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Technology For Brain Health: An Upcoming Revolution In Cognitive Assessments And Training
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010Women Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Weight Training and Supplements
Thursday, February 25th, 2010What is the best way to burn calories? Does your body burn more calories running on a treadmill for forty minutes or weight training for thirty? The answer may surprise many people. Studies have found that people will burn more calories weight lifting for thirty minutes than running on a treadmill for forty. This is due to the fact that when people weight train the body is breaking down and then rebuilding muscle. Through the proper weight training workout program people will build strong lean muscles. The body burns large amounts of calories when it constructs lean muscles, more than when it is actively working during a cardiovascular exclusive workout.  Now this information is good to know for anyone who is looking to burn more calories and lose more weight; however, many women read about these studies and think, âThat is fine and all, but I donât want to turn into a bulky super weight lifting woman. All I want to do is get a sleek, trim, sexy body.â Many women have this idea that if they will pick up a weight and use it during their workout that they will turn into one of the body builders that they see on television. That simply isnât the case.  Women who weight train get a huge advantage in the fight against fat compared to those who only do cardiovascular workouts.  When women weight train they donât turn into buff muscle bound hulks, due to the fact that they donât have the same levels as men of hormones needed to build up that level of muscle mass. The female weight lifters have to use large amounts of male hormones in order to get their bodies that bulky.Women who find good weight lifting workouts not only burn more calories, but build sexy lean muscles. This allows women to get the long sexy look that so many of the celebrities and athletes have right now. The toned sexy look is far healthier than the starved look, not to mention that studies show men prefer when woman have the athletic toned look over the stick thin look. A women adding weight training to her workout will be healthier, sexier, and have more variety of training techniques at the gym, compared to someone who only uses cardiovascular workouts.  Just as many women fear weight lifting, many women also fear using a supplement to help them in their diet. While many will use the latest craze of super fruit vitamins, many women fear upping the amount of protein that they have in their diet. Protein is the building block that your body uses to build lean muscle. Whey protein isolate supplements are an excellent way to easily increase the amount of protein in personâs daily diet. Whey protein isolate contains 90% per protein, and doesnât include the fats and carbohydrates that other supplements include. It is easy to use, and since it is dairy based it is easy for your body to digest.  This change in workout and diet should also include a change in the way women measure the success of their workout plan. One drawback of weight training and whey protein is that result wonât instantly show up when looking at a scale. Muscle weighs more than fat, so when women who have never weight trained begin their weight will go up. Yet, the weight gain is only very short term, and women will lose much more in the long run if they stick to a constant weight training workout. While women wonât see immediate results on the scale, they will see it in the mirror. Your body will trim down, and women will find that they will fit into their clothing much better than ever before. Donât be tied to the number on the scale, but make a commitment to change your overall makeup through a change in training and diet.
Women’s Health and Fitness – Weight Training To Lose Weight
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Weight gain is a lot easier as you grow older particularly as the motivation to exercise also wanes, but you can turn it around it does not matter how old you are. You should start to weave some sort of exercise into your daily life.
One type of exercise that you should consider to do is weight training, also known as strength training or resistance training. Weight training will not only help with losing weight but will also trim and tone your body. Age does not matter it has been shown that women as old as 70 who have started to weight train and have improved their body strength within a very short while.
Weight training is an important element in fighting flab; maybe it is the most important. If you do aerobic exercise you only burn fat during the exercise but with weight training you burn fat even when you have finished. The body is still burning fat for up to as much as twelve hours after finishing the exercise whilst it is building the muscles worked, so you can still be burning fat while you are resting. But that is not the end of the story.
A body full of muscle uses far more calories than a body full of fat, so you will find that you will need to eat more to maintain your weight and your muscle. You do not need to worry that you will bulk up like a body builder, as you do not have the right makeup to do this, as a woman you will only elongate and define your muscles, and build lean muscles.
When you first start to weight train you might find that your weight will actually increase. This is because muscle is heavier than fat but as muscle is smaller so you should notice the body getting smaller even if the scales do not show an decrease in weight.
The additional benefits from weight training are:-
1. It helps to strengthen and increase the density of your bones because the act of the muscles pulling and flexing the bones helps to lay down more bone fibre.
2. Stronger muscles helps your body to be more steady and so helps to prevent falls.
3. It has also been found that it can fight the build up of abdominal fat by lifting weights at least twice a week.
Finally when weight training make sure that you change your routine around so that the body can not get use to the routine. It only takes the body about six weeks for it to learn how to work efficiently if keeping to the same routine and therefore you will stop seeing any weight or body changes.
So have fun and start weight training to lose weight and tone your body. Women’s Health and Fitness
Why women will not build large muscles from weight training
Sunday, February 21st, 2010Many women confess that they have stayed away from weights and resistance training because of their fear of building a large amount of muscle, resulting in body definition like that of a body builder. However, there are a few aspects that play a role in how your body will react to this type of exercise, which, normally, do not allow women to âbulk upâ.
In comparison to men, women are generally weaker because their bodies carry a lesser amount of muscle, but the muscles themselves are just as strong and are comprised of the same physiological qualities. Even though the muscle composition is the same, hormone levels and genetic makeup differ between men and women. Men have much higher testosterone levels which allow men to develop larger muscles. Because women have about 1/10 of the amount of testosterone found in men, their muscles tend to grow on a much smaller scale.
Women that do develop significantly larger muscles usually participate in a very intense strength training program, which is not necessary or required for the average woman to become stronger and improve health. The genetic makeup of these women influences muscle growth as well. Typically, those with shorter limbs are able to lift heavier weight because of the smaller distance between the weight and the joint being used. Also, longer muscles have a greater potential for larger development, and individuals with a higher number of fast twitch muscle fibers are more likely to be increase strength and muscle size.
Each individual is different and some women do have the genetic and biomechanical factors to build large muscles. However, without a vigorous resistance training program or abnormally high levels of testosterone, this is not likely to happen.
Along with becoming physically stronger , there are many health benefits from performing strength training exercises, including body fat loss, increased metabolism, and the prevention of osteoporosis, which are extremely important to women as they age. A resistance training program is essential and should be established as a part of a healthy lifestyle.Â