Why The Health And Fitness Industry Is Killing Us

The health and fitness industry is in a dire state.

A rogue of sorts.

Between the news, which is consistently ten years behind on health and fitness information, to the epidemic of obesity that now runs rampant across the United States; we have complicated what was supposed to be easy, and we are to blame.

I mean a calorie in vs a calorie out, that is what weight loss is supposed to be right? Wrong. Because according to the rows, and rows of unregulated supplements, its the amount of fat-burners, creatine, and packaged mystery treats you can take that lead to weight loss, and according to the misguided, outdated advice of many so-called experts who are outfitted with college degrees, and certifications, but cannot help themselves lose a pound; the food guide pyramid is up-to-date. Ha!

I do not remember the last time I met a person who told me they achieved their outstanding body following the food guide pyramid, because it never happened. We shall rename it, the low expectation pyramid. The bare minimum pyramid. The just enough pyramid. Yet, while there are people out there who do not care much about their health, there is a thriving, lively, heartbroken community begging for guidance, and they do not even know it, because no one is showing them, and the vast majority of the ones that are offering their two cents are so arrogant, and stubborn; no one wants to listen.

Face it: we are still in the caveman age of training, nutrition, and supplementation, when the preconceived notion most women have of lifting weights is that they will turn into some unapproachable carnivorous bulk of a human being.

Just look at every commercial gym; many which have banned lifts. Recently I walked into one that banned deadlifts, power-cleans, and overhead presses. Yes I said it, overhead presses. Look at how arrogant people are who know a small amount of info. The standard expectation should be that every individual knows what a simple, and complex carbohydrate is. Yet, most do not. Only 1 out of 7 Americans exercise, yet how many exercise properly? And there is no one to blame but us, our raw knowledge, and our stubborn nature.

I see the future. Obesity will continue to rise. We are beginning to diverge. The hardcore on one side, every one else on the other.

We cannot find a balance because the highly questionable fitness industry, which is corrupt, because of its gimmicks, advertisements, and very raw beginning, does not properly qualify the people, or products that are supposed to be qualified.

The industry has been downcast into a mixture of a small percentage of people who do know what they are talking about who were forced to learn through humility, trial, and error, learn information that should be the standard; the status quo. While  a large percentage of people who think they know go around spreading conveniences just for a dollar.

It is killing America, the infomercials with the useless products that promise to get you abs just by putting a vibrating belt around your waist, the shake weight, the jump shoes, the ridiculously overpriced gym memberships, the arrogant slightly overweight trainers who hold their head high because they have an online certification, yet no meaningful knowledge, the ‘no pain, no gain’ Nike commercials that make it seem like you can just go crazy in the gym without proper planning, and the straight from Hollywood fad diets that are ruining peoples health.

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Christmas Gifts Ideas–Health and Fitness

Health is the foundation of both happiness and success. It is rare and extremely difficult for an unhealthy person to either be happy or be successful.

During Christmas and Christmas gift giving, it is true, we hardly think of health. We, however, do think a lot of love and merry making, which are very necessary for good health. But immediately after Christmas, we think a lot about health and fitness. It is so because New Year follows Christmas closely and when we think of New Year Resolutions health and fitness is our top priority. To go for walking, jogging, swimming, to start playing a game, to join a gym, to be more active and near the nature, to eat balanced food, etc. are some of the New Year Resolutions which people make for good health and superb fitness.

Before we discuss what Christmas gifts we could give for health and fitness, let us see the Fundamentals of Health and Fitness. These are:

Decide to Be Healthy!
Condition Your Mind to Health
Eat Healthy
Exercise Regularly
Be Active
Live naturally and near Nature
Fast at least once a week
Be Happy
Adopt a Regular Life Style
Keep away from Bad Habits

So, as with happiness, so with health and fitness also mind plays great role in keeping us healthy and fit.

Christmas gifts relating to health and fitness would be appreciated very much. Some gifts which we could give are as under:

Yoga Books and Accessories: I have put yoga books and accessories at the top because yoga is a health system par excellence. Of course, yoga is not just a health system. It is a complete way of life. But it harmonizes body, mind, and soul and for perfect health and fitness this is very necessary. Yoga can be done indoors or outdoors, singly or in a group, nearly any time of the day, and by persons of any age. So, give the gift of yoga this Christmas.

