My daughter, just out of high school has her heart set on being a Personal Fitness Trainer, Group Trainer, etc.
Does anyone know any information or any schools or programs in Texas where she could learn this?
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Want To Burn Fat? – Your Exercise Program Has To Be Right
March 22nd, 2010 
My Health
For the last few decades the fitness industry has focused all of its attention on the amount of calories being burnt during an exercise session and have ignored the after effects of exercise. But the after effects of exercise and the way it relates to metabolism (the bodies engine) may be most important aspect of improving fitness and body composition (muscle/fat ratio). The reason for this is that it relates directly to the balance of good and not so good hormones and their effect on body weight and health.
Through research we now know that what you do during an exercise session directly impacts where the body burns fat or stores fat and has a far reaching effect long after the exercise session has finished. In fact it can mean that you can easily lose weight or you get no weight loss results at all.
The right type of exercise performed at the right level of intensity (degree of effort) releases hormones in the body, and these chemical messengers translate physical movement into metabolic action to help you get stronger and leaner faster.
Your resting metabolic rate is the number of calories the human body requires to function while resting or sleeping. The new way to lose weight and improve fitness is to increase this rate so that more fuel (calories) is burnt every minute of the day and night. There is only one type of exercise that will do this and that is strength training exercise.
When a person puts some effort into an exercise session working their muscles, the tissue sends out hormonal signals to the rest of the body to provide them with as much fuel and nutrients as possible. It is important that the exercise be intense enough to stimulate this hormonal effect.
There are many tools, techniques and methods to generate this effect with exercise, but none of them include long duration or “fat burning zone” activity. No surprise that low intensity recreational activities like walking, jogging or cycling etc have little effect on the stimulation of the hormones necessary for a metabolic effect.
This new understanding of the hormonal effects of vigorous activity dictates that the real fat burning zone exists at higher intensity levels than was previously believed. A strength training program that uses compound exercises utilizing big muscle groups easily matches the intensity needed within the muscle tissue to cause a metabolism boosting effect lasting long after exercise has ended. This has been proven with measurements of fat burning enzymes that can ‘teach’ the body to become more efficient at fat burning.
If you seek the help of a fitness professional to set up your program you are more likely to access this optimal state of hormonal balance. The major benefits of a properly designed and effective strength training program are metabolic and hormonal in nature and when you achieve this you will be getting the most ‘bang for your buck’ with your exercise program. A strong, lean, slim and healthy body will slowly become yours.
My name is Carolyn Hansen, and my goal is to show you how to burn fat – without starving yourself – by combining strength training with the right foods that increase metabolism, decrease food cravings, and keep you looking trim. Come find out how it is done.
The Best Nutritional Supplements—Winning Tactics For Choosing The Best
March 22nd, 2010 My Health
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With so much information out there about health supplements these days, it is wise to go online to look for the best nutritional supplements, as the quality can vary alarmingly and some could actually end up doing more harm than good.
The best nutritional supplements are a synergistic mix of natural vitamins, herb extracts, amino acids, antioxidants and minerals to name a few! When they are carefully selected you will get the benefits of each nutrient and the benefit from their reaction with each other, called synergy.
This also helps with absorption as many herbal supplements are not easily absorbed by the body. Piperine from black pepper helps many different nutrients to be absorbed including curcumin from turmeric, increasing the rate by up to 2000%.
This helps to substantially increase the health benefits to you and means that high doses are not necessary; it’s all about the right combination and saving you time and money in the process.
Many health supplements on the market today contain synthetic ingredients which have be shown to be detrimental to health with long term use, so only natural plant based pure ingredients should be used.
One of the most important elements often overlooked is delivery. Many supplements contain cheap veggie-caps which offer no protection from the stomach acid, and so apart from some vitamins, almost all the benefits are lost.
A special enteric coating will provide protection from the stomach acid allowing the contents to be released in the upper intestine, where the full impact can be attained. Only the very best nutritional supplements will have this as it is more expensive to manufacture, but the rewards are huge.
When you consider that many of the foods we eat today only contain one sixth of the vitamin and mineral content they used to, you can understand the immense health benefits to be had, even if you have a good diet.
Some of the short term benefits you will notice from taking the best nutritional supplements, as I do, are increased energy levels, clear skin and sharper thinking and due to the antioxidant qualities you will be far less susceptible to those annoying coughs and colds.
The long term benefits of a high quality nutritional supplement cannot be underestimated, helping to prevent diseases in the future, whilst helping you to maintain optimal health in the present.
Visit my website today if you would like to learn more about the synergistic health supplements which I personally take. Â
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What are good natural shampoos, conditioners, hair vitamins that work to make ur hair strong & shiny?
March 22nd, 2010 My Health please help i’m a Sicilian female and i have thin light ash brown hair, i use organic burt’s bees shampoo & conditioner but it makes my hair to dry and flat . any adivce will be greatly appreciated. thnx
Anxiety and Depression – Medication, Herbs Or Meditation?
