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Interview with Zach Even-Esh – Underground Strength Manual

Posted on Dec 18, 2009 under Mental and Emotional Health, Sports Conditioning, Teenagers, Weight Training, bodyweight exercises, fitness equipment, muscle building | No Comment

Girlwithnoname interviews Zach Even-Esh.

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Tone It Up And Slim It Down In 30 Minutes

Posted on Dec 16, 2009 under Cardio, Fitness, Mental and Emotional Health, Weight Training, bodyweight exercises, weight loss | No Comment

We notice our body’s complaints the most first thing in the morning. Smokers notice that their chests hurt. Growing midsections seem a little more unaccommodating when getting into clothes. And of course, backs don’t want to stand up straight as fast as they used to. These are warning signs of things to come. Paying attention to them now is the best way for you to ensure you have a strong future.

There is good news. Whether you’re trying to relieve upper back pain or you want to develop 6 pack abs, all you really need is some high quality sport fitness equipment and you’ll be back in high school shape in no time.

The biggest problem with this solution is that most adults have a difficult time committing to a regular work out schedule. Other things start to take precedence and eventually the family needs seem more important. Of course, when you’re rolling out of bed like 90 year old it’s easy to get your commitment level back.

Until that evening when you have the choice to work out or help your kid with their homework, that is. The truth of the matter is that with a little bit of planning you can do it all. You can learn how to schedule your life to take care of you just as much as you take care of everyone else.

When you’re struggling to make sure that you have enough time for everything, try mornings, evenings, or that time period right before bed. Write it on a calendar in order to help ensure that it happens. The more excuses you make the farther away you’ll be from pain relief and a good looking body.

The sooner you start the sooner you will be feeling good about your daily routine, and the sooner you’ll notice that your energy level is pushing through the roof. People who work out have fewer aches and they aren’t nearly as tired. They also sleep better in shorter periods of time. Bodies that are in shape are well rested, energetic, and are able to handle more responsibilities than bodies that are not in shape. It’s a matter of putting your needs on the list as well.

Structure helps us plan. Too much structure makes it hard for us to add in some extra time for our own needs. Going the extra mile for your body is also about going the extra mile for your family. It’s about looking after number one so number one can continue to look after everyone else just as well or better.


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Keep your brain bustling

Posted on Oct 25, 2009 under Fitness, General, Health, Mental and Emotional Health | No Comment

Your brain is an organ and just like your heart or your lungs – it requires oxygen s well as exercise in order to operate at an optimum level. You may be too young to yield to middle-aged worries about ‘ use it or lose it’ or even to start fretting about Alzheimer’s and other degenerative diseases – however, it’s still important that you focus on keeping your brain in shape.

By regularly engaging in the right types of activities, you can increase your memory, improve your problem-solving skills and boost your creativity. Here are some tips on how to keep your mind active:

Quit smoking

If you happen to be a smoker, quitting is top of the ‘to-do’ list for better mental acuity. This is due to the fact that smokers can add memory loss to the long list of health problems that come from smoking. Smokers may have twice the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease as do people who have never smoked. Therefore, if the state of your mind is so important to you – stop smoking now — it is never too late. If you quit smoking now, you can still reduce your risk of memory loss later in life

Learn a language

Say ‘Ciao!’ to a new language. Learning a new tongue keeps your brain flexible and your mind sharp, helping to reduce the slowing of the thought processes that come with ageing. Attend classes, listen to tapes or seek out friends with whom you can converse in your new chosen language. Instead of watching the same television programs you always do, take in a foreign language movie with subtitles and immerse yourself in your new experience.

Play games

Thanks to an ageing baby-boom generation, there are now plenty of mentally stimulating games. Brainteasers and puzzles are good exercises for the brain. At sites like at sites like Free Printable Sudoku you’ll find the best soduku. Always have a crossword book in your purse or briefcase and scribble in it while you commute, while you wait for an appointment or when you relax on your coffee break. You are bound to improve your cognitive skills and creative thinking as well as your word power and vocabulary. Try also games that force you to strategize – for example, chess, bridge and solitaire.