Games and Sports: I have put games and sports in the second place after yoga as games and sports keep us active and interested. If we play some game, we are to a great extent addicted to it. We will make sure that we go to play. In some other activities this sort of commitment is difficult to maintain. Furthermore, most of the games and sports involve partners and teams and, therefore, it becomes sort of an obligation to be present. In a sense, every activity could be termed as games and sports, and many of the following activities could come under this heading, here by games and sports I mean activities like football, hockey, golf, tennis, badminton, etc.

Outdoor Activities: Most of the games and sports are outdoor activities. On the other hand, nearly all the outdoor activities are sports and games. Football is an outdoor activity as well, and skiing is a sport also. However, by outdoor activity I mean such things as camping, hunting, mountain climbing, fishing, and trekking, etc. Being outdoor means being near the nature. Being near the nature means health and fitness, and also peace of mind. Though nature is free (sun, moon, river, forest, mountain, cool breeze, sky, etc. are free) and one could enjoy them freely, most of the outdoor activities require special equipment which may be little costly. Giving a gift of such equipment to an outdoor enthusiast would be appreciated very much.

Gym/Swimming Club etc. Subscriptions: Gym and Swimming Club etc. subscriptions are excellent gifts. They are long lasting also (they would last, at least, the period of subscription). Personally, I have observed, that it is sometime difficult to keep up with such activities. People lose interest. So, such gifts are to be given to the right person if you don’t want it to go waste.

Home Exercise Equipments: These are gaining popularity now-a-days as people are hard pressed for time. They want to include exercise also in their routine of shaving, taking a shower, and eating breakfast. A jogging machine in the bathroom is very convenient. Here also, unfortunately, people lose interest. However, it is still good as the equipment is at home and sooner or later some family member would benefit.

Health and Personal Care Products: These include diet and nutrition, health and personal care, medicines and household medical equipments, etc. These help in keeping good health and personal care. These are also good health gifts.

Accessories and Clothes: Every sports and game and activity require accessories and clothes. A good jogging suit, sneaker, or swim suit is not only necessary; they also inspire to undertake the activity. Giving such gifts is a signal to the recipient to start the activity. They also motivate.

Books, Audios/Videos, and MP3 Downloads: As with happiness gifts, so with health and fitness gifts also, books, audios/videos, and MP3 downloads are very important to inspire and motivate. They also teach. For example, yoga and exercise videos are very popular and many people do their exercise session following them.

Memorabilia and Allied Products: In games and sports memorabilia and allied products are very important. The possessor of an autographed baseball bat or World Series mascot or cards would be very proud and happy. Such memorabilia is available as gift items and would be appreciated very much.

Sports and Games Items to the Needy: It is true that many would be great sports persons could not realize their potential as they had no money to buy even the bare minimum equipments. In the developing countries the conditions is very pathetic. Only rich and well-to-do persons could afford the expenditure. So is the case with health. What to talk of sports equipments many don’t have even enough to buy medicines or food. Hunger is the greatest enemy of good health. Please also think of in this direction also while giving Christmas gifts of health and fitness.

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Contextualizing Bodybuilding in Health and Fitness

Contemporary health and fitness incorporates bodybuilding concepts. The internet domain specialization and article directories especially, have segmented bodybuilding, health and fitness in three separate categories that are mutually exclusive. Consequently, we have exclusive niches for health, for bodybuilding programs and for fitness training. We fail to conceptualize how health and fitness matters can accrue within a bodybuilding context. The consequences have been adverse and even fatal.

Introducing Bodybuilding Health

Bodybuilding health is a new concept that finds a very stratified society. We are bodybuilders and they are just fitness trainers. The feeling is mutual the other way round. The concept of marrying health and fitness into bodybuilding training is alien to us and even opposed at some quarters. Let us take a brief walk through the history of bodybuilding so that you may appreciate why bodybuilding health is the hybrid engagement that best fits your life.

