Answer To Your Fitness Questions" />The Results From Doing Both Cardio And Strength-Training Everyday
September 22, 2007
The question is will you get better results from doing both cardio and a strength-training routine everyday? The answer is a firm NO! It doesn’t work, as you need ample time to recover after a strength-training workout before you tear down the muscles again!
When you exercise you put stress on your joints, tendons, and ligaments as you are contracting your muscles again and again. This causes microtrauma, or very little tears in the muscle. If you get the rest needed between workouts, this causes the brain to rebuild the body stronger than it was before, but it takes TIME!
So, this rule of thumb is workout out to much makes you weaker, rest and recovery makes you stronger!
A Few Tips That Will Always Keep You In A Good Mood!
September 16, 2007
Are you ever in a bad mood???, Here is one tip that may help you get past it!!!There are a few particular foods that might help improve your attitude. Take a look:
- Low-fat, low-protein, high-carbohydrate snacks are good for chasing away the blues. Try air-popped popcorn or whole-wheat bread with honey.
- To ward off depression, go for fish. Omega-3 fatty acids are reputed to ease mood swings.
- Fight stress with high-fiber foods, such as apples, pears, olives, beets, squash, zucchini, asparagus, spinach, lentils, beans, tofu, barley, brown rice, buckwheat, and couscous.
- Drink water for a quick pick-me-up. Regular hydration will keep you from feeling fatigued, and it can also help you burn calories.
And of course, your old-fashioned cardio and strength training helps, but add a little yoga into your life to help detoxify and distress as well!! All of this will do a body GOOD!!
