Journey 2 Prosperity

Wellness comes in different forms. There is physical wellness that we all think about as uppermost wellness, but there is also  financial wellness. Let’s face it, if you are “financially sick” you are not having a good day. Chances are your financial sick condition is causing enormous stress and placing stress on your physical health. So, for the next 30 days, I am going on a “journey 2 prosperity.” I will write short blogs every day describing my journey including thoughts, opinions, research and action steps. I hope this will attract the attention of more people who are on their own Journey 2 Prosperity.

 


The Diet Solution Program

Foods that help lose fat

 

This is a great way to know what foods to eat for losing fat and losing weight. Haven’t you ever wondered why “starving” yourself never works when trying to lose weight or lose fat? Do you get tired in the afternoons and feel like taking a nap? Are you like most people who try their best to avoid fat in their diet, cutting carbs to be slim? Well, the information and guidance contained in The Diet Solution Program changes all that! In fact, it gives us the information we need to make the right choices when it comes to what we should eat, how often we should eat and at what portion size we should be eating. You will be amazed and so glad you got this info…

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Circuit Training For Beginners

11322271030_dobccircuit4mediumwebview.jpgCircuit training is a method of exercise with which you will get the combination of the benefits of weight lifting along with cardio. Since you may be unfamiliar with the way that circuit training works, here are some helpful tips to get you started. Along with some of the exercises, I’ll provide you with some hints you can use at home. Though most gyms have circuit training classes, you’ll have enough information to start a training program at home.

Circuit training takes its name from an electrical circuit in that you go all the way around a series of exercises until you “complete the circuit” before beginning the sequence again. For example, you might do an upper body exercise like pull ups, followed by a lower body exercise like squats, followed by a full body exercise like jumping jacks. Since your heart rate remains at a relatively high rate during the entire circuit, you will get a high quality workout that will give you results faster.

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What A Kettlebells Training Circuit Entails

Kettlebells training has taken the world by storm in the past couple of decades. More and more people are training with kettlebells. A kettlebell is a cast iron weight similar in appearance to a bowling ball except that it has a handle instead of finger holes. The kettlebell is lifted in various movements using the handle. Lighter kettlebells are used with beginners whilst heavier kettlebells are reserved for advance workouts. Improve Strength And Fitness With Circuit Training

Circuit training is probably the best way to improve overall fitness and strength. Much to the dismay of gym owners, circuit training can be done at home using a minimum of equipment. Dumbbells, resistance bands and perhaps a stability ball will do the trick. There are even bodyweight circuits, which I use on myself and my high school soccer players which require a pull up bar and a step at most. There is a circuit training workout below which you can try at home. Functional Circuit Training

Is there life after interval training? What happens for those advanced enough to take their exercise to the next level? Circuit Training Machines

Usually there is no circuit training machines needed for simple exercises. You can do them with the help of any furniture at home. You can create your own exercises available at your house such as chairs, tables or swings and monkey bars which children use to play.You get the advantages of strength training and the benefits of cardio at the same time.

When I first started circuit training I found out that it was best to use between 5-10 exercises in each circuit. You want a total of 20-25 sets so if you choose 5 exercises, you are going to have to do at least 4 rounds whereas if you have 8 exercises you only have to complete 3 rounds. Make sure to warm up by moving your arms and legs rather than using static stretching. Do that afterwards. You want to do a dynamic (moving) warm up to get blood into the muscles.

All right, now that we are done with our warm up, let’s start our circuit. A good whole body exercise like jumping jacks is a good way to start.
Next we need some good upper body exercises. Lets use two types of push ups. I like to use Hindu push ups and spiderman push ups but since we are designing this for beginners, we’ll use the standard push up which you can even do on your knees, and close grip push ups, with the hands close together. Let’s throw in an inverted row to round out the upper body exercises.

Now we need some lower body exercises. Lets use lunges, mountain climbers, step ups, and squats. Now all we have left is to arrange them. We’ll put the jumping jacks at the beginning to get the whole body ready for action. Next we’ll arrange the exercises alternating upper and lower body exercises. We call this non-opposing exercises. The upper body exercise does not share any muscle groups with the previous or subsequent lower body exercises. Now all we have to do is order the exercises and we come up with this:

Jumping Jacks 60
Lunges 20
Push Ups 20
Mountain Climbers 20/leg
Step Ups 20
Inverted Rows 20
Squats 20
Close Grip Push Ups 20

(Repeat 3 times)

Now you know what you need to get to started. As you get stronger you can add more repetitions and modify the exercises to incorporate more difficult exercise variations.


