Fit and Youthful Life

Guest Author: Clancy Beck


Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word yuk (literally meaning “yoke” which gave rise to the modern English words yoke and union).  In yoga, your objective is to gain control of the body and the mind.  By controlling the body through yogic exercises, you eventually learn to control your mind.  Unless you can control both body and mind, you will not reap the real benefits of yoga and meditation.

You may have heard others talk about yoga and meditation, but there may still be something mysterious about what it involves.  One common perception is that you can essentially practise yoga by simply doing the series of physical yoga positions.  There is indeed a refined system of yoga positions to be followed, but it is important to realise that yoga is immensely more than physical exercise if you really wish to maximise the benefits of holistic yoga.

The meaning of yoga, and the ultimate objective of yoga meditation, is to achieve the union of body, mind, and spirit; union of the individual with the entirety of creation; and unity of the individual with the creative force, the divinity in all there is.  By helping you achieve unity with this life force, you discover who you truly are.

One of yoga’s most important benefits comes from the use of meditation for stress relief.  Health experts believe that stress can give rise to many of the common illnesses.  Stress can lead to elevated blood pressure, faster heart rate, and production of toxic substances.  Yoga meditation induces opposite effects, relieving stress and promoting relaxation.

Yoga positions stretch and tone most of your muscles, helping you achieve overall fitness.  The exercises increase the range of motion in joints and help protect muscle from injury during more strenuous physical activities such as sports and athletics.  Many yoga positions enhance the flexibility and improve the alignment of your spine.  If you suffer from chronic back problems, you can well appreciate the relief to mind and body this can bring.

A number of yoga positions are designed to improve circulation, enhance digestion and promote more efficient elimination of toxic wastes.  Internal organs are tenderly massaged and toned, helping them to function more optimally.  It is easy to see that yoga can become the core of your health and wellness program.

Yoga has developed a rich system of exercises and techniques that are used to promote harmony and well-being of body, mind, and spirit.  By regularly performing the various yoga positions, you enhance the functioning of your musculoskeletal and circulatory systems.  By regularly practicing yoga meditation, you achieve deeper levels of relaxation and strengthen your mind’s power of concentration.  The system helps you gain soundness of body, clarity of mind, and vitality of spirit.

If you follow the holistic yoga practices regularly, you will soon find that they open up opportunities to reconnect with the self and to learn self-acceptance.  Through sustained practice of yoga and meditation, you can experience the invaluable benefits of inner peace and joy that can come with a healthier body and more self-awareness.

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Guest Author: Mike Carter


If you are bodybuilding or weight training and are not taking any nutritional supplements, you absolutely will not even come close to reaching your full potential. You do not need any type of steroid or pro hormones or anything like that, but natural health supplements are needed to help your body recover and build muscle efficiently and healthily.

It is a well known fact that working out, whether it is aerobic or resistance, is very healthy and beneficial to our bodies. However, vigorous workouts also put stress on our bodies and can take a toll, particularly if we do not have the proper nutrients and vitamins in our bodies. We need the proper nutrients to even begin building muscle, and we also need nutrients and antioxidants to help our bodies recover from our workouts before we can even begin to try building muscle. So what dietary supplements are absolutely essential for our workouts?

The most basic nutritional supplement is also the absolute most important: protein. Protein is a basic nutrient found in many foods, and it is absolutely critical to building muscle. Although it is found in many food sources, it is difficult to ingest enough protein from our diets alone. If you are weight training and trying to add muscle, you should ingest about 1.5 grams of protein for every pound that you weigh. So, for example, a person who weighs 100 lbs. should ingest about 150 grams of protein per day! In general, whey protein is the best. It is absorbed easily and quickly by the body, and is the perfect post workout protein supplement. However, if you cannot take whey protein, there are other options.

Another highly effective nutritional supplement is also one of the most popular supplements today: creatine. Creatine occurs naturally in the body, but in very low doses. Supplementing creatine has been proven to help add muscle mass quickly, but that is not all. Creatine supplements also have been shown to help increase strength, energy, and recovery time from workouts. After protein, creatine is the best nutritional supplement to add to your regimen. Taking both protein and creatine with an effective workout regimen is sure help you gain strength and muscle very quickly.

Another incredibly popular bodybuilding supplement is Nitric Oxide, or NO. While I wouldn’t quite put this in the category of protein and creatine, if you are looking to take that next step and really increase your gains in the weight room, I would definitely recommend taking Nitric Oxide. NO basically increases blood flow throughout your body, helping you to workout longer with less fatigue, and helping your body stay in the muscle building phase for much longer.