Muscle Mass Tradition in Bodybuilding

Eugen Sandow, our honored father of the modern bodybuilding as we know it, started the art at around 1880’s. His sole intent was to reconfigure his physique attractively for public display. To him muscles became the ultimate achievement of bodybuilding training. That is the heritage granted us all through the decades up to the moment Dexter Jackson lifted up the 2008 Mr. Olympia trophy, and even today. Through all these years, bodybuilding was never been meant to improve one’s health and quality of life. It was all an addiction to muscle mass, muscle strength, pump and physique dimensions.

When the first-ever grand bodybuilding competition hit the America continent on January 16, 1904 at the New York’s Madison Sq. Garden, Al Treloar won because he was the most masculine and not because he was healthy or because he was leading a good life.

Joe Weider and his brother Ben came into the game to facilitate a more specialized muscle-based bodybuilding training that had nothing to offer the health and fitness of an individual. Theirs was the muscle mass business. Larry Scott, the muscle legend, Sergio Oliva and Serge Nubret were the stars of the 60’s muscle mass decade.

The Total Sacrifice of Health and Physical Fitness

Every bodybuilder worth his or her salt loves the three decades spanning from 1960 to 1990. These were the decades in which bodybuilding became the most noble of all training regimens ever known to man. It gained prestige and prominence across the globe.

Just ask the IFBB. They will tell you a tale of smudging success and infinite returns. But what do you know? These were the decades in which anabolic steroids came into the scene and ruled bodybuilding training. Anabolic steroids became a staple diet not only in bodybuilding but also in others sports. Nevertheless, it was in bodybuilding that it lived as a legit diet until the governments came to the rescue with policy enactments.

We who are conversant with the bodybuilding lore know that these decades saw the rise of unbelievable mass monsters. Name the greatest among them, the indomitable Arnold Schwarzenegger or the peers along him the likes of Lou Ferrigno, Franco Columbu, Dorian Yates and Lee Haney. Do not forget the building of a man, legendary Ronnie Coleman or Paul DeMayo for that matter. These noble men defied all norms, crafted history, set trends, dominated the globe and touched the zenith of bodybuilding glory. However, while looking like gods from the outside, most of these legends were living on anabolics, the amount that would fell an elephant.

Bodybuilding Health Contextualized

The debate here will not be whether they were right or wrong. It is not even, whether anabolic steroids are good or bad. It is about what medical research has authenticated. Bodybuilding on anabolic steroids is buying a ticket to the grave. It is a total disregard of health. The sad thing is that even if anabolic steroids are banned and regulated today, they are the chief aides in modern bodybuilding even now. A cursed inheritance it is, accrued from ages when health and fitness were separated from bodybuilding training.

Every time an individual pursues a bodybuilding program without the sole intent of developing a supremely healthy and fit physique, he or she falls prey to anabolic steroids soon or later, or at least to the abuse of bodybuilding supplements. At the end, a bodybuilding program becomes the path to cancer, to kidney failure, to hypertension, to heart problems, to dysfunctional sexual organs, to skin complications and to a myriad of health complications.

Conclusion

That is why modern bodybuilding emphasizes the hybrid of bodybuilding training with contemporary health and fitness practices. We have learnt from the mistakes of the past and we are determined not to make them again. Our health depends on it, even as we pump iron. To any natural bodybuilding fan, bodybuilding health is the new dimension that marries bodybuilding programs to health and fitness.

Machahi John Joel is a bodybuilder who passionately writes on the bodybuilding health concept, trying to establish the crucial link existing between bodybuilding, health and fitness. The author can be reached at jojoma@digitalhealthandfitness.com. Alternatively, please log on to http://www.digitalhealthandfitness.com where we are intent on providing you with the modern bodybuilding resources that will help you generate supreme physique definition, muscle mass and muscle strength within the essential limits of contemporary health and fitness.

