STRETCHING AND FLEXIBILITY

This Form of Exercise Prevents Injury, Reduces Chronic Pain, and Improves Mobility

FOCUS ON FITNESS

The key components of fitness are cardiovascular condition­ing, muscular strength, and flexibility. Unfortunately, flexibility often is neglected in favor of more cardio or greater strength. Clients skip stretching because they believe flexibility isn’t a good workout or that it’s an inherent trait—someone either is naturally flexible or they’re

The Best Home Fitness Exercises to Burn Fat Fast

You can burn fat without a gym - the best fitness exercises at home will ensure that you do!

It is very convenient to have a gym at home in the comfort of your own home. You do not have to sit in traffic or in line to use a machine. The only problem with the performance of your home is not always sure what to do exercises to burn fat at home.

To help with this dilemma, take a look at the first four in the exercise routines of households that burn fat fast.

The best home gym exercises to burn fat fastWeight training

Why is it good for burning fat?Offers weight training as one of the best exercises to get rid of fat. Many people think they do a great job. But the reality is that it increases muscle mass and burn fat like crazy while increasing your metabolism - leading to a leaner.

Build it or lose it keeping muscles strong

 Robert De Niro, 69, and Sly Stallone, 65, are training for an upcoming boxing film, “Grudge Match,” about aging rivals heading back into the ring. Just the idea of those two shirtless in trunks makes us think about the importance of preserving muscle mass as you age. After all, even the fittest athletes lose muscle tone with passing decades.

Here’s why. You don’t use your muscles as much as you used to; plus, you have lower levels of growth hormone, which is good for preventing cancer spread, but not so good for muscle growth. If you add to that lower levels of vitamin D-3, an imbalance in the acid-base content of foods you eat (more about that in a minute) and lack of enough protein and vitamin B-12, you’re going to lose muscle tone. But you can fight back!

To build muscles you need about 68 grams  of lean protein (skinless poultry, salmon, trout) a day if you weigh 150 pounds; a 1,000 IU supplement of vitamin D-3 daily, 1,200 IU

if you’re over 60; and 25–100 mcg per day of a B-12 supplement if you’re 65 or older.

And about acid-base balance: Too many acid-producing foods (100 percent whole grains and lean proteins) and not enough veggies and fruit (they’re base)