Workout And Meal Schedule
If you ask five different nutrition specialists to explain the best way to schedule meals for weight lifters, you will probably get five different answers. This is because there are...
Does Marijuana Help To Build Up Muscle Mass?
General overview Marijuana is prepared from the the Cannabis plant. The main component of marijuana/cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which causes psychoactive effects in the user. Cannabis is used as a recreational drug...
Getting Started With A Fitness Program
Many people are physically fit in their teens and twenties, but get out of shape in their thirties, forties, and beyond. It's not that it is any easier to stay...
Belly Fat Myths And Facts
No subject in health and fitness attracts more hustlers and hucksters than belly fat. The often-cited Kevin Trudeau, for example, did not have a cure for belly fat. In the...
How Often You Do Pushups Is As Important As How Many You Do
Bodyweight exercises such as pushups are a great way to build muscle. Doing more and more pushups, however, doesn't necessarily result in building more muscle. The way a pushup or...
Do You Really Need To Stretch Before Exercise?
For about as long as there have been gyms, trainers and other fitness experts have been telling people who exercise that stretching is essential for preventing injury. The truth of...
Modified Tai Chi Is Suitable For Almost Anyone
As I write this medical answer, I myself am in a short-term nursing facility. Two months ago we had major flooding. I had to wade through flood waters that had...
Smoking And Exercise
The question of whether it's a good or bad idea to smoke after exercise is one that most North Americans would find rather odd. People in the US and Canada are told, and most accept, that lighting up a cigarette at any time is unhealthy. However, in other parts of the world, people often smoke
Benefits Of Karate And Other Martial Arts For Kids
More than six million children in the US participate in some form of martial arts. These traditions and systems of combat practices are practiced for various reasons, which include physical fitness, self-defense, competition, entertainment, and mental and spiritual development. Martial arts are
How to Build Up Muscle Safely
Many young adults and teenagers want to build up and strengthen their muscles and at the same time lose excess fat. Others, on the other hand, need to gain more weight to add bulk to their muscles. While working out and exercising is usually not a problem for active teenagers and young adults