The Beverage that is Even WORSE than High Fructose Corn Syrup

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Pepsi Next claims to have 60 percent less sugar without sacrificing taste. The secret to keeping its sweet taste comes from the use of THREE artificial sweeteners: aspartame, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose.

Aspartame (Nutrasweet and Equal) is believed to be carcinogenic and accounts for more reports of adverse reactions than all other foods and food additives combined.

Acesulfame potassium (Acesulfame-K) has been linked to kidney problems, and sucralose (Splenda) has been found to reduce the amount of beneficial microflora in your gut by 50 percent—in addition to being associated with many of the same adverse reactions as aspartame.

Contrary to popular belief, research has shown that artificial sweeteners can stimulate your appetite; increase carbohydrate cravings; stimulate fat storage and weight gain. Diet sodas may actually double your risk of obesity.

Read the full story at Mercola.com

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Ten Health Benefits of Cold Showers

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

By Jordan & Kyla Miller

How many of us can actually say that we take regular cold showers? If you’re from a colder climate, the number is likely to be even less. However, cold showers and baths have a long history in many cultures, and for good reason. Continue reading at http://wakeup-world.com/2012/04/11/ten-health-benefits-of-cold-showers/

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Cancer? More Exercise, Not Less, May Be Best

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

By David Haas
Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance

Being diagnosed with cancer of any form, whether it is a common form of cancer like breast cancer or a rare disease like mesothelioma, automatically increases your stress level a thousand fold. Unfortunately, there is little you can do to relieve the stress you feel when you hear your doctors tell you that you have cancer and will need to undergo treatment that could include chemotherapy or radiation. Your stress level will be continuously higher for the rest of your life once you learn you have cancer. Continue reading →

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No Time To Train?

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

The best way to prevent time constraints from stopping you exercising is to have a hand-full of intense exercise routines up your sleeve that take no longer than 20 minutes to complete.

When planning your workouts think about where you will be exercising and what types of exercise equipment will be available to you. When life is busy you may find it more convenient to train at home and use just bodyweight exercises or you may prefer to opt for interval training in a park or up a flight of stairs. The main thing is to plan workouts that suit your goals and to make it as intense as possible.

Keeping it simple normally works best for short workouts, basic exercise routines don’t have to mean easy!

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Removing Lower Abdominal Fat

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Many people manage to lose a lot of weight but find it difficult to lose fat from the lower abs area. The best you can do is to make sure your diet isn’t a blood sugar and insulin nightmare. The best way to avoid this is by eating protein foods with your carbohydrates and include healthy fats in your diet.

This is one of the best exercises to tone the lower abs. It’s tough, so don’t get discouraged if you can only use a light resistance and do a few.

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Exercise Larger Muscles for Greater Calorie Burn

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Serious fat burning takes place when large muscle groups of the body are used to perform an exercise. The greater the overall recruitment of muscle there is, the higher the calorie expenditure.

For best results gym workouts should include free weight movements such as squats, deadlifts, pulling and pushing.

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Find Local Food

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Find food producers and farm shops close to you.

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Metabolic Enhancing Exercise

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

The kettlebell swing is a fantastic movement and great for implementing across different areas whether that would be for strength endurance, power endurance, muscular firing or weight loss workouts.

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Do You Pass The Common Sense Test?

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

Do you exercise because you want to get in good shape and follow a diet because you want to lose body fat? Is your plan working or has it ground to a halt?

If you are following the same path over and over but are failing to get anywhere then its time to make some changes.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein

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How to Eat Healthy When Away From Home For A Day

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Barnsley Personal Trainer

The key is to be in control of what you eat and the only way to be in control is to be organised. If you take on the responsibility of what you eat and plan ahead you are less likely to cheat on junk food or other foods you are trying to eliminate from your daily diet.

Tip 1 Make sure you take enough bottled water with you.

Tip 2 Try to stick to the same kinds of foods you would eat in a typical day.

Tip 3 Know beforehand how many meals you will need to prepare for.

Tip 4 For carbohydrates choose vegetables you can eat raw (just think salad).

Tip 5 For protein foods you could include cold cuts of meat, hard-boiled eggs, nuts and seeds.

Tip 6 Simplify things! Just take one big bowl of salad and meats and graze on that all day. Or graze on a bowl of chopped fruits and a mixture of nuts and seeds.

Tip 7 If preparing meals seems like too much hard work choose healthy foods that take no preparation time e.g. natural yoghurt, whey protein, fruit, nuts and seeds, almond nut butter, pate and rice cakes.

Tip 8 Don’t forget your cool bag!

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