Category Archive for Fitness Equipment

Why Stretching Matters and How to Maximize Your Stretches

By: Gerald Fitz Category: Health & Fitness When most people think about exercise, they think of strength training and cardiovascular activities, e.g. lifting weights and running on the treadmill. A good fitness program definitely involves doing both of these sorts of exercise, but it also includes a third often overlooked type of exercise – stretching. Most people think of stretching as something you do for sore muscles or as a quick supplement for cardio or lifting. However, these people fail to ...

New York Times Terrifies Readers Over Atrazine in Water

By: Elizabeth M. Whelan Category: Health & Fitness All the news that's fit to scare. That was the thrust of this weekend's New York Times article by Charles Duhigg entitled "Toxic Waters: Debating Just How Much Weed Killer Is Safe in Your Water Glass." As president of the American Council on Science and Health, I have been following environmental and health media articles for some three decades -- seeing how they measure up in terms of "honors" for exaggerated risk, biased reporting, misrepresented science, and ...

In Defense of Atrazine

By: Cindy Zimmerman Category: Health & Fitness The popular corn herbicide The popular corn herbicide Atrazine has been used safely by farmers for 50 years now, but it is facing renewed attacks by environmental activists. The Natural Resources Defense Council has formally requested that the EPA cancel atrazine’s registration and revoke all atrazine tolerance levels, which is bringing corn growers to its defense. Last week, growers met with Syngenta Crop Protection officials about the challenges being faced by atrazine. A roundtable meeting was held at ...

AIDS Causes, Symptoms, Prevention, Basic Information

By: Anna Patrick Category: Health & Fitness AIDS is a terrifying word that can end the hope of life in many people. But facing the problem is always a better solution than hiding it. Many people believe that they cannot get this infection but no one knows when and where they can get this deadly disease. Here in this article, we will discuss the basic information on AIDS – causes, symptoms and prevention. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, abbreviated as AIDS, is a condition where natural ...

How to Conduct Ovulation Test

By: Nathan Rodnay Category: Health & Fitness Ovulation occurs when an egg is released from the ovary and passes into fallopian tube. Sperm must fertilize the egg within 24 hours after its release for pregnancy to occur. The body produces a large amount of luteinizing hormone (LH) immediately prior to the ovulation. This generally happens in the middle of menstrual cycle and is known as LH surge. Pregnancy is more likely to happen during this fertile time. LH surge in urine signals that ovulation is ...

Reduce Weight and Gain Strength with DynoBell Kettlebells

By: James Markson Category: Fitness Equipment We are the reputed suppliers of certified and authorized DynoBell Kettlebells. It helps the users to reduce their weight successively. It is beneficial for training as well as gaining strength in order to remain fit and fine forever. We also offer practical and live training through videos and demonstrations that will assist you in a great way to work out at home. It will save your time as well as money by preventing you from going ...

The Benefits of Having a Set of Home Fitness Equipments

By: Duaka Karles Category: Fitness Equipment Having a set of home fitness equipments is very good investment, especially for those who are concerned with fitness. Most people are more interested in joining public gym rather than buying their own fitness equipments. The public gyms usually provide a range of fitness equipments from the ordinary to the most up to date. This could be the most reason why people prefer to spend their money through the membership of public gym. You however can reap more benefits ...

Weight Loss Surgery – A Boon or Doom?

By: Stuart Robinson Category: Health & Fitness Let’s start with some interesting facts about being overweight. Recent surveys on weight loss indicate that more than 300,000 deaths are reported to have caused due to obesity. Wait a minute, we said that the facts are interesting and did we say that the facts are ugly? Yes all facts about being overweight are revealing the worse health condition of majority of people living in this planet. You will be familiar with the great old saying that ...

Maintaining a Normal Cholesterol Level is Within Your Reach

By: Rhen Macalinao Category: Health & Fitness It is common knowledge today that cholesterol is not always bad. There is actually good cholesterol - the HDL or the high-density lipoprotein - which helps in carrying the cholesterol away from the arteries to the liver where it is processed into harmless components. There are a number of studies undertaken which suggest that for every unit of bad cholesterol reduction, the possibility of heart disease reduces by twice that percentage number. Control of Diet is the Key ...

Aromatherapy is Powerful

By: Kari Farmer Category: Health & Fitness Aromatherapy has been around for thousands of years. I’m pretty sure even the earliest of humans knew that the smell of flowers made them happier than the smell of rotting meat. Aromatherapy is a natural way to help out your body both physically and emotionally. Essential oils are concentrated extracts taken from the roots, leaves, or blossoms of plants. I love the fact that it is the essence of the plant. Essential oils stimulate our powerful sense of ...