Posts Tagged ‘Physical exercise’

What Sort of Stress Do You Have?

December 26th, 2011
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Did you know that there is more than one type of stress? It’s not just gambling investment bankers and brain surgeons who feel stress; you and I feel it every day to different degrees.

Stress affects each of us in different ways and for different reasons, but there are essentially 3 core types of stress that need to be dealt with if you are to avoid any health problems, because over time, undue stress can have physical manifestations…like death.

What Can You Do?

The three types of stress are ‘over excited stress’, ‘under excited stress’ and ‘frozen stress’. Here are some ways of spotting the symptoms and how to deal with them and get on with your life.

Over Excited Stress

Being stimulated is important for us to learn, to act, to move and to think, but when different stimuli come at us all at once and for an extended period of time, it can cause our brains to get overexcited. Processing all this information along with worries and things all at once may end up making you angry, or irritable, or even like you have had way too much coffee.

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Relaxation – The best way to deal with ‘overexcited stress’ is to combat it with relaxation techniques such as mediation. This involves trying to clear your mind of all the things you are trying to think about at the same time, and allowing your mind to chill out for a while and think about something really simple and easy for a while. Like a nice sit down and a cup of tea, in the middle of running a marathon dressed as a caterpillar.

Under Excited Stress

Most people when they think of stress, think of the ‘over excited’ example. ‘Under excited’ stress is when the brain reacts to the barrage of stimuli by turning inward and making you feel depressed and withdrawn.

Energize – To counteract an ‘under excited’ stress reaction you need to start doing some kind of rhythmic stimulating activity. This might be jogging or cycling, or perhaps swimming or playing an instrument. This will get your mind back in a positive rhythm by allowing you to focus on a repetitive yet fun task.

Frozen Stress

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This is a mix between ‘under’ and ‘over’ stress. It can leave you feeling agitated one moment and then depressed the next.

Reboot – The only way to break this feeling of being frozen in time is to use a technique that allows you to balance both relaxation and repetitive physical activity. Probably the best thing for this is yoga. Aim for types of yoga such as Hatha yoga, Satyananda yoga or, if you like a work out, power yoga to help you to fight through your stress.

What type of stress do you have?

 

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How much exercise should I make to lose weight?

April 1st, 2010

That’s a pretty difficult question to answer because everybody is different and carries different weight, for some people it can take years but it will lead to real improvements in that person life because the idea is to exercise and burn a lot of calories everyday for the most possible part of your life, your lifespan should statistically increase if you exercise.

In my blog I recommend at least an hour of moderate exercise but it can be two, it depends on how much you want to improve yourself. In the end I came up with one hour because I think that should be enough for beginners who want to lose weight. You can find more detailed information in my blog for weight loss diet books.

If you want to lose weight you’ll have to work on your diet too, that’s essential. There are certain meals that you should avoid and there are others you should do. It’s very difficult to make you a custom made diet but there are many books that work under different formulas. For me the best formula is the one about fat burning foods and this kind of diet works on the quality of what you eat, there are several diet books based in this formula and some of them have almost custom made meals for many cases.

Remember that the best way to lose weight is by working in your diet and exercise.

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Paintball

November 12th, 2009

So you like to play war isn’t it? If I’m right I have the right tools for you, you can kill until you run out of energy. If you want paintball pistols to raise destruction in your neighborhood just follow the link.

Ok, Ok, maybe you didn’t get me right because I’m totally against war but I can’t deny that going to war with paintball guns may be funny and educative since you have to develop a strategy to survive. Normally this game happens in the woods and that’s good too because besides having fun you go out into fresh air to do a bit of exercise. Another good thing is that you need friends to play this game and that means spending time with your friends which is always good.

I can’t wait to try paintball but until today it never came true but I bet I’m going to realize that idea pretty soon.

If you are a paintball player please leave some of your opinions about this activity, it would be good to have different opinions in this post.

I hope to be playing paintball pretty soon and I hope that everything goes smoothly.

All the very best.

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Lose weight

October 16th, 2009

Do you really want to lose weight? If you do and all the other approaches didn’t work maybe you should try a new one. The new effective way to lose weight is by visiting http://www.trueweightlossclinic.com/ and they will know how to direct you in the right path.

It isn’t good to be overweight and if you are maybe now’s the time to do something about it, and remember that if you don’t do nothing probably you’ll keep on adding weight.

With true weight loss clinic you’ll be able to find the perfect form that you want so much.

There are simple advices that I can also give you in order to lose weight, exercise a lot and eat moderately, doing both things should make you lose weight and be fit and healthy.

Simple things make life taste much better, don’t abstain yourself from being what you want to be, if you want to lose weight go ahead and make everything at your reach.

Doing Sports is always a good idea because it will make you have a much healthier lifestyle since sports help avoiding many diseases. I do a bit of sport from times to times but this year I’m going to try keeping it steady, exercising at least twice a week.

Follow these healthy advices and live in style.

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