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Exercise
Effectively
with
Jacques Courseault, M.D.
Jacques graduated from Tulane Medical School and has seven years of experience as a personal trainer.
He is one of the founders of Don't Weight to Lose, a faith-based program for diet and weight loss that is run by Tulane University School of Medicine medical student volunteers.
Exercise How and Why
How to Begin an Exercise Regimen
Exercising is an important lifestyle change that you should begin making
if you haven't already. The purpose of this article is to get you
from sitting in your computer chair, to the point where you are seconds
away from sweating, burning calories and improving your overall health.
Walk Your Way to Better Health
Walking is a simple, low-impact exercise that you can do to improve your
health and fitness. No instruction manual is needed, and a walking
coach will not be necessary. Walking is one of the first natural exercises
that you learn to do from a young age.
How to Begin a Walking Program
Now you want to know
how to begin and maintain an enjoyable walking program that will
improve your health and not waste your time. Follow these instructions
and use these simple tips to build a personalized walking program that
you will love.
Eating and Exercise: What to eat and when to eat it
Some days your workout is full of energy
and other days you wonder if you have enough energy to make it
through the first few exercises. You may want to take a closer look at
what foods you are eating and when you are eating them. Properly managing
your meals, snacks and beverages before and after exercise can have a
huge impact on your workout intensity and how well your body recovers
from your workout.
Weight, Lean Body Mass and Exercise
You have finally made a commitment
to regularly exercise, build up strength and tone your muscles. You step
on the scale a few weeks later to find that you have not lost or maybe
even gained weight! You figure that something is wrong with the scale,
because your pants are too big and you look and feel thinner. Chances are
that your scale works just fine.
Strong Muscles Fight Disease
Late night television is peppered with commercials about bigger muscles,
defined abs, and tighter thighs. Most of these actors are professional
weight lifters, and their nine to five day job is spent in the gym.
Not all of us are that lucky to get paid to look good. So why should
we invest our time and energy into resistance training?
How to Exercise with Disabled or Weak Legs
Spending long hours sitting
in a wheelchair or in a bed can not only be uncomfortable, but can
also lead to weight gain, weakened muscles, joint and muscle stiffness
and weakened heart and lungs. Thus, moving as much as possible is very
important for anyone with disabled or weak legs.
How to Conserve Muscle Mass
During Weight Loss
Conserving muscle mass, or lean body mass (LBM), is essential to maintaining
a healthy body composition during periods of weight loss. Muscle supports your
joints, helps you to perform daily activities, keeps you looking toned and boosts
your resting metabolism, or the energy you expend at rest.
How to Build Muscle Mass
Performing a search for "How to Build Muscle Mass" leads to bodybuilding
sites, muscle supplement ads or vague advice on how to get "ripped."
Your time is too valuable to waste on confusing recommendations that
may or may not produce sustainable results. Advice for increasing muscle
mass should be based on years of research by reputable organizations.
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Create customized two-week meal plans for you and your entire family, including printable shopping lists for each week. Use leftovers for lunches and dinners later in the week - and frozen meals when you know you won't have time to cook. Find out more about our free online diet planner!
The Real World Diet Coaching
Whether you are using The Real World Diet or just want to read up on eating healthy, these essays will help you understand the overall How and Why of eating healthy in the real world. Each Monday Dr. Harlan will explain another element of eating healthy in simple, easy-to-understand terms that you can apply to your real life. Just read these in order and you'll know how - and why - to eat healthy.
Exercise How and Why, cont.
How to Build Muscular Endurance
Improving muscular endurance takes a back seat to increasing muscle mass
when discussing methods of resistance training. However, muscle endurance is
just as important, because it allows muscles to exercise for an extended period
of time before becoming fatigued.
Exercise Ideas: Play Video Games!
Video games aren't just for kids! According to a
recent report, 53 percent of American adults play video games, and one
in five adults (21%) play every day or almost every day. While sedentary behavior
is linked to chronic diseases and obesity, new, active video games systems
may help you meet your weekly exercise recommendations.
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Exercise to Maintain
Yes, weight loss (and gain) is all about the calories:
to lose weight, calories out (burned) must be more than calories in (eaten).
Exercise is a great way to make sure that you burn more than you eat, and the
current federal recommendation is for 150 minutes a week (that's 30 minutes
per day, 5 days a week) of moderate exercise for "substantial health benefits."
Exercise and Supplements
Those of you who are regular readers know that I don't believe the research
supports taking vitamins. In the past I have used the premise of "doesn't help but probably won't hurt" when
it comes to vitamins.
Ask Dr. Gourmet: Can you exercise if you have GERD / Acid Reflux?
Exercise Really Is Key to Weight Loss and Maintenance
A couple of years ago I reported on a study that showed the importance
of exercise in achieving and maintaining weight loss.
Studies also show, however, that the difficulty is not really in
losing the weight - it's in keeping it off for the long term. How
much exercise is necessary to help maintain weight loss?
Exercise Trumps Heredity
Studying identical twins is very important because they help scientists separate
what has a genetic cause and what is caused by a person's environment or their
lifestyle.
Diet and exercise good for older adults, too
The elderly are especially
susceptible to what is known as "metabolic syndrome," an observed combination
of risk factors that, taken together, represents an increased
risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Decreasing the Risk of Gestation Diabetes
Gestation diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a serious illness with potentially serious consequences. Can you do anything to decrease your risk of getting GDM? Yes!
One Simple Rule for Weight Loss
I get asked all the time about whether certain eating patterns will result in weight loss. Skip breakfast? Eat breakfast? Eat every three hours? What about alcohol - will it really stop me from losing weight? These are all theories that are reported in the popular press and it seems that most people take them to be true.
Trying to control your weight? Get some more exercise
Despite the fact that Americans spend over $50 billion per year on weight loss products and services, one-third of adults are still obese. To combat this, in 1998 the National Institute of Health recommended that adults get a minimum of 30 minutes of high-intensity exercise, 5 days per week (150 minutes/week), in addition to reducing calories consumed.