Learn a new skill

A long-term goal like learning to play a musical instrument stimulates your brain on many levels over an extended period. A skill like learning to tango or foxtrot is great for the brain because it combines music and movement. Make everyday activities harder You can stimulate your brain simply by changing somewhat your daily routine. If you are right handed, brush your teeth with your left hand, shower with your eyes closed — anything that will force you to use more of your senses.

Read

Whether it is a website, a novel or a newspaper, keeping your mind engaged in intellectual activity and expanding your vocabulary are two important ways to keep your brain thinking and working. As an added exercise, repeat facts you want to remember a few times aloud – then later, try to recall them again later.

Socialize

Your brain is the ultimate party animal and loves social activity. Look for clubs or other social activities that will mean you are surrounded by people and interacting. New scenery, new topics of conversation and other multi-sensory activities force the brain to literally form new connections, thus increasing memory capacity.


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Mindset is King

Posted on Oct 22, 2009 under Cool, Fitness, General, Health, Mental and Emotional Health | No Comment

If you don’t have the right mindset, you don’t have what you need.

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Different Methods in Panic Attack Treatment

Posted on Oct 17, 2009 under General, Mental and Emotional Health, Other Stuff | No Comment

 

 

I have always been afraid of an elevator. But one day I just lost control over myself and fainted when I was forced to take an elevator. It was very crowded, irritating and frightening for me. I didn’t know whether it was normal or not as I’ve always seen people taking the elevator without any hesitation until I realized that I was actually behaving abnormally. My friends suggested that I look for drugs for panic attacks to cure my panic attacks and I should visit a doctor and when I did, to my extreme horror, the doctor said that I was suffering from panic attacks and I needed panic attack treatment.

 

Treatment of panic attacks can be treated either with medications or with cognitive behavior therapy. These therapies can actually help in breaking the patterns of the negative or evil thoughts and help in teaching the sufferer to calm himself down and also cope up with the symptoms as and when required.

Panic attacks occurs usually by stressful situations in which a person cannot rest. In such situations, a strong and potent support system becomes crucial for an individual who is suffering from panic attacks. There are times when an individual might experience fugitive irrational terrors and in such cases a trusted member of the family or good friends can be very helpful for the sufferer. Any kind of support that comes from anywhere and particularly from close associates can be very soothing for the individual.

While undergoing cognitive behavior therapy or psychotherapy, the therapist might ask the individual to maintain a regular journal or record of all their reactions to situations or events that they consider to be the cause of their attacks. Activities that can give you relief from stress and anxiety, such as yoga, tai chi and meditation can also be practiced regularly for relief. These would also be recommended by therapists.

Treatments for anxiety is also possible with the help of drugs and medications. The ideal choice for treating panic attacks is SSRI or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Drugs included in these group are paxil, prozac and Zoloft and all these can greatly help in gaining control over panic attacks.

 


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TREATING ANXIETY IN GROUP THERAPY

Posted on Oct 17, 2009 under General, Mental and Emotional Health | No Comment

About 6-15 anxiety disorder patients are typically treated together in an anxiety group therapy, contrary to consulting a therapist individually. Even so, dealing with anxiety in group therapy has some benefits, but disadvantages as well.

Because all the participants in a group have the same disorder experienced themselves, which will give the individual a more comfortable feeling. He or she will soon start to realize that their problem is not an isolated one. Once they accept that there are others in identical situations, it can turn out to be life-affirming for them, particularly if the anxiety disorder makes them believe that they are some sort of an outsider or being a “freak” or being different from, and therefore inferior to the majority of society.

One of the great advantages of anxiety group therapy is the input of the experience the fellow patients have. It can assist in discovering solutions to everyone’s troubles. A therapist might not have established that by him- or herself.

The patient, when learning coping skills like the ones learned through cognitive anxiety therapy, can benefit from understandings based on shared experiences of a situation which causes anxiety, suggested by the patient’s group members.

