Celery Juice Every Day Keeps High Blood Pressure at Bay

Celery Juice Every Day Keeps High Blood Pressure at Bay

A New You!

What does it take to become 'A New You'. So many of us are searching for something new, different or just looking to change or upgrade ourselves. What kind of thoughts do we have to think or change, what kind of actions do we have to start or stop doing? Change begins with us and it begins in our minds, our thoughts. If we continue to think as we have we will continue to get what we have got. We must begin to think and act outside of our comfort zone. What lifestyle habits do you have that is keeping you programmed for mediocrity, what habitual way of thinking keeps you from reaching your innermost goals? A New You awaits the transformation and renewing of your mind!

Do You Zumba?

Someone just tweeted a twit (is that correct, lol) and said that Zumba is just too much fun! well they are exactly right! If you have not heard or tried Zumba you simply must try it. Zumba is the new craze of Latin based cardio dance class. You will move, groove and get your sweat on! Look up Zumba classes in your local area and try one, you won't be disappointed!

FLEXIBILITY

Flexibility is the ability for the joints to move through their full range of motion. You need flexibility to move smoothly and avoid muscle tension and to protect your body from injury. Stretching helps you to achieve all these goals. You should stretch after your workout while your muscles are warm, hold the stretch for 15-30 sec. and stretch between your strength training sets to help build longer leaner muscles.

Remember stretching helps:

* Improve performance and reduce injury

* reduce muscle soreness and improve posture

* reduce lower back pain

* increase blood and nutrients to the tissues

* improve coordination

* enjoy exercise more and help reduce stress

Stretching helps you to relax and balance muscles after exercise and adds to your overall health.

Remember , stretch often and target the whole body.

I WANT MUSCLES!

Muscle strength is the maximal force that can be generated by a specific muscle or muscle group. Muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle groupe to execute repeated contractions over a period of time sufficient to cause muscular fatigue. Muscular Fitness combines two componets of Health: strength and endurance are a part of physical fitness. If you're not strong you are more likely to injure yourself and get fatigued very quickly. To build muscle strength you must tax your muscles more than their used to or do what we call weight training. Training your muscles to lift more weight helps you in a variety of ways; more muscle burns more calories so it raises your metabolic rate, it also builds strength so you will have less injuries and endurance will build up the muscles so that you will have more oxygen and the muscle can do more work for longer period of time. Weight training or any strength based activitiy, Yoga, Pilates, Body Sculpting can and will increase your strength and benefit your body through muscle activation. Make sure you are adding this special component to your weekly fitness regime and remember for weight loss you really want to add strength training to your workout; the more muscle the more calories burned!

CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS

Let's start with cardiorespiratory fitness. Cardiorespiratory Fitness (CRF) is the ability to perform large muscle, dynamic, moderate-to-high intensity exercise for a prolonged period. CRF has to do with the functional capabilities of the heart, blood vessels, blood, lungs and relevant muscles. With cardio or Aerobic exercise you want to get your heart rate and breathing up so that the heart and lungs are worked/exercised beyond its normal capacity. Exercises like walking, running, jump rope, rebounding, basketball, swimming, and so many other sports and aerobic activities can be done to increase or maintain good cardio fitness. The object is to pick someting you enjoy and will stick with and to do it consistently 4-5 times a week 30-60 minutes. Cardio can be one of the most fun parts of health and physical fitness if you find something you enjoy, start slow, build up to 1 hour and see how much better you feel. Get Moving! Get Strong! Get Fit!

HEALTH CHECK IN

Health Check in? You mean health check up, don't you? No, I mean Health Check In. So what are the components of Health? Well, for a well rounded health you need a well rounded health program that consits of cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength, muscular endurance, flexibility, body composition, sound nutrition, and mental poise. Which one of these components do you need to work on? One? Two? or all? wherever you find yourself make a commitment to get active and make a health fitness plan to include all of these elements. You do not have to do all of them everyday but throughout the week try to get them all in. Over the next couple of days I will go over each Health component seperately and in more detail so you can see how to fit this into your daily life and health routine. If you haven't already do your health check in for today and check in to see what health component you are already doing and which one you might need to work on.