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Health and Fitness Articles

Health and fitness matters a lot for the healthy living being. With the growing age of the universe and the developing countries, people are more into business and works and have totally ignored their personal physical and mental life. Nowadays the routine is nothing more than a 12-hour job and sleepless nights just for the sake of earning money. But it is important to configure that money values only when the body is healthy and the living being is normal. Anyhow many countries stress on the physical heath and exercises, making the fitness valuable and prior to all people of all ages and either sex. Health and fitness is a thing to be maintained by all age groups and adults need to maintain it more.Health and fitness values for patients as well, the heart and the bones patients tend to give more attention to their health and fitness.

Health and fitness does not merely mean for the appearance and the figure look out but it does play a strong role in maintaining the senses and activities of the routine life. The health and fitness if carried properly answers a lot of questions related to diseases, body disorders and organs functions, not only this it can also cure to several mild disorders and relief stress. There are lots of clubs and exercise places located in cities where you can and give sufficient time to your body. Body needs care and rest, if you are unable to manage to go specific place and sort out hours for yourself, you can carry out exercises that are unsaid, work outs at your home and office and make your body fit with essential foods and diet that makes the body best maintained and healthy. The healthier you are the longer gets your life. Kids too need special attention regarding their fitness and diets. The necessary point to note is that people needs knowledge regarding health and fitness, this is available best at the internet as people are more comfortable to seek guidance on internet regarding any topic and when it comes to health and fitness, people seek for personal guidance, which is best available at internet along with supervision of experts and doctors of health and fitness.

A proper diet and fitness guidance is served in Health and fitness articles and is found abundantly regarding any topic and under any conditions. You can now get contact with experts who throw their information on Internet. Health and fitness arises with several questions, these are all answered by health and fitness related articles. People from different regions have conditional problems regarding health and fitness, gyms, yoga center; diet plans and experts advice is available on Internet through variety of articles. Health and fitness though need to be concerned by doctor directly as Internet is a place where many websites claim to be big and trusted but they aren’t in real. You can affirm any knowledge or new thing seen on Internet by doctor and then follow it if it suits you.

I have a huge team of content writers and we are producing content for various sites. We believe in delivering quality at minimum cost.

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Top Health and Fitness ebook

When it comes to Health and Fitness there is no need to ask if that priority is number one on our wishlist. Whether you feel your overweight, underweight, averaged, perfect etc We all want the perfect Health and Fitness for our body and im sure we all want to feel young when we’re aging. In 1948 the World Health Organization (WHO) defined Health as being “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence disease or infirmity”. Which simply means we all want the best of the best products to select from to maintain that. The Health and Fitness ebooks that i am offering are in categories such as Alternative, Beauty, Diet, Fitness, Medicine, Mental, Health, Nutrition, Remedies, Spiritual, Womens Health etc with over two thousand to choose from. I personally purchase products from this website sometimes, the last health and Fitness ebook i bought was “over 100,000 workouts” and believe me when i say im still in shape and loving it  . As stated earlier there are alot of Health and Fitness ebooks to select from and the search box located at the top of the website will be very useful to you if you are searching for a specific product.

There are alot of ebooks to select, from building your muscles to maintaining a healthy pregnancy or even losing weight it all boils down to quality techniques to do that. You want a Health and Fitness ebook that will actually give you resluts, that is inexpensive and/or will give you a refund if you are not satisfied with the product which i highly doubt Remember we all want to carry out the day’s activities without undue fatigue so a great Health and Fitness ebook would be just right for you. I want to brag a little about the Spiritual ebooks because they are definitely the greatest. The ebook “The Secret behind the Secret” is such a wonderful ebook you should have two copies. Quantum Mind Power System is also a great book. If you are a tatoo lover then “Tatoo Designs” is the ebook for you under the sub category Beauty, its a must have. “Remove, Moles, Warts and Skin Tags” is a must have also because it actually works and the price is at an inexpensive rate.

You can send a feedback if you wish at the bottom of the webpage by filling out the correct fields (optional). Remember to utilize the search box located at the top of the webpage and again it is very user friendly. Im pretty sure you will like what you see so you can search thoroughly for your product because there are over two thousand ebooks to select from. So when it comes to Health and Fitness ebooks in what ever category stated above, this is the website for your product that are/or were searching for so feel free to leave your comments and feedbacks on the webpage located at the bottom.