The easeof being in a group setting lessens anxiety and can relax the patient. It stimulates the individual to speak about goals, ambitions and likely solutions to the problems that cause the anxiety disorder. This a great advantage of anxiety group therapy over individual treatments.

Regrettably there are some obvious disadvantages that anxiety group therapy has over individualized treatment. Because it is a group setting, the therapist could be limited to approach the participants just in general, contrary to tailored solutions required by each patient’s needs. Additionally, these settings might limit the time the therapist can find to deal with everyone’s individual problem appropriately. This can cause a feeling of being overlooked.

Because of this reason, group anxiety therapy programs are normally run in conjunction with individual sessions with a health care professional. Each patient is taken out of the group for a specific time each day to get his or her own advice by a therapist or a licensed counselor. Themes that cannot be appropriately handled in a group setting are dealt with there, such as the individual’s medication. The combination of anxiety group therapy and individual therapy will insure that all the patient’s needs are met.


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From an ordinary to a great athlete with the help of sports psychology

Posted on Oct 15, 2009 under Cardio, Fitness, General, Health, Mental and Emotional Health, Weight Training, fitness equipment | No Comment

In many cultures, sports stars are idolized and emulated by many.  People spend a lot of money for sporting events.  They spend a lot of time watching sports.Pro sports teams are supported by their cities win or lose.But one thing people miss to think is what will make them successful.Most people think that it is just about being athletic. But the real secret is their mindset.

Why should it be regarded as the most important thing for athletes to be successful?Because all athletes are already physically gifted.The reason that some succeed and most do not is because of their mindset.We have seen time and again more physically gifted athletes being beaten by weaker athletes by being tougher mentally.  But we have also seen good athletes struggle then turn it around by hiring a San Diego sports psychologist.

Athletes now realize that for them to be successful it is not all about being physically gifted.They now realize that to be a better athlete they should be more tough in mental aspects.And that is the reason why sports psychologists are playing a big role in the success of athletes.  Most sports psychologists are counselors or San Diego family therapist practicioners. 

Even teens seek the help of counselors because they realized that it is important to be mentally prepared all the time for them to have success.  For the teens that want success in sports they now if all things are equal the ones with stronger minds win.That would be the reason why they seek a counselor’s help also.  I have seen a spike of this request in my teen therapy San Diego practice.

So if you are an athlete and are seeking success it might be closer than you think.  If you employ some of these mind strengthening practices it could help you achieve your goals. Especially in a competitive field like sports.  It might be all you need to pass your competition.When a lot of things are at stake you need all the advantage that you can get.  This might be that advantage you have been looking for.


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5 Deadly Diseases That Are Fatal

Posted on Oct 15, 2009 under Disease, General, Health, Men's Issues, Mental and Emotional Health, Women's Issues | No Comment

The fact is there are 5 diseases that are fatal to humans, the first one is heart attack, the second is cancer, then stroke, lung disease and last but moving up fast in the list is diabetes. The fatal five share two common elements, Free-radicals and inflammation. Free-radicals are molecules or atoms that are missing an electron, the free-radicals attack any healthy cells they come in contact with and steal an electron causing damage to the cell membrane. Inflammation is a process that is intended to help our body heal but in the case of disease, free-radicals cause deformities or mutations in the cells, the inflammation can not repair the damage so it actually begins to feed the now deformed or mutated cells. Let us take a closer look at all five of these fatal diseases.

The causative factor for 80% of all heart attacks and 83% of all strokes is clots in the arteries. The most common cause is the condition characterised by “hardening of the arteries” and is called Atherosclerosis. This is were a build up of plaque which has a hard surface inside your artery has cracked and the platelets that are designed to clot in order to protect us from bleeding to death, end up clotting over the crack and cause a complete blockage of blood flow. In the case of heart attack the blockage is near the heart and in the case of stroke the blockage cuts off the supply of blood to the brain. When it comes to heart disease, the free-radicals attack cholesterol cells in the blood supply deforming them which in turn makes them sticky; now you have bad LDL which collects and sticks to the artery walls. Inflammation dose not play a major roll in heart attacks and stoke but scientists are calling chronic inflammation a silent killer in a vast majority of diseases and illnesses.

