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When we think of ourselves as the first idea that comes to mind is exercise , and not mistaken, but good results from physical stress that we will do depends on other factors. To help your sport sessions make you look spectacular, keep in mind these helpful tips:

1. First, before you go on a diet and start exercising, consult a specialist to evaluate your overall health.
2. To begin your exercise routine you need to warm up the muscles between five and fifteen minutes. It is also very important to rest between each set for five minutes.
3. Drink water before, during and after exercise in small doses. If possible all day up to two liters, do not wait until thirsty to do so will prevent dehydration, and promote the elimination of toxins.
4. Food is very important. Eat mostly protein and carbohydrates and avoid fats and sugars. Do not exercise on an empty stomach or immediately after lunch.
5. Always consult your instructor. The position is very important to avoid injury. It is also important to breathe, inhale when moving in and out of high demand at the time to relax.
6. You must do the exercises thinking the muscle is working, it is recommended that you make in a mirror (to correct postures) and fully concentrated.
7. After working a specific part of your body (arms, legs or abdomen) you must rest a day for the muscle to relax, take shape and tone up . If this does not rest the exercise will have been useless and may suffer serious injury.
8. After exercise take a relaxing bath to cleanse the impurities removed by sweating, as these contain toxic substances that threaten the skin.
9. After exercising, change clothes and stay warm to cool down immediately and no muscle injury.
10. Do not fear muscle pain the next day, this is indicative of the exercise is paying off. Remember it is better to start with a smooth routine.

The new exercise called Zumba fashion can lose weight in a simple and extremely fun to the sound of reggae ton, salsa, samba and mambo you can say goodbye to all those who have more pounds.

Remember that practicing can zumba fitness toning the buttocks, legs, abdomen and arms, although the results are long term, it is an excellent choice to do something fun while losing weight.

Among the great benefits of zumba dance, it should emphasize the following:

Learn to dance-music genres, so let your significant other practice, and you will never again be seated at the wedding.

-Promotes relaxation and reduces stress, being an exercise as fun, the brain’s endorphins.

-The buzz is recommended for all ages, so no excuses not to move the skeleton.

-Reaffirms muscles and burns calories, just what we want right?

The practice of Zumba is extremely popular, especially in gyms and dance in Latin America due to the pace with which it works, because in general only are Hispanics.

Remember that the word Zumba is derived from a Colombian word meaning “party”, so it is very funny.

There are many conflicting opinions about what kind of exercises do and when.

There are those who favor the exercise standing up, while others talk about the advantages of doing so at the end of the day.

Yes, do it right

The time has little to do when it comes to increasing activity levels in our daily routine, as are other factors that determine the rise time and the timing of meals and work. The key to making a certain type of exercise and enjoy their benefits is, above all, do it right.

Exercise it means to follow the appropriate methodology. And discipline and dedication are key factors for maintaining the frequency and intensity of exercise.

But how?

To acquire discipline must start from two basic elements. First, we must enjoy the exercise chosen because in this way is more easy to incorporate into our lifestyle. Second, we select the best time to do so. To select the right time we have to integrate it as part of other activities of daily life.

There is no doubt that it is better to exercise with discipline, when we can, to do exercises that cause anxiety and frustration.

Research suggests that for every 5 kilos (11 pounds) that a woman diagnosed with breast cancer increases, increased by 14% the probability of dying from the disease.

While the study is not definitive, provides the strongest evidence exists so far on the importance of weight control, critical after detection of breast cancer.

Hazel Nichols, a doctoral student at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, says that he was a significant trend between increasing statistics of weight gain and increased mortality.

Nichols said that factors related to lifestyle, the things you incorporate after a breast cancer diagnosis such as diet and exercise, show that may affect survival.

The researchers began the study with 4021 women who had been diagnosed with breast cancer between 1998 and 2001 in the states of Wisconsin, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Patients provided information about their weight, height, family history and risk factors for breast cancer during telephone interviews.