By adding these supplements to your workout regimen (along with a multi-vitamin), you will be sure to see significant gains in strength and muscle. You will also recover from your workouts much faster. If you are not taking supplements already, this is a no-brainer: start taking these nutritional supplements immediately.



Secret of Youth

Guest Author: Rusty Moore


There a couple different approaches in doing cardio to burn body fat. Some people recommend you do “low intensity” cardio for long stretches at a time to burn body fat. The thought process is that you need to train at a moderate intensity to get your heart rate to the target zone to burn body fat. It has been argued that if you get your heart rate too high, you will begin to burn carbohydrates instead of body fat. Some people argue that high intensity cardio will allow you to burn more total calories in your cardio workout. Creating a “calorie deficit”, by burning more calories than what you take in, is another great way to lose body fat. Let’s compare the two different approaches in detail.

The Low Intensity Cardio Workout

This is the cardio workout that is currently being pushed by the mainstream. This cardio workout is often used due to the great results it gets. Low intensity cardio is very effective at targetting body fat for energy instead of just burning calories in the body. If the body burns fat for energy, you will lose body fat. It just makes sense. Most of the cardio equipment these days comes with a heart rate display. This is the best way to make sure that you reach the correct intensity level to burn body fat. In about 10 minutes of low intensity cardio, you will reach your target heart rate. It is suggested to stay within that zone for at least 30 minutes for good results.

The High Intensity Approach

This form of cardio is used much less than low intensity cardio. Training at a high intensity level can be tough, since you have to push yourself pretty hard. This cardio method gets great results as well. High intensity cardio will burn a lot more calories than low intensity versions, since it gets your heart rate to a much higher level. The calories burned are a mix of fat calories along with carbohydrate calories stored in the body. The idea behind focusing on burning calories in your workout is to burn more calories than what you consume each day. Creating a calorie deficit, by burning more calories than what you eat, will allow you to lose body fat.

The Challenges of 2 Types of Cardio Workouts

Once you get your heart rate up to the correct level, the low intensity cardio workout will burn body fat. The problem lies in the fact that it can take anywhere between 5-10 minutes to get your heart rate to the optimum level to burn body fat. The first 5-10 minutes of low intensity cardio aren’t very productive at burning body fat. Working at a high intensity is tough to maintain for long periods, even though it is effective at burning calories. Working at an intense level for over 10-15 minutes is extremely difficult.

How to Combine The Two Approaches Into One Awesome Cardio Workout

If planned strategically, you will benefit from doing both high intensity and low intensity cardio in the same workout. If you replace that “unproductive” first 10 minutes of the low intensity cardio with high intensity cardio, you will get better results when you hit the low intensity cardio after that. Find a treadmill or exercise bike and set it at a high level. Push yourself really hard for 10-15 minutes. After working your heart rate up with high intensity cardio and burning a bunch of calories for 10-15 minutes…switch to low intensity cardio and keep it there for another 20-30 minutes. This will burn calories and create a calorie deficit as well as burning body fat during the workout. I keep my body fat around 8% year round training in this manner.

Guest Author: Terry Sandhu


Cardio exercise is an activity that you will do at a moderate pace for a minimum of 20 minutes, building up to around 45 minutes or at times even higher. You should always begin at a slow pace for about 5 or 10 minutes because this allows your body to warm up and decreases the risk of any injury. It is also a good idea to spend 5 or 10 minutes cooling down after finishing your workout. You do this by going at the same slower pace as you were when you were warming up.

Before starting a cardio program, always consult your doctor, who can evaluate your current situation and give you a rough idea as to where you should be starting and what you are capable of. For the first week or two don’t try to push yourself too much. Spend this time getting to grips with what you are doing. This also gives you and your body the time to get comfortable with these changes. Once you have a couple of weeks under your belt then you can start adding to your program. This can be in the amount of time, or distance that you do. Remember that to keep on improving you must keep adding, otherwise your body will soon adapt to what you are doing and this will lead to your results stopping.

The next thing is decide what type of cardio exercise you want to do. Try to think of something that you may enjoy. If you hate running, it will be pointless taking up running to lose weight, because your heart will not be in it, and you will soon stop doing it. For cardio to be effective you will need to do it for a certain amount of time (20-45 minutes). Some people can find boredom setting in pretty quickly. To compensate for this you should use music wherever possible while you do your cardio workout. Pick your favourite tunes or something fast and motivational. Focus on the music and not the time you are spending doing your workout. This stops you from clock watching and you will find that the time spent doing your cardio workout goes by much quicker.

