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Many bodybuilders love to brag about the time they spend in the gym. They are happy to talk about their marathon 2 hour workouts where they hit every body part known to man and saw just about every club member come through the door…
Posted: 2009-10-09
Category: Health & Fitness
As you probably have heard if you have done any amount of bodybuilding at all, it is extremely important for bodybuilders to consume adequate amounts of protein in their diets. Protein is not only helpful in that it is the building block …
Posted: 2009-10-08
Category: Health & Fitness
Bodybuilding is probably one of the most effective ways known to man to increase muscle mass and shed pounds of fat. The weight training itself helps to burn significant calories while the muscles you build will speed up your metabolism …
Posted: 2009-10-04
Category: Muscle Building
Looking younger and more attractive is the goal of just about everyone at one time or another. As a society, we spend billions of dollars on diet programs and exercise equipment in the hopes of achieving the slim attractive bodies of our youth…
Posted: 2009-10-04
Category: Muscle Building
Let’s face it, we live in an image conscious society, not a health conscious one. Many people confuse the two, but the difference is clear. Because of the extremes that many people are willing to go to try to look …
Posted: 2009-10-04
Category: Health & Fitness
Just about everyone knows how effective bodybuilding can be for transforming one's body. Packing on serious amounts of muscle and losing serious amounts of fat can go a long way to helping you achieve the look of the physique you've always wanted…
Posted: 2009-10-03
Category: Health & Fitness
One of the most frustrating things in the world for a burgeoning bodybuilder is to be stuck with an incredibly skinny body that refuses to put on muscle. Bodybuilders call these guys hard gainers and their journey to having an incredibly muscular physique can be an incredibly hard one indeed…
Posted: 2009-10-02
Category: Health & Fitness
Bodybuilding is a misunderstood activity by many. People often think of the huge muscular hulk-like creatures standing on stages covered in oil as their veins bulge from beneath their muscle stretched skin. The fact is, any time you do any exercise designed to make your body look better, you're really bodybuilding…
Posted: 2009-10-02
Category: Health & Fitness
Our bodies have an incredible ability to adapt to almost any situation it encounters. Whether it be working more efficiently because of ingesting fewer calories, or becoming stronger and gaining muscle through weightlifting…
Posted: 2009-09-30
Category: Health & Fitness
No matter where you look you can find evidence that looking and feeling great is one of the most prevalent subjects in our society today. Be it the never ending commercials for exercise products or diet programs that we see on TV…
Posted: 2009-09-27
Category: Health & Fitness
Just about every guy on the beach would love to walk down the boardwalk with bulging arms that filled up his sleeves and ripped thighs that made people get out of the way when they saw him coming. This can only be achieved through the principles of bodybuilding used …
Posted: 2009-09-27
Category: Muscle Building
Going to the gym can be expensive. Some monthly gym memberships charge as much is $99 per month or more not including exorbitant setup fees of often hundreds of dollars. Even those much less expensive gyms that are in the $40 per month range can certainly add up…
Posted: 2009-09-27
Category: Weight Loss
Everyone looks to lose weight and get in better shape from time to time, but few have true long-term success with it. Most of us decided take the easy route and purchase one of the thousands of products we see on TV or in magazines or simply try one of the fad diets of the day…
Posted: 2009-09-26
Category: Muscle Building
Losing excess fat has been the goal of just about every man and woman at some point in their life. It seems we’re always fighting the Battle of the Bulge and looking for better and easier ways to lose fat quickly …
Posted: 2009-09-26
Category: Exercise
When someone says the word bodybuilding, we tend to think of huge muscled phenomenons standing on stage covered in oil wearing only tiny bikini briefs, but it is only a rare few who commit to the dedication and determination it takes to get their bodies into this freakishly huge state…
Posted: 2009-09-24
Category: Health & Fitness
Training routines of advanced bodybuilder are greatly different from that of a beginner. The differences in the training regimens include not only the weight being used, but the frequency of the lifting and usually the diet as well…
Posted: 2009-09-20
Category: Muscle Building
Ever since the days of the Charles Atlas ads featuring the skinny boy who is getting sand kicked in his face, millions of young boys everywhere wanted to take up body building to try to achieve a body that would be both feared and marveled…
Posted: 2009-09-20
Category: Weight Loss
Every day, all over the world, someone picks up a dumbbell for the first time and begins a quest to be the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. They imagine their bodies swelling up beyond belief and turning a once wiry frame into a molded piece of muscular artwork…
Posted: 2009-09-20
Category: Health & Fitness
Ok, so now your training wheels are off. You have been bodybuilding for 6-12 months, made some fantastic progress, and are ready to take your bodybuilding workouts to the next level …
Posted: 2009-09-20
Category: Muscle Building
