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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
By Michelle Linden Multivitamins work better than by taking supplements by themselves. The reason for this is because multivitamins give the body the minerals it needs in one source. This method can be better as the body will be able to absorb them better rather than taking each mineral and vitamin by themselves. Antioxidants are another type of supplements, as they are found in minerals and some vitamins but will not be found in multivitamins. Nutrients are found in antioxidants to aid in fighting off oxidization in the free radicals that will lead to the break down of the body. By taking a supplement that has antioxidants in it will make its so that your body is less likely to break down and your body will maintain its strength and remain healthy. Other supplements that can be taken and have different benefits are fish oil, flax seed oil, whey or egg protein, and cod liver oil. Everyone is different in terms of his or her nutritional requirements and deficiencies. Multivitamins can aid in taking care of deficiencies that you may have. You should be aware that supplements are synthetic and should definitely not be taken in the place of foods. Multivitamins and supplements work better when taken with a well balanced diet. You should try out various multivitamins and supplements until you pinpoint which one may be right for you. There are many good products on the market but there is not one that is the best as there are different results for different people. Thee are vitamin companies that do create specialized vitamins for people but the companies must have the information about the person and perform tests before giving the people the specialized vitamins. Obviously these specialized vitamins are more costly than regular multivitamins. There are many cheap multivitamins available at many types of stores but they will generally not give you the nutrients you need. Cheap multivitamins should not be taken as they may do more harm than good. A good way to find multivitamins is visit a professional trainer at a gym, a doctor or a nutritionalist. The most important thing when taking multivitamins is that they will not help you fix your bad eating habits. Just because you take several multivitamins that have all the nutritional aspects you need, they are no substitute for a balanced diet. The right eating habits is much more important than any multivitamin substitute that you can take. But even with the best multivitamins on the market they will not give you the best health possible if you have an unhealthy diet. For example, if you eat nothing but junk food but take multivitamins and think you feel ok, you are very wrong. Your body is getting the nutrients from the multivitamins but that is it as it is still taking in all the junk food that you consume. Multivitamins are best taken in combination with a healthy diet. By doing this you will have the optimal health by getting good nutrients from food and multivitamins.
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Aqua Training Aqua training is basically running in water. It’s a great way for injured athletes to maintain conditioning, and for uninjured individuals to improve their fitness. Aqua training is a no impact sport, which means there is no bouncing and pounding and stressing your joints and bones. It is also a high resistance activity. Water offers much more resistance than air, and the resistance comes from all directions. This helps strengthen all muscles equally. Most people who engage in aqua training are aerobic exercisers, and they are accustomed to the nutritional requirements of aerobic exercise—lots of complex carbs for energy and lots of water. Because aqua training is also a resistance exercise, you may need to boost your protein intake a little. This is especially true if you are healing from an injury. Calories: Exercise burns calories, which is why we lose more weight when we exercise. If you skimp too much on the calories, you can’t exercise efficiently because you don’t have enough energy. This is especially true if you are also healing from an injury. How many calories do you need? It depends on how much activity you do. To calculate your calorie needs, begin by multiplying your weight by 10; that’s how many calories you need to sit in a chair and think. Or sleep. Add another 50% of that number, and that’s how many calories you need every day to shower, fix breakfast, go to work, get the mail and all the normal activities of daily living. If you are exercising, you need to add an additional 100 calories for every mile you run, bike, swim or aqua train in a week. You can spread these additional calories out over the week. If you are trying to lose weight, you can decrease the number of calories you take in by no more than 20%. If you are losing more than a pound or two a week, you are not eating enough. You’re not losing just fat, either; when you lose weight rapidly you lose muscle mass along with the fat. Which is not a good thing.
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By Michelle Linden/ Pro Boxer Stretching is often the most underestimated tool in athletics, especially in boxing or mixed martial arts. Because these sports require a heavy dose of agility and quick movements of the hands, feet and legs it is all the more likely that an athlete could over- extend themselves or pull a muscle while competing. Stretching helps eliminate these problems and while it is impossible to get away from injuries 100%, it is possible to lessen the chances of them happening. Some simple stretches that a boxer can work on are: neck rolls, hip flexor stretch, quad and hamstring stretches, and shoulder stretch and trunk rotation. The athlete should focus on keeping the arms and legs loose and their core (abs, chest, back) relaxed. Because mixed martial arts is a sport that includes all the muscles of the body, each used in various ways, it is especially important to stretch all the muscles properly. Holding a stretch for 15 to 30 seconds should do the trick. Stretching is only one of the ways an athlete of a technical, yet combat sport like boxing can protect themselves. Protective gear such as headwear, hand wraps, shin guards and groin protectors can be worn to keep much of their body protected during training. A boxer especially wants to stay protected during sparring sessions because these real life simulations can be punishing on a boxer who is not well padded up. As an athlete competing in a contact sport such as boxing or martial arts, they should be especially careful to stretch and to take all the protective measures possible while training.
