Healthy Bruschetta Recipe

A step by step guide to quick, easy and delicious Bruschetta.

This is a great tasting, healthy bruschetta, that is both cheap, and incredibly quick to make. With our recommended ingredient quantities, it will comfortably feed 2 people as a starter, or one person as a main.

Here is the list of ingredients you will need:

• 4x Tomatoes
• 6x Slices of Ciabatta (or wholemeal alternative)
• 6x Fresh Basil leaves
• 1x Garlic Clove
• Olive Oil (preferably Extra Virgin)
• Black pepper

Zumba: What Are The Health Benefits?

You may have heard about Zumba, but had no clue what it was about. It’s a Latin-style form of fitness dance which has been gaining popularity very quickly. It was created by “Beto” Perez, and now has thousands of instructors across the country. Designed for people of all sorts of abilities and fitness levels, it’s a feel-good workout set to funky Latin beats.

Fat and Calorie Blasting

Zumba focuses on aerobic and interval training, which is optimal for burning calories. There is also a large focus on toning, so even beginners trying to get their heads around the steps will have that post-workout feeling in the morning. Depending on your weight and fitness, Zumba burns between 400-600 calories per hour.

Full Body Workout

If you want to tighten up hips, thighs, and abs, Zumba is perfect. But Zumba is also fantastic for working the entire body, so don’t be surprised if you find yourself going from Latin dance to doing push-ups and squats to slim you down everywhere.

Plyometric Burner Exercise Routine

What is one of the best ways to combat getting older? By working out.

Keeping your body in peak physical condition is one of the great ways to keep from not only looking old but also feeling old. One of the best methods to keep yourself feeling younger is by incorporating regular explosive, high-energy routines into your regular workout schedule.

Plyometric workouts are all about explosive movements to build power, agility, and muscle. Doing a routine like this a few times a week can really help you get back some of that spring for your step. This can easily be done before or after a regular workout. Personally I like to do them as a warm-up before running or another cardio activity.

What Is Atrial Fibrillation?

 
What Is Atrial Fibrillation?

The atria are the two upper chambers of the heart. They are responsible for receiving blood from the veins. After the atria fill with blood, they contract and move the blood to the ventricles. Atrial fibrillation occurs when the atria beat irregularly. This condition is the most common type of irregular heartbeat.

Who Is At Risk For Developing Atrial Fibrillation?

Anyone can develop atrial fibrillation, but there are some people who are at a greater risk for developing it than others. This condition is more common in older people. High blood pressure, heart disease and sleep apnea are some of the other conditions that can make a person more susceptible to developing atrial fibrillation. Drinking alcohol can also trigger this condition. Additionally, atrial fibrillation has a tendency to run in families.

Protecting Our Bodies after 40

How to Beat the Inevitable

So, you are approaching the wonderful age of 40 and would like to know what to expect when you do. Either that or you have passed the milestone and wonder what happened. The good news is that nothing is going to be drastically different from the day before. You can relax and enjoy your birthday, knowing that time really doesn’t move as fast as it seems.

However, that doesn’t mean we should just ignore the aging process and what it does to our bodies. Because, while we don’t have control over the actual aging and what it brings with it, we do have some options on how to handle some of it as it happens, or even before it does.
So, read on to learn how you can best fend off the natural process, at least a little.

Varying Rep Ranges in HIT Workouts

Classic bodybuilding wisdom dictates that you use low repetition ranges to build size because they target the fast-twitch muscle fibers. While people acknowledge the value of using high repetition sets for muscle endurance and to hit the slow-twitch muscle fibers, they are often not included in any sort of muscle building program.

Why not?

If you do a set of squats with the maximum weight you can handle for 20 repetitions (which is to failure) is your body not extremely taxed? Along with you leg muscles, more than likely your cardiovascular system has been stressed from the oxygen and blood requirements. How is this not beneficial to overall muscle and strength? Sure a maximum work set of 6 repetitions works different fibers but then you miss out on the other benefits.

How To Monitor Your Pulse Rate

Most people are used to having their heart rate checked when they visit the doctor’s office or hospital, but monitoring your rate at home is simple and takes only a few minutes. A change in your resting heart rate can alert you to medical problems, so knowing your normal heart rate can potentially save your life.

Your heart rate can also tell you whether you are exercising hard enough or too hard. It is best for your heart rate to be in your target zone for at least 20 or 30 minutes to get the full benefit of each workout.

How to Take Your Own Pulse

The doctor usually uses a stethoscope to measure your pulse, but you don’t have to use one to take your pulse at home. It is easiest to take your pulse on your wrist. This is called your radial pulse.