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Benefits of Swimming
Swimming is considered one of the most complete sports and exercising all our body and also does not require a high fitness on water, which helps us to move more easily. If your practice has not spread as much as other sports are mainly due to lack of facilities. But if we are lucky to enjoy an indoor swimming pool near our home, then it is the ideal time enfundarte cap and goggles and jump into the water.
Despite the belief of many people, swimming is not only recommended when we suffer some back pain, but is an excellent sport to keep our bodies strong and healthy. Javier Solas, top swimming coach and head of Todonatacion.com, said “peculiarities such as the absence of gravity not have impacts, scroll horizontally or temperature control, make people with serious mobility to not only make a sport, but also expand its possibilities.”
our whole body is in constant motion. Shoulders, arms, back, legs … each stroke is a physical exercise that strengthens the muscle and burn your stored fat. The first thing we see after a few days practicing swimming “is like our muscles become harder, a few weeks we noticed as physical capacity is constantly improving, climbing stairs or take a short career and we are not drowning occurs before” said Javier Solas.
If our intention is to lose a few kilos and friends are not very physical activity, swimming can be an excellent choice. Water makes us forget our weight, and positioned horizontally, improve blood circulation. The expert confirmed that “is the perfect activity to lose weight, since nearly everyone, a few weeks of practice, training can make a one-hour.” Water temperature is also another factor that makes us feel more comfortable, because if the pool is heated, its warmth will transmit calm and tranquility.
The first steps
time we have known the benefits it will bring swimming, it’s time to take the plunge and join our nearest center. It is at this point the following question arises: free swimming or classes with an instructor? If we have not played this game before, it is always recommended the second option, as confirmed by Solas: “It is always advisable to start with a teacher. Swimming is very healthy if done well, but we can bring bad postures or movements which may cause pain over time. ”
Like any other sport, we need a few weeks to get fluent in the pool and hold as long as possible. The idea is to go five days weekly, but at first we reduce it to three, trying to swim at least 40 minutes. If you do not put up much time, care must be taken at least increase it week by week, for example, at a rate of ten extra minutes. It is preferable to spend more time swimming to increase the number of days to go to the pool.
Ideal also for children
child in swimming is not only a very complete sport for adults, but is also highly recommended practice for children. First, because they identify the pool as a place of fun, and so do sports while enjoying their peers. In addition, they develop a warm and relaxing as the warm water, have less trouble sleeping at night. The practice also serves to increase your appetite and improve your balance, coordination and knowledge of space.
In regard to the best age to start, the personal trainer says that “if they are able, from 18 months or less. Swimming, focused on learning, from four years and to start on the competition, six or seven years. “So, perhaps now is the time to approach your child to the nearest swimming pool and start enjoying a healthy sport, full and fun. If you’re not a parent, you have no excuse; swimming is a valid activity for people of all ages, with or without mobility problems.
What is Fitness? (II)
What kind of physical activity improve fitness?
The activities you choose depend on the type of preparation being made. There are three types of fitness:
Flexibility is the ability to move joints and muscles throughout your range of motion. Stretching is an exercise that helps to be more flexible.
Aerobic fitness means making the body uses oxygen more efficiently. This depends on the condition of the heart, lungs and muscles. Any activity that elevates your heart rate, such as walking and running, can improve aerobic fitness. Read the rest of this entry »
What is Fitness? (I)
A good fitness (or fitness) means to have a good performance in physical activity. It also means having energy and strength to feel your best. Improve their physical condition, even slightly, you can improve your health.
You do not have to be an athlete to be fit. The athletes get to have a fitness level high. And people who walk vigorously for 30 minutes each day reach a good level of fitness. Even people who can not do this they may try to reach a certain level of fitness that helps them feel better and have more energy. Read the rest of this entry »
Benefits of sport and physical activity
The recommended minimum
# A minimum of three hours per week.
# A minimum of forty minutes per session.
# About 95% of light aerobic exercise and a half.
# About 5% of medium intensity exercise and high.
Work # abdominal strengthening in all sessions.
# Joint flexibility exercises (stretching) in all sessions.
# Coordination exercises and balance in all sessions.
The planned exercise with the aim of improving physical fitness, fitness and flexibility, it provides great benefits in all aspects of life. From the most basic health and well being, to the less concrete and positive attitude and joy. Studies have shown: Read the rest of this entry »
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“A healthy mind in a sound body”
Exercise is essential to stay healthy, counteracts the effects of sedentary life and reduces stress.
