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- Fish Oil: Hope for Cardiovascular Disease - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2009 from Emile JarreauThere are a lot of people who suffer from cardiovascular disease in this country. It’s not a new thing, and many people have gone on cholesterol-lowering drugs or decided to take aspirin on a long-term basis in an attempt to stave off heart troubles and strokes. Unfortunately, these are not ...
Views: 11335(16 votes) - Fat Loss Strategies to Have a Body Like a Rock Star - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2009 from Emile JarreauHey, have you ever wondered when you looked at some of the hip hop videos or maybe some of the rock star videos how all those people in them look so fit? Or maybe even some of the Hollywood stars? Here are five simple strategies for you to model after that will help you achieve that celebrity ...
Views: 5770(1 vote) - The Pros and Cons of Joining a Gym - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2009 from Emile JarreauHave you ever thought about joining a gym? If you’ve done so, but you quit at some point, do you have any idea why? Gyms are a huge part of most bodybuilders and physical fitness experts and trainers, so if you are serious about fitness, you should be aware of gyms and know whether you want to ...
Views: 5039(1 vote) - The Negative Effects of Having an Eating Disorder - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauEvery year, millions of men and women are stricken with the horrible reality of having an eating disorder. Certainly having an eating disorder has negative consequences but many are more far-reaching than most of the outside world could ever know. Sure, we know that having an eating disorder is ...
Views: 4451(1 vote) - How to Turn Your Body Into a Fat Burning Machine - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2009 from Emile JarreauJust about everyone you know probably wants to lose some fat. Maybe they are not out to drop 50 pounds or turn into a muscle head, but they probably have a few unwanted inches here or there they could stand to lose. Just all of us begin to accumulate fat as we get older. The older we are the ...
Views: 3622(1 vote) - Bodyweight Training vs. Joining a Gym - Which Should You Choose? - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauFor millions of people all over the world, the decision to get in shape means one thing: Joining a gym. Your local gym or workout facility will have all the equipment you will ever need as well as a staff of fitness experts who can help you reach your goals. For all the good results you can ...
Views: 3604 - Walk, Jog, Then RUN off Your Fat! - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Emile JarreauThe secret to fat loss is one that people have been searching for as long as, well, people have been fat. The exercise equipment and fat loss product industries make billions of dollars each and every year from individuals who are looking for a quick fix to super fat loss results. The fact is ...
Views: 3374(1 vote) - Why You Shouldn’t Take Steroids - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Emile JarreauIt’s inevitable that you’ll hear about, and even consider, steroids at some point in your career. If you are an athlete or bodybuilder, you will know guys that take them, and you’ll be tempted to do so yourself. After all, it’s really hard work to pump iron and do a lot of cardio. Why wouldn’t ...
Views: 3131(1 vote) - The Qualities of an Ideal Leader of a Country - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Emile JarreauThe US presidential elections are just around the corner and with so many pressing issues in the year 2008; it is more than necessary for Americans to be able to choose the right candidate. With so mush responsibility vested on their shoulders, these citizens are compelled to acquaint themselves ...
Views: 2907(3 votes) - Using the Exercise Wheel for Incredible Abdominal Results - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Emile JarreauAnytime a piece of exercise equipment has a nickname that includes the word DEATH, you know two things: One, it hurts, and two, it works. There is no question that the exercise wheel fits into both categories. The exercise wheel is a small, harmless looking wheel with a handle attached to ...
Views: 2607(1 vote) - Ketosis: Your Key to Incredible Fat Loss Success - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2009 from Emile JarreauWhat if I told you that you could eat your way skinny? You’d probably think I was crazy or assumed it had something to do with ingesting spaghetti made from tapeworms. Either way you'd be wrong. The fact is there is a way that you could eat your way to significant and long term fat loss results. ...
Views: 2565(1 vote) - Kill Obesity Before Obesity Kills You - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauWhile heart disease ranks as the number one cause of death for men and women, because it is linked to so many other causes of death, perhaps obesity should really claim that title. Whether it is heart disease, diabetes, smoking related deaths, or even cancer, obesity is at least a causal factor ...
