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...]
Top Five Online Tools To Help You Get In Shape
This post comes from Krystal Smith. ----- The turn of a new year always welcomes with it a whole host of people promising to do better and many of us use it as an opportunity to improve our health and fitness. However, achieving this goal isn’t always as easy as we convince ourselves that it will be, inevitably leading to many broken self-made promises. As we ring in the 1st of January with the chiming of Big Ben, we feel motivated to achieve our goals. By the end of January many will feel their motivation waning and come mid-February, gym visits have shrunk from four or five days a week … [Read more...]
5 Effective Health Tips For Office Workers
This post was written by Sam Peters. ----- Many office workers are at risk for a wide range of health problems. One of the main causes for illness and injuries in the workplace is sitting. As office workers are known to sit for 8 hours or more per day, they are at higher risk for developing all types of issues. As they are more prone to aliments like chronic pain, hemorrhoids, heart disease, diabetes, weight gain, and depression, it is important for them to take extra care of their physical and mental well-being. Below are a few tips on how to remain healthy when sitting is a job … [Read more...]