March 24, 2008

Kettlebells What are They How Do They Work

Filed under: Health and Fitness — ryhan @ 12:06 pm

WHAT IS A RUSSIAN KETTLEBELL?

A Russian Kettlebell looks like a cast iron cannonball with a handle. The weight is incredibly dense and centered in an off-balance way for many excercises. The off balance state of the weight increases the difficulty of many excercises while allowing for a maximum range of movement. This combinantion allows the athlete, student, or user to receive the maximum results from their physical fitness program.

WHAT DOES NORTH EAST WISCONSIN KETTLEBELLS OFFER?

We Offer classes by certified Russian Kettlebell Challenge (RKC) strength coaches and instructors, customized routines, one on one private sessions, classes in public or in the privacy of your own home. We Offer numerous strength related products including kettlebells, videos, books, and nutritional supplements. Find them by clicking on the products offered link.

“I am not a natural athlete. I am not a state champ in anything, I am not a world powerlifter, or a worlds strongest man competitor. I am not a pretty boy, I do not have Ken and Barbie genetics or advocate a Ken and Barbie physique. Many people have been tricked, fooled, and conditioned to use unreasonable desires as their motivation to get into better shape. I recommend a platform of health first, abilities second, and physique last.

My personal routine and goals are driven by this approach. I am a street cop with farm boy genetics. My fellow Officers and I rely on strength, staminia, endurance, aerobic and anaerobic ability to get the job done. Its not as glamorours as titles, championships, or a California beach physique, after all its only life or death. The point is that if its good enough for what I do its good enough for what anyone does. Welcome to the American Kettlebell Revoloution!

A kettlebell instructor Jason Wilterdink is here to answer any questions, classes will be starting up soon.
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March 23, 2008

Coral Calcium Achieving Optimum Health

Filed under: Health and Fitness — ryhan @ 3:53 am

The more I study health and fitness, the more convinced I become that the well-maintained human body is a truly remarkable machine. Every small part functioning in its place. Each and every cell working together to sustain the whole. Talk about the Ferrari of nature . . . look no further than the dramatic potential of your own body.

Our bodies are certainly beautiful machines. Taking nutrients from nature and producing energy, speed, and power. If our bodies are well-honed machines, then the minerals found in nature are the key elements in the fuel that drives those humming engines. Zinc. Cooper. Magnesium. And, perhaps above all, Calcium. These minerals, pulled out of the ground and sea in the food that sustains us, form the very foundation of health and well-being.

Unfortunately, over the past century our farm lands and soils have been depleted of many of these life-sustaining minerals. As a result, our foods and ultimately our bodies have become mineral deficient. I remember reading about how back as early as the 1930s the US government began warning Americans to start supplementing their diets with minerals because the US farmlands had become severely mineral-deficient due to over-farming. These deficiencies threaten to upset our health in innumerable ways. Indeed, there are many doctors who will tell you flat out that at least 150 diseases of the body are caused by mineral deficiency. Osteoporosis, Chronic Fatigue, Hypertension–these are merely the tip of the iceberg.

Deficiency is, in effect, the nasty word in the nutrition of the body. Fuel the machine properly and it runs like the wind. Deprive the Ferrari of the necessary high-octane ingredients and it begins to knock and ping. To sputter and breakdown. Deprive the body of the minerals it thrives on and performance suffers dramatically.

Fight Back Against Mineral Deficiency

One way active people who enjoy having an edge over the crowd are able to fight back against the dramatic effects of mineral deficiency is by supplementing wisely with a multi vitamin and mineral and using a high quality coral calcium formula.

You likely already know about the well-documented benefits of multi vitamins, but what about coral calcium?

Let me tell you straight out that I do not believe that coral calcium is some sort of magic pixie dust. Supplementing with it, will not guarantee that you’ll live to 120. That’s just utter nonsense. A fairy tale.

But coral calcium is a remarkable supplement that contains every mineral found in the human body. True high-quality coral calcium uses 100% pure, ionized bio-available coral calcium, collected from the waters of Okinawa, Japan with ecological safety. The coral is naturally biochemically altered to contain all the mineral nutrients of life. The calcium to magnesium ratio is a biologically perfect 2:1. The result is a powerhouse of marine nutrients. Perfect balance and perfect ratios for a perfect machine.

What Exactly are Coral Minerals?

Coral minerals are one of nature’s best examples of it’s simple perfection. Tiny sea animals ingest ionic ocean minerals and secrete them into formations of coral. This creates a coral with a natural balance of 74 organic coral minerals. Those minerals are then harvested in an ecologically responsible manner from above sea coral deposits. Once harvested the coral is then crushed into an ultra-fine powder and safely sterilized.

Natural balance and easy absorption are the key.