Views: 2112(2 votes) - Variety is the Spice of Life… Pull-Up Variations and Grip Styles - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Emile JarreauYou might be dedicated to good health by working out, but that doesn’t mean you have to stick to the same old exercises over and over again. Why not try to do some interesting variations on a mainstay of the super-fit, the pull-up? You might as well, right? Before we go into the types of ...
Views: 2004 - Functional Strength Training: The Military Way to Strength and Fitness - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2009 from Emile JarreauHave you ever seen someone just after they got out of a military boot camp? I mean really SEEN them, as in a before and after comparison. The effects are stunning. A highly trained recent graduate of boot camp has a ripped, well defined, muscular and most of all VERY STRONG physique. It is easy ...
Views: 1943 - To Be or Not To Be a Friendly Leader - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2009 from Emile JarreauThere are no limits to the expectations of people from their leader. The leaders are always expected to be better than the rest and make fair and effective decisions every single time. Most of the times, the leaders manage to fulfill these expectations, but in the few times that they don’t, they ...
Views: 1920(1 vote) - Causes behind Stress at Workplace - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2009 from Emile JarreauStress at the workplace has become a common factor today. It is important for an employee to understand and analyze his or her present work environment to cope with the growing stress factor. An employee will be able to manage stress at workplace only after proper analysis of the work ...
Views: 1869(2 votes) - 5 Tips to Increase Focus and Concentration to Help You Reach Your Fitness Goals - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauNo matter what it is that you were trying to achieve in life, you must always possess two things in order to be successful… focus and concentration. Many of us have the best of intentions when starting a new project or endeavor but find ourselves distracted by the many things we have to deal ...
Views: 1862(1 vote) - How Family and Society Can Play a Role in Exacerbating Eating Disorders - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauUnfortunately in our society today, eating disorders are becoming more and more a prevalent existence in the lives of our youth. It is estimated that there are more than 8 million women afflicted with eating disorders in the US alone and many of these are young girls. The push for beauty and the ...
Views: 1734(1 vote) - The Myth Surrounding Diet Soda - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2009 from Emile Jarreau"It's diet soda so it has to be good for you right?" Wrong. To the surprise of many Americans, many of the diet sodas being touted as a healthy alternative to the more popular and unhealthy, high-fructose sodas such as Pepsi and Coca-Cola are in fact just as harmful to your body and your ...
Views: 1718 - How to Manage Stress at School - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2009 from Emile JarreauSchool days as we all know is supposed to be the most wonderful days of our life. It is that particular time of our life when we are able to explore our thoughts, increase our insight, interact with different types of new individuals and most important of all, have fun. However, today, school ...
Views: 1668(2 votes) - Why Should You Hire a Professional Mixed Martial Arts Trainer? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2009 from Emile JarreauBecoming an MMA fighter has always been considered as a supreme form of exhibition of manly power and stamina. It gives immense amount of satisfaction to the performer as well as to the audience. However, it has to be remembered that the journey to the ring is as difficult as a bed of thorns. ...
Views: 1556(2 votes) - A Brief History of Bodybuilding - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2009 from Emile JarreauThe importance of a good physique is nothing new to modern times. Certainly, the cavemen with the best bodies were more successful than their bespectacled, math geek counterparts. This is actually hard wired into people. If you stop to think about how a species progresses, you look at the male’s ...
Views: 1548(2 votes) - The Characteristics of a Good Leader - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2009 from Emile JarreauThe position of a leader is as empowering as it is exhausting. Irrespective of the fact that you are a leader at a school or a community or at your workplace, you are the subject of a lot of expectations. There is no set formula that can help you become the leader who can efficiently meet all ...
Views: 1513(1 vote) - How to Deal with Your Child About Their Eating Disorder - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauWhen your child is scared, you want to protect them. When your child is sick, you want to make them feel better. But what if your child doesn't want you to help at all? This is one of the greatest fears that parents can have when dealing with problems concerning their children. This is ...
Views: 1507(1 vote) - How You Can Avoid the Prying Eyes of the “Gym Fly’s.” A Women’s Guide to Enjoying Time at the Gym. - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2009 from Emile JarreauWe have all seen them. I call them Gym fly’s. The guys that hang around the gym and do more talking than working out. They have the latest workout clothes, and are sipping on their carbohydrate and protein loaded fitness drink while they work their jaws. They LOOK the part, but in reality, they ...