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Supplements Fat Loss

This article is the result of an extensive research that has gone into the minutest detail about Health and fitness supplements fat loss available today. Health and fitness supplements fat loss are a must for people who really want to lose that extra flab, and thereby tone up their bodies. This write up will guide you through the tiring process of selecting the right Health and fitness supplements fat loss and therefore buying it later. It is very important to read this article carefully, so as to understand the concept of Health and fitness supplements fat loss. When you will be done through this article, you will be more educated and aware about the various Health and fitness supplements fat loss available today.

With the lives of people getting fatter day by day, it is becoming extremely difficult to keep their bodies fit and tones. Fast lifestyles have brought a number of problems as well. Thanks to junk food and high-fat food, obesity has invaded the lives of the people, the world over. Obesity has clutched into its strong arms, the lives of millions of people-women, men and even children. Recent surveys show that children are the worst hit by this bane called obesity. The worst part about being obese is that you are host to a number of diseases like coronary attacks; artery-blocks etc. Obese people are more prone to these diseases than normal people. Losing weight is easier said than done. Imagine yourself sweating those extra calories daily in a gym, and still after months and may be years, you find no observable change. Well, if that is the case with you, then do not worry. Because here you will find the solution of all these problems. Health and fitness supplements fat loss reduce your calorie intake without the use of caffeine or similar harmful stimulants. Health and fitness supplements fat loss work in the following way. They flip your hunger and thus prevent you from taking-in those dangerous calories. The result is that you do no take extra calories, and thereby lose fat. However, to be true, Health and fitness supplements fat loss work better if you compliment them with regular exercise. Research shows that protein can reduce hunger and thereby reduce the intake of calories. “A six-month study of 65 overweight and obese people published in 1999 in the International Journal of Obesity compared two low-calorie diets: one with 12 percent of calories from protein (which mirrors the federal recommendation for protein consumption) and one with 25 percent of calories from protein. Those who ate more protein lost more weight. Here the subjects didn’t exercise during the period of research”- this was the article mentioned in one of the topmost websites. There are numerous other write-ups which show the same. Health and fitness supplements fat loss like Green tea have successfully been tested. Green tea increases your metabolism, and therefore stimulates the ability of your body to burn fat. Other Health and fitness supplements fat loss like Ephedra also help you lose weight. Health and fitness supplements fat loss will make way for you to get a beautifully toned body. There are many websites that is online stores which sell Health and fitness supplements fat loss.

David Peterson resides in Usa.He is skilled professional in Health and fitness supplements fat loss. He has great analyzing power of various type of Healthand fitness supplements fat loss. He gives you all details about Healthand fitness supplements fat loss with the best satisfaction.

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10 Reasons Why You Should Join Team Beachbody Health And Fitness Revolution

 Exactly eleven years ago, a guy named Carl Daikeler founded a business that sold a wide array of health and fitness products, like insanity and p90x, the company was called Beachbody.  Today it is rapidly growing, and is fast becoming the leading business opportunity provider when it comes to providing fitness and health products.

 While Carl Daikeler previously marketed his products through telemarketing, and selling exercise videos and nutrition programs, he re-launched his company in 2007 and renamed it Team Beachbody.  He also refined his marketing approach, an instead decided to recruit distributors called “Coaches”, to independently market their products.  Here are the 10 reasons why you should join this wonderful and exciting multilevel marketing business opportunity. 

 1.  All Team Beachbody products are associated with the health and fitness sector

Team Beachbody markets a unique assortment of fitness and health products.  These include workout tools, nutrition guides and techniques, dietary supplements, fitness tools.  The company also gives advice and counseling on how to stay fit and health.

 2. The products have a 30-Day Guarantee

Team Beachbody’s fitness and health products help customers effectively lose weight, as well as manage their weight.  Although using the products requires that you need to implement some lifestyle changes, the results is worth the small sacrifice.  Each Team Beachbody product also comes with a reliable 30-day Money Back Guarantee.   

