Who Exercises More?

It is at the top of New Year's resolutions for many people is. It's what people vote to do, even though the New Year celebration is a hazy memory. Get more home workout! So I really do not home workout more?

I was especially happy to find the study that I have because home workout is something that arises quite often in the comments posted on this blog. And despite only comment on the comments from time to time, always read and be aware of relevant research to answer the questions that arise.

The study was based on data collected in 2000 from a national sample of over 13,000 Americans between 18 and 64. The study was a cross-section (the data were collected at a single point in time) so we must be cautious in interpreting any difference to marital status. A study rather than follow the same people who have one or marry or divorce or remarriage, and see how their patterns of change in home workout.
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Participants were asked if they participate in each of 16 different "home workouts, sports or physically active hobbies" or any other type of home workout is not listed, during the last week 2. They were also asked how many minutes passed in each. Adding all the time last year amounted to averages listed below. (The first number is the number of hours and the next two are the number of minutes, so 8:03 is 8 hours and 3 minutes over 2 weeks.)

Time Spent

Men

8:03 always alone

6:10 divorced / separated

4:47 Married

5:46 widow

Women

5:25 always alone

4: 17 divorced / separated

4:00 Married

3:13 widow

The men home workoutd more than women in all categories of marital status. People have always been one - including men and women - more home workout than people in any other category of marital status. The couple now at least get the home workout among men, and the next-at least-among women.

Control of statistical analysis by age, so it does not take into account the differences.

What about married men with so little home workout in relation to all other men? I bet you can guess the authors anticipate about this before the data were analyzed: Married men work harder in their jobs and some of them are spending time as parents, too. The authors proved that in the analysis that controlled the state of men of the parents and the number of hours spent at work. Guess what? Married men still have less home workout than single men.

The authors also tested the prediction that marriage and the family situation that put a dent in the largest home workout time for women from men. Again, this study does not allow an ideal test of this hypothesis, but still a suggestive way, the data are not cooperating. For men, the time difference between the home workout always individual and is currently married to a whopping 3 hours and 16 minutes for the period of 2 weeks. For women, it is only 1 hour and 25 minutes.

OK, readers, go at it: What do these results really mean?

 

4 Things Your Personal Trainer Won't Tell You

1. "I am a specialist in marketing myself as an expert in health."

Personal Training is more popular than ever. Today it is estimated that 91% of the gyms that offer, and about 6.3 million Americans are signing up for the sessions, from four million in 1998, says the International Racquet and Sportsclub Association . But growth has spurred competition among the coaches, who are struggling to stand out. The last way: specialization. Trainers offer expertise in areas such as injury recovery, cardiac rehabilitation and the condition du jour, diabetes. "There is a real demand for these coaches," says Todd Galati, certification manager for the American Council on Exercise. "More people walking through the door are overweight or diabetic."

Yet, not all calls are specialists trained in the fast and flexible end of the range, you find the requirements for certification, at least, since a $ 500 fee and pass an online exam. That worries John Buse, president for medicine and science at the American Diabetes Association, as when the exercise is not done properly, any vision problems and nerve damage in the feet that some diabetics develop could worsen, he says, extreme cases to the point of blindness or amputation.

2. "I'm going to push until the collapse."

When Richard Thomas, of Brooklyn, New York, was a trainer at Bally Total Fitness in 2004, says he saw a man out of shape about 40 years is working hard for a coach colleagues who almost fainted. "I had to take," says Thomas. It sounds extreme, but not the only time he says he has seen a coach pushing too hard for customers to show how out of shape they are and therefore the need for more personal training sessions. (Bally Total Fitness declined to comment.)

Given that 37% of health club members are beginners, personal trainers are largely catering to the unfit, according to IDEA Health & Fitness Association, an organization based in San Diego for fitness professionals . Are coming to the elderly, as well as clients over 55 years is one of the fastest growing segment of gym members, says the executive director of IDEA, Kathie Davis. However, many coaches are guiding hand customers a less than smooth. "Most people who enter the club have not worked since gym class in school," says Thomas. "Then we are told that they work hard.'s Dangerous." If you feel your coach is being too hard, talk. Remember, you are the boss.