Here are a few of the best cardio exercisers for burning fat:

Elliptical machines are a great way of burning fat, improving your stamina, and toning your muscles. They are relatively new compared to other pieces of exercise equipment, but are very effective. You have the benefits of working your upper and lower body with an elliptical machine.

Rowing machines are excellent pieces of equipment. Not only do they target all areas of your body, they can up to a point increase muscle mass, which is always a good thing when you are trying to lose weight. Apart from the fitness benefits, you can burn many calories using a rowing machine. The fact is that the more of your body you use during a workout, the more calories you will burn.

Running us another good way of burning calories and it is also free. Running is more effective than jogging for burning calories. A couple of points to remember are that you should make sure that you have a pair of good running shoes. Also try to run on a soft surface such as grass as this will have less impact on your joints than if you were on a road. If you do run on a street, forget the music because you don’t want to be hit by a car that you didn’t hear coming.

A stationary bicycle is a traditional piece of equipment which has been around for many years. It is still considered as an effective cardio workout, but it all depends on what levels of difficulty you choose to use. The benefit of this piece of equipment is that you can ride it while you are watching television, which may alleviate some of the boredom associated with an exercise bike.

These are by no means all of the cardio exercisers that you can do. There are lots of others including swimming, skipping rope, circuit training, using steppers, and walking. You need to pick one or a combination of a few that you will think you might enjoy. Always remember to start slowly and increase what you do a step at a time. One thing is clear and that is the effectiveness of cardio exercise for weight loss.



Instant Skin Tightener

Guest Author: jamiehanson


What is Yoga? The word ‘Yoga’ means combination. Yoga is a type of workout based on the faith that the body and breath are intimately connected with the mind. By controlling the breath and holding the body in stable poses or ‘asanas’, yoga creates harmony. Yoga practice consists of five main fundamentals: correct inhaling, correct workout, correct relaxation, proper diet and good thoughts and meditation. The exercises or the asanas are formed to sooth tensed muscles, to firm up the internal organs and to improve the flexibility of the joints and ligaments. With a huge number of advantages one gets by frequent practice of Yoga, it is earning huge amount of importance now-a-days. Your body is cured internally and externally due to perfect blood circulation all through your body. In order to get highest benefits from Yoga, you must pay keen attention on the five main fundamentals and to improve your performance while doing yoga you must be comfortable. While doing yoga you should wear comfy clothes so that you can do it perfectly well. Comfortable clothes doesn’t mean loose clothes, it means you must wear correct yoga clothes. On the contrary loose clothes hinder your performance level and you are unable to do yoga exercises correctly. Yoga needs a lot of stretching and the twisting poses, thus one must take good care while doing this. Yoga must be done according to the directions given or else you may even sprain your muscle. This perfection can be achieved by wearing yoga clothes only and not shabby and loose clothes that limit your motion. Even while doing inhaling exercises, relaxation and meditation, your clothes should be such that you feel comfortable. Your clothes must be capable to breathe while doing yoga; this is the essence of yoga clothing. Yoga is beneficial to everybody, let it be men, women and kids also as it is a normal method to prevent and cure health hazards. Well with the rising craze for yoga due to its enormous advantages, there are number of apparel companies that have focused in designing and manufacturing Yoga clothes meant for females, males and kids too. You will truly find a good variety available in yoga clothing meant for all genres. There are a number of online clothing companies particularly meant for yoga clothing and the huge range available on these stores are men’s yoga clothing, women’s yoga clothing, yoga pants, yoga tops, hardtail pants, yoga mats, manduka mats and much more. These stores are entirely meant for yoga clothing and yoga products with variety of sizes, colors and fabric to suit all. Yoga clothing is offered in different brands and that too at astonishingly reasonable rates. You will be amazed to see the enormous collection available in these stores. You simply need to pick the best yoga clothes and yoga products for yourself and make payments online, within a few days your chosen yoga products will reach your home. You get the fastest delivery of your items along with 5% off on your first order. It is not only the comfort sensed in wearing Yoga clothes but you look fantastic and feel great. It’s a guarantee, your friends will feel jealous on seeing you with perfect yoga clothes and most of them may even think where you got your yoga clothes from!