Between 1998 and 2001, women survivors were mailed surveys in which they had to update the information on these aspects and lifestyle habits like exercise and diet.

After approximately 6 years follow-up after diagnosis, there were 121 deaths from breast cancer and 428 other deaths that were unrelated to the disease. For every 5 kilos in weight after diagnosis increased the risk of dying from breast cancer or other causes rose 14%.

Even considering the differences in age, menopause, smoking and the stage was the disease when the patients were diagnosed, the relationship between weight gain and risk of dying from the disease persisted.

When you are swimming, the last thing we need is less oxygen in your body. Therefore worth learning the breathing technique in swimming. Make sure you have an exercise that teaches you to breathe while swimming so that your body never has to face an oxygen debt.

When you are swimming, it is extremely important that you take as breaths possible without it having a negative impact on speed. This is where training in the technique of breathing in swimming will help. And with more oxygen in your body, you will be able to swim faster.

Normally swimmers breathe every three or four shots. However, there is a breathing technique in swimming that is being used by sports coaches and sports doctors defended by trying to remain underwater as long as possible. According to experts in this technique is known as hypoxia training and help a swimmer perform better in races, especially at a time when the swimmer is low in oxygen. You can also make breathing training hypoxia when swimming freestyle. Here you have to hold their breath for six strokes and then gradually continue to increase the beating between breaths.

Another breathing technique in swimming technique called diaphragmatic breathing. This technique helps to improve the way the lungs function and how your body metabolizes oxygen. With diaphragmatic breathing technique, will improve not only their performance but also its strength. This technique teaches breathing with the diaphragm and forces air to the bottom of the lungs, where most of the blood supply exists. Thus, increasing the amount of oxygen in the lungs and blood.

Make yourself stay motivated to practice- Many people, including the fitness-mania than among women, who began their training program, but stopped before the goal they achieved. For women, there are many obstacles which distract them from the exercise, such as housekeeping, suddenly, housework piling up, children who are sick, on vacation, and many other things.

Here are some simple things that can be applied to make yourself stay motivated to practice:

* Partner Exercises
With a permanent partner in practice, then you can remind each other’s training sessions, assist in training, and make exercise fun being able to share training experiences, or other exciting stories.
* Variation Exercise
If there is one type of exercise you do not like or you feel bored, and then replace it with another exercise to train the muscles you want to practice it. Read the rest of this entry »

There are enough studies have been done to show the importance of diet and exercise. To be healthy, you must have a healthy lifestyle and this means having the right diet and exercise.

While many people opt for aerobic exercise to keep healthy, so they do not know is that anaerobic exercise is also necessary. Anaerobic exercise is done for a short period of time followed by rest. Activities like weight lifting or sprint anaerobic exercise are considered. Although anaerobic exercise does not burn fat as aerobic exercise that strengthens muscles, which is good when combined with the benefits of aerobic exercise. Read the rest of this entry »

Lower intensity exercise can be better than relaxing after a hard workout, would be the best way to encourage recovery.

However, research is beginning to find some advantages in active recovery, which refers to the achievement of low-intensity exercise after training.

There are two forms of active recovery, namely:

One is during the cooling phase, immediately after exertion or exercise hard.

The second form of active recovery includes the following days after an intense workout or training.

Research is growing on the benefits of both types of active recovery and a study published in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, found that active recovery immediately after an event, reduces muscle lactate levels faster.

After doing hard intervals on a muscle group fully rested, exercised a second group decreasing by 30 percent intensity.

The active reduces blood lactate levels more quickly and can achieve higher power throughout the training.

Just as another study found that the addition of low intensity exercise for the period of rest after hard training or competition is not reduced to an athlete’s physical recovery and in fact had positive effects on psychological recovery, improving relaxation.

A third study found that active recovery encourages the elimination of lactic acid, which speeds recovery.

The general theory is that lowering the intensity of activity, helps blood circulation, which in turn helps to remove lactic acid from muscle.