When Bad Feels Good

Another obstacle people face when trying to change their bad health habits is the pleasure they get from these unhealthy practices. For example, junk food and sweets are fun to eat. A person may crave her favorite food and derive grate pleasure from eating them.Many unhealthy behaviors are automatic, such as planting oneself in front of the television for several hours each night.Any habit that is pleasurable is difficult to break, and in our society eating junk food and watching hours of TV are two of the strongest.

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Small changes big Results Wyn multivitamins are still a very good Idea
The daily multivitamin pill is no substitute for a good diet.But none of us is perfect when it comes to healthful eating.We may know all about the virtues of leafy green vegetables and whole grains,but convenience and carvings lead us astray. The multivitamin is partial protection from our lapses .

Summary

The pool is an excellent medium for training core muscles in a functional, upright position.Exercises can be performed with limited weight bearing, which is an important benefit for people with lower -extremity or trunk problems that limit exercise in a gravity environment. Activities can focus on mobility, strength, endurance, cardiorespiratory training, balance, or any combination of these systems. The pool makes an ideal alternative or complement to core muscle training on land.

Aquatic Exercise for Rehabilitation and Training

Ranges of motion should be avoided. Extension and rotation activities should be approached with caution. The grapevine crossing behind step can be a problem for these people. The amount of normal trunk rotation is limited. Any rotational activities should be initiated slowly and cautiously. In general,the clinician should watch out for any increase in peripheral pain associated with the exercise program.

When and How to Use Whey Protein

What I try to do is consume around 100 grams of protein from quality wholefood sources, like chicken, fish, or beef, each day, and then I try to take in another 150 grams of protein from supplements, like Myoplex Plus or Designer Protein.Of course, how much protein you need to supplement (and I'm convinced virtually every bodybuilder should be using a protein supplement) depends on how much quality protein you consume from regular food.

Obesity and Diabetes

Obesity puts a person at greater risk for developing several lifestyle related diseases. When a person ingests more food calories than his body uses, the excess calories are stored as fat. The American diet is very very high in fat, and people typically don't operate at the activity level necessary to use all of the calories they consume.You probably remember learning a little about Type 2 diabetes in your first lesson. Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which the body fails to use insulin effectively. Obese individuals are more likely to develop this condition than others. Just as Type 2 diabetes generally is brought on by poor lifestyle choices, many people can reverse this condition by achieving a healthy body weight through proper diet and exercise.

Identify The Problem

In this part of the problem resolution process,you are trying to determine whether the problem is actually an ethical problem. A good guideline is to determine how you feel about the situation if you're uncomfortable, chances are good that the situation is an ethical conflict.

Our sample situation clearly is an ethical problem it's full of issues of confidentiality, your professional future, and dual relationships.At this point, you can write down what you see as the problem. I'm worried about Carla, about losing Topher as a client, and about their relationship.

Because you have so many conflicting roles, it will be helpful to determine what parts of the problem are your issues to deal with, and what issue belong to Topher and Carla. To do that, you may need to gather more information. At the very least, you need to look more closely at all the information you already have .

The Listening Half of the Equation

The other half of the communication equation involves your ability to listen.You must be sure you understand the clients health conditions and their expectations. In that way,you can determine whether you even can provide appropriate training.

For example, a client sees a TV special and comes in asking for a specific type of session yoga that you aren't qualified to offer. Because your code of ethics prevents you from claiming expertise you don't have or performing work you don't have training in, you would then need to tell the client that you can't help her and refer her to a qualified yoga instructor.

It's also important to remember that the client has the right to refuse the services you offer or even to consent to a session and then decide to stop it partway through.This right sometimes is called the right of refusal. As part of the process of obtaining informed consent, you should talk with the client about her right of refusal.

Communicate,Communicate, Communicate

The first time you meet with a client is the ideal time to exchange information so that you avoid the communication problems that the green haired woman experienced. It's important that you help a client outline and verbalize his needs and goals. You can get consent while you learn about a client's exercise and nutritional history and goals.

Triceps Brachii

The triceps brachii muscle, usually just referred to as the triceps, is the three headed tri means three and ceps means head muscle on the backside or posterior of the humerus. In fact, the triceps is the only muscle located on the back of the arm.

Flexor Muscle Group

As you know by now, flexion refers to decreasing the angle of a joint. A number of muscles function as flexors of the elbow, wrist, hand, and finger joints. Some of these flexors also support one or more other movements, depending on their location and their relationship with other muscles. So don't be surprised if you see a muscle included in more than one group.

The Serratus Anterior Muscle

The serratus anterior muscle's name comes from the fact that its fibers are serrated or notched. The Latin word serratus means a notching.This muscle lies in the lateral regions of the ribcage, with most of its bibers deep to the scapula, the lats, and the pec major. The serratus anterior attaches to both the ribs and the scapula, originating on the surfaces of the upper eight or nine ribs and inserting underneath the scapula on the medial border of its anterior surface. The action of the serratus anterior is primarily upward rotation of the scapula, although it is also involved in protraction and depression of the scapula. You can see the location of the serratus anterior muscle and its attachments to the ribs and scapula.