 3. You do not need to be a fitness expert to become a coach

The people who market Team Beachbody health and fitness products are called Coaches.  They use the products themselves, to allow them to get a first-hand experience with the company program.  However, the good thing is that you actually do not need to be a nutrition expert or fitness instructor to be part of Team Beachbody.  All you need is the drive to succeed and a willingness to help with the American obesity crisis.

4. The Team Beachbody compensation plan has 8 levels for you to advance

Once you start out as a Coach during the initial level, the company’s unique business and compensation model allows you to move up to 8 levels or ranks, with the Super Star Diamond Level as the highest rank.

5. Once you sign up, you’ll get quick access to your own sales Web Site

As soon as you sign-up with Team Beachbody, you’ll immediately be given access to your own sales Web site. In addition, you’ll also be provided with the necessary training guides and marketing materials, to allow you to smoothly begin your marketing campaigns. 

6. You determine your working hours

The benefit of being a Coach for Team Beachbody is that you work your own hours, and determine when you want to work, and you will also be the one to chart or track your marketing efforts. 

7.  Low-startup fee required  

The bright side about joining the Team Beachbody business opportunity is that the startup fee is so affordable.  Once you sign-up you’ll have your business kit at hand, and the initial fee also covers your first month’s business service fee.   

8. The Team Beachbody spends millions promoting its products on infomercial.

Team Beachbody spends millions of dollars each month promoting their wide array of health and fitness products.  This should help its network of distributors to easily attract customers, as well as widen their marketing reach. 

9. Commissions are paid weekly

Team Beachbody commissions and earnings are paid weekly.  Each coach also earns extra income from recruiting other prospects, and from training the teams of other coaches.  Wit the right team structure, you’ll be able to easily get substantial income and other perks.  

10. Leads are filtered down to all levels

 One positive aspect about Team Beachbody business opportunity structure is that all leads are eventually filtered down, or given to local coaches, depending on the level you’ve achieved.  This means that you’ll be able to quickly get leads whenever you need them. 

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Pros And Cons Of Staying Current On Health News Through A Health And Fitness Blog

If you are like millions of others living and working throughout the world, you are probably concerned with how to make the most of your days on this earth. We have done an excellent job of improving our odds for a longer life, but keeping up with the changing trends in health news can be a daunting task. How do you find out about the latest reputable research and advice that could set you well on your way to 100? Many choose a health and fitness blog, because blogs are usually updated daily with useful content that one can dissect and incorporate in their day-to-day journey towards a healthier existence.

But you must be careful if you are going to follow the latest developments in health news through a health and fitness blog. There are many reasons to do it, and there are many reasons not to. It all depends on how analytical you are, and on each of the following pros and cons:

Pro – keeping your body apprised of new research and developments in the health news community: Face it. Advice and recommendations are constantly changing to conform to advanced research. While it may seem fishy how often the health news changes, keep in mind we are living longer today for a reason. In many cases, the things we used to think nothing of are now highly important. No one ever talked about the dangers of smoking when cigarettes first came along. Years down the road, it has been recognized as the true killer that it is. It’s important for you to stay vigilant and do your best to learn of the changing trends.

Con – keeping up with how quickly health news changes: While staying on top of things is often good, it can also be cause for concern. It can frustrate you to the point that you give up entirely, or it can lead you down certain paths before medical research has had the opportunity to verify validity. You know counting calories works. You know where to find good diets. Stay conservative until you have reason to believe that a piece of research is genuine and authenticated.

Pro – trusting the credentials of health and fitness blog experts: There are a lot of great health and fitness blog writers out there who will provide you with invaluable information for free. You should listen to them.

Con – trusting the credentials of health and fitness blog experts: There are a lot of horrible health and fitness blog writers out there who will lead you astray and give you the kind of poor information that might negatively influence your health. You should not listen to them. But you should always research the person(s) providing you with health news and advice.

Eventually, you must take the health news available to you through a reputable health and fitness blog and figure out how to use it in your life. And you mustn’t wait because each day you are not leading healthy is a day you could lose later down the road. Listen well and make good decisions. Your body will respond accordingly.

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