Exercise better for health than dietary changes Scientists are lending a helping hand to overweight men who have difficulty staying away from unhealthy food: get your heart rate up a few times per week and you’ll improve your health more than you would by losing weight through dietary changes. (Photo: Colourbox) Here’s some good news for students living on spaghetti and meat sauce and bad canteen food, and for fathers who struggle to find the energy to cook up a proper meal for the family. If you exercise every day and get your heart rate up just a few times a week, giving it a bit extra when you run, bike or swim, your body will get healthier than if you change your diet in the hope that you’ll lose weight. If you can’t improve your diet, just exercise This is the simple message from a team of Danish researchers who have made the first thoroughly controlled study of how diet and exercise affects overweight men aged between 20 and 40. ”Scarily” little exercise enough to keep you healthy Backed up by top researchers Exercise fills you up
Habit Labs Coaching et tests QI, emploi, personnalité et rencontres - Francetests Thirty minutes of daily exercise is enough ‘Less is more’ now also appears to apply to exercise and weight loss, new study finds. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Exercising for a full hour rather than a half does not provide any additional loss in either body weight or fat, a new Danish study shows. Over a three-month period, scientists monitored 60 overweight, but healthy, Danish men in their efforts to improve their physical fitness. One half were asked to work out one hour a day, wearing a heart rate monitor and a calorie counter. The results show that 30 minutes of exercise intense enough to produce a sweat is enough to turn the tide on an unhealthy body mass index. “The men who exercised 30 minutes a day lost an average of 3.6 kilos in three months, while the full-hour group only lost 2.7 kilos,” one of the researchers, PhD student Mads Rosenkilde, says in a press release from Copenhagen University. “Both groups had a reduction in body mass of around 4 kilos.” And there’s an additional bonus to exercising for 30 minutes:
Afternoon Energy Boosters Feeling lazy after lunchtime? Follow these tips for beating the afternoon energy slump. Why do I need to register or sign in for WebMD to save? We will provide you with a dropdown of all your saved articles when you are registered and signed in. Does this sound familiar? What's Causing the Afternoon Slump? First, you should understand where that sudden crash probably came from. WebMD's sleep expert, Michael J. But don't blame it all on your body's internal clock -- your body makes you sleepy, but your own eating habits may make you fatigued -- for a double whammy leading to a massive energy crash. If you're feeling sluggish in the early afternoon, ask yourself these questions: Continue reading below... Did I eat breakfast? Your answers may point to the problem. Foods for an Energy Boost If you want to beat the midafternoon slump, start first thing in the morning with a good-quality breakfast.
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The Burpee Workout: Get Fit Fast With This Simple Exercise When I played football in high school, my offensive line coach had an exercise he liked to use on us for punishment. When we were caught screwing around or didn’t respond with “sir” or didn’t hustle in-between plays, Coach Chamlee had to say just four words to elicit an audible groan from the offensive line: “Get your feet moving.” Those four words marked the beginning of one minute of pure hell. It was burpee time. The Benefits of Burpees The burpee is the ultimate full body exercise. Strength. Fat burning. Conditioning. Free. Portable. Burpees are how Mike Rowe keeps in shape to work his dirty jobs: How to Perform a Burpee The burpee is a ridiculously simple, full body exercise that will leave you gassed after doing only a few. To perform a basic burpee, just follow these instructions: When performing burpees, the key is to perform them in quick succession in order to get the conditioning benefits this exercise is famous for. Some of you might be thinking, “Hey, this is a squat thrust.”
Create your own virtual writing retreat | Remembering English Sadly, lately my writing has taken a backseat to everything else. So last week, I decided that I would use the long holiday weekend for an unofficial writing retreat. “Unofficial” essentially means that I didn’t need to apply, travel, or formally do anything other than pledge to write — perfect for such a last-minute decision. When I mentioned this to my friend Wendy Call, an alumna of Hedgebrook, she too was up for the idea; she’d already been part of a more formal virtual retreat, Hedgebrook Writes (a brilliant idea). Writing time is precious and necessary, but let’s face it — we can’t always leave home; we can’t always plan ahead. It was a great weekend overall, and I learned a few things that will make my next one even better. - Just do it. - Gather your fellow writers together. - Clear the decks. - Create your space. - Stay offline. - Give yourself guidelines. - Afterward, assess the pros and cons, the highs and lows. - Schedule retreats often.
Heading Out on Your Own — Day 25: Establish an Exercise Routine When I was in high school, I didn’t have to worry about creating and sticking to a fitness routine. I had football coaches who took care of that for me. I just had to show up at the weight room at the designated time with the rest of my teammates and do the scheduled workout. Because of that consistency, along with a lot of hard work, I was in really good shape when I graduated and headed off to college. With my football days behind me, I pretty much stopped working out once I arrived on campus. I’d play the occasional pick-up basketball game, but I didn’t have a set fitness routine to maintain the strength and conditioning I achieved while in high school. I’ve noticed that a lot of young men heading out on their own fall into the same trap I did. If you didn’t exercise regularly in high school, without working out (and a healthy diet) you won’t become a fat ex-jock, you’ll just become fat. Why You Need a Fitness Routine Increases testosterone. Good for your brain. Reduced health costs.