Circuit Training Workouts for Women

01322271131_inclinebenchpress.jpgThe popularity of circuit training is growing thanks to the amazing results it can achieve. Besides halving the progress time (as compared with steady state cardio) and placing your body into a fat-burning stage for as long as forty-eight hours, the fact that they can be performed anywhere with very little equipment, makes them a very attractive form of fat-burning routine. Aside from the benefit of being able to perform them anywhere, your circuit training workouts can also claim optimum results in less than twenty minutes.
Circuit training workouts are therefore suitable for:
1. Single moms at home with the kids
2. The aspiring business executive who has little spare time
3. Travelers who live out of a suitcase
4. Those women who can’t manage to afford a gym membership
Circuit training workouts for women, mean there is no longer any reasonable excuse not to exercise.
Are you at home with your kids?
You don’t need a lot of space to carry out your routine.
Short of time?
These circuit training workouts for women can be completed in less than half an hour.
Do you struggle with the budget, to afford a gym membership?
There is no money needed to perform circuit training workouts for women.
So what exactly are the circuit training workouts for women?
The typical circuit training workout will be of high intensity, and you will not have a lot of rest time between exercises.

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Circuit Training Workouts

Circuit Training is one of the best workouts you can do to build muscle and lose fat fast. Most traditional weight lifting routines aren’t as effective when it comes to burning calories and building a tone muscular body. Follow this workout and you’ll be on your way to building your ideal body. Circuit Training For Beginners

Circuit training is a method of exercise with which you will get the combination of the benefits of weight lifting along with cardio. Since you may be unfamiliar with the way that circuit training works, here are some helpful tips to get you started. Along with some of the exercises, I’ll provide you with some hints you can use at home. Though most gyms have circuit training classes, you’ll have enough information to start a training program at home. Circuit Training Machines

Usually there is no circuit training machines needed for simple exercises. You can do them with the help of any furniture at home. You can create your own exercises available at your house such as chairs, tables or swings and monkey bars which children use to play. Killer Leg Circuits For Women!

Ladies the workout for you to develop a killer set of legs is right here in the following killer leg circuit that I have included! Permit yourself a minute to read and apply the following workout to your own personal program!Typically there are six light weight or bodyweight exercises, that are all performed in a circuit style.
The following are a few circuit training workouts for women:
Beginning with the first exercise, make sure you perform it with high level of intensity for no more than fifteen seconds.
As soon as you have completed your fifteen seconds, rest for fifteen seconds and then start exercise two. Work this exercise for a further fifteen seconds, rest for fifteen seconds when it is completed, and move to the next exercise. Continue this pattern until all six exercises have been completed. When all six exercises have been completed, take a break for a couple of minutes, and then start the whole routine again from the top. Your goal is to see how many times this circuit can be completed each time.
Beginners Level
1. Run On The Spot
2. Squats
3. Jumping Jacks
4. Mountain Climbers
5. Push Ups
6. Laying leg lifts or crunches
Intermediate level
1. Squats
2. Mountain Climbers
3. Half Burpees
4. High Knees
5. Push Ups
6. Lunges
Advanced level
1. Lunges
2. High Knees
3. Burpees
4. Mountain Climbers
5. Push ups
6. Jump Squats
Let’s Take Circuit Training Workouts for Women One Step Further
With some light dumbbells and a jump rope, you can seriously increase the intensity of the workouts. For this you need to integrate the equipment into the circuit you are performing. All you need to do is replace one of the listed exercises with one that uses your jump rope. Another simple but fantastic piece of equipment you can add is a pair of ankle weights. Just a little extra weight on the legs, creates a much more intense workout.
Summarizing
Burning fat at a fast rate will be possible, if you maintain a good healthy diet, and perform the circuit training workouts for women, a few times a week. Not only will you drop inches off your waistline, your physique will be transformed into a more toned, and sexy body. Always allow a full day between workouts so your body can rest and recover from the circuit training.