By moving the blood carries more oxygen to the muscles increasing their ability to work.
If we start doing gymnastics, after several weeks, decrease resting heart rate and not increase much when we exercise.
The best thing is to practice an exercise that we like, if you’re not in shape before starting the exercise should be preparing to increase the activities of daily life under the car or taking the bus, walking around your neighborhood, or climbing the stairs.
Should combine drills jogging and stretching and strengthening muscles, the ideal frequency would do three hours a week. Read the rest of this entry »
Sports Injuries Part II
Biomechanical factors
The muscles, tendons and ligaments can be injured when they are weak for the year (can be strengthened through resistance exercise, with progressive weights). Bones can be weakened by osteoporosis. The joints most commonly injured when the muscles and ligaments that stabilize them are weak.
The biomechanical factor that injuries occur more frequently in the foot, leg or hip is excessive pronation (turning the foot after making contact with the ground) during the race. After the pronation, the foot rolls toward the plantar side (supination), then rises on the toes before getting off the ground and move the weight toward the other foot. Pronation can help prevent injuries by distributing the force of impact with the ground. Excessive pronation can cause injury from excessive medial rotation of the lower leg, causing pain in foot, leg, hip and knee. The ankles are so flexible that, during walking or running, the arcs touch the ground causing it to seem shallow or absent. Read the rest of this entry »
Sports Injuries Part I
All people are susceptible to tissue injury from inherent weakness, or biomechanical overload.
Intrinsic weakness
The intrinsic weakness means that each person has an anatomical shape that favors certain injuries and not others. For example people with exaggerated lumbar lordosis (overstretching of the column) have an increased risk of LBP when they turn the trunk sports (golf, tennis, etc …), and people with excessive pronation of the feet ( club feet) may have knee pain when running long distances.
Without the appropriate correction in every case, the risk of chronic injury is high because in all sports specific movements occur repetitive. Read the rest of this entry »
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Considering that a pound of fat contains 3,500 calories, it is clear that an exercise routine to lose weight should include exercises to burn calories, and better if they do in large quantities. Any exercise burn calories, but how many burns depends on several factors, one of them is the duration of the routine and many people do not have enough time to exercise for an hour each day.
The best way to burn calories in a short period is working out with the whole body. Complete a routine it will increase the performance of the energy system of each cell of the body, leading to increased caloric expenditure, more so when demand the simultaneous use of large muscle groups, such as exercises that put to work the arms and legs at a time.
Sure Shot Recipe’s for Weight Gain and Loosing Fitness
I am fat. I want to loose weight and become fit and healthy. This is my honest confession, as it is said that acceptance is the first step towards solving the problem. I has always nurtured a secret dream of owning flashboard abs like Angelina Jolie and often started my sojourn but failed to reach the final destination.
I have fretted, cursed but have always been unable to accept the real reasons for my failure. But as I vow again to make a fresh start here are some of the lethal combinations which had always held me back from attaining higher levels of fitness and weight loss:
* Men by nature love to save, but if you really are on a weight loss goal then leave behind this philosophy while ordering at restaurants. For its true that you can enjoy a larger dish by spending a dollar extra, but bigger dish also amounts to higher calories. Therefore it is better to follow the philosophy that a penny saved is a penny gained and in this case dollar saved equates to health gain.
* Stop visiting post Christmas and Halloween sales to refurbish your dwindling candy stock. Out of sight, out of mind holds true especially when your will power is at its all time low. So clear your home of all the tempting goodies and colas which adds inches to your waistline but do nothing for your overall fitness level. Stop baking cookies for your kids and family as this is just an excuse to put some really calorie rich stuff in your own mouth. Make your family extend their full support to help you reach your weight loss goal.
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The AeroBox
A work that breaks up the monotony of conventional classes.
Energy is an activity that allows the muscles tighten, preventing cardiovascular diseases and body shaping.
After years of rage in the U.S., the AeroBox arrived in Argentina. This is a different and very effective option that pushes the boundaries of performance and can make the best of ourselves.
It produces two types of improvements in the body. In the physiological aspect, recent studies showed that regular participation in a class of AeroBox produces dramatic improvements in the efficiency and functioning of the lungs and heart. This will reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
With regard to the biomechanical aspects contribute to a better development of strength, elasticity, torque and vibration of the bones, joints, tendons and ligaments. Thus disminuís the risk of injury and increase muscle tone and flexibility.