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When should you eat after exercise?

This isĀ  a question that everyone has in mind. When should I eat after exercising? After finishing a workout, your metabolic rate is elevated, and it can stay elevated for some time. With out getting too technical, this metabolic after-burn is called excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC), and is characterized by a high usage of [...]

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Calories burnt during stair climbing

Climbing stairs is a great way of burning calories. Get on the stepper at the gym or you can just go to a stadium and climb for 30 minutes. Great for cardio, so a stronger heart, well toned legs and glutes. If you cant spend 30 minutes at stretch, then try to accumulate several minutes [...]

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Exercise daily for stronger bones

It is impossible to lose weight if a low calorie diet is not combined with exercise. As we know, exercise burns off extra calories and fat, improves the metabolism and there’s more to it. Exercising regularly can improve your bone density. Constant dieting can make you lose calcium from bones. It is always advisable to [...]

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Exercise and You

Most of my clients dread it when I mention the “exercise” word. It is expected for dietitians to give a magic formula to lose weight and vanish the fat in their bodies. It takes time for it to sink in, that exercise is the key to lose weight and also to maintain it. “It is [...]

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Clear your mind when you work out…

One of the best ways to relieve stress is to exercise, but I have done a few observations when I work out in the gym. When most of them work out, they are either huffing and puffing and watching the television or are in deep thinking probably what they will need to do later after [...]

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Plan your diet-before hand

So you have now decided to start on a diet and made goals and plans with all eagerness. Visited a dietitian with all zest, came back home after a session from the dietitian with your head filled with lots of information and a diet chart. You plastered it up on your fridge door and followed [...]

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Why women should lift weights…….

A new client of mine called up to set up an appointment and she sounded really desperate. Her first query was that she has flabby hands and she wants me to plan a diet to make the fat disappear or in her words blast the fat away. I explained to her that there is no [...]

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Exercise and Pregnancy

Exercise is very important while one is expecting a baby. It is a simple way to stay fit and is beneficial not only to the mother but also to the baby. Pregnancy is a time when people like to pamper to one self and take out out quality time to snooze. But lazing during this [...]

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