Posts tagged Body Fat

Fitness, Health

“Looking Back” by Jessica Tyrell, Gold’s Gym Member

Thinking back a few short years ago I remember walking into the office to get my first Gold’s Gym Challenge pictures taken. If I’ve ever felt like the room was closing in on me that would’ve been the day. To this day I’m told I didn’t breathe the whole time I was in there. I’m just 5 foot 6 inches tall and I weighed 281 pounds and had 58% body fat.  The worst part of all… I was only 19. I asked my mom once how I ever got so “big” and she told me that once I got my driver’s license I would come home every day with a different fast food cup.  I use to order pizza and eat the whole thing; of course I’d take the trash out before anyone saw. I’d even eat a whole cheesecake all by myself. No wonder I was so big.
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Health, Reviews

The Art of Expressing the Human Body

Much more than just another book about Bruce Lee, The Art of Expressing the Human Body is full of exercise information. Aside from being a world-renowned ‘movie star’ and martial artist, Bruce Lee was first and foremost an athlete. One look at his physique in the movie Enter the Dragon and I’m sure you’ll agree that he knew a little bit about working out and what it means to be LEAN.
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Health

If Hearts Could Talk

CONTROLLING AGING
10 WAYS TO HELP RETAIN YOUTH AND PROLONG THE ONSET OF AGING

1. MUSCLE MASS- Americans tend to lose 6.6 pounds of lean body mass each year with the rate accelerating after 45.
CONTROL FACTOR: EXERCISE AND PROPER NUTRITION
2. STRENGTH- The average person loses 30 percent of his muscles and or nerves between age 20 and 70. Strength and size of remaining cells can be increased.
CONTROL FACTOR: RESISTANCE TRAINING
3. CALORIES- At age 70 a person needs 500 fewer calories per day to maintain body weight.
CONTROL FACTOR: REDUCE CALORIC INTAKE
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