Archive for October, 2009
There are plenty of ways to lose weight. The most fun way to lose weight is to find an activity or an exercise that you like. Not everyone enjoys going to the gym. Some people may prefer to work outdoors. There are plenty of exercises that can be done in your own backyard. You can get a trampoline and do trampoline exercises easily.
Trampoline exercised can be done on any trampoline. There are generally 2 types of trampolines: the big round or rectangular ones that are used in gyms and the tiny ones that can be placed inside a room and set against the wall. The big trampoline allows you to not just jump up and down but lets you do stunts like cartwheels and all. The small trampoline allows you to just jump up and down and no other lateral movements. Trampoline exercises can help improve your joints and build muscle.
One of the fastest growing sports today is triathlon. It entails swimming, cycling and running in one sporting event. The distance will vary but the Ironman, the most popular triathlon race, has a 3.8k swim followed by a 180k bike and a 42k run (a full marathon) done in less than a day. To be able to do this, triathletes train for years, 6 days a week, year round. To avoid the rut of training year round, triathletes do short intense workout routines regularly.
Short intense workout routines are needed to bring you to another fitness level. Often this will be an interval workout or a short brick (two sports done consecutively usually bike and run) done at race pace. These workouts are intended to simulate racing conditions. By doing these workouts regularly, your body will get use to race conditions. A common saying in triathlon is form under fatigue. This is the purpose of intense workouts.
The acai palm is one of a variety of species in the family of palm trees. This is cultivated for its fruit and superior hearts of palm. In recent months, the acai berry suddenly became popular when it was marketed as a dietary supplement. Many companies are now selling acai capsules, tablets, juice, instant drink powders and other forms of the product.
The acai fruit or berry is a small and round black-purple drupe measuring about 1 inch or 25 mm in diameter. It looks a lot like a grape with less pulp. Acai is harvested from branched panicles having 500 to 900 fruits. The fruit has a single, large seed which makes up about 80% of the fruit’s size.
Add intensity to your core strengthening routine. Use an exercise ball to build muscle and lose fat. It is versatile enough for use for just about anything. Some great activities you can do with it include:
~Weight training – use the ball as a weight bench to add difficulty to movements in the muscles of your legs, butt and abs~Abdominal training – do crunches, twists and other traditional exercises on the ball~Improving posture – sit on an exercise ball when in front of the computer or while watching television~Developing flexibility – stretch, do yoga and perform pilates exercises with the exercise ball