Views: 1497 - 5 Signs That Your Child May Have an Eating Disorder - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauWith each and every year that passes it seems to get harder and harder for parents to protect their children from the evils of the world. It's hard enough to help keep them young and innocent and away from things such as sex, alcohol, and drugs but even if you are successful in doing that there ...
Views: 1476(2 votes) - Public Speaking Skills and Leadership - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Emile JarreauWith great power comes great responsibility. Fulfilling the task of a leader efficiently is not an easy task. A series of qualities and characteristics are required in a person if he intends to be a great leader. A leader could be a team, a top representative, a figurehead, an executive person ...
Views: 1403(2 votes) - H.I.I.T for Fat loss: Half the Time, Twice the Results - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2009 from Emile JarreauIf you are ready to burn fat and get in incredibly ripped shape, you have to HIIT it. No, that wasn’t a misspelling; I said HIIT, or High Intensity Interval Training. HIIT training can get you in fantastic shape in less time than just about any other type of workout you can do. First of all, ...
Views: 1376(1 vote) - Contribution of Print in imbibing Leadership Qualities in Youth - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2009 from Emile JarreauNeedless to say that the youth that lacks confidence, expertise, awareness, values and self worth cannot be expected to make good leaders. All of these above qualities have to be instilled within these young people at home itself. The parents of these children can play a very important role in ...
Views: 1364(1 vote) - Tricks to Win the Game of Mixed Martial Arts - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2009 from Emile JarreauAs the name suggests Mixed Martial Arts is a hybrid kind of sports that employs various moves and tactics from different form of martial arts from ancient to modern times in the game. Need less to say that the people who engage in this game form are owners of top quality health, stamina and ...
Views: 1318(1 vote) - Hanging Leg Raises: A Superior Core Workout and More! - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Emile JarreauWhen you are ready to start training, one of the best things you can do for your body is make sure to include compound movements. Compound movements, which will hit a variety of muscle groups at the same time, allow you to work out much more efficiently. By working several muscle groups at one ...
Views: 1291 - The Attire Required for Practicing Mixed Martial Arts - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2009 from Emile JarreauMixed Martial Arts is one of the most commonly practiced martial art forms. The rules of this form have undergone evolvement over the years. It is not only the rules and technicalities of the form but also other factors which determine its entertainment and professional quotient. The clothing ...
Views: 1290(2 votes) - The Role of Plyometrics in mixed Martial Arts - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Emile JarreauYou’ve seen them fighting in the ring. Those fighters are solid muscle––maybe twice your weight––but they can still jump higher and move faster than you can, somehow. That footwork and endurance is not an accident; it’s a result of a type of exercise called plyometrics. The thing about a sport ...
Views: 1284(1 vote) - The Characteristics of Mixed Martial - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2009 from Emile JarreauMMA stands for Mixed Martial Arts which deals with full contact combat and is a combination of the techniques of a lot of other forms of fighting. This form of martial arts is particularly popular because it has scope for all the forms of fighting styles. The blend of world famous karate with ...
Views: 1283(1 vote) - Causes of Eating Disorders - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Emile JarreauThere are a number of causes of eating disorders, but the two main culprits are fashion and culture. For a number of years, fashion models have been as thin as they could get, and anyone who wasn’t underweight by health standards was rejected as “too fat” to be a model. Therefore, even narrowing ...
Views: 1278(1 vote) - Why You Should Take Fish Oil Supplements - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2009 from Emile JarreauThe amount of advice out there on diet, exercise, and other lifestyle habits is staggering. You could never sort through all of that information, much less try to make sense of it. In addition to different diet plans and exercise programs, a lot of places like to tout supplements or special ...
Views: 1272(2 votes) - See Your Goals Before You Reach Them - by Submitted on May 31, 2009 from Emile JarreauThere is no question that goal setting is an incredibly important step when it comes to actually achieving the goals you set for yourself in life. You may know what you want in your mind, but by actually writing down specific goals on paper or on your computer, you help to make these goals even ...
