Lose 10 Pounds in a Month – Fast Weight Loss Tips

It is quite possible to lose 10 pounds in a month and we’ll look at how to do it below. But it’s also important to understand that you should do it healthily and safely. Sure you can eat cabbage soup only for a few weeks and you’ll drop pounds but you’ll also be starving your body of essential nutrients, so it’s not a recommended way of dropping the weight you need. The best way to lose 10 pounds in a month is to cut down your calorie intake and to start...

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Extreme Kettlebell Cardio Workout

Many people believe that a cardio workout has to be in the form of running, cycling or swimming. But actually you can have a great workout using a kettlebell. The great thing about them is they can be used for so many exercises and they are not restricted to just one or two. An extreme kettlebell cardio workout can easily be done in your own home. How Can It Be Cardio When You’re Lifting Weights? Well, the great thing about kettlebells is you can perform several...

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The Importance of Fitness in Your Everyday Life

Some people take for granted the importance of fitness in achieving a healthy and happy lifestyle. Don’t be one of these people. This article aims to enlighten you as to just how crucial a role fitness plays in your life. First of all, fitness is the key to health. Being fit includes exercising on a regular basis, eating the right kinds of food, getting the right amount of sleep, and avoiding vices. By being fit, you’re giving your body protection against bad elements...

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Building Muscle 101

It can be easy to think that to build muscle, you just need to lift lots of heavy weights. Of course, lifting the weights might make you stronger but it doesn’t mean you’ll pack on muscle. Below we’ll look at building muscle 101, where we get back to basics and look at how it should be done. Muscle Building Tip #1 – Get Used To Your Own Body Weight Before you start lifting weights, you should do various exercises using your own body weight first. This helps you...

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Diet Plan for a Footballer

It’s not just people who are looking to lose weight that have to pay close attention to what they are eating. Athletes and sports people need very well balanced nutrition programs to make sure they can compete at the top level. A diet plan for a footballer is no exception as they need to have the full energy to perform for the 90 minutes of each match. A footballer’s diet would be different from someone wanting to lose weight. They are already very fit people and the...

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Fitness Tips to Lose Weight Naturally

You have almost certainly looked online at all the dozens and dozens of weight loss tips and fitness tips and it’s easy to become confused…very quickly! Do you concentrate on a diet? Do you need to do lots of exercise in order to lose weight fast? Well the truth is, you should do a combination of both. Weight loss needs to be a lifestyle change and not a 4 week fad diet. You need to change your eating habits and do more exercise permanently. That is the only way...

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Increasing Muscle Size With Supplements

So in previous articles we have touched on increasing the muscle size with aid from the correct diet. With the advances in technology in the body building industry there are also so supplements that are available. These supplements are recommended as just that, supplements, the diet is still extremely important but using these supplements as well means that your body has EVERY nutrient it will need to grow. Below is a plan of the supplements a lot of body builders take...

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BMI Alternative to Measure Obesity

Scientists have created a new scale to measure obesity. This new scale is an alternative to the regular BMI scale. It has been named BAI which stands for Body Adiposity Index. The new BAI scale uses the hip and height measurements to calculate whether a person is obese. The regular BMI scale uses weight and height to calculate this but this new scale is supposed to be more flexible. Richard Bergman, who writes in the Obesity journal, states that the BMI scale is quite...

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The Truth About Building Muscle

With so much information available online these days, it’s hard to believe what you read. Sure, some of it is really useful and correct but there is just so much rubbish and untrue information it’s unreal. Take muscle building for example. Some people say just lift heavy weights, where others say it’s all about nutrition. What’s The Real Truth? Well the truth is actually a combination of both. You need to exercise enough with heavy weights but not too much as...

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The Real Cost of Alcohol in the UK

The real cost that alcohol has on the UK population is truly staggering. The government is due to release a deal to tackle it called the “Alcohol Responsibility Deal” but to many organisations it’s not enough. The BMA for example has refused to sign up to the new deal and they aren’t alone as dozens more health organisations refuse to sign up too. The deal just isn’t satisfactory for them as they don’t think it is enough to tackle the issue long term. The...

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