If you’re feeling a little anxious, make a stop at the gym or work out to a strength training DVD at home for some resistance training. New research shows it helps to reduce stress and anxiety, and it does it without medications. Is strength training a natural anxiety reliever?
Who doesn’t want to keep burning fat even after they stop working out? When you work out intensely, your metabolism remains high for hours after an exercise session due to a phenomenon called EPOC or the afterburn effect. Most people think that you get a significant afterburn only after high-intensity aerobics – but what about resistance training? Does resistance exercise create an afterburn too?
Exercise causes changes in the level of certain hormones including growth hormone. Growth hormone promotes fat-burning and helps to keep you leaner. Find out more about exercise, growth hormone and how it affects your ability to stay slim.
Exercise is important for reducing abdominal fat, especially visceral belly fat, the type that increases the risk of heart disease and other health problems. But what type is best? Find out what new research shows about resistance training versus cardio for controlling abdominal fat.
Find out what research shows about the link between exercise and appetite and whether you’ll eat less after you work out.
Recent studies have removed the uncertainty and show that exercise not only delays the aging process but can also reverse the aging process.