3. "Caution: may not work well with children."

One of the biggest trends in fitness today: Junior to join a little one-on-one training. Worried about their children's weight and lack of physical activity, parents are increasingly personal trainers at rates of up to $ 60 per hour. Seventeen percent of total personal training clients for more than a million were between the ages of six and 17 in 2006, says the IHRSA, that's a 20% increase since 1998.

This niche is growing because our children are: Approximately 15% of U.S. children are overweight, ranging from a high of 22.8% in Washington, DC, to a low of 8.5% in Utah, according to nonprofit trust's Health United States. But not all health clubs have trainers who work well with children or even know how to work safely, says Davis. Even a good personal trainer with a wrong attitude can turn impressionable children out to work out.

Bottom line: Be choosy. To begin, ask a coach with experience in the development of education, training or a child, says Davis. And if your child is involved in a particular sport, get a coach with a similar background can help develop specific muscles and avoid injury.

4. "Bring a few friends and I will charge half price."

The rates of personal trainers can be very pronounced. Sign up for a session with superstar Jackie Warner Skysport Personal Training & Spa in Beverly Hills, California, for example, and could run about $ 400 per hour. But with most of the coaches there a way to save in the neighborhood of 30% to 50% if you know what to ask: Over 70% of personal trainers offer group sessions at a discount, according to a recent study by IDEA. Even Warner has been known to offer reduced rates and again around 30% to training two to five clients at once.

Although health clubs do not usually hang the group option in front of you, most personal trainers how to do it if you ask. After all, it's a win-win. For a group of three, for example, the average rate of $ 60 per hour is reduced by half for each client, while the coach brings more than about 50% of what they normally do in an hour. And it might mean a better workout, "There is much to benefit from the camaraderie of the group, as long as you do not need a coach to have all the representatives who do," says Richard Cotton, national director of certification for the American College of Sports Medicine.

Home Fitness Workout For Beginners

Thought I would post this video with a handful of basic exercises you can do at home if you are a beginner. Great starter home fitness workout. Simply complete all the body weight exercises for 30 seconds each without resting.

After you completed all the exercises rest for 1 minute and repeat 1-2x.

Be sure to warm up before completing this circuit workout.

A great beginner fat loss workout you can do right at home that will start you on your way to successful weight loss.

Do a home fitness workout such as this 3-4 times per week in addition to your HIIT and fun cardio!

Work hard!

My 5 Minute Healthy Chocolate Fudge Recipe – Home Workout

As a Certified Nutrition Specialist home trainer, I like to find ways to prepare delicious foods that most people can’t believe are actually healthy for you. If you have a sweet tooth like me, I’m sure you’ve tried to find ways to still enjoy sweet treats, but also try to make them healthier than typical junk food desserts.

The major problem with most so-called “healthy” desserts is that most companies attempt to make them healthier by reducing the fat content and thereby increasing the sugar content or artificial sweeteners… there’s nothing healthy about either of those!

Below is my famous healthy chocolate-peanut-butter fudge recipe that takes only 5 minutes to make and is really simple. The great thing is that I use no added sugars, no artificial sweeteners, and all healthy fat sources. You’ll see why below.

My healthy chocolate-peanut-butter fudge recipe (peanut butter can be omitted if you prefer plain chocolate):

• Extra dark chocolate bar (3-4 oz bar works well — look for at least 70% cocoa content, between 70-85% — this minimizes the sugar content)
• 4 or 5 Tbsp of your favorite organic nut butter (almond butter, cashew butter, peanut butter all work well)
• 2/3 to 3/4 cup of organic coconut milk (great source of healthy saturated fats from medium chain triglycerides – MCTs)
• 2 tbsp rice bran (additional healthy fiber source)
• 2 tbsp oat bran (more healthy fiber including soluble fiber)
• 1/2 cup raw pecans, almonds, or walnuts (yes, more healthy fats, antioxidants, and tons of vitamins/minerals)
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries or raisins (optional based on your tastes)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• a little stevia to lightly sweeten (stevia is a natural non-caloric sweetener as opposed to harmful artificial sweeteners)

Start with the coconut milk, nut butter, and chocolate bar in a medium saucepan and put it on the lowest heat possible. Continuously stir as the chocolate, coconut milk, and nut butter melts together. Once these melt together add in all of the other ingredients and stir together very well.