Guest Author: Pat Pohzer


After reading this interesting material, I hope you’ll think differently about cardio training and try something new. It’s not that I’m totally against cardio as part of your exercise routine, but is cardio training really what you need to get fit and healthy? If you continue reading, you’ll soon realize that I’m not really against cardio as a form of exercise, I just believe that “traditional cardio” is not the most effective form of exercise you can be doing to achieve your goals.

Most people who are trying to get fit or lose body fat think, without question, that they need “cardio” exercise to achieve success. I beg to differ! This may come as a surprise, but some of the fittest people I know, both men and women, do not swear by traditional cardio. After many years of working out in different gyms and knowing several athletes and personal trainers, I have to agree that low to moderate cardio is more appropriate for the obese or really poorly conditioned person; and even then, it’s still not the most effective method.

So what pray tell IS “cardio”? Most people think it’s running on the treadmill, riding the stationary bike, or gliding on an elliptical machine in front of a TV. That is, what I would consider, “traditional cardio”, which by the way, is why I’m not surprised that people get bored and eventually give up.

To put it simply, “cardio” is any physical movement that gets your heart pumping and helps strengthen the cardiovascular system. If you’re engaging in a physical activity that gets your heart beating faster and you find yourself short of breath or gasping for air, consider it cardio.

For instance, there’s the barbell/dumbell/kettlebell clean and press (C&P), which is hoisting a barbell up from the ground to your shoulders, then push pressing overhead. To some this may seem like a weight training or a strength exercise, but try doing 10-15 reps with a challenging weight and I can guarantee your heart rate will go up you’ll find yourself breathless as if you just ran a sprint which, by the way, is better than jogging for weight loss.

Give the C&P exercise another go, this time with a 20-rep set or one-arm snatches or with swings while each hand holds a kettlebell/dumbell. Or try 5 straight minutes of lunges, pushups and bodyweight squats with minimal rest in between. While 5 minutes may not seem like a lot, try it, and if these suggested exercise routines don’t get you sweating, huffing, and puffing, I’m not sure what will.

While these types of exercises are usually referred to as strength or weight training exercises, they will definitely satisfy your cardio concerns and get your heart beating faster.

These exercise routines are not only time saving, but if done with the right intensity, they will produce results of a full-body work out. Unlike “traditional” cardio where you’re not concentrating or putting in every effort in exercising because you’re watching TV or reading a book, this method of exercising will get you fit, healthy, and looking good! And it doesn’t take much time and/or equipment.



Fountain Of Youth

Guest Author: anonymous


Most of the time, prospective Yoga teachers have a very strong foundation in Yoga; but sometimes, they originally come from a related-field, such as Martial Arts, Pilates, Dance, Gymnastics, or Fitness. This is fine, but be prepared for a “learning curve” and do not expect to learn all about Yoga in one Yoga teacher training intensive course. Even if you “lock yourself up” in an ashram for months, you should realize that learning Yoga is a life-long journey and not a race.

Now, if you come from a related field – you have a lot more mental work to do than a long-time student of Yoga. Hatha Yoga is a physical form of Yoga, but being athletic is not as important as the knowledge a Yoga teacher should possess. So, what should you know in order to become a Yoga teacher? Below is a list of what a Hatha Yoga teacher should know in order to successfully teach Yoga classes.

Anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology should always be covered during a Yoga teacher training session. Yoga student safety is especially an important issue for those who will be teaching Yoga. Students are always physically different, and Hatha Yoga practice can be made to adapt to anyone – regardless of age or physical ability. Anyone who desires to teach Yoga should have a complete understanding of how the physical body works.

Asanas are the postures held during Yoga practice. Hatha Yoga teachers do not have to know hundreds of Asanas to teach a Yoga class, but they should be very familiar with 26 to 100 different Yoga postures – depending upon the style of Yoga. Yoga teachers should be able to design a lesson plan using these postures, their variations, and the many other aspects of Hatha Yoga teaching.

Yoga teachers should know how to give Asana modifications to their students. Sometimes, this could be advising a Yoga student to use a block, strap, bolster, chair, ball, blanket, or any other prop for proper alignment and safety. Other times, this might be giving a Yoga student an alternative variation of an Asana.

Yoga teachers should be familiar with contraindications for Asanas; which are cautions that can be related to a specific Yoga posture. This is very important when working with Yoga students who are pregnant, have high blood pressure, or have a specific ailment.

Yoga teachers should take the time to be familiar with each student and his or her particular health condition. This means researching health conditions that Yoga students have and staying on top of your own continuing education. After becoming familiar with an ailment; learn how you can help, but never give medical advice.

