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Water for Weight Loss – Vancouver Personal Trainer Tip

ChrisK — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:05:09 +0000

You heard right! Drinking water will help with your weight loss. If you are eating right and exercising with your trainer on a regular basis then try drinking more water. Many people don’t drink enough water daily which means their bodies aren’t functioning at optimal capacity. Therefore, their metabolism is not burning as many calories as it could. Some studies have also shown that thirst and hunger sensations are triggered together which means if you are slightly dehydrated, you may very well feel hungry also. When you are feeling hungry, try drinking some water 15 minutes before eating and see what happens to your appetite.

So how much water should we drink daily? I’m sure everyone has heard the “8 glasses a day” saying but water is also obtained from the foods that we eat. A better way to monitor how much water our body needs is through our urine! It should stay clear with a slight yellow tinge. The darker in yellow it is, the more dehydrated you are. Other benefits of water are:

-Regulating appetite

-Boosting energy levels

-Alleviating some headaches

-Help to reduce high blood pressure and high cholesterol

-Decreased chance of developing kidney stones

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Another Whole Food to Add to Your Diet?

Jessica — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:38:16 +0000

Looking for Another Whole Food to add to your diet? Salba is one of my favorite power foods I’ve added to my diet. Salba is a delicious, seed like food that you can add to just about anything to help make your diet even better. It’s one of “Nature’s Most Powerful Whole Foods” and has a ton of benefits!

“Salba^® is the richest whole food source of Omega 3 fatty acids and fibre found in nature. Gram for gram, Salba^® provides six times more calcium than whole milk, three times more iron than spinach, and fifteen times more magnesium than broccoli. Salba^® is all-natural, has no trans-fats, is gluten free, has almost no carbohydrates, and is certified Non-GMO.”

For more information: http://www.sourcesalba.com/

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Diet vs. Dumbell

Virgil — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:08:36 +0000

We’ve all heard this before, “80% of any fitness goal is eating right”. But, is this really true? To answer this question one must consider the level of fitness they stand in, their fitness goals, and their current eating habits. Take, for example somebody who is obese with poor eating habits and little exercise experience. Considering they’ve never known a thing about proper nutrition, then yes, 80% of their fitness goal will very well be eating right. On the other hand, for a professional athlete who’s body is already conditioned and who’s eating habits are well, 80% of their fitness goal will be performance related. Proper nutrition comes naturally to them, and their eating habits are well established already. What is most important for individuals like this are their training methods. Are they training at the intensities they need? Are they pushing their bodies to new limits? Are they getting proper rest periods? The lean muscle mass these individuals already have in their bodies work to burn calories and fat even when at rest also. No matter what your fitness level though, proper nutrition is always key. It should never be treated less than equally as important as your training because they work hand in hand. Without the right nutrition you can not train properly. Poor diet in a workout routine can drastically affect your energy levels, leave you dizzy, or diminish your gains. Don’t spin your tires out by putting all the empty calories back into your body that you just worked off during that intense workout. Make sure you’re eating at least an hour before your workout so that your stomach has enough time to digest the food and so that you have that energy available.

Vancouver Personal Trainer Virgil Isaacs- Kalev Training in Yaletown
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Carb Drinks:

Kalev — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:54:16 +0000

Diet has a huge effect on exercise. Your energy levels and your body’s response to the training that it performs are all affected by the things you eat and drink. For instance, drinking a carb drink while doing cardio exercise reduces your perceived intensity, making the cardio easier. It also gives you more energy to perform for longer. Combining that with the fact that doing cardio in 3 sets of 10 min has the same affect on your aerobic capacity as doing 30 min in a row the result is that you will be running longer and harder in no time at all.

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