How does Weightlifting Increase Muscle Size?

1186620_handsome_hippoYou know that weight lifting makes you muscles grow, get harder and become more defined. Have you ever wondered just how it goes that? What exactly is happening physiologically when you lift weights? What weightlifting could do for a person was understood long before anyone knew how it worked. Using opposing forces to work muscles harder made muscles more capable. Not making muscles work caused them to atrophy and weaken. This ... READ MORE

Discovering dragon Reiki

1038836_meditateTraditional Reiki is a Japanese spiritual healing technique practiced to create feelings of serenity in people. Dragon Reiki is one of its more popular forms. It profoundly soothes people who are experiencing great emotional stress. It tends to be a preferred form by people suffering from terminal illness because it is believed to awaken potent life energies that enable patients to face their illnesses with optimism and a sense of ... READ MORE

Weightlifting for Heart Health

505723_blood_pressureIn the past, cardio workouts were considered the best way to improve your health heart and keep your cardiovascular system strong. Cardio workouts lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes, and for this reason, are essential to heart and cardiovascular health. Weightlifting was considered non-beneficial to people with heart attack and stroke concerns. In fact, many doctors discouraged their patients from weightlifting because it was feared to be too ... READ MORE

Deciding Which Doctor to See

1157468_you_are_ill_1If you are an active person who trains hard, you probably see several types of doctors. A primary care physician for most things, a sports doctor for injuries, and even possibly the emergency room when you have an injury that can’t wait. How do you decide which type of doctor to see in each case? Sometimes it’s obvious. You go to a regular physician for ordinary problems like sinus trouble or ... READ MORE

Egyptian Reiki or spiritual healing

1273324_egyptReyad Sekh Em, popularly called Egyptian Reiki, is not historically connected with Japanese Reiki. It is an Egyptian technique for spiritual healing that’s similar to Reiki. While Reiki focuses on a universal life force to do its work, Sekh Em uses energy from the five elements: earth, air, fire, ether or spirit, and water. It is supposed to achieve healing by balancing a person on every level: spiritual, emotional, mental ... READ MORE

Dance Dance Revolution

1211368_disco_ballYou’ve probably heard of Dance Dance Revolution. You may not be aware it’s actually a video game for Playstation 2, from around the time the Wii came out and eventually spawned various fitness and exercise programs. Video games had long been blamed for contributing to the more sedentary lifestyle of kids (and many adults), and these types of games were designed to incorporate fun movement into the video format. To play ... READ MORE

Weightlifting for Depression and Anxiety

791362_dumbellIt was once believed that weightlifting was bad for children because it inherently damaged their bone growth plates. The elderly were considered too frail to lift weights for strength training. And it just wasn’t considered ladylike for women. We’ve come a long way from these ideas – none of which are quite true. Weightlifting can cause damage to anyone when it’s done incorrectly, and the correct way for a twenty-five-year-old man ... READ MORE

Weight Lifting and Back Injuries

669278_lifting_weights___1While the benefits of weightlifting outweigh the risks, and getting instruction from a competent trainer should enable you to avoid injury or strain, weightlifting is not without risk. It is possible to hurt muscles by overworking them or working them incorrectly. The area of great concern is the back, because back injuries are difficult to heal, and problems in the back can affect many other areas of the body. Fortunately, ... READ MORE

Celtic Reiki, Drawing Energy from Nature

1154839_stonehengeOkay, so there’s no such thing as Celtic Reiki, per se. Reiki is a Japanese form of spiritual healing. It’s become so popular and renowned that the spiritual healing techniques of other cultures are often called “[Other Culture] Reiki.” That said, this article will use the term Celtic Reiki because that’s what many people are calling this discipline. As with Japanese Reiki, the idea behind Celtic Reiki is that invisible energy ... READ MORE

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