In my previous article I discussed the benefits of getting enough vitamins. This article highlighted the importance of vitamins for good overall health. They play a role in almost everything you can imagine from growth, to production of new cells, to wound healing, to protecting your body. However, you can get too much of a good thing. Whilst sticking to the recommended daily allowance (RDA) for each vitamin can provide you with countless benefits consuming high doses of certain vitamins can have the opposite effect causing pain, discomfort and even damage to your body's cells. In this … [Read more...]
12 Top Reasons To Get Your Vitamins
In some of my previous blog posts I discussed each of the thirteen vitamins in detail. Each vitamin is an essential nutrient that helps your body's cells perform an important function. Together they provide you with a number of significant health benefits. Today I would like to discuss this topic in greater detail and outline twelve of the top reasons for getting your vitamins. 1) HEALTHY VISION AND NIGHT VISION:- Vitamin A and B2 both promote healthy vision. Not getting enough of these vitamins can lead to problems with your sight, particularly at night time. In the worst cases it can … [Read more...]
Are Multi Vitamin Supplements Necessary?
Multi vitamins are one of the most popular health and fitness supplements around. Even people who are not really into their fitness tend to purchase these supplements. A lot of my friends take a daily multi vitamin but would never consider purchasing protein shakes. I myself started purchasing multi vitamins when I moved out of my parent's house to make sure I was getting the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of each of the thirteen vitamins. I used to pop a multi vitamin in my mouth each morning and never thought twice. However, I recently wrote some articles on each of the vitamins and … [Read more...]
Bodyweight Soccer Sprints
In my last few posts I mentioned that I had put together a simple bodyweight routine whilst I was back at my parents house for Christmas. Today I am going to be fully explaining this bodyweight routine. The creation of this routine came about because I had no access to a gym at my parents house. In the past I have just accepted this and not worked out at Christmas. However, this year I wanted to be a bit healthier and do some exercise. My first thought was to go jogging but the pathways were very icy and I didn't want to be slipping and sliding all over the place. So with jogging out I … [Read more...]
4 Ways To Motivate Yourself in 2009
Today I want to write about a topic that I feel is quite important if you want to succeed at anything – motivation. Whether it's a fitness plan, a new diet, being good at your job or anything else in life you need to be motivated to succeed. In my last post I discussed my fitness resolutions for 2009. What I failed to mention in that post is the need for motivation in all of them. Writing a list and saying you want to do this, this and this is easy. However, actually having the motivation to do the things on that list is not so simple. To explain this concept further I want to share with … [Read more...]
My Fitness Resolutions for 2009
Hello everyone. I hope you all had a good Christmas and wish you all a Happy New Year in 2009. Hopefully, you didn't party too hard last night and are able to read this post without too much trouble. Since New Years Eve is traditionally a time when people make resolutions for the new year I thought today I would put a fitness spin on this theme and post my fitness resolutions for the new year. 1) TO IMPROVE MY FLEXIBILITY:- I'm not naturally very flexible. I used to be very flexible in my mid-teens because I incorporated stretching into my daily routine. However, over the last few … [Read more...]
The Free Fitness Tips Newsletter – December 2008
Hello Everyone. Hope you had a good Christmas and are looking forward to welcoming the New Year tonight. The Free Fitness Tips Newsletter - December 2008 is now online. You can view the HTML version by Clicking Here. You can view the PDF version by Clicking Here. If you have anything you would like to say about this month's newsletter please leave a comment at the end of this post. Happy reading :-) … [Read more...]
Replace Christmas Candy With Dried Fruit & Nuts
As I have mentioned numerous times this month maintaining a healthy diet over the Christmas holidays can prove extremely difficult. One of the reasons for this is that candy and cakes are so much more prevalent around this time of year. Everyone seems to be offering you candy, mince pies, chocolate logs or Christmas pudding. Often the temptation to snack on these festive treats can prove too difficult to resist. When this happens I find dried fruit and nuts are a very effective tool. In this article I will be discussing exactly why dried fruits are an effective substitute for these … [Read more...]
5 Healthy Winter Breakfast Ideas
In some of my previous posts I discussed the importance of diet over the festive period. You may have heard the phrase that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It is the first meal you have after waking up and can have a significant impact upon how you feel for the rest of the day. Eating a poor breakfast or skipping it completely can make you feel tired, sluggish and moody for the rest of the day. With all the other things you have to deal with over the holiday period having a poor start to the day is the last thing you need. That's why today I'm going to share with you five … [Read more...]
Merry Christmas from Free Fitness Tips
Hello Everyone. I'm just leaving a quick post to wish you all a Merry Christmas. This blog has grown a lot this year and that is down to the continued support of my readers. I hope you all have a wonderful day, enjoy spending time with your family and get to have a rest after a tough year. This month I have been writing about how you can keep your diet and fitness regime on track over the festive period. I started the month by writing about the common cold & the flu and then moved on to discuss whether vitamin C can help reduce your chances of contracting them. I then moved on to … [Read more...]