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Maintaining Flexibility Through the Years

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 If you're active, have a cardiovascular balance, strengths, and a workout style, you might think you've got it covered. But no, that's not the case, not at all. There's still another area that most people, a lot of men, overlook: flexibility. For those of you who can't remember the last time you did yoga or did a toe curl without bending your knees, flexibility is much more vital than you think, and improving it could even add years to your life. Here's what you need to know: Being flexible isn't just about extending your legs or performing difficult body contortions like you would at the gym, but also about maintaining movement. Flexibility is the ability to move through the range of motion of a joint, according to Alex Rothstein, an American exercise physiologist and professor of exercise science at New York Tech. Elasticity is the passive ability to move through a range of motion, and mobility is the active ability to move, he adds. Here are five re...

How to Keep Your Heart Healthy Over Time

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 The heart is one of the leading causes of death, and heart disease is the leading cause. Satven employs ongoing recompilation to determine the outcome of selective reordering of the two. But you can do many other things to eliminate the high risk factor for heart disease. One of the best things you can do for your heart is to quit smoking, or at least to stop smoking cannabis. If you're not a smoker, stay away from secondhand smoke. Tobacco chemicals can harm the heart and blood vessels. Cigarette smoke lowers oxygen levels in the blood, causing hypertension and alopnea, an increase in heart rate. It seems the heart has to do more to supply oxygen to the body and brain. But there's better news. The risk of heart disease decreases just one day after quitting smoking. Educali.es – The risk of heart disease drops to half that of a smoker after a year without nicotine. No matter how much or how long you've smoked, you'll begin to enjoy the rewards from the moment you quit....

How to Maintain Muscle Mass After 50

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 Being strong and capable after 50 is more than just being in shape; it's finding the strength that will keep us active and independent for years to come. Building muscle after 50 and living a long life requires a more deliberate approach than when we first entered our youth, something that those bats of nature and a pack of them genetically engineered for us. The involuntary muscle breakdown in men and women after age 30, of approximately 3 to 5% lean mass loss per decade, is known as sarcopenia, says Nikki Ternay, health and fitness coach and co-founder of MavenHeart, the women's empowerment program. But for women, changes in retinal levels during perimenopause and menopause can accelerate this process, especially as we approach our fifties. Gaining muscle mass after 50 is hard work, but one thing is clear: your future self will never thank you. Muscles are the key to youth: our connection with muscle mass and health is proven. Strength training is especially indicated f...

Cognitive Exercises to Stay Sharp

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 Physical exercise may draw everyone in, but mental fitness is now rarely considered, hidden far in our past. Exercising the body is necessary for health and exercising the mind is just as important for thinking well. Mental fitness exercises help people remember things, concentrate and solve problems throughout their lives. We’ll explain the significance of these exercises and how they affect our mind overall. Neuroplasticity describes a situation where the brain forms new contacts between neurons to rearrange itself. Unique activities such as learning and solving puzzles, as we experience adolescence in urban environments, benefit brain health by promoting neuroplasticity important for keeping brain function strong. Doing mental exercises can support learning and remembering things we encounter. Solving puzzles, assembling jigsaws or trying to learn something new such as a language, support the areas of the brain that help us form memories. The ability to be flexible in our ...

How to Stay Active in Your 40s, 50s, and Beyond

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 Many people continue doing the same exercises from their 20s to their 40s and beyond, says Miho Tanaka, who also works at Mass General Brigham and Women's Sports Medicine, where she directs the Women's Sports Medicine Program. But to strengthen joints as they mature, most people must embrace a completely new type of exercise. Your body will readapt, it just takes longer, she sometimes said, if you're too confident in resting for long periods of time. And strength and cardio are only part of the overall fitness equation. It's quite possible that in your 20s you'd have burned through heat, outside of warm-ups, mobility work, proper nutrition, and sleep. But it becomes non-negotiable as we age, she added. Your muscle mass declines as early as your 30s. We gain more and more work as we age, much more for the body's fast-twitch muscle fibers, which were once the slow-twitch endurance muscles. That's why we see more marathoners than their peak age of 40 and ...

Daily Detoxing Without the Gimmicks

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 Lack of energy, gas, recurring headaches, halitosis (bad breath), difficulty in bowel movements, rashes, and dry skin, among other symptoms, can be signs of a body detox. We most likely experience various types of pollution that affect our bodily function. The main culprits are an unbalanced and unhealthy diet, an overdose of medication, and poor lifestyle habits  to learn how to detoxify your body, it's essential to change your diet, and it's important to seek the advice of a licensed nutritionist. Drink at least 2 liters of water a day. This amount does not include infusions and juices. The treatment is to preferably start the day with 2 glasses of cold water. Reduce your consumption of junk food, flour, baked goods, cookies, sugary products, sugary drinks, and alcohol. You should also include foods that aid in cleansing, such as fruits and vegetables. Celery and apples have diuretic and cleansing properties. Green tea, lemon, garlic, green leafy vegetables, and fruits ...

Staying Healthy While Working a Desk Job

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 If you have a job and you work in an office, it's very likely you have to be in front of a screen to perform your daily tasks. This has once been interpreted as sitting for long periods of time with little movement. However, there are ways to routinely stay active and healthy during the workday, without achieving cognitive productivity. In this post, LINAK offers excellent suggestions on how to stay healthy at home. We spend a good portion of our daily hours in the office. If we want a healthy lifestyle, we should also consider what we can do to stay healthy and active during the workday. And this will not only be an advantage for you and your body, but also for your business. A healthy employee is a true asset to the company. Whether you work from home or the office, there are a number of ideas you can implement during your workday. Of course, since we are human, we are all different, and if you work for X, you contribute X, and you don't work for others. So use what you...