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A top film boss has called for cinema chains to swap popcorn for healthier snacks like fruit salad and yoghurt.
Going on holiday?
Mums and dads all over the world are taking to the pavements in the Summer evenings out in the parks, countryside - the great outdoors with their children securely strapped into their buggy as they get fit!
you might just want to go out on a leisurely bike ride with the family - a great family fun day out and still getting your exercise quota!
out in the garden with your children's hula hoop! Great exercises for the waist!
Whatever you do, make it FUN! When exercise is fun, it doesnt feel like exercise any more!
It can become really hot and humid over the summer months depending on where you live. So how do you keep your fitness routine going during this hot and sticky time?
Another option would be to take your routine inside or if not possible, how about doing something totally different during the summer months?
eeding your body is going to give you the endurance to continue with your routine during warmer than normal periods.
It might be a wise idea to invest in a heart rate monitor so you can really see how your body is dealing with the heat and adjust your routine accordingly.
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Eating breakfast in the morning is what gets your metabolism started. Don't skip breakfast and wait until mid-morning or afternoon to eat, your metabolism will run slower causing you not burn any extra fat.
Keep that FIRE BURNING WITHIN!
Its time for some Monday Motivation exercises! To STREEEEETCH your glorious imagination! (Mental muscles need FLEXING too!). We at Flex believe in having a STRONG mindset to MATCH the physical body!
Pack Stud? There's still TIME!
It almost seems like some people are afraid of organic food. Could this be possible? Are people afraid that eating one morsel of organic food is going to somehow instantly initiate them into the organic food cult where you’re only allowed to wear sandals made from tree bark and deodorant is prohibited?
I swear I have had people say to me “Well, you can’t be that organic because you wear make-up and you don’t smell.”
What? That’s not what organic means at all! All it means is that the food or the product has been grown the way mother nature intended: without the use of chemicals, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. In other words, naturally!!
Are some people afraid of the price? Organic does not automatically mean “break the bank”. Many times when I compare the price of the organic food versus the conventional food, they are only a few cents different. In the case of the bag of organic carrots I bought today for my lunch, they were the exact same price as the conventional ones. Imagine that!
What exactly is Organic Food?
Organic food is food grown or raised without the use of synthetic (chemically formulated) pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or fertilizers. This method of farming allows foods to grown in nature as they were intended. Consider that conventional farmers in the United States spray 2 billion pounds of pesticides a year on crops to compensate for poor farming practices. Do you know where those pesticides end up? In our food supply!
Aside from pesticide contamination, conventional produce tends to have fewer nutrients than organic produce. On average, conventional produce has only 83 percent of the nutrients of organic produce. Studies have found significantly higher levels of nutrients such as vitamin C, iron, magnesium and phosphorus, and significantly less nitrates (a toxin) in organic crops.
Buy organic foods “selectively”. The following foods have been shown to have the highest levels of pesticide residue, so they should really always be purchased organic:
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Animal products
*Always look for animal products (meats, poultry, and dairy) that have no added antibiotics and growth hormones. Ingesting meats that have been injected with these harmful substances is equivalent to eating the hormones and antibiotics themselves. Very dangerous!
These foods tend to be lower in pesticide levels so can be purchased conventional if necessary:
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Football Warm Up
Sideways Running
such a rigorous stretching workout - some light running at varying speed levels should prove adequate. However, older players must warm-up and stretch as thoroughly as possible to avoid those pesky injuries that keep you on the sidelines.
There are all kinds of reasons why many of us find it hard to start exercising - our day-to-day lives require a lot less physical activity than in our grandparents' or even parents' day, most of us own cars and rely on them to get around, and more and more people spend hours sitting in front of computers.The pressures of home and family life can also mean it feels as if there's little time left to fit in exercise. It's certainly tough to get started.
So, it's worth thinking about what you gain from regular exercise and making even a partial improvement to your fitness.
There are lots of positive reasons for getting fitter, including meeting new people, discovering new interests and generally feeling better, but if you need to be scared into doing more exercise, consider the following:
Almost half of adults in the
Statistics show activity levels decline steadily with age, and by their mid-50s few people take regular exercise.
But regular activity is especially important as you age because it has beneficial effects on conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and helps you maintain mobility and mental well-being and, consequently, your independence.
There's no reason you should give up the sport you love just because you're getting older. There are plenty of exceptions to the statistical trend of decreased activity as we get older – at clubs up and down the country, for example, there are runners in their 50s, 60s and beyond whose fitness puts people 20 or 30 years their junior to shame.
And even if you weren't especially active or sporty at a younger age, it's never too late to start. Male or female, single or with a partner, there's lots you can do, and enjoy.
Some of the health benefits you'll get are the same as younger people, but there are things that are of particular benefit as you get older:
On top of the health benefits, exercise can be an excellent way to meet new people, whether it's at a gym, a rambling or running club, or just people you meet while walking the dog.
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World Cup Fever! Love It Or Loathe It, The World Cup Is Landing SOON on a screen near YOU!
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I know many wives are dreading this time of the year but don't fret. It doesn't have to be the pits. You can survive this with a little modification of your thoughts!
