Thursday, July 18, 2013

What are the Benefits of Training Exercises?

Training exercises can add many benefits to your total health and wellness plan. Certain exercises can benefit your total health and balance as well as strengthen your bones and promote weight loss. Strength training is often something people think of when they consider body builders and other athletes. Training however is something that can benefit the ordinary person as much as it can body builders and elite athletes.

Many people go into the gym without a plan of attack. This can lead to failure and defeat. If you want to succeed in the gym, the best way to do this is with a solid plan of strength training and preparation. Training benefits people regardless of their age and fitness goals. People that are in the best shape are those with specific health and fitness goals.

Here are just a few benefits of training:

· It adds definition to the muscles and promotes a more toned body.

· It protects the health of bones and promotes greater muscle mass.

· It can help you to feel stronger and promote better overall fitness.

· It can reverse muscles loss and bone loss in some cases.

· It can improve weight loss efforts.

· Training improves posture and other body mechanics, including flexibility and total body balance.

· You can improve your total health and reduce your risk of succumbing to certain diseases, including the risk of arthritis and other chronic diseases.

· Training increases your total energy level, and can act as a supernatural antidepressant.

· You may improve the quality and quantity of sleep by training.

· You may burn more total calories by training regularly.

· You may find you are able to eat more and burn more, thereby enjoying a healthier lifestyle without having to restrict calories nearly as often when you train regularly.

What are the Benefits of Power Plate Fitness?

Power plate fitness technology is a machine that works to improve human muscle performance. This type of technology has existed since the earliest human beings worked out in ancient Greece. During this time vibration technology existed through use of saws covered in a cotton material, where vibrations were transferred to parts of the body requiring stimulation.

Later models of vibration technology allowed vibrations to be transferred to various muscles through crank technology. Later up and down piston type vibration technology was used during the 19th century and beyond to help treat various health conditions including atrophy, emaciation, constipation and even neuralgias.

Today vibration technology, offered from the power plate fitness product, offers many fitness and health benefits. Power plates work by stimulating the body’s natural neuromuscular system to activate. This benefits the body by promoting many strength benefits. Strength is promoted without having to heavily load muscles with weights, which is how traditional strength training typically benefits the muscles and bones. 

Power plate technology therefore also benefits the joints, by strengthening muscles and bones without adding additional weight to eh muscles and joints, or pressure. Power plate technology may enable maximum human performance by contracting muscles automatically. The vibrational device allows the body to react involuntarily to various stimuli. The mechanical vibrations that are produced by the plate device cause the muscles in the body to activate to recover from the stimulus of the machine.

The power plate device causes the body to be in a state of imbalance. As the body works to regain balance, the muscles activate. These contractions help to build new muscles. The technology behind power plates is referred to as Acceleration Training. The idea is that the muscles work to build endurance as they are stimulated to achieve equilibrium.

What are the Benefits of Peak Fitness?

Over the years many people have become addicted to long, slow and steady progress at the gym. They believe that to get results they have to spend hours at the gym, endlessly running or cycling away to get results. Recent studies however, show there is a better way. 

Peak Fitness is a new type of fitness regimen that engages the muscle fibers in the body so they twitch quickly and efficiently. This encourages the body to build muscle faster, so the body can burn off calories faster. The end results are that people can engage their muscle and energy systems without having to spend endless hours at the gym, sweating away.

While cardio workouts can be beneficial, most people do not have the time or the energy to spend hours at a gym. That’s where Peak Fitness comes in. Peak Fitness exercises recruits muscles in the body known as “fast twitch muscles” which work the heart not aerobically like cardiovascular exercise, but anaerobically. 

This encourages the body to maintain optimal or peak fitness regardless of how old you are. Perhaps the biggest advantage is that people can start realizing “peak” fitness levels regardless of their age. Many people believe that peak fitness levels can only be achieved in youth, but this isn’t the case. When you start engaging the fast twitch muscles of the body, peak fitness can be achieved at new levels regardless of your age. This is exciting. 

Another benefit of peak fitness is that you do not need to do peak fitness exercise each day. Peak fitness exercise allows for resting for up to 48 hours between sessions. Muscles engaged in fast-twitch exercise can be worked just three days per week and still benefit. That means you can exercise less and realize optimum results.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

How to Improve Blood Circulation

Nothing feels worse than poor blood circulation. If you want your body to perform optimally it is important for blood to be circulating at its best. Signs of poor blood circulation include numb hands and feet, tingling or cold hands and feet. Some people with poor blood circulation may also feel dizzy or lightheaded.

What can you do about this? The best way to get blood circulating is to get your body moving. The goal is to get oxygen pumping through the entire body.

Here are some tips that will help get blood circulating throughout your body.

  • Exercise regularly. Regular exercise helps move blood throughout the body, and improves circulation. By exercising a minimum of three to four days per week, you get into a healthy habit that helps improve circulation. Some good and simple ways to do this include going for a walk. Once you get used to exercising you can try swimming or bicycling. Other simple activities including cleaning may count toward improving circulation.

  • Walk and do not drive. If you have to do something, try walking instead of driving if you can. If you need to travel a short distance, ride a bike. If you need to park in a lot, park further away so you can boost your circulation by walking further in the parking lot. Every small bit counts toward boosting your circulation

  • Use the stairs. When possible, skip the elevator and use the stairs. This works dramatically to get your heart pumping and to boost circulation throughout the body.

  • Use a hot tub. If you have a gym membership, or access to a local recreation center, try using the hot tub or steam room. The warm moist air will help stimulate your circulation. If you do not have access to a steam room, try sitting in a hot bath or hot shower at home for similar effect.