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Top 3 belly fat exercises

Posted in Weight Loss on July 23rd, 2010 by Jim – Comments Off

How to lose belly fat? Question that a lot of people ask and here with this article i will give you the answer. But first before choosing one of the best workout routines for you, you should start with choosing a healthy diet, because you cannot stored fat if you continuously take more and more.

Here are some of the chosen workouts to reduce the belly fat:

1. Cardio Exercises like Jogging, Walking, Swimming, etc.

While many of us believe that sit ups are the best option to work out the fat on the stomach area, the real fact is that cardio exercises such as walking & swimming target the entire body weight as a whole and that is why these are quite effective. Other cardio exercises that are helpful in reducing the fat deposits are crunches, etc. To begin with one should start jogging around 3-4 times every week. This increases your metabolic rate and burns the excess calories. Interestingly, dancing is also a good option to reduce excess weight as it is also a cardio exercise.

2. Side Bend

It is perhaps the simplest of the stomach exercises. You must stand straight with the feet placed slightly apart, almost the shoulder width. Now bend the knees a little. Next, slowly lower the whole upper body towards right. Now come back in the center. Then bend the whole upper body towards left. Here, you must remember that you have to lean towards the sides, not forward & backwards.

3. Torso Twist

This set is to be followed by the earlier set that is the side bend. Stand upright with your feet placed part at the shoulder width. Now twist the upper body slowly towards one side. Then do the same towards another side. The idea is to twist the torso, not the hips. The oblique muscles in this case must twist; the ides is not just going side to side. Also the upper body must keep straight through out.

Why The Best Workout Music Is So Important

Posted in Exercise on March 4th, 2010 by Jim – Comments Off

Do you want to keep in shape without taking part in an exercsie routine that quickly becomes nothing more than a daily torture routine? Try accompanying your fitness efforts with music! Correct rhythms increase your efficiency and strength, trains your heart and helps you fight fatigue.

Music has very powerful motivational qualities which are conferred by the musicality, rhythm, the cultural and psychological impact of associations that they cause. If the cultural impact gives you the strength to continue, the pace of the song is associated and it is taken in the same intensity by the heart rate. The music you listen while working out has a major impact on your workout routines. This is why the combination of music and exercise has many benefits:

Increased endurance

In a recent study, researchers found that people who ride a bike listening to music inspired 7% less oxygen than those who pedal without music, on the same distance and duration of exercise. This causes a much higher endurance to physical demands, improving breathing and increasing exercise capacity.

Also, music helps you realize when you should stop. If you normally run without realizing when you should stop, music improves brain functions and helps you realize the impact of exercise on your body.

Another study made at John Moores University in Liverpool has made it more visible effects of music on exercise. The researchers gave a group of cyclists a single song for more cycling series. What subjects did not know was that songs have different rhythms.

At first, it was played in its normal rhythm, but the beat got faster, respectively slower by 10%. The differences in tempi were not very big, but the effects were significant.

Playing the music at a higher speed, increased the strength and intensity of the exercise by 2.1, 3.5 respectively 0.7% and slowing it increased the efficiency by 3.8, 9.8, respectively 5.9%.

Many experts say that the best workout music is the music that makes us be more energetic and this varies from person to person.