The number of deaths due to cancer in the year 2005 is estimated to be around 570,280. It seems that the overall death rate is on the decline for some types of cancers, but there are others on the rise, such as esophageal, liver and thyroid cancers. Free-radicals damaging our DNA is what causes ALL types of cancers.DNA holds the blue print for all the cells that is created by it.  This blue print is who you are; when the free-radicals attack the DNA the blue print becomes mutated and when the new cell is produced with this new blue print you have a cancer cell.  You do not have cancer until the inflammation process begins; inflammation is the bodies’ defense against illness or injury. Inflammation tries to destroy the cells that it dose not recognize as being you, the inflammation loses this fight yet our bodies keep sending more, causing chronic inflammation. At this point the cancer cells starts consuming the inflammation cells and cancer starts to grow.

More than 35 million Americans have chronic lung diseases. Every year over 349,000 people die from lung disease – a death rate of 121.4 per 100,000. The lungs are far more complex than other organs in the body. The lungs have various minor rolls to play and three major ones; they are defenders of intruders, they remove waste and toxins from the blood, and their main purpose is to supply oxygen to the blood. There are more than three dozen different types of cells inside the lungs and they all have very specific tasks to accomplish. Our lungs are battling constantly with the world outside with each breath that we inhale. You are likely to be affected with a potentially fatal lung disease if the lung function is impaired in anyway. Lung diseases such as asthma, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cystic fibrosis (CF), pneumonia, sarcoidosis, and many more can be fatal. In the case of lung diseases, free-radicals are coming in from the outside world in all forms of pollution; this creates inflammation which causes the obstruction of air flow.

Millions of Americans have type 2 diabetes; millions more have it and are not yet aware of it. Diabetes refers to the inability to utilise the sugar called glucose. Glucose is created when the body breaks down food for energy. The hormone insulin opens up the bodies’ cells to allow glucose to enter into the cell and be used as fuel. In diabetes the cell never opens up and the glucose flows through the blood stream causing high blood sugar levels. With diabetes the body either dose not make enough insulin or is resistant to its own natural insulin. High blood sugar can lead to very serious complications such as heart disease, kidney and eye disease and other problems like nerve damage and death. Heart disease is the leading cause of premature death in people with diabetes. Diabetes is the major cause of leg and foot amputations in Americans today. Infections are much harder to control in people with diabetes, they are at greater risk of complications and death due to infection. The biggest risk for type two diabetes is from too much of body fat! Diabetes is on the rise; Americans are eating poorly and are lacking physical activity. Free-radicals are very active in a person with diabetes, attacking a number of cells because diabetes causes an abnormal immune function. Free-radicals are the reason you see so many different complications or side illnesses in this disease. Chronic inflammation is also a major player with this disease and in the side illnesses. All of the above diseases need medications to help regulate the disease but you need to know this, medications cause free-radical damage, and this damage is called side effects. All medications can cause side effects.

Lets take a look at free-radicals and inflammation and how they act.
If you have a room with ten 2 year old children; they only have one toy in the room; can you imagine the mayhem; nine children trying to steal the toy from one child. Do you think that one child has a chance? This is what free-radicals do to a cell. Now you have the parents come into the room and try to comfort the children who are without toys. The children are crying and throwing fits and are impossible to calm down, you’ll do anything, usually offer them cookies or some other sweet treat. This is only a momentary fix; you would have to keep feeding them to keep them calm. This is inflammation. But if you have ten more children enter the room all with an extra toy to share with the others; it becomes peaceful and everyone is happy. This is what anti-oxidants do.