Who can forget the physique of Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie Pumping Iron as he went on to win his seventh Mr. Olympia? His combination of size and symmetry was declared by many to be the perfect body. …
Posted: 2009-09-20
Category: Exercise
The glycemic index chart requires a little research before you can fully understand and benefit from it. Fortunately, once you understand the numbers, your life will change for the better…
Posted: 2009-09-19
Category: Health & Fitness
Have you ever felt yourself crash? Not the automobile type of crash, but the type of crash where you suddenly find yourself weak, tired, dizzy, or otherwise sluggish? This is because your blood sugar has dropped too low and your brain suddenly has too little…
Posted: 2009-09-19
Category: Health & Fitness
There are a number of benefits that you can get by following the glycemic index, but it can be pretty confusing unless you are already familiar with how it works. In order to get the best results, you should integrate it into your diet…
Posted: 2009-09-18
Category: Health & Fitness
The two main causes of eating disorders are fashion and culture. In other words, without fashion or culture, the pressure to be thin would not be so pervasive in modern society…
Posted: 2009-09-17
Category: Health & Fitness
Most diabetics have probably heard of the glycemic index list, and even non-diabetics might have run across it before. The thing is, no matter your current health, you can improve it by incorporating the glycemic index list into your diet. Are you curious why? Read on …
Posted: 2009-09-17
Category: Weight Loss
We’ve all got certain guilty pleasures. Maybe yours are donuts, cookies, chocolate candy, chips, etc. What these all have in common is a high glycemic index. This means that they break down more quickly in your body, causing blood sugar levels to rise more quickly as well…
Posted: 2009-09-17
Category: Weight Loss
Eating disorders, unfortunately, are all too common in adolescents. Puberty is a time of massive change for kids. Not only are their hormones turning on, but their bodies are also starting to change too …
Posted: 2009-09-13
Category: Health & Fitness
There are many reasons why people with an eating disorder are reluctant to actually get treatment for eating disorders. For one thing, actually getting help means admitting that they have a problem …
Posted: 2009-09-13
Category: Weight Loss
The start of eating disorders really comes from a variety of factors. While the skinny models of the 1990s are perhaps the origin of a new era of self-conscious, thin-is-in youth, that is not the whole picture…
Posted: 2009-09-12
Category: Health & Fitness
You see sexy models posing on the sides of the underwear you buy. You find the idealized bodies of mannequins in department stores wearing the clothes that only good-looking people can wear…
Posted: 2009-09-12
Category: Health & Fitness
When you’re in a normal, healthy mindset, you’ll usually know when you’re doing something harmful to yourself. In the case of people with an eating disorder, they will often have such psychological trauma that they no longer know what’s right, or they no longer care…
Posted: 2009-09-11
Category: Health & Fitness
There is a great danger in delayed diagnosis of eating disorders in children, primarily because people do not think of children as being old enough to have an eating disorder. A lot of the time, eating disorders occur in adolescents, because their hormones are turning on and they are having a tough time dealing…
Posted: 2009-09-11
Category: Health & Fitness
Did you know that more than 70 percent of young women are dissatisfied with their bodies and want to lose weight? There is almost nothing as strong as peer pressure to convince people to do things that are not good for them…
Posted: 2009-09-10
Category: Weight Loss
There are many different types of eating disorders, but they are all characterized by an inability or unwillingness to maintain a healthy relationship with food. Usually, all types of eating disorders will leave the victim either underweight or overweight, and eating disorders often have inherent psychological factors as well…
Posted: 2009-09-10
Category: Health & Fitness
Yes, there are some surprising benefits of fish oil that you might not even know about. The more studies conducted on fish oil, the more amazing and unexpected results come about…
Posted: 2009-09-08
Category: Health & Fitness
Everyone always talks about how great fish oil, but have you ever asked yourself: “Is fish oil harmful?” It wouldn’t be surprising if the possibility never crossed your mind, because no one really talks about any negative effects of it.
Posted: 2009-09-06
Category: Health & Fitness
Fish oil has recently become a popular supplement for people because it contains Omega-3 fatty acids. The history of fish oil can be traced as far back as the transition from single-celled organism to multi-cellular organisms…
Posted: 2009-09-06
Category: Health & Fitness
Are you aware of the many healing benefits of fish oil? There is compelling evidence to suggest that your cardiovascular system can greatly benefit from it, which in turn helps people who are suffering from, or have a high risk of, cardiovascular disease…
Posted: 2009-09-06
Category: Health & Fitness
Among fish oil’s host of benefits, you might have heard it touted as anti-inflammatory; are you curious how fish oil can cure inflammation? Before you find out, you should brush up on your knowledge of inflammation …
Posted: 2009-09-05
Category: Supplements
These days, fish oil is a sign of hope for cardiovascular disease sufferers. There is an unprecedented correlation between fish oil and cardiovascular disease...