Lower Back Pain

As mentioned earlier in this lesson, lumbar or lower back pain is a common problem for all people, even if they don't exercise. But paying attention to posture and pelvic alignment and strengthening your abdominal muscles can help prevent such pain.

Engaging your transversus abdominus muscle compresses the contents of the abdomen and supports your lower back. When you educate your clients about the proper way to lift heavy abjects using the legs and back instead of only the back be sure to tell them to engage the transversus abdominus. Also,work with your clients on proper form. For example, keeping the pelvis horizontal, not tipped left, right, backward or forward, while performing resistance exercises protects the lower back from injury.

Also, as was previously mentioned, simple stretching exercises can prevent and alleviate lower back pain.For example, lie on your back and gently pull one knee toward your chest, relaxing your back muscles as your pull. Hold for a count of five and then release. Repeat the exercise on the other side. Then pull both knees in, holding for a count of five.Repeat this regimen five to 10 times before you get up in the morning.

Good Pain ? Bad Pain ?

Yes, some pain is better than others. You and  your clients need to be able to describe the kind of discomfort or pain that's being experienced. Generally, if you feel a dull, achy, or general pain through a large part of your body your left triceps muscle, your abdominal, your quadriceps you're probably feeling good pain. Your body has been challenged, and it's responding, making itself stronger for its next challenge.

A History of Dietary Guidelines

Food group guides have been a part of the American diet for several decades. You may remember the Basic Four Food Groups, which was introduced in 1956 and served as the guide to balanced eating for nearly four decades. The Basic Four Food Groups described the minimum number of servings a person should get from each of the food groups each vegetable group, and bread group. In 1992 the Food Guide Pyramid replaced the Basic Four Food Groups. This new guide consists of five food groups and gives a range of servings a person should eat from each group depending on the person's activity level, age, and caloric need.

Vitamins That Affect Muscle Function and Bone Density

There are several vitamins that, when in adequate amount,contribute to proper energy utilization, improve exercise performance,and play an important role in the tissue repair that must take place following exercise. Specifically, several of the B vitamins including thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, and pantothenic acid help the body release energy from or metabolize food, build proteins, and repair muscle tissue.

Heart Rate

The heart Rate, sometime called a pulse, is simply the number of times your heart beats every minute. One measurement of a person's fitness is his resting heart rate how hard his heart has to work while the person is sitting.Resting heart rates vary from 60 to 90 beats per minute. Physically fit people and people with good genes have a lower resting heart rate.Less fit people, people on some medications, people dealing with stress, and people who have just come from the coffee shop may have higher resting heart rates. (Caffeine tends to increase resting heart rate.)

Your Heart in Parts

The heart is a muscle that is a larger than your clenched fist.Encased in a protective membrane, it lies in the middle of your chest,just behind and somewhat to the Left of the sternum or breastbone.The lungs are on bothy sides of it and behind it.

Who Is Respinsible ?

You now know the many ways that a personal fitness trainer and nutritional specialist can help a client achieve fitness goals. But sometimes a personal fitness trainer  does all these things right, and the client still doesn't succeed. Even the best personal fitness trainers in the world have clients who drop out of their programs or fail to follow their advice. Ultimately, the responsibility of a client's health lies within the client who refuses to do her part.

Some clients may try to blame their personal fitness trainer for their failings in the gym.Therefore, it is important that clients understand from the beginning that you, as their trainer, cannot do the work for them,ultimately,clients are responsible for their own success or failure. The personal fitness trainer is responsible for creating a program that is as easy as possible for the client to adhere to, but the client must adhere to this program both in the gym and in daily life. Until the client is ready to help himself, there is little chance for success

Working Toward Goals

Once SMART goals are set, a personal fitness trainer plays numerous role to increase the chances of a client attaining the goals. We talked about some of these roles in a previous lesson. First, a personal fitness trainer plays the of teacher, educating clients on safety measures to take while exercising.

A second role of the personal fitness trainer is to coach clients in a variety of workouts to reduce boredom. Personal fitness trainers know that there are numerous ways to work any given muscle group, and they use a variety of workouts to help their clients attain their fitness goals.Finding ways that a client can use his new strength or stamina in everyday life contributes to the likelihood that he will commit to a new lifestyle. Keeping a client's diet varied and interesting also can make a big difference. Just as the body changes during physical workout, the fuel the body needs changes as well.

Obesity and Diabetes

Obesity puts a person at greater risk for developing several lifestyle related diseases. When a person ingests more food calories than his body uses, the excess calories are stored as fat. The American diet is high in fat, and people typically don't operate at the activity level necessary to use all of the calories they consume.

You probably remember learning a little about type 2 diabetes in your first lesson. Type 2 diabetes is a disease in which the body fails to use insulin effectively. Obese individuals are more likely to develop this condition than others. Just as Type 2 diabetes generally is brought on by poor lifestyle choices, many people can reverse this condition by achieving a healthy body weight through proper diet and exercise.

The Modern Diet

The average American diet is high in sugar, fat,and refined carbohydrate. Many Americans choose fast foods for convenience despite these foods lack of nutrition. We are bombarded with advertisements for food and are served gigantic portions. As a result, obesity has become a widespread. problem in both children and adults.Obesity is the condition of having greater than 20 percent of one's total body weight as fat in men and greater that 30 percent of one's total body weight in women.