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The importance of the heavy bag in relation to endurance The heavy bag is often referred to as the staple of the boxing community. Heavy bags are known for their ability to increase a boxer’s core strength, giving them greater punch power and stronger abs, back and chest muscles. While the heavy bag can be monumental in increasing a boxer’s strength levels it is also vital in increasing their endurance. Endurance to a boxer is everything. If a boxer cannot go several rounds without tiring then an experienced foe will bring them down with patience. The heavy bag seems like a very monotonous training exercise because it boils down to the athlete and large, sand filled bag. However, if a boxer can go several ‘rounds’ against a heavy bag, throwing power punch after power punch, they will be much more prepared when they get in the actual ring to fight a real opponent. To build the proper amount of endurance it is advised to build up to four to five rounds against the bag. The time spent may seem boring at first but as you continue throwing punches you will begin to tire and wear out. For an inexperienced boxer, one to two rounds is all they can take at an effective pace before losing either power or quickness. The more experienced the boxer, the more punches they will be able to throw during the rounds (experienced boxers can typically throw over 350 punches in a three minute round!). It is one of the sport’s greatest tools.
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By Michelle Linden /Professional Boxer Cardio boxing for women is a new workout that gives great results. Unlike other fad women's workouts, cardio boxing is here to stay, as the workout it gives cannot be beat. Any cardio workout is great, but cardio boxing provides women with a complete cardiovascular workout and helps with endurance as well. With the fast pace and never ending movement of cardio boxing, it is not surprising that leading sports scientists agree that cardio boxing is one of the best exercises a woman, and man as well, can take part in. The benefits for woman when taking part in cardio boxing include increased coordination, increased speed, increased stamina, and increased strength. While all these benefits are fantastic for the health of a woman any woman that takes part in cardio boxing will see the true results in their bodies. Cardio boxing is such a great cardiovascular workout that its slimming effects and muscle toning effects are fantastic. This is the reason that woman's cardio boxing is becoming so popular at gyms around the nation. Not to mention the fact that with a cardio boxing workout woman can release tension with this action packed workout. There are mental benefits as well as cardio boxing promotes a woman's well-being and self discipline. Coupled with the physical benefits there is not a better total workout for a woman than cardio boxing. Cardio boxing for a woman deals with adjusted heart rate work (cardio work) and techniques for boxing. Cardio The non-stop movement in cardio boxing is what makes it such a great cardiovascular workout. With other cardiovascular workouts there is more rest time, as with cardio boxing a woman does not have a lot of time to rest, therefore the heart rate stays up. Boxing When taking part in cardio boxing, the boxing stance is the first thing that a woman will need to learn. The stance is the posture that the boxer will take as the woman should stand with their feet at shoulder width apart. The left foot should be in front of the right foot, for right-handers, opposite or lefties. Bend at the knees with the left fist, right for lefties, at head height and positioned aligned with the left foot. This stance will give balance when punches are thrown. Just like in boxing the woman's off hand will be for guarding the head. Cardio boxing will either be in an open area or with the use of punching bags. The punching and constant movement of the feet will give the entire body a fantastic cardiovascular workout. In order to develop both speed and endurance combination of punches should be thrown while moving around and keeping balanced. This will work both the arms and legs as well, as the balance. Woman's cardio boxing is not an easy workout, but with the pain comes the gain as the results of the workout can be seen in the body after only a few workouts. For the ultimate physical and mental benefits cardio boxing is the ultimate woman's workout.
