foods in, Food, Health, our health remains. To strike a balance between indulging in these foods and keeping ourselves, Food, Health, healthy and well, we prepared a few tips for everyone to follow: Ease, Food, Health, out on the cheese and mayo – Fast-food meals are best characterized by those foods that contains high amounts of fats. To lessen your consumption of, Food, Health, these unhealthy food additives, we advise you to ask for less cheese and mayonnaise when ordering your food. This way, you can enjoy your fast-food meals with less guilt. Water please – Fast-food meals are often served with sodas. Its quite impractical to say no to these free treats. But remember, drinking too much soda is not advisable because it can cause bloating and gas. The best option? Stick to water, instead. Water rejuvenates and cleanses you system thoroughly, and it has no added calories, too. More greens – Although the foods served in fast-food chains are commonly prepared with fats and salt in high, Food, Health, amounts, some try to strike a balance by offering large servings, Food, Health, of salads or some veggies to top their sandwiches. Take advantage of this offer. Load up on, Food, Health, your fresh greens so that your diet will have better nutrient contents. Plain is good – When ordering salads, opt for plain dressings instead of those thick ones that are sure to be loaded with various garnishes. These simples suggestions will assist you with your healthy weight loss goals.

Epicranial chip to be introduced to U.S. and NATO troops

December 5, 2009 – Brussels and Washington D.C

By Asperal Xavier, with Jody Blankenship

A letter of understanding as been executed between NATO high command, the U.S. Defense Department Office of Procurement and Silicon Valley-based Epitor to test Epitor’s new MicroView chip in active duty soldiers. The MicroView chip monitors the vital signs of soldiers in the field, as well as provides GPS positioning of individual troops. The Epitor MicroView chip is permanently implanted into the exoskeleton of a person’s skull. The chip used by the military is approximately 1.8 centimeters square and .2 millimeters thick.

U.S. Defense Dept spokesperson Major Dan Fields stated, “This technology will allow individual monitoring of general health as well as potential combat fatigue in soldiers, and allow early intervention when needed to ‘decompress’ the individual situation. An individual’s temperature, blood pressure as well as other bodily measurements will be easily monitored. An enhanced version, already developed will allow two-way bio-feedback functionality whereby physicians monitoring individuals can “push” appropriately prescribed brain wave patterns to relieve an individual’s stress or anxiety.”

One government official who wished to remain anonymous stated, “This has huge potential to roll out to the general public as a health monitoring tool. Individuals would give their personal physicians access to their chip’s code and physicians would be able to monitor their patients without actually seeing them. The most effective initial use would be in high-risk patients, starting at birth, high-risk occupations, and “sensitive” government employees, although I understand that this has already been implemented throughout most worldwide “intelligence” organizations.”

Epitor spokesperson Maureen Godwin stated that her company was already in negotiations with a major hospital chain to introduce the technology in high-risk newborns. Godwin stated, “I think that parents will see the overall value of the MicroView chip, not only for health-challenged children, but all children for the course of their lifetime. It brings parents a piece of mind from both a safety and a health standpoint.”

When asked if Epitor’s MicroView chip was being used by the world’s intelligence agencies, Godwin stated that the Epitor MicroView was leading edge technology and that more technologically enhanced products had already made it to the world stage. Godwin declined to state where and with whom.

Godwin did state that Epitor has tentatively reached an agreement with the world’s largest retain chain and that the Epitor MicroView chip could be available for the general public as early as January 2012.

Godwin concluded, “The Epitor MicroView product was conceived, developed and made in the U.S. with good old American know how and ingenuity.”

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Biggest Loser Memory Lane - Ali Vincent

I love this program – sooooooooooooooooo inspirational!  These individuals have so many hurdles to over come, weight being just one of them.

I thought it might be fun to take a trip down memory lane and remind ourselves of the amazing feats the “Biggest Loser” Winners had to overcome!

We’ll start with this lovable little sprite…

A former champion synchronized swimmer, Ali Vincent set foot on the Biggest Loser ranch weighing 234 pounds.

After weeks of hard work and dedication to health and fitness on the ranch and at home, Ali stepped on the scale at the finale weighing in at 122 pounds — 112 pounds less than her starting weight. This successful weight loss was enough to earn Ali the title of Season 5 winner and the first ever female winner.

Ahhhh – my hero.  You go girl!

Hamstrung: The Recovery

Finally, the exciting conclusion to our hamstring injury! (Guilty of hyperbole, let’s move on.)