Coral contains a natural balance of 74 minerals. This in and of itself is extremely important given that each mineral requires other minerals to be present in order to do its job properly. The supporting minerals require their own supporting minerals and so on. Basically, all the minerals must be present in order for any of them to work optimally. This is called synergy and it refers to the way each mineral works in the body to support the others.

Coral Calcium is perhaps the most synergistic mineral supplement ever known. All the parts work to sustain and support the whole. It’s beautiful.

One of the main problems with supplemental mineral intake is poor absorption. It is very difficult for the human body to properly assimilate inorganic minerals. All the research I’ve seen indicates that coral calcium, on the other hand, is highly absorbable.

I am not a chemist and I don’t pretend to be. But from what I can make of the research, coral calcium becomes ionic when put in contact with moisture, like the moisture found in the human stomach, and the absorption rate increases exponentially. It seems that the organic formation and ionic properties of coral calcium make it one of the most absorbable mineral forms that exists.

How Coral Calcium Can Work for You

Coral calcium provides your body with the minerals necessary to form the basic foundation of optimum health. Supplementing with coral calcium supplies the body with any deficient minerals, elevates the overall mineral level of the body, and restores the proper mineral balance which is the key to strong, healthy bones and enzymatic activities.

In raising the level of healthy minerals in the body, coral calcium also elevates the pH of tissues and body fluids ultimately restoring them back to optimum levels. As you may know, most diseases thrive on the low pH levels typically found in mineral deficient body fluids and tissues.

The modern diet, with its heavy concentration of highly processed foods, is in and of itself suspect when it comes to supplying adequate mineral levels for sustained health. But that’s only half of the story.

As alluded to earlier, even those people who try hard to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet can be significantly mineral deficient primarily because poor farming practices have depleted the mineral content of the soils. Fewer minerals in the soils ultimately means fewer minerals in the grown and harvested food supply. And that’s even before any processing takes place! It’s no wonder that people in our society are suffering from mineral deficiency on a nearly epidemic scale.

The news for our health is not all grim. When quality organic minerals are supplied in a highly absorbable form such as coral calcium, overall health can improve significantly. Remember, the real advantage of coral calcium is that it contains every mineral your body needs.

Restoring the proper mineral balance in your body is considered to have numerous beneficial effects on overall health and well-being. As we age it’s important to maintain proper mineral balance in order to help fight off disease and sustain health and well-being.

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March 22, 2008

Debunking the Myth of Spot Reduction

Filed under: Health and Fitness — ryhan @ 8:20 pm

Do you ever wonder how to shrink the fat on your thighs or reduce the flab on the back of your arms? Ever wake and up and dream about wearing your favorite pants from the glory days of college? Well, short of plastic surgery, there is no way to simply eliminate certain problem areas.

The reality is that slimming your figure is not a simple task. In order to lose weight in one spot, you must be willing to work your entire body. So, the women who want thinner hips and the men who seek to shed the spare tire must attack the body as a whole. You must lift each body part, and to see the best gains I advocate performing more multi-joint exercises such as bench presses, rows, squats and lunges.

These types of exercises challenge the cardiovascular system as well as stimulating the muscles because they require a lot of effort and force the heart to work harder. Another great trick to speed metabolism during lifting workouts is to steadily reduce your rest periods. This is an advanced technique and should be changed according to perceived exertion levels, experience and training goals.

You can perform all the crunches and inner/outer thigh lifts you want, but it takes more to see the desired results. First, you must perform a consistent progressive strength training program that calls for you to work each body part twice per week. Next, you must engage in a moderate amount of aerobic exercise to aid in boosting metabolism. Finally, you need to follow a sound eating plan (not necessarily a diet). With hard work and consistency, you will begin to see positive changes.

With that said, you can toss away all those exercise tapes or gadgets that promise quick fixes or spot reduction. The best approach is developing a sound nutritional and fitness plan with the intent of making long-term lifestyle changes. This philosophy, albeit slower and more difficult, will deliver permanent results and prevent you from feeling disappointment with unfulfilled claims from fraudulent fitness marketers today.

See how these five proven fitness tips will change your figure in just 3 months:

1. Perform strength training circuits for 30-40 minutes. Consider a circuit as 3 different exercises performed consecutively. Do 3 circuits.

2. Following the circuit, perform 15-20 minutes of high intensity cardiovascular training (perceived exertion = at least 7 on a scale of 1-10).

3. Split your routine into 3 days - total body, chest/back/triceps and legs/shoulders/biceps.

4. Perform 3 sets of 10-12 reps for each exercise in the circuit.

5. Rest no more than 60 seconds between each circuit set, and no more than 2 minutes between each circuit.

Brian Schiff, PT, CSCS, is a respected author, physical therapist and fitness expert. You can sign-up for his free online newsletter @ http://www.thefitnessedge.cc.

Copyright © 2004 Brian Schiff

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