Posted: 2009-09-05
Category: Health & Fitness
It’s hard to put a price on good health, and research has shown that the health benefits of fish oil just keep on coming. You might not be aware of all the ways that fish oil can improve your quality of life…
Posted: 2009-09-05
Category: Health & Fitness
The combination of diet and exercise has been touted as the sure fire way to health and fitness for every individual in the world. Of all the diets and health plans and products on the market, nothing has been shown to be more effective than a comprehensive program of eating well and exercising regularly…
Posted: 2009-09-04
Category: Health & Fitness
If you’ve heard about fish oil lately, you’ve probably wondered how it can benefit your health. It isn’t really self-explanatory; at least, not in the same way that “diet pills” or “anti-depressants” are…
Posted: 2009-09-04
Category: Health & Fitness
If you are unsure of whether you or someone you know is suffering from an eating disorder, it would help for you to know the key features of eating disorders. The simple fact of the matter is, everybody is different and there is no blanket statement or recipe for an eating disorder…
Posted: 2009-09-02
Category: Weight Loss
The modern concept of an eating disorder is largely the product of the fashion industry in the 1990s. As models became thinner and thinner, the media glorified this new trend, and stick-thin women began appearing on magazine covers, in commercials, and anywhere else. Once a fashion trend has started, there will always be people that take it too far…
Posted: 2009-08-30
Category: Health & Fitness
Each year, thousands of women suffer from one form of harmful eating disorder or another. The causes of them are many including depression, broken family relationships, and even the media's obsession about weight
Posted: 2009-08-30
Category: Health & Fitness
It is a natural human urge to be loved, to be understood, and to be wanted. One of women’s biggest drives in life is to make themselves as attractive as they can, whether they do so through shopping, make-up, or even an intentional eating disorder…
Posted: 2009-08-29
Category: Health & Fitness
As is the case with many diseases and disorders, recovering from an eating disorder can often be the longest and most difficult aspect of the disorder itself. Because eating disorders are psychological in nature, there is no specific medicine …
Posted: 2009-08-28
Category: Health & Fitness
Eating disorders can be one of the most harmful and troubling things that occur in a person's lifetime. The combination of the stress that they feel and oftentimes depression that leads to them, coupled with the harmful effects that eating disorders create in a person's physical life, make him a true nightmare indeed …
Posted: 2009-08-27
Category: Health & Fitness
Considering the healthy benefits of taking fish oil as part of a healthy diet, it might be hard to imagine that there are any negative side effects that can occur, but like most things we take into our bodies, not all of the effects are good even containing omega 3 fatty acids…
Posted: 2009-08-25
Category: Health & Fitness
There are a number of causes of eating disorders, but the two main culprits are fashion and culture. For a number of years, fashion models have been as thin as they could get, and anyone who wasn’t underweight by health standards was rejected as “too fat” to be a model…
Posted: 2009-08-24
Category: Health & Fitness
I think it’s safe to say that just about everyone has heard about the healthful benefits of adding fish oil to your diet. Fish oil, or more importantly the Omega 3 Fatty Acids it contains, has been linked to positive effects in humans including lower blood pressure…
Posted: 2009-08-23
Category: Health & Fitness
Touting benefits that include everything from lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels to potentially even curing certain forms of cancer including breast, colon, and prostate, it's no wonder that fish oil supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids
Posted: 2009-08-23
Category: Health & Fitness
While overweight people are often ridiculed, sometimes it is not simply a matter of choosing to be overweight; sometimes it’s an addictive eating disorder. This is not to say that there aren’t some lazy people who don’t take care of themselves…
Posted: 2009-08-22
Category: Health & Fitness
With each and every year that passes it seems to get harder and harder for parents to protect their children from the evils of the world. It's hard enough to help keep them young and innocent and away from things such as sex, alcohol, and drugs
Posted: 2009-08-22
Category: Health & Fitness
What do dodocosahexaenoic acid or DHA and eicosapentaenoic acid or EPA have in common? They are the two compounds that make up the famed of omega-3 fatty acids…
Posted: 2009-08-20
Category: Health & Fitness
It seems that the healthy benefits of fish oil and omega-3 fatty acids are still being discovered. Aside from all of the health giving benefits of has been credited with in recent years, it seems that one of the most profound is its ability to help protect our hearts
Posted: 2009-08-19
Category: Health & Fitness
