Exercise Helps With Back Pain
As reported by Washington Post, general physical activity such as walking reduces all kinds of back pain. But interestingly enough, back exercises worsened back pain according to that study.
So to reduce back pain, participate in physical activities that use your whole body without straining your back.
Best regards,
Melanie Mendelson
Easy Weight Loss Diet
November 20, 2005
Weight Training Programs Versus Cardiovascular Exercise
All exercisers, whether beginners or old hands, will ask themselves at some point if they should switch to an all-cardio or all-weight training programs. Trainers are asked this question every day in gyms across America and more curious folks write in to fitness columns to pose the query. Does it really matter if you do all-weight lifting programs or all-cardio exercise? The short answer to this question is yes, it does matter.
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Flat Stomach: Interview With A Personal Trainer
Tom Venuto has interviewed the personal trainer David Grisaffi on the subject of abdominal training. David Grisaffi reveals the scoop of flat stomach and ab exercises
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Exercise Leads To Better Sleep At Night
Accoring to a study, better fitness leads to better sleep. 175 postmenopausal, overweight or obese, sedentary women were enrolled in a year-long exercise program - half of them in a moderate-intensity exercise, and the other half in low-intensity stretching.
An increase of 10% or greater in the fitness level (the Oxygen Consumption test) was associated with longer sleep duration and less use of sleep medication.
Stretchers were also less likely to use sleep medication and have trouble falling asleep than baseline. Basically, both groups of exercisers had better sleep at the end of the study.
Interestingly, the study also found that evening exercise can lead to troubles falling asleep, while morning exercisers were falling asleep more easily.
So for best sleep, exercise in the morning.
To Your Success,
Melanie Mendelson
Author of Foolproof 30 Day Diet
October 30, 2005
Walking Is As Good As Jogging For Heart Health
A study by Duke University Medical Centre showed that brisk walking is as good for your heart as jogging.
The study included 133 middle-aged overweight and obese people who did not exercise. They were separated into groups, and one of the groups was told to walk briskly 12 miles per week and another to jog 12 miles per week.
At the end of the study, researchers measured the fitness level - the peak oxygen consumption. People who consume oxygen more efficienly have lower risk of heart disease.
All people in the study who exercised showed improvement on the oxygen consumption test. There was no difference in the improvement between those who walked 12 miles a week and those who jogged 12 miles a week. Walkers and joggers got the same heart benefits.
Melanie Mendelson
Foolproof 30 Day Diet Plan
October 29, 2005
Walk The Dog And Lose Weight
A new study by the University of Missouri-Columbia proved that walking the dog helps people lose weight. People in the study group who walked the dog 20 minutes per day 5 days per week for 50 weeks lost on average 14 lbs.
These people did not have the dogs before the study. The dogs were loaned to the study participants by the The Pet Assisted Love and Support (PALS) Program
Now, that’s an interesting way to force yourself to go walking 
To Your Success,
Melanie Mendelson
How To Lose Weight Fast
October 25, 2005
‘No Pain No Gain’ Strategy is Not Always A Good Idea
When people jump on the exercise bandwagon, some exercise way too much and too hard too soon. They go from one extreme to another - from being a couch potato to running on a treadmill for hours like a crazy horse!
Not only it is likely to lead to a fast burnout and going back to the “couch potato” ways, but it can also result in sports injuries. According to this article on Yahoo, “the highest numbers of sports-related injuries came from bicycling, basketball, baseball and running… The most common injuries come from overuse and affect knees, ankles, lower back and shoulders. ”
Like with everything in life, moderation is important - even when it comes to exercising.
Melanie Mendelson
Fast Weight Loss Plan
October 24, 2005
Music Can Help You Lose Weight
As reported by WebMD, a new study shows that people who listened to music while exercising lost more weight than those who exercised without music. Also, those who exercised with the music were more likely to stick with the exercise program and not drop out of the study.
I think there are 2 reasons for this phenomenon:
1. Cardio exercise is boring for most people. Listening to the music while exercising can ease the boredom and make the time go faster, making it easier to stick with the exercise.
2. Listening to the fast music makes you go faster. More intense exercise burns more calories.
So here’s another reason to get an iPod if you haven’t already
To Your Success,
Melanie Mendelson
Lose Weight Fast
October 18, 2005
Think Of Food Calories In Terms Of Exercise
You have to do the whole hour of aerobics to burn off the 500 calories contained in a big piece of cheesecake.
Question to ask yourself:
- What is easier for you: exercising for 1 hour or not eating the cheesecake?
Melanie Mendelson
Foolproof 30 Day Diet
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