No Yoga teacher should ever put a student at risk. The body of a Yoga student cannot be forced into a position that a Yoga teacher feels is correct. Instead, the body is gently guided to its natural limits, without pain and little discomfort.

Copyright 2007 – Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

Guest Author: sachinagg01


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Secret of Youth

Guest Author: Loredana Conley


You would think that there would be better regulation of the makers of anti aging natural skin care products, but there’s not.  Too often you come to find that the people claiming to have the best anti aging skin care programs are including ingredients which are anything but ‘organic’. 

These companies are not required nor do they make any effort to reveal the list of compounds which make up their anti aging natural skin care products formulas.  This is because while charging you an exorbitant price at the cash register, these companies are “cheapening” their products by making them with low cost chemical additives. 

Why do the companies claiming to provide the best anti aging skin care do this?  Well, all natural ingredients cost more to include which ups overall manufacturing costs and restricts advertising dollars.  As mentioned above, chemical additive are comparatively cheap to use, which means that more money is left over to put into the marketing of the product. 

It is all simply a ruse to get you purchase their products, and one that seemingly works on a large portion of our population.  Americans are especially susceptible to this trick, because we have a tendency to begin to blindly believe in something totally without evidence if we hear it repeated several times. 

I commonly refer to this as the “tabloid” mentality.  If an entertainment news program reports of the marital troubles of a certain pair of Hollywood stars a person may tend to dismiss it as gossip, but if they see the same thing stated by a magazine in the checkout line it takes on more validity.  People can be convinced of anything through simple repetition. 

That’s exactly what these marketers do to the populace; they beat us over the head with claims of having the best anti aging skin care line.  That is why cosmetic products do so well on networks like the ‘Home Shopping Network’.  It’s because we know the manufacturers name and have heard their fables so many times that we take him at his word. 

Take for example when you read about how necessary collagen is in keeping your appearance youthful.  Collagen is an organic substance because it is naturally produced by the body.  It would stand to reason then that the inclusion of collagen in anti aging natural skin care products would possibly make them the best anti aging skin care items on the market, right? 

What they don’t tell you is that the collagen they are using in their anti aging natural skin care products are actually derived not from human skin, but from cowhide.  They also don’t tell you that this bovine collagen is not compatible with that found in human beings and has been known in some treatments (injections) to cause severe allergic reactions in some patients. Doesn’t sound much like the best anti aging skin care compound that you thought it was a minute ago, does it? 

In conclusion, any anti aging natural skin care products worth buying won’t have such secrets, because they won’t have anything to hide.



Fountain Of Youth

Guest Author: Tara Mathews


Do you use an anti aging anti wrinkle cream? If you do, are you happy with it? Do you look in the mirror and still notice plenty of lines and wrinkles on your face? Then maybe it is time to change your wrinkle cream. Some excellent natural creams available are great at preventing wrinkles.

However, do not look on the shelves of your local drugstore. The best anti aging anti wrinkle cream products are not always found in the stores. Some of the wrinkle preventing creams sold in stores is in fact harmful to your skin. The ingredients in some of these products are not particularly safe. This includes fragrances, mineral oil and preservatives. These are not necessary ingredients for a good safe skin care product.

Most people choose the brand name products when shopping for an anti aging anti wrinkle cream. They see an advertisement featuring a popular Hollywood starlet, they see how soft and smooth her skin looks, and then they buy the product. Do you honestly believe that a movie star is going to use a brand name product for preventing wrinkles? More than likely, she is using a natural product that is safe for her skin.

Search the online forums and you will find many people complaining about brand name products that do not work as advertised. If you are one of these people that are just not happy with their anti aging anti wrinkle cream, why not try something different. A product that contains natural organic ingredients is much safer for your skin than a product containing fragrances, mineral oil and preservatives.

We have seen more and more people turning to organic foods these days, so why not use an organic skin care product for preventing wrinkles. Were you aware that whatever you apply to skin is absorbed into the skin and then into the bloodstream? This is why it is important to know what you are applying to your skin.

Look for an anti aging anti wrinkle cream that restores the softness and elasticity to your skin. Also, look for a cream that contains anti-oxidants to help restore your skins natural health. If you find a product for preventing wrinkles that claims to contain collagen, stay away from it. Collagen is a natural substance that the body produces to maintain your skins elasticity. It cannot be applied to your skin. It must occur naturally. A good product will stimulate the growth of this substance to allow your skin to regain its elasticity.

In conclusion, make sure you do your homework before you buy any anti aging anti wrinkle cream. It is time that people are aware of what they are putting on their skin.