This post is sponsored by Kingsberg Medical. Please contact a hormone replacement therapy specialist for further information on Kingsberg Medical. ----- Changes in your ability to focus, exercise, enjoy sex, lose weight, and even sleep may all be due to hormonal changes in your body. Those pesky wrinkles and that loose, sagging skin – yes, that too can have a basis in the signals of our crucial chemical messengers not getting through. Hormone imbalance can affect people in so many ways that it is often hard to distinguish what is really going on deep below the skin’s surface. Some … [Read more...]
How Martial Arts Can Make You Lose Weight
This is a sponsored post. ----- After the evolution of Mixed Martial Arts, the sport that combines a mixture of techniques, more people today want to get in on the martial arts scene. Until you’ve participated in martial arts, it’s impossible to know how it feels when you come across a physical attack and how you can handle these situations. Training in martial arts can protect you and is also great for fat loss and fitness. There isn't any other sport out there that is just as exciting and can improve your fitness, body composition, and health like martial arts does. Along the way, … [Read more...]
The Effects Of Hormone Replacement On The Body
This post is sponsored by Nexel Medical. For more information on how you can benefit from hormone replacement therapy, visit their website. ----- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is one of the best ways to treat the age related decline of hormones in your body. HRT can make it easier for you to lose weight, boost your sex drive and so much more. However, there are also side effects that you need to be aware of. This post will run through all the effects of hormone replacement therapy on your body and help you decide whether it's the right treatment for you. 1. Enhanced Fat … [Read more...]
How Hormones Affect Your Body
This post is sponsored by National HRT. ----- Hormones are the chemical messengers of the body. Much in the same way that texting on a cell phone can relay a message, the secretion of a hormone into the bloodstream can also deliver a powerful stimulus to a particular area of function in the body. Understanding how hormones affect your body can help you determine if the use of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can hold a benefit in your life. Hormones deliver their signals via target receptors. Each hormone has its own set of receptor cells located in the areas corresponding to … [Read more...]
4 Ways Ript Clothing Will Boost Your Workout Performance
This post is sponsored by Ript Clothing. ----- If you are serious about your workout, you should be equally serious about your workout clothes. In years gone by, ardent exercisers had to make do with workout wear that was not specifically made for exercise or made from materials that were less than ideal. If you have ever worn a cotton t-shirt soaked in sweat or overheated in a non-breathable jacket, you will undoubtedly be able to relate! Things are better now. High tech fabrics and clothing designed specifically for exercise mean that what you wear will enhance and not hinder … [Read more...]
How Much Exercise Is Enough Exercise?
This post is sponsored by Treato. ----- For many people, maintaining a regular fitness routine is a daily struggle. Maybe you work long hours, are always tired from taking care of the kids, or simply don’t fancy a morning (or evening) gym session. Whatever your excuse, there’s no denying the long-term health risks associated with a sedentary lifestyle, which include diabetes, heart disease, obesity and certain types of cancer. Luckily, you don’t have to sacrifice all of your free time in order to stay in decent shape. Although the NHS recommends that all adults aim for 150 minutes of … [Read more...]
3 Unconventional Fitness Machines For Rapid Weight Loss
This post comes from Dave England. ----- Weight Loss is a multi-billion dollar industry, which means there's no shortage of companies creating weird and wonderful cardio machines. Unfortunately many are produced on a low budget with poor construction quality. This makes it incredibly time consuming to research the different companies, find machines that match your budget, and designs that help you lose weight fast. That's why we've put together this quick reference guide to some of the best cardio machines currently available for home gyms, at a range of price points to suit every … [Read more...]
Are There Genetic Risks For Developing Diabetes?
This post comes from Sam Peters. ----- Are There Genetic Risks For Developing Diabetes? Diabetes is a condition in which the body is unable to produce or successfully utilize insulin. The most well-known risks associated with the development of diabetes involve poor eating habits, lack of exercise, and being overweight. However, this is not the case for type 1 diabetes, nor are these the only significant factors for developing type 2 diabetes. Genetic factors have been linked to the onset of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Researchers are working hard to understand more about the link … [Read more...]
The Best Supplements For Hard Gainers
No matter how hard they train, there are some people who simply cannot put on muscle. They spend hours and hours in the weight room, performing curl after curl but not achieving the physique they’re after. First things first, you’ll need to change how you approach weight lifting in order to build mass. While bicep curls and other isolations are good for focusing on specific muscle groups, you’ll need to start doing heavy compound lifts which recruit more muscle and speed up the mass gaining process. The four lifts to focus on are deadlifts, squats, bench press and overhead press. People … [Read more...]
10 Great Foods To Help Boost Testosterone Levels
This post comes from Ben Bunting. ----- Testosterone is the hormone which is produced in the Leydig cells in the testes of men and the Ovaries in Women. Testosterone has anabolic and androgenic effects. The former is related to the development of muscle tissue and the latter related to sex characteristics, don't be fooled in thinking this just concerns men, there are more androgens in women than estrogens. The secretion of testosterone is the body's reaction to very demanding workloads. Whilst the unnaturally high levels of synthetic testosterone offered by anabolic steroids cannot be … [Read more...]