Many people have questions about how many sets they should do for and exercise and how many reps as well as how many exercises for each muscle group. The question is very large and the answer is even larger as it depends on what your goals are. How many exercises per muscle group First of […]
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Weekly Motivation Checkup
It is very important to keep our motivation and to make changes or at least keep changes in our life that are good while at the same time pushing out bad habits. The problem that we sometimes run into though is complacency. The Danger of Complacency Complacency always rears its head at the same time […]
5 Best Portion Control Tips To Crush Cravings And Beat Hunger
This post of portion control tips is a long time coming and I hope it helps me as much as it helps you. Damn, tonight I overate…again. Once every two weeks my family and I go out for dinner. We were finding that we were going out too often so we decided to only go out […]
Health benefits of Beer
I would like to start this post just by saying that I know that there are many horrors of alcohol abuse and not just benefits of beer and that there are many reasons why drinking alcohol may lead to an early exit. But at the same time I just bottled my fourth batch of home […]
Benchmarking Your Fitness Level
You never know where you are going if you did not benchmark where you started and know where you are today. Therefore it is critical to make sure that you know where you stand today so that you can make plans for tomorrow. There is truth in those statements but it is important for you […]
What Are Lectins And Why Should You Avoid Them?
I have to admit I first heard about lectins a couple months ago and was a little confused since I had heard of the hormone Leptin many years ago and thought maybe this was a confused mispronunciation. Well I was wrong In fact Lectins are not really a hormone at all but is instead a […]
Only 10% of Dieters Succeed
Are you on a diet? Have you ever been on a diet? Lots of people start and most don’t finish. So where do you stand? Are you scared? Do you think you can do it? I know personally that lots of times we can’t get victory all the time. Sometimes you have to forget how […]
Reasons Behind Teenage Weight Gain
Teenage obesity and teenage weight gain is harder to control than childhood obesity. This is because children are more receptive to advice and suggestions than teens. Also, you cannot chide a teenager in the same way as a pre-teen as we all know 🙂 As we grow into adolescence, we grow physically as well as […]
Natural Thyroid Storm Treatments
Thyroid Storm is a severe condition which affects only a small percentage of people with hyperthyroidism but there are Natural thyroid storm treatments. In fact, only about 1 to 2% of people with hyperthyroidism develop thyroid storm. However, for those people who do develop this condition, this is considered an emergency situation that requires immediate […]
7 Steps To Bring You Closer To Happiness
Do you know why it is important to bring you closer to happiness? To make you a better person, or to make you a happier person? Hopefully, it’s both. One of the most important things to realize when you are on a quest for self development is that happiness is not something that other people bring […]
Health Report On Tea
A report was released yesterday from the Kings College of London and although the details are tough to find right now on the internet, the study still shows a lot of evidence that drinking tea is very good for you. Drinking three or more cups of tea a day is as good for you as […]
Do what You Can Where You are
Love this pic. Have you ever thought of what you can do if you have no running shoes, no bike, no gym? These guys are doing bench press with fencing on a iron bar. I try to get my fitness in any way that I can and having fun running around a park with the […]
Rhabdomyolysis in Athletes Transitioning to New Workouts
I have seen a few articles recently on a form of training injury that can be quite dangerous. This condition is known as Rhabdomyolysis. If you have ever worked out hard after not doing weights in a while, or run for the first time in a long time, you are very very aware of the muscle […]
22 Great Natural Sunburn Remedies To Stop The Pain
Sunburn remedies are something that we always need to look for the day after we treat our skin badly in the sun. I just found a great list of folk remedies for when you actually do accidentally sunburn yourself. I do not know where it comes from but I thought I would pass it on […]
How To Get A Great Suntan
We all know the dangers of getting too much sun and I wrote about both how to get rid of a sunburn as well as the danger of getting too much sun. Today I wanted to live out a bit of a dream and write about how to get your best suntan ever. Why get […]
