Almost everyone, men and women, from teenagers to athletes, consumes sports drinks before and during exercise as they find it helpful in playing games longer. Is drinking this necessary for you and helpful in maintaining your body conditions especially during the period of sports activity? It is better to be acquainted with its benefits and be familiar on the sports drinks you are drinking and if it does really help you.
Sweating loads as you do sports or are doing any activities like exercise could result to loss of body fluid, of electrolytes and other nutrients which may lead to dehydration. This is why sports drinks have been a popular beverage designed to help you rehydrate and at the same time restore the lost minerals, carbohydrates and other nutrients on your body.
For the next 4 weeks I will be making daily posts about my workouts – with the exception of Wednesdays because that will be my off day. Yeah, only one off day. That is something I’m definitely not used to.
In welcoming the new year, I also wanted to challenge myself to a tough 4-week workout that I found in the Jan/Feb 2011 edition of Muscle & Fitness Hers. The workout itself consists of 4 strength training days, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, along with cardio on Saturday and Sunday. However…I will be aiming to do 6 days of cardio each week alternating with steady state and HIIT each day. Wednesday will be the only day (each week) that will be my off day. Compl
Will Clower, PhD, author of The Fat Fallacy: The French Diet Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss, explains that the French do not multitask with food. I found this to be very interesting. You will not find car cup holders in French cars. I thought this must be some colossal mistake on the part of the French car industry. How is it that one does not drive while drinking coffee or slush for goodness sake? Well, the French do not and they are very satisfied with that, thank you very much.
You see the French do not eat and drink while running errands. They do not eat on the run or grab a donut and go. When it is time to engage in the activity of eating that is exactly what is done: eating.
From Fat to Fit: Turn yourself into a weapon of Mass Reduction
By: Carole Carson
Book rating: 5 out of 5 carrots
I know many of you read my post yesterday where I did not full endorse Carole Carson’s tip about only eating what you can put on a fork during the holidays. Yes, I am skeptical. I did agree that mindless holiday munching would pack on pounds yet there are enough forkfuls of food out there to gain the same amount of weight. That is simply my opinion. That nugget of advice may just save many of you from gaining a few pounds.
On to Carole Carson’s book, From Fat to Fit: Turn yourself into a weapon of Mass Reduction. I have given this book highest marks.