Kauai Garden Island , Exercise , Detox & Healing
How to use exercise as medicine (Part 2)
Exercise can be a powerful tool for disease prevention, but it is also very effective if you already have a disease. It can have positive benefits on your mood, help improve mental health, and can be an important must-have part of your treatment.
Kauai Garden Island , Exercise , Detox & Healing
How to use exercise as medicine (Part 1)
You have probably heard many times about the benefits of exercise for improving your health and even reversing many existing health conditions. Food is information for our body, and exercise is a medicine for both healing and prevention. Understanding how to use this can be hugely beneficial, whatever you want to improve.
Kauai Garden Island , Exercise
This may be the most important factor for healthy aging
I think we all want to live long, but at the same time we may be scared that we might not remain healthy for a long lifespan. We can't stop aging but we can have some control over how it affects us.
Kauai Garden Island , Weight Loss , Exercise
How can you lose fat faster and more enjoyably? Part 3
In part three of this series we are going to look at how you can add supplements to your zone 2 training to help you get the most out of it.
Kauai Garden Island , Weight Loss , Exercise
How can you lose fat faster and more enjoyably? Part 2
When you apply Zone 2 level training and push your body, you're most likely to lose body fat and get stronger and leaner. Besides, you will also of course get all the other health benefits I mentioned in my last column. There are some strategies though that can help you optimize fat oxidation during Zone 2 training.
Kauai Garden Island , Weight Loss , Exercise
How can you lose fat faster and more enjoyably? Part 1
A certain type of cardio has been gaining popularity for a good reason. Although we have known about it for a long time, its application is a bit more complicated than we initially thought. You may think you're doing enough cardio by walking, biking, or swimming, and while all of these activities are great the training zone matters. Researchers have found that doing cardio in "Zone 2" is the most effective.
Kauai Garden Island , Exercise
Does the type of cardio matter?
Cardio can be defined in many ways, you can be doing resistance training in a cardio fashion, such as lighter weights with high repetitions, or you can be dancing, gardening or cleaning the house. Essentially, anything that increases the heart rate for a certain period of time could be “cardio”.
Kauai Garden Island , Nutrition , Exercise
Can you gain strength with intermittent fasting?
If you find the title of this column interesting then probably you already have some experience with intermittent fasting, or you know about it and want to try it. Intermittent fasting (IF) has become very popular in the last few years. You may have heard some amazing success stories but maybe also some not so positive results as well.
Kauai Garden Island , Exercise
How to improve bone health with exercise
Most people know what they need to do to lose weight, although applying the knowledge can still be tricky. However, it's very hard to know what you can do to improve your bone health. We have probably all heard that calcium is very important for our bones, which is true, but getting enough calcium in your diet alone might be not enough.
Exercise , Kauai Garden Island
Are you too old to start exercising — Part 2, Exercise
When we think of exercise we may often think of going to some facility such as a community center or a gym. Although if you are not able (or do not want) to go somewhere like that then there is plenty that you can do at home, even if you don't have any equipment...
Exercise , Kauai Garden Island
Are you too old to start exercising — Part 1, Introduction
You may be thinking that you are too old to start exercising. Or maybe even that you simply can't do exercises any more, it's just too hard. But is that really true?
Nutrition , Exercise , Mindset , Kauai Garden Island
How exercise can help you to eat healthier
I think we all know that exercise is very important for our health and wellbeing. But I want to draw your attention to one specific benefit which many people may not be aware of — and that is how exercise can help you eat better.
