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The Health Benefits of Tai Chi. This gentle form of exercise can prevent or ease many ills of aging and could be the perfect activity for the rest of your life. Tai chi is often described as "meditation in motion," but it might well be called "medication in motion. " There is growing evidence that this mind-body practice, which originated in China as a martial art, has value in treating or preventing many health problems. And you can get started even if you aren't in top shape or the best of health. In this low-impact, slow-motion exercise, you go without pausing through a series of motions named for animal actions — for example, "white crane spreads its wings" — or martial arts moves, such as "box both ears.

" "A growing body of carefully conducted research is building a compelling case for tai chi as an adjunct to standard medical treatment for the prevention and rehabilitation of many conditions commonly associated with age," says Peter M. Tai chi in motion A tai chi class might include these parts: Warm-up.

Balance. Bmi Berekenen | BMI berekenen. Berekingsmethode is vernieuwd en accurater! De BMI of Body Mass Index is een eenvoudige manier om te berekenen of je gewicht gezond is in verhouding met je lengte, leeftijd en geslacht. Via deze site kan je eenvoudig berekenen of je wel gezond bezig bent. De Quetelet-index of BMI-index geeft het gewicht in verhouding tot de lengte van een persoon weer in één cijfer. Voor volwassenen duidt een cijfer minder dan 18,5 op ondergewicht en meer dan 25 is er overgewicht en vanaf 30 zwaar overgewicht of obesitas.

De berekeningsmethode verschilt licht voor mannen en vrouwen. De BMI doet geen uitspraak over de hoeveelheid vet in het lichaam en kan dus voor bijvoorbeeld bodybuilders niet gebruikt worden. Deze website berekent je BMI gratis en snel als je volgende gegevens invult: lengte, gewicht, leeftijd en geslacht. Wanneer je Body Mass Index te hoog of te laag blijkt te zijn, is het verstandig een arts te raadplegen. 50 Ways to Burn 500 Calories; Fifty 500 Calorie Workouts. If you burn just an extra 500 calories a day, you can easily lose a pound a week. Exercise doesn’t have to be monotonous, painful or unenjoyable. In fact, making sure that it’s not can help you avoid burning out. If spending 60-70 minutes on the gym’s elliptical every day of the week sounds mind numbingly boring to you, as it should, try pulling from any of these more interesting ways in order to keep yourself interested. 50 Fun Ways to Burn 500 Calories 1) Clean the house for 2 hours; turn on your favorite music and you can probably boost that number by 15% (if you dance while you vacuum, of course). 2) Garden for an hour and a half. 3) Hit the slopes; 65 minutes of just downhill skiing burns 500 calories; you only need 50 minutes of cross country skiing to burn the same. 4) One hour of Zumba burns roughly 500 calories, if you give it your full effort throughout the entire class (the Zumba 1,000 cals per hour thing is a myth). 5) Play 55 Minutes of racquetball.

Feeling brave? Exercise | All Exercises. Classic Pushup: Men's Health.com#slidetop. Good for: General upper-body conditioning Balance your weight on your toes and palms, with your hands a comfortable distance apart, probably just beyond shoulder-width. Your body should form a straight line from your ankles to your head. Squeeze your glutes and brace your abdominals, and keep them that way for the duration of the exercise. Slowly lower yourself to the floor, pause, and push yourself back up. Repeat a few hundred times. Variations: Three-point pushup (place one foot on top of the other to make the exercise a little more challenging); decline pushup (set your feet on a bench or chair to strengthen your shoulders); and triceps pushup (place your hands close together, directly under your shoulders, and keep your elbows tucked close to your sides as you lower your body—an adjustment that shifts the work from your chest to your arms).