It's hard to believe that something that is as healthy and potentially life-prolonging as fish oil could be harmful to your health, but sometimes that can be the case. Like almost all things in life, there are good sides and bad sides to almost every subject
Posted: 2009-08-18
Category: Health & Fitness
Doctors may not always agree on everything, from diagnosis to specific treatments, but they all pretty much unanimously agree on one thing: inflammation causes disease. Every disease known to man
Posted: 2009-08-17
Category: Health & Fitness
Those of us who ingest fish oil on a regular basis, either through eating servings of fresh fish on a weekly basis or through taking fish oil capsules, probably assume that all fish oil is created equal. This is just not the case
Posted: 2009-08-15
Category: Health & Fitness
We know that fish oil which contains omega-3 fatty acids is incredibly healthy for us, but getting enough in our diet on a regular basis can be a tough thing indeed. Many people simply don't like to eat fish on a regular basis
Posted: 2009-08-15
Category: Health & Fitness
Anorexia nervosa is one of the most prevalent and dangerous eating disorders known to man. It is known to many in that it is characterized by the sufferer refusing to eat and losing extreme amounts of weight until they often resemble nothing more than a skin covered skeleton which can often lead to death in the most severe cases
Posted: 2009-08-13
Category: Exercise
When trying to lose weight and get in shape, the bathroom scale can be something we use to occasionally judge our benchmarks. Stepping on it each day helps us keep a record of just how good were doing with our weight-loss efforts
Posted: 2009-08-12
Category: Exercise
Eating disorders can be one of the most harmful and stressful things that a person ever deals with in their life. Millions of men and women from all over the world are affected by one eating disorder or another and because the stages of them can be so subtle…
Posted: 2009-08-11
Category: Exercise
Every year, millions of men and women are stricken with the horrible reality of having an eating disorder. Certainly having an eating disorder has negative consequences but many are more far-reaching than most of the outside world could ever know…
Posted: 2009-08-11
Category: Exercise
Many of us over the course of our lifetimes have probably had a bite to eat or two simply because of the emotions we were feeling at the time. Maybe we were extremely happy about something good that occurred in our life and we splurged on a huge meal just to celebrate…
Posted: 2009-08-09
Category: Exercise
When your child is scared, you want to protect them. When your child is sick, you want to make them feel better. But what if your child doesn't want you to help at all …
Posted: 2009-08-08
Category: Weight Loss
Unfortunately in our society today, eating disorders are becoming more and more a prevalent existence in the lives of our youth. It is estimated that there are more than 8 million women afflicted with eating disorders in the US alone and many of these are young girls
Posted: 2009-08-07
Category: Weight Loss
It is no wonder that as many as 8 million US women suffer from eating disorders in the United States alone. Just sitting in front of the television for about five minutes or picking up any magazine on the newsstands will help to shed some light as to why…
Posted: 2009-08-07
Category: Weight Loss
Eating disorders are an unfortunate but common existence in the lives of millions of men and women all over the world. In the US alone, it is estimated that more than 7 million women may be stricken with some form of eating disorder or another…
Posted: 2009-08-06
Category: Weight Loss
Because of our societies focus on beauty, eating disorders in the US are on the rise. It is estimated that close to 10 million women may be affected by some form of eating disorder and these statistics may be on the rise as well…
Posted: 2009-08-05
Category: Weight Loss
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to shed 10 pounds in 48 hours, prior to a big event where you want to look good? Instead of staying in good shape year round, or planning ahead for a big event, most people wait until the last minute and then try to shed 10 pounds overnight to achieve the way they want to look…
Posted: 2009-07-17
Category: Exercise
Sugars are considered to be one of your body's worst enemies, so why then are even so-called healthy alternatives such as artificial sweeteners finding their way onto the bad list as well? The following is an in-depth look at artificial sweeteners and the overall affect they have on your body.
Posted: 2009-06-24
Category: Exercise
To the surprise of many Americans, many of the diet sodas being touted as a healthy alternative to the more popular and unhealthy, high-fructose sodas such as Pepsi and Coca-Cola are in fact just as harmful to your body and your health.
Posted: 2009-06-24
Category: Weight Loss
As individuals, energy is crucial in our daily activities and their sources are very important. For many people, just about any sort of food will do. Therefore, it is not uncommon to see a lot of people eating junk foods at some point in time.
Posted: 2009-06-22
Category: Weight Loss