You have the power to take your health into your own hands and put a stop to the damage now. Anti-oxidants help the body fight against free-radicals, anti-oxidants are a molecule or atom that has an extra electron. It gives this extra electron away and in turn the free-radical stops attacking healthy cells. Science has proven that ALL diseases and illnesses are caused by free-radical damage. There are risk factors for all diseases but free-radicals are the source and cause of major complications. Free-radicals can not be avoided; they are in air and water pollution, in the junk foods we eat, and caused by traumas and injuries. Free-radicals are a part of life; they even affect the aging process itself.

Anti-oxidants are essential for health, plants contain about 1,000 to 1,500 anti-oxidants, a diet of fruits and vegetables is essential, supplements are key, vitamins and minerals contain high numbers of anti-oxidants. You need to do some research and try to find fresh supplements; they tend to lose their potency the longer they sit on the self. There are also super charged, super powerful anti-oxidants in nature called Xanthones. Xanthones have the power to defeat a larger number of free-radicals at one time, due to strong carbon bonds that make the molecule stable. Each Xanthone performs a specific biological function inside the body unlike regular anti-oxidants.

It is sad that most people save for retirement their entire adult life without realizing that possible future medical expenses can destroy any plans that they may have. By understanding your health requirements and the part that nutrition plays in that, you can greatly improve your quality of life into your retirement years.

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Buying A Stress Relief Product On The Net

Posted on Oct 15, 2009 under General, Health, Mental and Emotional Health | No Comment

If you are dealing with stress in your life and you know that you need to do something about it, then finding a stress relief product or doing a stress relief exercise, is going to be something great for you to do. After all, you never want to leave stress because chances are that if you do not deal with it properly, it is just going to continue to get worse.

Stress can end up having a serious effect on one’s life, from causing personal and professional issues in their life to leaving them with health problems like a nervous breakdown or even a stroke. So of course you are going to want to learn about the stress relief product selection that is available and find those that you think are going to offer you the most benefit.

You are also going to need to learn about where you can go to buy such a stress relief product, such as at one of the following stores.

The Stress Less Company

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Relaxus

This is another great company that you can go through if you are trying to find stress relief products that are actually going to be effective and affordable enough for you to buy. There are some professionals here who are going to be able to walk you through this process. If you are stressed out to the max, you are going to need something that offers you results right away, such as the massaging back chair.

If work stresses you out, then just imagine of how you are going to get to relax in your massage chair when you get home and this is going to help to take the pressure off at work and make sure that you have something to look forward to for when you get home.

These are two excellent examples of where you can go to get products to help provide you with the stress relief that you are looking for.


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Some Helpful Stress Relief Activities

Posted on Oct 15, 2009 under General, Health, Mental and Emotional Health | No Comment

There are so many causes of stress that it can be hard to pinpoint what the exact cause is in your case. Before you are going to be able to find any effective stress relief product or stress relief activities that are going to work for you however, you are going to need to learn more about stress and what is causing it in your life.

Root Causes Of Stress

Work is often a main trigger of stress in people’s lives. Maybe you work long hours, don’t get along with your fellow workers, or maybe you just can’t stand your job and wish that you could find one you actually enjoyed. Whatever the case may be, if you find that your job is causing you issues and making you feel stressed, then you know you have to cope with it, especially since you also know that you have to make a living.

Then on the other hand, maybe your professional life is fine but you are having issues with your personal life and you find that you are stressed out over that. Couples can argue when they are together, but again, if you find that this is stressing you out to a point where it is having an effect on your life, then you are going to need to do something about it before it gets out of control.

Putting Up With Stress

Now that you have at least gotten close to determining what the cause of stress is in your life, you can get started on finding stress relief activities that are going to be effective for you here. Fortunately there are a lot of excellent stress relief activities that you can try and which can help you to manage your stress better.

One of the first stress relief activities that you can try is meditation. This is a great practice that is going to help you get your breathing under control and learn how to relax more in life in general. It is quite easy to learn, and you can do it no matter who you are. This is something that is easy to incorporate in with your regular workout as well, and so you are not going to have to worry about it taking up too much time.

Or maybe you are more interested in some social stress relief activities, such as hanging out with your friends and family. Just make sure that you are doing things you find great fun to deal with your stress.


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