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Aninder S

Lack of sleep can make you sick - 0 views

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lack of sleep

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  • An extra hour or two of sleep seems so ... optional. Yet, lack of sleep is implicated in obesity, poor heart health and mental illness.
  • Lack of sleep can trigger certain epileptic seizures. Strokes and heart attacks occur more often in the last third of the night.
  • Stay awake just 17 hours and your brain behaves as though you have a blood alcohol level of 0.05, the legal limit for drunkenness in most European countries.
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  • So don't be too quick to dismiss that apparently lazy teenager, doddering senior or dissolute employee -- there may be sleep-health issues lurking in the background.
  • Students, workaholics, hassled parents and diehard partiers listen up -- a single all-nighter or a week of four or five hours sleep per night impairs your mental and physical performance as if you had a blood alcohol level of about 0.1, over the legal limit of 0.08 for driving in British Columbia.
    • Aninder S
      Aninder S on 03 Dec 11
       
      Being in high school, we do tend to get bogged down with work and sacrifice the time we have to sleep, to study for our courses. This article shows us that we're absolutely nothing without our sleep, and we need it ti keep us functionally properly. 
Gurkirat S

How Hard Are You Working in Your Workout | Coulee Region Bootcamps - 0 views

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workout intensity

shared by Gurkirat S on 10 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Four Signs You’re NOT Working Hard Enough
  • 1.) Lack of Muscular Burn:
  • 2.) Lack of Personal Confrontation:
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  • 3.) No Sounds of Exertion:
  • 4.) Not Sweating:
  • Four Signs You’re Working Too Hard
  • 1.) Diminished Training Intensity:
  • 2.) Excessive Resting:
  • .) Excessive Breathing:
  • 4.) Dizziness or Blurred Vision:
Aninder S

When Too Much Exercise Becomes a Problem - 0 views

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Excessive Exercise

shared by Aninder S on 09 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • But while a little exercise is a good thing, taking exercise to the extreme can cause serious health issues, even death.
  • When few adults exercise regularly, and many struggle to find just 20 minutes to dedicate to a workout, it may be hard to believe that some people place exercise at the center of their lives
  • Compulsive exercise is more than a desire to get in the ultimate shape or manage one's weight.
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  • Sufferers of exercise bulimia use excessive exercise to purge or compensate for eating binges or simply regular eating, often working out multiple times per day or for three or four hours at a time
  • Deep down, this disorder has more to do with control than it does the desire to fit into a smaller size of jeans
  • The scary thing about an addiction to exercise is that it creeps up gradually, usually among everyday people who start exercising, feel good afterward, revel in the calories they're burning, have a desire to get healthier or lose weight, and therefore start believing that more is better
  • Oftentimes, people who develop an exercise compulsion don't feel like there's anything wrong with what they do
  • Compulsive exercisers build their lives around working out and are genuinely distressed if they can't exercise as much as they feel they need to (or should be)
  • Exercise bulimia is similar, but involves eating binges. People who suffer from exercise bulimia often binge on food and then exercise obsessively to make up for it. Exercise becomes a way to control calories, justify eating, and punish oneself for eating too much or eating the "wrong" things.
  • In general, exercising for up to 60-90 minutes, most days of the week is reasonable and healthy for most people as long as recovery and downtime is built in.
  • Exercise is usually a good thing, but rest and recovery are very important, too
  • Excessive exercise can weaken the body and cause a host of problems, including: Fatigue Suppressed immune system Lack of menstruation (amenorrhea) in women due to a lack of body fat Reproductive problems Heart problems (such as muscle wasting and rhythm problems) Dehydration Arthritis Osteoporosis Stress fractures and sprains Kidney failure
  • Getting a Diagnosis
  • Compulsive exercise and exercise bulimia can affect both men and women of all ages, races, body types and weights.
  • A doctor may ask if the person is exercising and get the right answer (yes), never knowing the extent to which the patient is actually jeopardizing his or her health by taking exercise to the extreme
  • A physician may first suspect a problem if a woman stops menstruating due to a drop in body fat, which affects estrogen levels, but the condition may be virtually undetectable in men whose body fat levels can be much lower without creating any health problems.
  • Treatment Options
  • Studies have found that sufferers often come from families where food was used as a way of controlling behavior and battles surrounding food were common
  • Traditional treatments for exercise bulimia include support groups, cognitive behavior therapy, psychotherapy, and/or medication, such as anti-depressants.
Aninder S

College students' pe - 0 views

College students' performance suffers from lack of sleep - USATODAY.com: Most of us will be going onto post-secondary education and will get caught up in the work that we have to do. It has become...