Which Boxing Gym To Chose

11322313500_20.jpgThe first step is to look in your local yellow pages.

The next step is to check online for boxing gyms. A simple Google or Yahoo search with keywords boxing gyms and your city will suffice.

Now contact your local police department and ask about their police recreation department or police athletic league. Many police departments have these. They may have a local low cost boxing gym for you to join.

The next thing to do is to go to the boxing gyms to see if their philosophy matches yours. If you want to become the next Muhammad Ali then you should look for a gym that caters to amateur and professional boxers. Research the gym’s trainers to see if they have worked with fighters in the amateur and pro ranks. If all you want is to learn basic boxing and get a work out then you likely will avoid the gyms that cater to professional boxers. Those gyms likely will not give you the attention that you deserve. Instead look for a boxing gym that caters more to the workout crew. You may also consider traditional gyms and health clubs that have a few classes.

Now compare prices. Prices can vary greatly and in choosing a gym it is critical to look at the initiation fee, card fee, monthly fee, and trainer fees.

If you can not find a gym you like then look for a trainer. In general trainers are more important than a gym so you may skip the gym and get personal training lessons. For the average person who has never really boxed it can be frightening to try. There may be fear of getting seriously hurt. A good trainer will teach you in a manner that will not get you seriously injured or hurt. He or she will show you how to protect your joints (especially fingers) and will not let you in the ring or spar until you are ready.

Check with police activity leagues

Check out the gyms in town

Check out the trainers

Ask for references from the trainers


Cardiovascular And Circuit Training

21322271031_lorilunges1mediumwebview.jpgThere are numerous benefits to incorporating a healthy cardiovascular related training routine. Many peoples workout regimen only involves a routine of lifting weights a few days a week. While weight training is necessary and extremely beneficial, ignoring cardiovascular training can affect your heart and general health. The term cardiovascular can be defined as the bodys ability and efficiency to get blood and oxygen to the muscles.

The amount of time spent on cardiovascular exercises will vary according to your specific goals. For an individual attempting to further their heart health, without specifically gaining or losing weight, a general guideline would be to perform cardio a minimum of 30 minutes a day, 3 days a week. Gaining and losing weight involves a different approach to doing cardio. If you are a hard gainer attempting to gain a desired amount of weight, you probably do not want to do a large amount of cardio.

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TRI-Circuit Training – How to Maximize Strength and Cardiovascular Benefits

Physical training can generally be broken into two extremes: strength and endurance. Obviously, there are many nuances and variations of each end of the spectrum, but let’s start with this dichotomy. When one talks about strength training, a routine that consists of lifting very heavy weights for 1 to 3 reps is the general protocol. Circuit Training For Weight Loss

Circuit training is an excellent way to burn fat and improve the cardiovascular system. Even through it is high intensity exercises, it is effective and efficient in producing the results people who want to lose weight desire. Circuit Training Secrets

Circuit Training is a hot trend in the fitness world right now. Visit any fitness website or open any magazine and you will no doubt come across a “killer new” circuit training workout. Fitness magazines are especially jumping on this bandwagon, showing viewers how professional athletes and celebrity’s use circuit training to stay in peak physical condition. There is one main reason that everyone and their brother is training in circuits…and it is because IT WORKS! The Benefits of Circuit Training

Circuit training has recently grown in popularity, because of the great benefits that it provides. Circuit training is a way of blending your weight-training with cardiovascular exercise into one very-intense workout. The purpose of circuit training is to burn a lot of calories in a short period of time, build solid muscle mass, and boost your metabolism.Incorporating light cardio work twice a week, for about 20 minutes a session, would never hurt anyone though. If you do wish to gain weight and incorporate a serious cardio routine, increase your calories consumed per day, or see our circuit training section.

Losing weight takes a different approach to cardio. In addition to eating below your maintenance calorie level, taking part in cardio 3-5 times per week, at about 20-40 minutes per session should be adequate for fat loss. For those who have never done any form of cardiovascular training, or are just out of shape, 3 times a week at 20 minutes per session would be a good starting point. For those in poor shape, low intensity cardio exercises such as walking should be done in the beginning stages.
Those in decent cardiovascular shape could do exercises at a higher level of intensity. Fat loss remains the main reason people take part in cardiovascular training. However, this belief does not totally justify the true advantages of cardio since anyone can reap the benefits.

