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News : Gym and Ginger are now correlated!

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Gym – Fitness and Ginger may not relate close to you. Ginger is not a common component or nutrients consumed for sports players. However, recent studies reveal the secrets behind this unique kitchen spice.

Ginger is a well-known herb to warm the body. Other ginger’s benefits are generally known to increase endurance and prevent inflammation in the body. Yet, researchers from the University of Georgia say that a sense of warmth in it also has an effect to relieve pain. Pain relief can be used to eliminate the usual soreness you feel after gym. So, how effectively ginger in relieving the pain? See the description of the study below. Read more…

Do Sports Anywhere, Anytime

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Who does not know that exercise is important? Sport is one of the important ways in addition to nutrition and adequate rest to get the ideal body shape and also healthier life. However, for busy people, especially young executives both men and women, the factor of time and energy, or laziness are mostly the main reasons for not exercising. Here are some tips for you to do exercise anywhere, anytime. Read more…

Let’s Move for Your More Appealing Face

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Look more mature, could be a great magnet for your partner. However, the wrinkles on the face can make you look older (ed: not mature) than your actual age.

It turns out that the wrinkles on the face can be prevented by doing enough exercise. With exercise, such as walking, the body cells will get enough oxygen and produce collagen more actively so that those wrinkles on the face can be prevented, said the research by Kerrie L Moreau, PhD, a researcher from the University of Colorado. “Sports, such as walking or jogging, can facilitate the circulation of oxygen and blood circulation. With a good blood circulation, nutrients throughout the skin tissue are not impeded. The smoothness of oxygen and nutrients are two requirements that are important in collagen production process, "said Moreau.

Train your muscles, and get stronger bones for a bonus!

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

You must be used to hear that fitness can increase your muscle strength. But latest research shows the existence of synergy between muscle strength with bone strength. So how muscle strength and bone are interconnected?

First, our bones turn out signal – a chemical signal to be received by our muscles. In reverse, the muscle also responses (known as myokines) which influence the bone strength and density. Second, the calcium that is important for the health of our bones is also needed for our muscle contraction. So no wonder if the strength of our bones will be highly correlated with the strength of our muscles. Read more…

Breath & Resistant Training

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Breathing is a natural thing we do, which make us do not realize that breathing can be one of the crucial techniques when we do weight training. In this case, what makes breathing be crucial?

Breathing techniques is related with blood pressure in heart, and by doing a good breathing technique, you minimize the performance of the heart and the blood pressure does not increase too high1. With the right techniques, you will not get the heart palpitations while doing weight training.

Then, how is the correct technique? Take a deep breath before lifting weights and then exhale while lifting weights, and inhale again while lowering weights (inhale before contraction-exhale when contraction-inhale after contraction). For example,


  • When doing bench press, take a deep breath before pushing your weights, and exhale when pushing the weights, inhale again when the weights down.
  • When doing crunch exercise, take a deep breath before the contraction, exhale your breath when the abdominal muscles contracting (when up), and inhale back during the relaxation process.

With better technique, you can get maximum results and reduces the risk of injury. Good luck!