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Digital Workout Partners Help You Get Results

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Does your wacky schedule require that you workout alone? Just rather workout alone for your own reasons? Don’t sweat it. You can get as good or better results by training with a digital or on-screen partner. A recent study from Michigan State University shows that working out with a digital companion improves motivation and inspiration during exercise. Funded by Health Games Research - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the study is the first to investigate a theory called the Kohler effect, on the motivation of the participants in health video games. The Kohler effect supposedly explains why lesser team members perform better within a group than they do when playing by themselves. This research will be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology so there is probably reason enough to attach some weight to its premise. The lead scientist of the study is Deborah Feltz, chairperson of MSU’s Department of Kinesiology. “Our results suggest workin...
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Are You Too Old for Weight Training?

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Weight training is possibly the most effective, and the fastest, way to look and feel younger as you age. Man or woman, any age, your body will respond rapidly to pumping iron. You can start at 50 or 80, it doesn’t matter. It’s never too late. The phrase “use it or lose it” could not be more accurate in regards to the human body and aging. As we age, we naturally lose muscle mass, our joints get all creaky and either we move around a lot less, or stop moving altogether because it doesn’t feel good. The sinews and tendons grow weak, the fluids dry up, and a dangerous cycle is started. This cycle is all too common in our older population in the US. Many physicians today believe that the causes of many of the physical changes we manifest as we age, such as osteoporosis, loss of muscle tone, and organ deterioration, cannot be tied to either inactivity or age. This means that they believe at least some of the changes attributed to aging are really caused by disuse. Male weight ...
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5 Easy Ways To Lose weight, 20 minutes at a time

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Do you need small tests changes lead to great results? Shaving 100 calories from your daily intake is a simple way to lose about one pound of weight each month. How? One pound is equivalent to approximately 3,500 calories. Divide that number by the number of days in a month, and that means you need to reduce about 115 calories from your daily intake. Although the small adjustments do not indicate changes during the night on the scale, they add up. In fact, research from the National Weight Management Registry suggests that slow and small changes in lifestyle are more effective when it comes to losing weight and maintaining it. Take a look at these easy and delicious exchanges: we bet you will not even notice that 100 calories are missing. Committing to losing weight is a big enough challenge on its own, and even more challenging if you have a full schedule. You may think you need to block a large amount of time to go to the gym or cook meals from scratch, but that is not the ca...
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Do You Need to Eat 'Boring' to Lose Weight?

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We go back a couple of years ago when I worked with a trainer for the first time. After three months, I saw a couple of pounds of gout. Yes! Then, I got stuck. The scale went up again and did not slide down. But even more importantly, I did not notice that my body was firming up. Where was the muscle? Where were the results? Not seeing or feeling the changes was maddening after all the work and the money he was contributing. I was confused and frustrated, so I asked my coach: "Heeeeeey, why is not it working?" She, word for word, told me: "Look, you need to eat boring to lose weight." You should have seen my face. I love food, so they crushed me and defeated me when he told me that if I wanted to lose weight, I would have to "eat boring." What the hell did that mean? My mind began to wander for days full of the same meals, all day, for the rest of my days. I sat at my desk that same day and imagined some of the most diet-focused boring meals I could ...
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What 2,000 Calories Looks Like [Infographic]

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If you have ever inspected the back of a Nutrition Facts label, you probably noticed the phrase "The Percent Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet." The FDA established this number after analyzing the food consumption data of American women and children men and women. The results of the survey revealed an average daily intake of approximately 2,350 calories, but for several reasons (the concern that excessive consumption is one of them), the FDA rounded up to 2,000 as a standard reference for nutrition information labels. So, who could be someone who needs 2,000 calories a day? Calorie intake depends on several factors such as sex, age, weight, and activity level, but this calorie goal is adapted to a wide variety of people, from a woman in her 20s who does moderate exercise. 3 to 5 times per week. an overweight middle-aged man trying to lose a pound a week. If you think you fall into this spectrum, look at how many healthy , nutrient-rich meals and snacks wo...
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