March 22nd, 2010 My Health
What is the preferred treatment for anxiety, depression and related nervous problems? There is a huge assortment of products available today claiming to cure anxiety, depression and related problems. Obviously, one should always be careful not to overlook any serious medical problems that might be causing emotional imbalances in the first place. And it is just as important to make sure that one is not prone to eating junk and that the diet is wholesome, high in antioxidants, raw fruits and vegetables, and contains healthy super foods such as chlorella, pumpkin seed, bee pollen, raw sauerkraut, kefir, and goji berries.
I personally would have a very hard time trying to decide at first what form of treatment would be best for dealing with anxiety/depression. I am putting the two together here because they often do occur together, however not always simultaneously: as sometimes the victim may for a few days have anxiety and yet have more energy (adrenalin) and then go for a few days or weeks of depression and/or fatigue, yet with much less anxiety.
I think the form of treatment depends on one’s inclination, degree of sensitivity (to side-effects of medication, etc.) and how severe the symptoms. I always have been quite sensitive to medications and they only seemed to create more side-effects and made my symptoms worse. However, I found herbs and antioxidants (such as glutathione, selenium, vitamin E, alpha lipoic acid, etc.) to be, by far the best thing for my sensitive nature and spiritual temperament.
The difference between herbs (botanicals) and medication (drugs) is that drugs seem to have a more forceful, unnatural, unbalancing effect, which is fine for some people if they are not that worried or sensitive about their bodies and not that concerned about side-effects and/or can’t be bothered with taking the time to learn about all the possible, gentler, alternative treatments available. The correct application of the right amounts of botanicals, vitamins, minerals, and other antioxidants can be used to treat the cause of the problem with excellent results rather than just hide or artificially alter the symptoms like drugs tend to do. This difference is not absolutely always apparent regarding drugs verses herbs and/or supplements, but it is generally true. There may be some herbs taken at the right therapeutic dosages that do have side-effects like drugs. However, almost anything can create side-effects if too much is taken.
Now there is also a whole other side to treatment that uses neither herbs, diet, antioxidants or drugs which includes meditation, yoga, hypnosis, counseling, and mental reprogramming. Some of these techniques only retrain the mind to think differently, often involving the unlearning of bad habits to be replaced with good habits. Others actually attempt to suspend all thought and to guide the mind into deeper and deeper states of concentration until samadhi is reached.
In the mildest cases where all that is needed is some stress management, then meditation, hypnosis, counseling, or similar types of treatment may be all that’s required. However in moderate cases, dietary changes, herbs, and antioxidants, etc. should also be considered. In the most severe cases, obviously professional care, but preferably a physician who knows how to wean one off medication and then be able to find the correct mental balance through superior nutritional diets, herbs and antioxidants in combination with some counseling, hypnosis, and/or meditation.
In moderate to severe cases, meditation and yoga might not be the best thing, especially too much. Like I said before, too much of anything can have side-effects, however, those with moderate to severe mental symptoms, may be quite surprised and disappointed to find that too much meditation can make their symptoms even more exaggerated! If a severe case of anxiety disorder is not at first treated biochemically with correct nutrition, antioxidants, etc., then a good session of deep relaxation might actually lead to an even deeper state of anxiety and even possibly a few panic attacks! This is because anything out of the ordinary, and even the slightest change in consciousness can cause considerable fear in the highly strung or sensitive individual. Same thing regarding severe depression during meditation: if one who is depressed and feels poorly motivated is most likely going to be much, much worse after a long period of meditation because motivation or inclination to action is one of the first things that dissolve or disappear during deep meditation.
The transmutation of desire and motivation into inner peace, harmony, bliss, contentment and even outright joy is what is supposed to happen when a healthy person meditates. However, in a not so healthy individual, the opposite state can happen: creating the more pathological effects of an extreme lack of motivation, disassociation with life, extreme withdrawal, spacey feelings, and very poor appetite. The degree of concentration required meditate properly is also quite hard to reach when the mind is burdened or limited by depression and/or anxiety.
Medication is more forceful than herbal and other nutritional therapies, and tends to have many more side-effects and other complications than the gentle botanicals. However, the best long term treatment approach for very severe cases would be in conjunction with the help of a qualified health practitioner to gradually wean one off the drugs, figure out what metabolic problem is causing the distress in the first place, and apply the correct vitamins, minerals and herbs best suited to balance out any metabolic weaknesses. In most moderate to severe cases, the mind-body approach of meditation, hypnosis, etc., cannot stand on its own, and needs to be used in conjunction with herbs, diet, etc., otherwise it is possible that it can do more harm than good. In mild cases of stress or emotional upset, meditation, improved eating and supplementation habits can be just fine and even profoundly beneficial in some cases.
More information and videos related to this article can be found here: http://www.wholejoy.com/healinganxiety/index.html
Russell Symonds (Shaktivirya) has dedicated his life to finding wholeness and is living the “wholeness” lifestyle. His website, Science of Wholeness is a spiritual and nutritional information and research center dedicated to helping you find your keys to wholeness (everlasting joy, love, bliss, rejuvenation, and much, much more). There is no greater thing of beauty, value and joy as wholeness!
The rest of his original articles and his free online book, Science of Wholeness I & II can be found here: http://www.wholejoy.com/wholeness/NEWS.html