Views: 1255 - Weight Lifting Isn’t Just for Meatheads - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2009 from Emile JarreauWe have all seen them. The huge guys at the gym, lifting huge stacks of plates and grunting and sweating like their head is about to explode. Their arms are busting out of their shirts and their legs look like they belong to a horse…a muscular horse. Who wants to look like that? This is one of ...
Views: 1241(1 vote) - Is Emotional Eating an Eating Disorder? - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauMany of us over the course of our lifetimes have probably had a bite to eat or two simply because of the emotions we were feeling at the time. Maybe we were extremely happy about something good that occurred in our life and we splurged on a huge meal just to celebrate. Or perhaps we were trying ...
Views: 1239(2 votes) - Build Muscle and Burn Fat in 30 Minutes or Less - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2009 from Emile JarreauThe next time you're at the gym stop for a few minutes and take a look around at the people working out. Chances are you'll see the following steps being completed by just about everybody there: 1. complete one set of exercise 2. get up and walk around for a minute 3. grab a drink of ...
Views: 1236(1 vote) - MMA Combat Basics - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2009 from Emile JarreauFor the same reason that many people love MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighting, critics out there don’t like it: it’s a no-holds-barred competition with plenty of brutal beating. For some it’s very exciting, while for others it seems like some sort of barbaric sport. Whether you are leaning toward ...
Views: 1224(1 vote) - Colon Cleanse versus Body Cleanse - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauThere has been a recent craze in the health community, and this is the colon cleanse. Like most crazes, it has been blown a little out of proportion, but there are still some significant benefits to be gained from it. The main point of a colon cleanse is to detoxify the digestive tract, as well ...
Views: 1178(3 votes) - The Stages of Anorexia - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauAnorexia nervosa is one of the most prevalent and dangerous eating disorders known to man. It is known to many in that it is characterized by the sufferer refusing to eat and losing extreme amounts of weight until they often resemble nothing more than a skin covered skeleton which can often lead ...
Views: 1159(2 votes) - Why is MMA Training so Essential? - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2009 from Emile JarreauAnyone who ever took interest in MMA should be aware of the significance of physical training as far this martial art form is concerned. For one to be able to win a fight, it is important to maintain a good physique, speed as well as focus on the fight. A fighter who is physically fitter than ...
Views: 1156(3 votes) - The Importance of Fish Oil - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2009 from Emile JarreauAs you get older, you start to notice little things, like joints that are starting to stay sore, or a feeling of inflammation that doesn’t seem to go away. Years and years of hard exercise, lack of sleep, poor nutrition, and other negative lifestyle choices could result in chronic inflammation. ...
Views: 1155(1 vote) - Why You Should Take Fish Oil - by Submitted on Nov 10, 2009 from Emile JarreauYou have probably heard people talk ad nauseam about why you should take fish oil. Even though this oil really is a highly beneficial supplement, many people are wary of anything that is given so much hype. This is understandable, because a lot of people have been hurt financially––or even ...
Views: 1155(1 vote) - Advanced Bodybuilder Routines - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2009 from Emile JarreauTraining routines of advanced bodybuilder are greatly different from that of a beginner. The differences in the training regimens include not only the weight being used, but the frequency of the lifting and usually the diet as well. An advanced bodybuilders physique can be a thing of beauty ...
Views: 1143(1 vote) - The Scale Can Be a Measure of Your Likelihood to Have an Eating Disorder - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauWhen trying to lose weight and get in shape, the bathroom scale can be something we use to occasionally judge our benchmarks. Stepping on it each day helps us keep a record of just how good were doing with our weight-loss efforts. Once a day may be okay, but several times a day could be signs of ...
Views: 1116(1 vote) - An Illustrious Diet List For An Effective Colon Cleansing - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2009 from Emile JarreauNowadays a colon cleansing program is being followed by most individuals for effective weight loss and regaining proper health. The increasing intake of the modern day junk foods have resulted to more and more colon diseases, itching and numerous other problems that require effective cleaning of ...
Views: 1108(1 vote) - Binge Eating Disorder: What it is and How to Recognize It - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Emile JarreauEating disorders are an unfortunate but common existence in the lives of millions of men and women all over the world. In the US alone, it is estimated that more than 7 million women may be stricken with some form of eating disorder or another. The cause of these nightmarish conditions are ...
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