OK, a hamstring injury isn’t glamorous. It doesn’t have the cache of, say, an ACL injury. But it’s common among weekend warriors. Don’t warm up, go out too fast — ping! — there’s a debilitating snap in the back of your leg. A muscle snap that if you ignore can hobble you for weeks. First, a look at how to avoid irritating your hamstring in the first place.

Not long ago, we warmed up by stretching. Then we learned that stretching cold muscles wasn’t such a good idea. Now we’re advised to warm up slowly. For instance, at our Fit-tastic workouts we jog very slowly for a mile and a half to two miles before running hard. When I pulled my hamstring Monday I was sprinting for a flyball in a game of kickball; Had I taken 10 minutes to jog up the street and back beforehand I might have avoided the injury. But I didn’t, and I was stuck with a strained hamy, a moderate strain based on my interpretation of the rough rating system for evaluating hamstring pulls.

Immediately, I iced the injury and took ibuprofen. Good first steps, according to the online source I turned to, a Web site by Washington, D.C., physician Stephen M. Pribut, who specializes in podiatric sports medicine, biomechanics and foot surgery. Follow that up with “gentle compression” and rest. That jibed with my Fit-tastic running coach Tim Clark’s recommendation, which makes for a neat — not to mention tasty and nutritious — acronym: RICE. That is, Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation.

Tim was especially high on compression: “Wear a wrap [and ACE bandage, for instance] overnight while sleeping,” he suggested. “I’ve found this works real well for muscle soreness.”

Obviously, it was the “R” aspect of the equation that caused me  consternation. No one likes to be benched. Coaches realize this, even doctors.

“Certainly walking is okay as long as the pain is not too severe and you’re not limping, which can cause other problems,” Tim said. As part of rehab, Dr. Pribut said it was OK to run two miles “at a glacial pace.” Hold off on the stretching for a week or so, then gradually reintroduce it. Take longer warmups — “it may take 1/2 hour or longer to do a proper warmup,” advises Dr. Pribut and after doing speedwork be sure to warm down, for one to two miles, before gently stretching.

Follow this advice and, depending upon the severity of the injury, it should take two to six weeks for the hamstring to mend.

Two to six weeks?

They need to revisit the hippocratic acronym, I thought. Instead of RICE, it should be RICEEP.

For Extreme Patience.

20 Octubre Día Mundial de la Osteoporosis

El  próximo 20 de octubre se celebra el Día Mundial de la Osteoporosis, una enfermedad que afecta a más de 75 millones de personas en Europa, EEUU y Japón y cuyos principales afectados son mujeres mayores de 50 años que sufren la pérdida del efecto protector de los estrógenos tras la menopausia. Esta enfermedad produce por la disminución de la resistencia ósea y de la fortaleza del hueso y puede llegar a provocar la pérdida de hasta 10 centímetros de altura y un dolor crónico agudo.

La osteoporosis es una enfermedad crónica que afecta en España a más de dos millones y medio de mujeres y a 750.000 hombres. Este trastorno degenerativo se caracteriza por un deterioro paulatino de los huesos, que se vuelven más  frágiles y  que inevitablemente acaba en fracturas de cadera, antebrazo, clavícula… Las más frecuentes son las vertebrales, que generan una contracción en los huesos de la columna de entre un 20% y un 60%, lo que con el tiempo se traduce en una pérdida de altura de hasta 10 centímetros. Por ese motivo, la Fundación Internacional de Osteoporosis (IOF) ha lanzado la campaña “Stop the stoop’” (Frena el encorvamiento), con la que se pretende concienciar a las mujeres de la importancia de tratar su trastorno.

Según los expertos, el ejercicio regular puede reducir la probabilidad de fracturas óseas asociadas con la osteoporosis. Algunos de los ejercicios recomendados son: caminar, footing, jugar al tenis, bailar, pesas, tai chi, yoga, bicicleta estática, máquinas de remos… Es importante evitar cualquier ejercicio que ofrezca riesgo de caída por ese motivo los expertos recomiendan máquinas como las plataformas vibratorias  o los electroestimuladores.

Además  se debe seguir una dieta que tenga una cantidad adecuada de calcio, vitamina D y proteína. Los alimentos ricos en calcio son: leche, yogur, helados y queso, tofu, salmón y sardinas, y hortalizas de hoja verde, como espinacas y col rizada. También es recomendable suplementos de calcio y vitamina D.

Hay que evitar los hábitos poco saludables, como el  tabaco y el consumo de alcohol, ya que el exceso de esta sustancia puede causar daño a los huesos y aumenta el riesgo de sufrir caídas.