Yoga instructor 91 year old breaks record

If you've ever wondered about what the benefits of yoga, just to see Bernice Bates , a woman aged 91 who has just broken a world record for being the oldest Yoga instructor in the world. Surprisingly, Bernie, as his students call it, is almost as flexible as it was when he was 40 and has no single health problem. For 50 years, Bernie has been a teacher of yoga. Last Thursday, the woman who lives in St. Petersburg, Fla., set a new Guinness World Record, but she is quite modest about their abilities. "I'm sure there must be a type of 100 years in India who can beat me," Bates told HuffPost Weird News .

Bates says he has been practicing yoga since 1960, and that while his achievement is special, we must give credit also to the "kids" who gives classes once a week, which are nothing but a group of sixties who follow in their footsteps. "I think it's a team effort," she said. "If these guys had not have done it." Many times I have heard about the benefits of yoga, but never practiced this discipline, but until two weeks ago I started taking classes. I am slowly discovering how flexible and strong that they can become every muscle in my body, and also as an example I have a teacher who happens to be walking around 50 years. She looks strong and healthy, and I trust that if I keep practicing yoga with discipline I expect the same future. My teacher, Bernie Bates and all adults who practice yoga are certainly a source of inspiration. Do not you think?

Since I work out ... Now what should I eat?

After a great workout, you feel strong and powerful. While that is good for your face could make you incur harmful eating habits that will negatively affect your efforts to lose weight or stay in your ideal weight.

"My metabolism is high after exercise, so this will burn quickie snack." The effect afterburner is when your body uses energy to return to a resting state. Sounds great, but even the most intense exercise lasting less than 45 minutes burns 100 extra calories. The truth. Avoid the snack after your workout. If you do it five times a week will save 500 calories, the equivalent of a Spinning class that was taken.

"burn many calories this morning, I can eat whatever I want." Research has shown that overestimate the calories burned a workout. According to a study from the University of Ottawa, who burned 200 calories, they thought they had burned about 825 after a rapid walk. Then they ate about 350 calories based on the miscalculation. The truth. Do not guess the calories burned. The web has several methods to calculate the calories depending on the activity you choose. Use a heart monitor for accuracy. Most women burn 5 calories per minute on a hike.

 "tremendous boot camp I did, I deserve an award after working so hard." You deserve a reward, but if you're thinking about food, you will sabotage your efforts to lose weight. If you run 40 minutes at a pace of nine minutes a mile, you burn about 470 calories and then if you stop at Starbucks and consume a caramel Frappuccino, replace those calories, and about 20 extra sums. The truth. It is very easy to deny the effects of exercise and weight loss with one snack. Considered better rewards that do not eat, like a pedicure or new songs for your iPod.

"This candy bar before exercise will be the first to burn." Stay away from junk food. Women who ate high-glycemic foods (sweets, white bread, sugary cereal) before exercising burned 55% less fat than those who ate foods with a low glycemic index (oatmeal, yogurt), found a study published in the Journal of Nutrition . The truth. The sweets are best in moderation and not before the gym.

The chocolate is good exercise

According to a new study, the chocolate improves a person's athletic performance as much as exercise does . Dark chocolate contains epicatechin, a compound of plants seems to stimulate muscle growth in a similar way as it does strenuous exercise. But if this were not enough, the study published in the Journal of Physiology states that when you eat small amounts of chocolate and you exercise, performance rises by 50 percent . "Aerobic exercise, like running or biking increases the mitochondria in muscle cells, 'says Dr Moh Malek at Wayne State University in Detroit. Mitochondria are cellular organelles responsible for providing most of the energy needed for cellular activity, and this research was that epicatechin helps produce more mitochondria, thereby increasing energy levels. This study was conducted in mice But scientists expect that the chocolate has the same benefits in humans. To do this, they say, yet more research is needed but caution that the results of their experiment are quite encouraging. The relationship between chocolate and exercise is even closer, because previous research has also pointed out that milk chocolate is perfect for recovery after exercise.

Training program for fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia, WHO says it is a disorder of pain modulation of unknown cause, characterized by symptoms of chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain and profound exhaustion, which is accompanied by exaggerated sensitivity defined at multiple points, unchanged demonstrable organic. affects a high percentage of women, the proportion of men compared to 8 to 1. Is almost nonexistent in children. In addition to pain and exhaustion, people with fibromyalgia experience some of the following symptoms: - stiffness and rigidity of the body. - Sleep Disorders. - Headaches or facial muscles. - Discomfort abdominal. - irritable bladder. - Paresthesias. - numbness or tingling. - Chest pains. - costochondralgia (muscle pain where the ribs meet the breastbone). - Imbalance and dizziness. - Increased sensitivity to the environment.

