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Working out during pregnancy is not only beneficial for you (and baby!) now, the benefits pay off after you give birth, too. While The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends 30 minutes of exercise on most or all days of the week, that may not be the best for you. Your body is changing constantly, which means you have to reevaluate what’s safe and your effort level as your baby grows.
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No matter how technologically efficient you become, if you aren’t sleeping or eating well, and you have too much stress, there is a limit to how effective you can be.
That’s why wellness is the cornerstone of my productivity system, Less Doing. I see optimal health as a triangle with sleep, nutrition, and fitness at the points and supplements in the middle. You need all of these elements and in you have to apply limited resources to the entire triangle. For example, if you get a bad night of sleep for one reason or another, you have to make the conscious decision to avoid working out the next day because you’ll only be doing harm to your body. By that same token if you are eating lots of wild caught fish and getting adequate sunlight, you make be able to skip out on a fish oil and vitamin D supplement. Read more The formula doctors use to evaluate treadmill stress tests, and thereby assess heart health, doesn't account for important differences between men and women, a new study contends.
A revised formula would better determine peak exercise rate, or the maximum number of heart beats per minute, for each sex, the researchers said. "Exercise physiology has been known to differ for men and women of different ages," said Dr. Gregg Fonarow, associate chief of cardiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and spokesman for the American Heart Association. The proposal for a sex-specific maximal heart rate warrants further research, he said. "This may represent a valuable improvement for guiding exercise stress testing," added Fonarow, who was not involved in the study. Read more In her article titled Now Pilates vs. Yoga for a Healthy Life: What are the Differences? Gollan discusses both Pilates and Yoga and says that either one may be more suited for particular individuals.
Yoga, the former dancer reveals, is an ancient form of exercise and meditation combining the body, mind, and spirit in order to achieve balance. It is believed to have originated in India around 5000 years ago and introduced to the west a century ago. Yoga is all about combining breathing, movement, relaxation and meditation in order to create harmony. Pilates is a more modern form of exercise. It was introduced to America in the 1920s and was originally designed to help injured dancers and athletes recover from injuries, return to exercise and maintain fitness. Today it is used by both athletes and those in the community in general, in order to contribute to their health and wellbeing. Yoga and Pilates Classes Yoga classes in general are flexible when it comes to routine although Bikram is more set. Classes tend to last between 45 and 90 minutes. Advanced classes are far longer than beginner's sessions. Pilates classes have more structure; therefore it's possible to anticipate upcoming exercises. Most exercises involve up to 10 repetitions of a move before moving on. The classes last from around the same duration as a Yoga class and some exercises involve machines to build up strength. Other exercises involve mat work for resistance. Read more After five years of studying the scientific literature on fitness and health, wading through countless government reports, interviewing experts and trying every form of exercise I could, it’s pretty sobering to realize that the entire endeavor can be reduced to two words:
Just move. I’m serious. If you’re reading this sitting down, stand up. When you’re done, go for a walk. Dance. Run. Jump. Ride a bike. Swim. Do some yoga. Do gymnastics. Play basketball. Play softball. Play tennis. Wrestle. Skate. Do something — for at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week, if you’re an adult. It doesn’t matter how old you are. Or how out of shape. Or, usually, whether you have other infirmities, including arthritis or cardiovascular problems. Read more For those battling cancer, Pilates can help patients regain strength and mobility, while also increasing energy.As a physical therapist and wellness professional, I have always been aware of the vast health benefits of Pilates. Recently, however, my own personal experience has opened my eyes to the integral role this exercise form can play in life’s greatest challenges.
Over the past few months, my husband has undergone various stages of cancer treatment, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. During this time, I have witnessed firsthand how a Pilates-based exercise program can ease and expedite the cancer recovery process. When navigating the path of cancer recovery, one faces unique hurdles and challenges. Cancer patients often battle muscle weakness, decreased mobility/flexibility, stress and fatigue all at once. Regaining strength and range of motion, as well as increasing energy levels and reducing stress, becomes imperative to promote a positive healing process. Those undergoing cancer rehabilitation, therefore, must find a way to accomplish all of these health goals simultaneously. The Pilates principles of centering, control, flow of movement, breathing and concentration help cancer patients address each of these recovery needs. Read more Thoughts of outrage, unfairness, disbelief, and ultimately grief consumed me while I was doing this investigation. A list of ingredients that are banned across the globe but still allowed for use here in the American food supply recently made news. While I have written about some of those ingredients before, this list inspired me to look a little deeper and find out how pervasive this issue is for us. Could these banned ingredients be contributing to the higher mortality and disease rates here in the U.S.?
The health of Americans is downright grim according to a report just released by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council. It declares “Americans are sicker and die younger than other people in wealthy nations.” The United States spends 2.5 times more on health care than any other nation, however, when compared with 16 other nations we come in dead last in terms of health and life expectancy for men and near the bottom for women. Here is the breakdown for you:
They’re a group of specialized physiotherapists and movement specialists trained to incorporate Pilates in rehabilitating injuries and chronic pain. They build relationships with their patients, becoming extra sensitive to their mood and behavioral changes, encouraging them to keep on going but, more importantly, also knowing when to set restrictions.
This is physical rehab, 21st-century style. This is Clinical Pilates. “It’s Pilates in business class." This is a highly specialized discipline. We provide first-rate rehab service based on principles that are grounded on scientific studies. We make sure everything is positive here. The muscles need to be activated, but emotions have to be corrected, as well,” said Ole Eugenio, founder and program director of Options Studio. Read more If calorie counts won’t deter people from overeating, maybe the threat of exercise will. In a recent study, diners who ordered from restaurant menus that listed the amount of brisk walking required to work off each dish were less likely to overeat than those with menus that listed calories or no health information.
“We found that the menu with the exercise labels lead to significant reductions in calories ordered and consumed,” said Meena Shah, an associate professor of clinical nutrition at Texas Christian University and an author of the study, which was presented last week at the Experimental Biology 2013 meeting in Boston. Furthermore, diners ordered and consumed roughly the same number of calories whether or not their menus included calorie counts. Menus that list calories are becoming common in the United States thanks to a handful of state laws and the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which requires restaurant chains with more than 20 locations to provide them (the Food and Drug Administration is still working out the details). But the research on whether such menus actually prevent overeating is mixed. Displaying the amount of moderate exercise needed to work off food might make the consequences of poor dietary choices easier to grasp, Dr. Shah said. “Everyone can relate to brisk walking.” The study consisted of 300 men and women ages 18 to 30 who were randomly given one of the three menus, all of which contained the same items. Dr. Shah says she hopes to expand the study to a wider age range. From NY Times Like the “fiscal cliff,” the “fitness cliff” has already come and gone—impacting millions of Americans. But unlike the fiscal cliff, which received an abundance of media attention and was eventually addressed by lawmakers, the fitness cliff occurs each year without any attention, much less a viable solution.
The term “fitness cliff,” as dubbed by Gold’s Gym, describes the date on which millions of well-intentioned people across the country with newly established ambitions of increased health and fitness for the New Year succumb to old habits of inactivity. This year’s fitness cliff occurred February 7th, placing millions of sedentary Americans, already exasperated and unable to enjoy the basic joys of life, at further risk for excess weight related illness, pains and chronic disease. Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/198246-america-has-gone-over-the-fitness-cliff#ixzz2tKa2C8TL |
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