Temperature During Exercise
You sweat more after you finish exercising than you do while you exercise. More than 70 percent of the energy that powers your muscles is lost as heat, causing your body temperature to rise during exercise. To keep your body temperature from rising too high, your heart pumps the heat in your blood from your muscles to your skin
Caveman Diet, Paleo Diet, NeanderThin
Some popular books tell you that because some prehistoric humans lived on large amounts of meat, you should do the same. I think that is lousy advice.
Preparing for Baseball
Parents often ask me what their children can do to prepare for their baseball season. Because training is specific, they should be training for baseball 12 months a year. There are very few kids who are so gifted that they can be very good in several sports. Many...
Slow Lifting
If you want to become very strong, you have to lift weights heavy enough to make your muscles burn. It doesn’t make any difference whether you move the weights slowly or rapidly. Just exercise intensely enough so your muscles feel sore the next day.
High Fructose Corn Syrup plus Beekeeping/Honey information
contributed by Lazslo Pentek I am the owner of Hex Apiaries in Arlington, Virginia, where I raise honeybees and harvest honey using no chemical pesticides, or antibiotics. I'm writing to address something you said in your e-zine. It concerns this question and answer:...
Maximum Heart Rate Formula
Many exercise programs and tests used to measure heart function are based on an unreliable MAXIMUM HEART RATE formula that predicts the fastest your heart can beat and still pump blood through your body. Although this formula is the golden standard used today, it is not based on science.
Isometric Exercise
Can you become very strong by doing isometric exercises in which you push against something that doesn't move, such as a wall? The single stimulus to make a muscle stronger is to exercise a muscle against a resistance; therefore, you can become strong by doing...
Sit Ups for Belly Strength
Sit ups strengthen your belly muscles, provided that you know how to do them. Lie on your back with your knees bent with your soles on the floor. Place your hands on your chest and slowly raise your head off the ground. Then, slowly raise your shoulders off the ground...
Does stress increase your need for vitamins?
Several years ago a major drug company claimed that its vitamin pills helped to relieve stress from the “complications of everyday life” and gave their products names such as “StressTabs.” The New York Attorney General forced them to stop their deceptive advertising, but many people still remember and believe this claim.
Orthotics
Orthotics are special custom arch supports that help to absorb shock and prevent foot pain. To see if orthotics are likely to help you, ask your podiatrist to strap your foot with a special taping procedure called a low-dye strap. If this reduces the pain, you probably will benefit from custom orthotics.