Finding your target heart rate is important for the length of time spent on each session and the intensity that you are completing the work. Finding your target heart rate can be explained in the link at the bottom of this page. The two types of exercises that involve mainly your cardiovascular system include aerobic and anaerobic exercises. Aerobic work is done where your body is using oxygen as fuel. Anaerobic work is done where your body does the work without oxygen as fuel. Both types of exercises are vital to a successful training regimen.
Examples of aerobic exercises include: Walking, running, swimming, and cycling.
Examples of anaerobic exercises include: Weightlifting, sprints, hill climbing, and jumping rope.

Circuit training is a type of interval training program which combines components of both strength training and cardiovascular training. It is often a set up of stations or circuits which individuals will complete before moving onto the next. Within each circuit participants will perform exercises for a specific count or a specific time period before they venture to the next station. The goal of circuit training is to increase strength and agility at the same time as increasing fitness. Some studies have even found that circuit training is the most efficient way to enhance cardiovascular training and muscle endurance.

There are many advantages to opting to take part in a circuit training regimen as opposed to a weight training or cardiovascular routine in addition to combining the benefits of both into one schedule. Circuit training can easily be assembled to include a full body workout. A circuit training routine does not require expensive gym equipment, a gym membership, or any traveling to find facilities to fit your needs. The small groups that typically are a part of circuit training routines assist beginners by allowing them to more easily be paired with advanced and experienced people to learn the basics.
Circuit training also allows for the routine to take place at any venue and can be customized for any person or athlete of any age, gender, or physical ability.
The goal of circuit training is to force individuals to display their maximal physical effort at the same time of achieving your maximal target heart rate. You should not rest in between exercises. Each exercise should burn out the targeted muscle groups as well as increase your heart rate to fat and sugar burning zones. Lean muscle gains along with simultaneous fat losses are highly possible from adopting a circuit training program.

When constructing a circuit training routine you should remember to combine both strength and cardiovascular training elements. For instance your can assemble a circuit where stations involve exercise machines, hydraulic equipment, hand-held weights, elastic resistance, or calisthenics. In between each station you should force yourself with some type of aerobics such as jogging for 1 to 3 minutes between each circuit. Typically circuit training sessions last anywhere from 20 to 60 minutes with a variety of different sprinting, strength gaining, and jogging exercises intertwined. See some circuit training examples below to get an idea of how to construct your very own customized program. Good luck and happy training!


Healthy Family

Family Health:

Mom and Dad and children’s health is paramount to having productive days at work and at school. So how does a family stay well and avoid sickness? That is a loaded question considering that there are environmental concerns and issues that challenge our health and wellness such as eating habits, exercise habits, and habitual smoking/drinking. To be forewarned is to be forearmed so here are some things to know and be aware:

 

Eating habits:  Making sure that fruits and vegetables top the list of foods eaten is a great place to start for having a healthy family. If there are at least 3 helpings of fruit and vegetables in a daily diet, you are more likely to get the recommended daily amount of vitamins and minerals that can protect your health and control your weight.

 

The following is a table to find out how many fruits and vegetables you need to stay healthy:

 

Women       Men    
Age Fruits Vegetables   Age Fruits Vegetables
19-30 2 cups 2.5 cups   19-50 2 cups 3 cups
31-50 1.5 cups 2.5 cups   51+ 2 cups 2.5 cups
51+ 1.5 cups 2 cups        
             
Girls       Boys    
Age Fruits Vegetables   Age Fruits Vegetables
2-3 1 cup 1 cup   2-3 1 cup 1 cup
4-8 1 cup 1.5 cups   4-8 1.5 cups 1.5 cups
9-13 1.5 cups 2 cups   9-13 1.5 cups 2.5 cups
14-18 1.5 cups 2.5 cups   14-18 2 cups 3 cups

Source: http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/downloads/Low_Literacy_Brochure.pdf

 