According to several studies, known that regular exercise can change the quality of life of patients with fibromyalgia, because it minimizes deconditioning process and maintaining a good level of fitness. Therefore, an appropriate exercise program to improve aerobic capacity, flexibility and joint mobility is of paramount importance and one of the most important treatments for patients with this disease. In this program we will focus on the mobility. In future programs, try the other aspects. It is very important to follow the strict program as possible and not change any parameter of this, because we would lose effectiveness and could endanger our health. We must not forget that exercise is a "drug" that poorly administered and dosed, can have side effects. Therefore, it should be prescribed ALWAYS Bachelor of Physical Activity specialist. Before You Begin. Program Objectives: - Reduce the intensity of pain. - Restore / improve strength and function of our body to better cope with our tasks everyday. - Prepare your heart and cardiovascular system to better tolerate efforts. - Improving our CPR. - Improve your psychological counteracting fatigue, stress and / or depression commonly associated with this disease. Special Considerations: - Avoid perform the exercises at a high speed. - Avoid holding your breath (Valsalva maneuver) is very important to take a breath and continuous with no breaks in all the exercises.

It is important to perform the exercises with control of movement and speed to hurt you . - It is very important initial assessment and regular monitoring by a doctor to avoid complications. - hydration is very important before, during and after exercise. Guidelines for training: - Make 2 sets of 15 to 30 repetitions of each exercise, except walking exercises at a moderate pace, which have their own specifications. - Rest 30 seconds between each set. - The intensity of work should be such that if the value of 1 to 10 where 1 is no effort and 10 is extremely hard effort, we find between 2-3. - It is very important to hydrate before, during and after exercise. - It is important not to disturb the order of the exercises. - This program is carried out 5 times a week. - walk for 15 minutes at an intensity of 4-5 at the beginning and will increase each week in 3 minutes up to about 30 or 40 minutes at the same intensity. This was done 3 days a week. If in addition to asthma have some other problem or condition or have any questions, please ask a Bachelor of Science specializing in Physical Activity.

Challenge met: 2 months, 20 pounds lost!

The challenge was to lose 18 pounds , and 60 days after starting a diet I can show the results of the effort. Pulling down the calories consumed, mainly by eliminating empty calories, and the amount of food as well as doing a little more physical activity, I managed to lose a total of 20 pounds! Today I weigh 128 pounds and I feel great. Yes there is out there yet with greasers zonitas accumulated, but most annoying love handles disappeared. Drinking water, moving more and taking care not to abuse the bad fats will achieve them go. The first thing I did to celebrate was to make a clean closet. And many make the mistake of keeping the clothes we too big, just in case we ever need. As I will definitely not supposed to happen, and to eliminate the danger. Luckily I had saved out there and many other items that did not fit and now I feel pretty good.

My new challenge now that I reached a healthy weight, the next challenge is to stay well. During the process I learned that eating well is not complicated, and even if you allow some snacks from time to time, the key to being online is not overeating. The tricks of skinny people to keep in line Many friends have wanted to celebrate my achievement and invited me to eat or drink and I know it is a difficult time, with lots of social engagements abound in which food and drink, but I stand firm on my healthy diet. If you are also trying to lose weight or do not want Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year will leave many pounds, follow these 8 tips to avoid gaining weight during the holidays . Like many, I'm planning an upcoming vacation and I know that this means being in front of the temptation to try new foods and dive and relax with a drink in hand. If this is your case, here other tips to help you avoid gaining weight when traveling . And well, before putting an end to this story I tell them that the next weekend to start my yoga classes, a workout that helps improve posture, strength, control and balance, and it is also very useful to relieve stress. I hope this also helps me to become more disciplined and follow the path of a healthier lifestyle.

Images of actual bodies on TV could be counterproductive

In recent times we have seen a strong advertising campaign both as through television to properly represent women in the media. This with the idea of encouraging girls to love their bodies as they are and have better self-esteem. However, reports Huffington Post , a new study to be published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology now points to the contrary , television programs that promote positive body image may be counterproductive. During the investigation, conducted with 120 university students, experts divided the participants into three groups. Among them, 40 girls were a type of program that promoted a positive image of body, 40 saw a program with an ideal of beauty that being skinny was applauded, and 40 were neutral on a documentary nature. Researchers measured mood , anxiety and lack of appreciation for his body of women before and after viewing. And while the nature documentary managed to cheer up women, and that on the ideal of beauty made ​​them feel less happy, setting out a positive image had no effect on them. However, the last two significantly increased anxiety and the low satisfaction with their bodies of the participants.