Saturday, October 21, 2017

Getting Around The Weight Loss Plateau

The typical human form is capable of achieving a number of incredible feats that seem to suspend or defy the way science tells us things work. Athletes, through sheer willpower, can end up lifting something that their bodies should not be able to without suffering anything worse than muscle spasms. People can adapt to extreme physical trauma caused by a car accident and defy predictions that they'll never walk again. While, in general, these amazing feats are useful in a number of situations, there are physical reactions that some people look upon with quite a bit of disfavor. Among these “disfavored reactions” is something known as a “weight loss plateau.”

Essentially, the “plateau” is a term used to describe a situation where the body has become incapable of losing any further weight, usually due to developing a tolerance for the weight loss pills and methods being used. Essentially, the plateau is hit when the body develops a tolerance for the regimen's limitations and practices, thus allowing the metabolic rate of the body to adjust to whatever weight loss pills or techniques were being used. Most diet books decidedly ignore the existence of the plateau, primarily because it can be seen as negating the purpose of the diet and is, therefore, bad for marketing. There are, however, ways to counteract the human body building a tolerance for training regimens and weight loss pills.

                                        
The human metabolism, when presented with a pattern, will eventually adapt to that pattern. It is this natural adaptability of the human body that can cause the weight loss plateau, particularly if the person's diet and eating habits have been altered for weight loss. As such, changing the pattern will, once a sufficient amount of time has passed, allow your diet plan or weight loss pills to become effective again. This trick essentially involves confusing the human metabolism, and is often taken as a rather drastic way to get the body back in “diet mode.” There are, of course, several ways to effectively alter that pattern without causing the body permanent harm.

Adding strength and weight training and modifying one's exercise program can also help someone get past the plateau, in most cases. The body will still burn through nutrients during physical activity, though the digestive system's metabolic rate can adapt such that more weight is retained rather than burned during exercise. Increasing the difficulty of the exercises, or changing the movements to target less-developed muscle areas, can effectively force the body to re-adapt. While the body is busy adapting to the changes, it can also start losing weight again. This method is best used with alterations to the person's diet, however, to maximize the effectiveness.

Another trick used to circumvent the problem of the plateau is to make changes to the time frame between meals. The internal clock that the human body's digestive system operates on can be altered to suit one's purposes, provided one executes the proper alterations to one's diet and eating habits. A simple action like altering the schedule of the meals, such as adding more meals but reducing the bulk of each, can have an appreciable effect on altering the metabolic rate. The key concept of this method is to fool the body into burning the food faster, thus getting one's weight loss program and diet back on track.

When considering the options, it is helpful to keep in mind that what works for one person may not work for another person. Some slower metabolisms may require a combination of diet program and exercise regimen modifications, while others can get by with merely shortening the break between meals. The critical point is to find a method that works and is effective for a specific metabolism, which can be a time-consuming process.



Saturday, October 14, 2017

The Essentials of Keeping Fit

A fitness and exercise program has greater chances of success if you are consistent and regular in following it. You not only need to be regular in exercising but in also giving your body the time to recover from the strain that exercising will put on your muscles. Besides this, it is also essential that you eat food that is nutritious, while you get adequate sleep and rest.

Once you start a regime of exercise, your boy and the muscles in ti will get used to the strain that is put on them, and the exercise may not have the same beneficial effect. It, therefore, becomes necessary to progressively increase your length of exercises or increase the resistance that you have to make your muscles go through. This is an important essential in your quest for fitness. There will come a time when both the increase in time and resistance are difficult to keep up, and then it can help if you change your exercises to add variety that can in a way lull your muscles into feeling that they are not being strained as before.

                                                


Any exercise regime has the best effects if it is properly designed to include flexibility, strength, muscle endurance and cardio. Look for various exercises that allow you to address all these aspects in various ways, and this balance can help you to avoid injury. Changing exercises can also help you to avoid the boredom of repetition and allow you to remain constantly motivated.


It can always help if your exercise program has a specific goal, like losing weight, building muscle, increasing endurance or others. Always keep these goals in mind whenever you exercise or make changes in your routine. You will then find it easier to reach your desired goals, and this can be very encouraging and can help in continuing your exercises.



Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Barefoot Running- the Natural Way to Run

The ancients always believed that if you run on the earth, you can run forever. Shoes, as used by the modern generation are supportive, but this leads to artificial propping of the feet, that prevents them from working as they should, naturally.

It is a fact that serious runners will have leg injuries, which are often traced back to the shoes that they wear. Shoes can block pain, but rarely reduce the impact that running can cause on the heels and soles of the feet. It is said that wearing shoes is like turning off the fire alarm and prevents a person from dealing with leg injuries even before they occur. Barefoot running can change the way a person runs because it can allow the feet to immediately sense pain, and thus cause a change in the stride, or other action during running so that it reduces the pain. Shoes, on the other hand, can make our feet weak and lead to running with most of the weight transferred to the inside edge of the feet.

During running the outside part of the heel makes the first contact with the running surface. The foot then rolls in by a small percentage until it is completely in contact with the ground. This rolling in acts like a shock absorber and distributes the impact. When the gait cycle ends, the front of the foot pushes off by using the big toe and second toe. This natural process of running can be restricted when you wear shoes, and that is why barefoot running, the natural way, is the best. Your running adapts to your own construction of your feet and low or high arches will not matter.


Modern day man is not used to running barefoot, and this is where technology has come to the aid with the development of Vibrams or footwear that mimics the natural foot and allow you to run the natural way.