Exercise habits: In the times and days in which we live, we are more sedentary than at any other time in history. The lack of being physically active is taking its toll on our health. The more we move and groove, the better it is for our overall health. Experts say that the mind benefits with serotonin which is a chemical that is manufactured every time we are physically active. Why is this chemical so important to us? Serotonin causes us to feel great and chases away feelings of despair and depression. Just a simple exercise regimen can really make a difference. Try going for a walk around the block at least three times a week. Park your car a distance away from the store and take the stairs instead of the elevator. Just making these action steps could start to make a difference not only on how you feel, but what you see when you weigh yourself. Begin immediately and consider doing the following:

 

  1. Choose a day and time convenient for the entire family.
  2. Choose exercises the entire family is able to perform.
  3. Be creative; make sure the routine is not boring and dull.
  4. Don’t overdo it; make it fun and something they look forward to and make up some of the exercises for the family to do it.

 

Source:http://moveitmiamicounty.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/creating-a-family-workout-routine/

 

Habitual smoking and drinking: Smoking and drinking are two vices that are killing the smokers and drinkers and the people around them. Second hand smoke has been found to cause lung cancer even in patients who never smoked a cigarette in their lives. Pregnant women smoking give birth to underweight babies. These two facts should give us all an incentive for not smoking. Then there is drinking in excess. Once again the mind is affected by what we do; only this time the effect is very unhealthy. Drinking alcoholic beverages dulls the senses and causes you to lose control of your faculties, reasoning and judgment. This affects driving, work performance and relationships. This should be reason enough for refraining from these two vices. Look for substitutions such as:

Working out

Taking extra leisure time

Drinking lots of water, fruit juice

Meditating

Source: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/ten-great-smoking-substitutes.html


Natural Fat loss Supplements: Supplementing Without Using Stimulants! – Health – Weight Loss

21322313848_23632-359076384319-356533054319-3449238-7578184-n.jpgThere is something like 108 MILLION Americans currently who sadly are either slightly overweight, or struggling with obesity. That’s 61% of adults! Sadly, around 95% of those who can reduce weight will gain it back within a couple of years. The thought of that really frustrates me to a point that I’d rather not discus. A great element in that reason is eating unhealthy is thrown in our faces every three minutes on Tv also in allot of the printed ads. In addition in today’s economy it is inexpensive. One more reason why people fail to maintain the weight they have quite literally worked their butts off to lose, could be the a shortage of education and guidance. Be it the possible lack of furthering their knowledge in nutrition, or even lack of edcuation in supplements that support fat burning and maintenance.

Currently, $30 Billion per year will be spent yearly in the weight-loss industry! Allot of that money is wasted searching for the appropriate supplements, the best mixture of supplements, or just wasted on supplements that honestly just don’t do anything whatsoever! I figured I would help you save some of that money that you’d have spent attempting to find that “Magic Diet Pill- and just provide you with three fantastic All-natural Supplements that do a fantastic job in aiding in fat loss and maintenance.

The first supplement is 7-Keto (7-ketohydroepiandrosterone). 7-keto can be described as safe DHEA metabolite and it has been the topic of many research and scientific studies. 7-keto, like DHEA, plays a role in an array of the bodies functions, for example immune response, memory, skin integrity, and most importantly for the topic of this article, weight loss! 7-keto is shown to improve the activity of enzymes linked to metabolism, and has also been proven to help rest your set-point, that is certainly HUGE

Basically, the set point theory states that individual’s metabolism will accommodate conserve a weight where it’s comfortable. When you restrict our calories so as to shed unwanted weight, our metabolism falls in an attempt to preserve our fat stores. This is just the bodies/nature’s way of preventing starvation, which will never change. After we have lost your weight and we are no longer cutting our calories, the rate of metabolism will rise returning to a higher rate of function. The body contains a genetically determined set-point weight that’s controlled by metabolic hormones and fat cell enzymes. 7-keto has been shown to increase the activity of those enzymes associated with the metabolism.

It’s also been shown that DHEA and its derivatives (7-keto) aid in body weight regulation. In some studies of DHEA, it’s caused laboratory animals to eat more, yet suppressed their weight gain. In one study without DHEA, a 50% decrease in the amount of food which had been took in within a 24 hour period to achieve the same degree of bodyweight changes seen when taking DHEA. But, individuals taking DHEA didn’t change their food intake to get to the required weight-loss effects.