Once everything is mixed well together, spread the mixture onto some waxed paper laid out in a baking dish and throw it in the fridge to solidify.

Now you have some of the healthiest chocolate fudge ever known to man!

Keep in mind that you still need to keep your serving portions small because this is still a calorie-dense snack even though it is super-healthy. The good news is that it is lower in sugar and calories than typical fudge and has loads more nutrition than any typical fudge.

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Check out these 5 tips to Get a home workout Flat Stomach faster with no bogus diet pills or useless “abdominizer” gadgets.

Good luck with your fitness goals!

 

Two Flat Ab Secrets for Women
Have you tried everything under the sun to get a flat abs, only to come up disappointed? Have you fallen prey to all the gimmicks, fad diets and shameless infomercials promising you that elusive flat stomach that you desire?

Well fret no more, I’m going to let you in on the two ‘secrets’ that will help you shed unwanted fat and reveal your toned, flat stomach once and for all.

The first secret for a flat stomach is eating supportively. While this doesn’t seem like a secret at all, most women get this wrong in spite of their best — but misguided — efforts. Women have fallen prey to low-fat, low-carb, Hollywood, grapefruit, South Beach and every other over hyped diet that marketers can dream up, all in hopes of shedding those unwanted pounds. But eating supportively is isn’t about dieting or deprivation; it’s about moderation and balance. While cutting carbs or fats out of your nutrition plan might give you a temporary loss of a couple of pounds, it’s typically followed by a drop in metabolism and a weight gain of more than you lost in the first place once you go back to your old eating habits.

So what is eating supportively? Eating supportively is having protein and carbohydrates at every meal. It’s grazing on 4-6 meals or snack each day instead of missing meals and then gorging yourself. It’s enjoying a healthy breakfast and not drinking your calories. But most of all, eating supportively is enjoying the foods you love in moderation instead of in excess.

If eating supportively is the first secret to a flat stomach, then what’s the second? The second flat abs secret is resistance training. Unfortunately, just as fad diets have stood in the path of women achieving the flat stomachs they so desired, so have the myths of spot reduction and home workout cardio being the best method for fat loss. Late night infomercials have long promoted gadgets that promised to spot reduce those trouble spots that women struggle with and sucked us in with testimonials from fitness models that undoubtedly picked up a nifty paycheck for endorsing their wares. But spot reduction is a myth. Think about it — have you ever met someone with a flat stomach and fat arms? Didn’t think so. If spot reduction was possible then undoubtedly one of these happy customers would have toned and tightened their stomach, yet kept their flabby arms.

The other myth that has led women astray is the belief that cardio is the best solution for fat loss. Treadmill manufacturers have sold the virtues of the ‘fat burning zone’ and led us to believe that we could plod along on a treadmill watching Oprah and before long a flat stomach would be ours. These two myths have diverted us from the path of what really does work — resistance training. Resistance training is a flat stomach’s best friend because not only does an effective resistance training session burn plenty of calories while you’re doing it, but it keeps you’re metabolism revved long after you’re done. One recent study showed that you’re metabolism would stay elevated for over 36 hours after a resistance training session.

Try to get that out of an home workout class.

And there’s another benefit of resistance training when it comes to getting a flat stomach. The lean muscle that you gain will raise you’re resting metabolic rate and help you burn more fat all day long, each and every day.

There you have it, two ‘secrets’ that are guaranteed to boost your metabolism and give you that flat stomach you’ve been longing for. So ditch the diet books and the aerobics classes and start eating supportively and resistance training. Before long that flat stomach will finally be yours.