Instructions
First understand it's usually a man thing. You can't change it. It's just one of those things. It happens every four years! It doesn't get any better. Just learn to accept they are just doing what comes naturally. Don't sulk, it will be alright. It's OK for your mate to have some space. I'm sure he has earned it! Why not come into Flex and have a work out?! Give yourself some quality time too! Exercise with a friend so that you can catch up on that treadmill!
1st week:
2nd week: Take our exhilarating Zumba class and then afterwards, catch up with some old friends over a crushed ice drink at the local café bar!
3rd week: Step into our HOUR OF POWER class on a Sunday – to really score high on your exercise agenda! Invigorating and by the time you get home you may be more tolerant of the noise that has reached fever pitch in the lounge!
4th week: Try a new healthy recipe and invite your friends over while the guys are having a ball in the family room!
5th week: Plan for a spa
If you can’t beat them – join em! Plan on watching at least one game with him to show willing, invite your friends, organise a BBQ, prepare some snacks and drinks for the party and enjoy the camaraderie catch-up with your friends!
PS - If you are a guy reading this and it's your other half that is the footy fanatic babe, then see if you can get out to Flex for a full workout while they are flexing their vocal chords and shouting at the LCD screen! You just might get some peace and quiet away from it all! Bring your newspaper for a relaxing read after the workout in our lounge area!
Pensioners' playgrounds already exist in Manchester and Berlin
London's first dedicated "pensioners playground" is set to open in Hyde Park after being given the go ahead by Westminster City Council.
The £40,000 playground will feature fitness equipment designed specifically to provide gentle exercise for people over the age of 60.
The playground will be signposted Hyde Park Senior Playground, although under-60s will not be banned
Play areas for older people are already popular in China and parts of Europe.
Healthy lifestyles
Located in the park's pavilion tennis and bowls centre, the playground is intended to help adults continue active and healthy lifestyles in later years.
It will contain six pieces of equipment will offer users a balance of exercises to work the arms, legs and upper body.
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Once complete, it will include a cross-trainer, body-flexer, free runner, sit-up bench, flex wheel and a bike to improve strength balance and flexibility.
The idea was proposed by the Knightsbridge Association, a local residents' association, and will be funded by Westminster City Council.
"In the United Kingdom there are now more pensioners than children but few facilities for them in our parks," said Madeline Elsdon, from the Knightsbridge Association.
"We proposed the playground because many older people find indoor gyms intimidating and expensive and therefore aren't exercising enough."
Westminster councillor Lee Rowley said: "Exercise isn't just for young people - older residents should have the opportunity to get fit and active as well. "
The first pensioner's playground in UK opened in Manchester in 2008.
Work on the Westminster playground was due to start next month and was expected to open in spring.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8506302.stm
Taut abs and rippling muscles aren't exactly the stuff grandmothers are known for. But then again neither are marathons and cell phones that play the theme to "Rocky."
Body building grandma, 73, runs marathons & benches 150 lbs!!!
At 73, Ernestine Shepherd is in better shape than most people decades her junior. Up at
"I feel better than I did at 40," she said. "I am very, very happy."
In less than 20 years, Shepherd has morphed from a "prissy" woman who never exercised to the Guinness Book of World Records' oldest female bodybuilder.
A die-hard "Rocky" fan -- "Sylvester Stallone is my man," she cooed - Shepherd is preparing for a body building competition this weekend.
"I feel now that I am a very strong, positive and confident woman," she said. "Years ago I concerned myself about what people said concerning me. But when you get 70-something and you don't have that many years in front of you, you don't concern yourself with that."
Instead, Shepherd concerns herself with her carefully formulated diet -- 1,700 calories a day, mostly comprised of boiled egg whites, chicken, vegetables and a liquid egg white drink -- and packing in the workouts needed to maintain her stunning physique.
Shepherd runs about 80 miles per week and bench presses 150 pounds. Bicep curls are done with 15- and 20-pound dumbbells.
Married for 53 years and grandmother to a 13-year-old, Shepherd said she is exactly where she wants to be.
Well, almost. She's been looking for an excuse to meet Michelle Obama and even offered to train her.
"I've been trying to get to that lady. And I can't get to her," she said. "It's so difficult."
Shepherd sees her jaw-dropping transformation as fulfulling a promise to her late sister, Mildred Blackwell, who died in 1992 of a brain aneurysm just over a year into the training that she believed would drive them to become the oldest living fitness competitors in the world.
"I kept up everything she said we were going to do," Shepherd said. "That's kept me so close to her."
Twenty years ago, Shepherd was working as a secretary in the
"I was too prissy to exercise," she said. "I just didn't want to have my hair messed up. Didn't want my fingernails broken."
Then, at 56, Shepherd found herself in a dressing room with her sister trying on swimsuits for a pool party.
"When we looked at each other we both laughed because we didn't look too good in those suits," Shepherd said. "She said 'Tina, we're going to have to do something about this.'"
Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/mess-ernestine-shepherd-body-building-grandma-benches-150/story?id=10480184