7-keto has been proven to assist in the activity within the T-3 thyroid hormone. 7-keto offers many of DHEA’s benefits without converting to the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone, which means that it’s safe for both males and females! There have been no extended side effects shown as a result in taking 7-Keto. In everything I have read, and people which i have spoke with, both men and women, the suggested daily dosage is 1,000mg 2x daily.

The next supplement is CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid). CLA is a naturally sourced found in animal and dairy fats such as beef, dairy food, poultry, eggs and corn oil. Our intestine produces CLA naturally from linoleic acid. It does not make a big fat cell little, what it does is prevent a little fat cell from getting big. There have been studies which have shown that to truly obtain the desired effect of CLA on your body fat you should take around 4,000mg, or 4g of CLA daily. Since CLA is a fatty acid, you’ll want to take it regularly for around 2-3 weeks and let for it to accumulate in the body before you start to see results. It’s been suggested to have some sort of fiber supplement or increase the level of fiber in your diet to help assisted in the “Extraction- of the metabolized fat through your body. Honestly though, that’s something that should be done whatever the form of weight loss supplement. It truly plays a key role in the losing excess weight.

CLA has also been shown to increase metabolism, decrease abdominal fat, enhance muscle growth, reduce cholesterol and triglycerides, lowers insulin resistance, helps reduce food-induced allergic attacks, and improves the immune system as well. If you are interested in taking CLA to assist with weightloss, take into account that it isn’t a magic pill, and you will need to begin a program of diet and exercise in order to successfully drop some weight and keep it off.

The third and final supplement that I’m going to mention in this article is L-Carnitine. The primary and most important role Carnitine plays in the body is the oxidation, or also known as Burning, Melting off, or even in a few circle Dissolving of fat Naturally! As soon as the fat is oxidized it is used like a natural source of energy. I’m a big fan of L-Carnitine, I’ve been taking it regularly for several years.

Basically what L-Carnitine does is it takes unwanted fat in our bodies to the “Fat Furnace- (mitochondria) in our cells. Once the fat is thrown into the “furnace- it is burned and turned into a natural supply of “coal- or energy, in turn also giving us more energy during workouts and many other aspects in daily living. No matter the amount exercising or how “on-point- you have your daily diet, should the fat doesn’t arrive at the mitochondria it can’t be oxidized (Burned)!

Supplementing your diet with L-Carnitine can release the stored energy the body needs to build new muscular tissue, enhance your energy levels and accelerate natural weight loss. There’s no unintended side effects of prolonged supplementation of L-Carnitine because it’s natural and readily found in your body. Starting off with at the very least 1,500mg of L-Carnitine daily is an excellent starting point. If you have metabolic resistance about 3,000-7,000mg daily is necessary. Personally, i prefer to take 2,000-3,500mg daily, I’ve got fantastic results doing so.

These three All Natural Weightloss pills are great by themselves or taken with other products. I chose to write about these three today because I’m currently taking them. I have stacked them together in the past and love the final results which i ‘ve got from doing so. What I personally do is take 4g of AST CLA daily, breaking that up into two doses, one with breakfast and the other with my afternoon meal. For the L-Carnitine, I use Dymatize Nutrition’s Acetyl L-Carnitine. I take three caps (1,500mg) with breakfast and another 3 caps with lunch. For the 7-Keto (DHEA) I use Twinlab’s 7-Keto. I take that one cap with breakfast, so six pills with breakfast in total, and another around an hour before I go to bed. I take one before I go to bed because I’ve discovered that I sleep better. I’m unsure if there are studies to show that it aids in proper R.E.M. sleep, but I definitely sleep good doing it that way.

Like I’ve said several times throughout this article, if you’re considering taking some of these supplements to help you with weight reducing, take into account that it certainly is not a magic pill, and you should really need to take up a program of diet and exercise so as to successfully shed pounds and keep it off. With that being said, Don’t hesitate to comment or ask any queries you could have regarding anything that was stated in this content. Thanks for taking time to read this and I hope it helps you make an informed decision what is the best approach to take as far as supplementing for losing weight.