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Monday, August 27, 2007
By Larry Goldberg Quickness isn’t just pure speed, quickness is speed personified. The quicker your muscles can contract, the quicker of an athlete you will be. Whether you are aiming for overall foot quickness when you kick box or hand quickness for your punches, you should aim for quick, strong efforts. But how do you train for this? Speed bags, obviously, have been the staple for training hand quickness in boxers, and it works quite effectively, but what else can be done? A newer type of training out there, known as isometric training, is one of the most efficient means of speed training practiced today. The training concentrates on muscle contraction and keeping your hands, feet and core leg muscles constantly on edge. Isometric training can be done with the help of resistant elastic bands and only a short amount of training time. Programs that exceed 30 minutes tend to work the endurance muscles more prominently then the fast twitch fibers so speed training should always be fast. In fact, most of the isometric workouts take only fifteen to twenty minutes, include no formal weight training and are fairly easy to perform. Why is quickness important? As an athlete quickness should always be on your mind. Throw a quick punch here, a quick kick there. Quickness when combined with overall core strength can be an extremely effective tool in competition. Quickness not only allows you to perform basic actions at a faster speed but it allows you to react faster to what your opponents throw at you.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
By Larry Goldberg There are many supplements that have omega 3 fatty acids which come from fish oils. Overall there are several benefits from fish oils and not just for athletes. One of the main benefits of fish oils, especially with athletes, is that they lead to less inflammation and pain. Fish oils can be great for after working out to aid in muscle recovery and reducing inflammation. Omega 3 fatty acids have a positive effect on a person's response to inflammation. These fatty acids can keep in check the body's inflammation cycle. Most afflictions that end in “itis”, such as arthritis, can be relieved by the use of Omega 3 fatty acids. Any athlete that has inflammation and pain in the muscles and joints can use these fish oils and they can help with the pain. There are many supplements on the market that have these Omega 3 fish oils as athletes should check with a physician before choosing one. Fish oils can also help with health of the cardiovascular system. This can be important for athletes considering that cardiovascular health is very important when working out and for athletic performance. It has been proved that Omega 3 fatty acids are beneficial for the heart and the arteries that the cardiovascular system is made up of. Omega 3 fatty acids can help lower cholesterol, blood pressure, triglycerides and LDL’s. The fatty acids also can prolong a person’s life with all the health benefits. Along the same lines fish oils can help prevent both heart attacks and strokes. Thrombosis, a clot, occurs when the build up of plaque in the walls of the arteries breaks up. If the clot travels to the brain it will cause a stroke and if it travels to the heart it will cause a heart attack. There has been research that has shown Omega 3 fatty acids can break up the clots, therefore reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes. One of the long-term benefits of fish oils is that they reduce the chances of breast, colon, and prostate cancer. These types of cancer are the three most common types and Omega 3 fatty acids can help prevent them. The fatty acids accomplish this three ways: Halt the change from healthy cell to a cancerous mass Keep unwanted cellular growth from occurring Keep apoptosis, death of cells, from happening Omega 3 fatty acids are not only beneficial physically but mentally as well. The fatty acids can help with such mental activities as memory, the ability to recall, and staying focused. Omega 3 fatty acids can clear up the mind for better mental health. This aspect can be great for athletes who are having a hard time staying focused on their workout goals. Along with making a person feel smarter by clearing the mind Omega 3 fatty acids have also been known to alleviate the symptoms associated with depression, psychosis, and bipolar disorder. Overall, eating cold-water oily fish and taking Omega 3 fish oil supplements can have both physical and mental benefits.
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By Larry Goldberg For a strength athlete such as a kick boxer or a martial arts athlete, leg strength is a very important factor in overall performance. The legs have to be strong enough to kick and spar with strength but quick enough to react in lightning fast times. For an athlete such as this there must be a proper blend of strength and speed training to fully receive all the proper performance benefits. The Pro Muay Thai Leg Kick Pad (which can be bought at http://www.cheapboxing.com/) is one of the most accepted pieces of training equipment because it flat out works. The leg kick pad is useful because it gives an athlete a real time ‘opponent’ which will stand still while they work on their technique and leg strength. Here’s how it works: The spotter, which can be a fellow athlete, a coach or pretty much anyone, holds the thick kick pad up. The athlete practicing then uses the pad to simulate real-time kicks against competitors. The pad it thick enough to absorb pretty powerful kicks and if the spotter wants, they can move the pad in various ways and angles to give the kicker a more versatile opponent. Kick pads help a mixed martial arts athlete improve leg strength because fight simulations are easily done on them. If your sport is mixed martial arts then you have the option of using the kick pad for punches as well so you have a pretty large array of weapons you can unleash upon it.
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