Category: Health Fitness
What is HALT in sex addiction recovery?
The acronym HALT stands for Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired. This acronym was designed to remind those recovering from sex addiction to never feel too hungry, angry, lonely or tired. These emotions are natural stresses, and stress breeds vulnerability. Vulnerability tends to bring out the behaviors associated with your sex addiction. By remembering to take…
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Setting goals for your exercise program
One of the first steps you should take when beginning an exercise program is to set some goals for yourself. Simply put, you need to be clear about what you want to achieve. For example, you may want to lose weight, improve your athletic performance, improve your general health, reduce your risk of disease, feel…
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Book Review: ‘Understanding Public Policy’ by Paul Cairney
Book reviews may or may not become a more regular feature of this blog. Obviously, as a PhD student, I do a lot of reading. And every once in a while, I come across a book that is not only a joy to read, but also very useful for my work and research. It’s books…
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How to get crazy jumps and seriously increase your vertical
Being a good shooter is not enough to succeed in today’s fast-paced game. If you want to get noticed then you need to take crazy jumps and increase your vertical. Think about it, most NBA superstars these days have serious athleticism and crazy jumping. Likewise, the players who get the attention of scouts at the…
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3 easy steps to lose weight
Losing weight and getting healthier is always a hot topic, especially this time of year. It’s amazing how many ads and products exist just for this purpose. Actually, losing weight and getting fit couldn’t be easier. Here are 3 simple steps you can take to get started on a path to a healthier you. NUTRITION:…
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Lose weight by eating more: foods that are virtually impossible to store as body fat
Certain foods are extremely difficult for the human body to convert into body fat, not impossible, but next to impossible. By consuming calories derived from these foods, the anabolic margin of error is drastically widened, which means it will be easier to lose fat and gain muscle, if desired. Lean protein, protein devoid of saturated…
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Exercises to run stairs! Increase Testosterone – Build Muscle!
Running stairs is an incredibly effective way to burn calories and increase testosterone levels. You can achieve a lot with this quick anaerobic workout. What does anaerobic mean? Well that’s pretty simple to answer. Anaerobic workouts are shorter and more intense than aerobic workouts. Activities like stair running, jump squats, wind sprints, and non-stop calisthenics…
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Pilates Modification for Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis Do’s and Don’ts Maintenance of bone density is achieved by long-term routine loading on our bones, which will return to pre-training density when exercise is discontinued. To better keep what you have and avoid further losses, follow these rules: DO exercise with foot weights every day. The other day an osteoporotic client in the…
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Quick ways to eat more fiber
Getting fiber in our body is very important as it helps prevent constipation and control our weight. It can also help prevent some diseases like high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, and some types of cancer. The recommended amount of fiber needed per day is 25 to 38 grams. Most people eat less than 15 grams…
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Restore Aging Sagging Skin with PDO Thread Lift Treatment
If you feel that as you age, the skin on your face has loosened or is beginning to loosen, and you would like to have a firmer, fresher, more youthful appearance without undergoing invasive surgery, then you really should consider PDO threading. lifting treatment When we age, it causes skin tissue to become thinner because…
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