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Justin D

Dryland Hockey Drills | LIVESTRONG.COM - 0 views

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skills healthy exercise hockey

shared by Justin D on 22 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Justin D on 09 Jan 12
     
    Since the 1970s, hockey players have used dryland training to improve conditioning and skills for ice hockey. While skating is a huge part of the game and never can be ignored, players can develop leg strength and core strength and improve their overall skills with dryland drills. 1.) Pull-Ups vs. Lat Pull Machine: With a pull-up, a person uses their own body weight; this creates excellent body awareness, more importantly pull-ups require a great amount of abdominal strength (keeping the abs tight keeps you from swinging). The lat pull machine lacks these two important features. 2.) Push-Ups vs. Bench Press: Push-Ups again require a person's body weight along with lower body stabilization and contracted abdominals. Lying flat on a bench is a very non-athletic position and requires almost no leg or ab strength. 3.) Lunges vs. Leg Extension: Lunging requires a lot of balance and coordination along with strength from the glutes, quads, hamstrings and abs since you are standing and moving forward during the exercise. The leg extension does one thing; isolate the quads. Unless you want to walk around like Quadzilla there is no place for the leg extension in athletics. 4.) Squats vs. Leg Press: When done correctly no other exercise will develop more leg power than the squat. Since they are done in a standing position they require balance, stabilization, coordination, along with ab and back strength. The leg press lacks all of these factors. 5.) Hang Cleans vs. Shrugs: Hang Cleans are an explosive exercise that develops fast twitch motor units in the muscle. It is a full body exercise. Shoulder Shrugs isolate one muscle group the trapezious and involve little athletic ability to perform. Forget the shrugs! 6.) Squat Press vs Seated Shoulder Presses: Many athletes like to perform the seated dumbbell shoulder press. Try standing up and hold two dumbbells at your shoulders, squat down to 90 degrees as you begin to rise explode with a Dumbbell shoulder press using all
Aninder S

The Importance of Sleep - 0 views

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Sleep Importance

shared by Aninder S on 08 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • We don't need to know that rats who generally live 2 - 3 years die within 3 weeks when deprived of sleep to understand how important sleep is to our bodies and health. But it does emphasize the importance of sleep!
  • brain wave activity during sleep and how the eyeballs roll around rapidly during certain stages of sleep
  • Sleep is the time we rest so that the body can rejuvenate and recharge.
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  • The body needs sleep and rest time to build and repair itself.
  • babies can sleep up to 20 hours a day
  • children need 10 - 12 hours of sleep every day on average.
  • importance of sleep is obvious when we look at how it's necessary for physical growth and health!
  • One thing that definitely affects sleep is a certain hormone that your body produces called melatonin
  • Sleep (or lack of sleep) has a direct impact on your health and energy levels
  • The main factors that determine wellness or illness in addition to sleep are: Nutrition Physical Activity and Stress Management
Aninder S

What Are The Causes Of Teen Stress? | LIVESTRONG.COM - 0 views

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Teens Stress

shared by Aninder S on 08 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Teens often lack the maturity level to be aware of the issues that are causing their feelings of stress.
  • School is the number one source of stress for teens according to a poll conducted by the Associated Press
  • Stress comes from homework demands, after school activities and over scheduling
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  • From the early high school years teens start to hear about the importance of grades to get into the college of their choice and to be constantly vigilant about succeeding.
  • teens work jobs after school to either pay for gas or to help parents who may be struggling financially
  • teen years are a time when many emotional and physical changes are occurring.
  • teens experience significant psychological, academic and behavioral problems before, during and after their parents' divorce
  • Some teens, however, experience conflict, arguments, and pressure from their friends and acquaintances
  • The pressure to conform and fit in can be overwhelming
  • Many times, teens place undue stress on themselves.
  • The American Academy of Pediatrics points out that often teens tell themselves that they need to lose weight, get better grades, score more points in the game and prove themselves to their parents
  • Many teens feel different from their peers and never feel good enough. Self esteem can suffer another blow if they are made to feel inferior, different or are made fun of by others.
Aninder S

College students' performance suffers from lack of sleep - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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Post-Secondary Education Sleep

shared by Aninder S on 08 Jan 12 - Cached
  • Colleges are starting to wake up to how sleep deprivation cuts into the academic and athletic performance of their students.
  • All-nighters have become a habit in higher education, but a handful of small new studies
  • Sleep experts say the amount of sleep each person needs is largely dependent on the individual: Some people can get by with only five or six hours. The National Sleep Foundation says adults need seven to nine hours a night.
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  • Sleep (deficit) built up over just five nights can significantly stress the heart
  • Many students believe that it's a "rite of passage" to stay up all night during college and that "it's kind of fun," Thacher says.
  • A study this summer in the journal SLEEP examined the heart conditions of 39 adults, ages 22 to 45, whose heart rates were tested twice — the morning after a 10-hour sleep and then again after five consecutive four-hour sleeps — using a portable monitor.
  • if you use all-nighters, your GPA is slightly lower on average,
  • "You can't do your best work when you're sleep-deprived
  • "It's not common knowledge, because if people understood how much of a difference (getting more sleep) could make athletically," they'd incorporate it more into their lives and not focus solely on nutrition and exercise.
Aninder S

Teen exercise could - 0 views

Teen exercise could lower dementia risk at 65 - Health - CBC News: Teen exercise is an important issue for the health of the young generation today. This article discusses how the lack of exercise...

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Paul McCarlie

Finding Time to Exercise - 0 views

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time fun

shared by Paul McCarlie on 06 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Why You Don't Exercise
  • Exercise is boring
  • There are no immediate consequences to skipping a workout.
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  • You're waiting for things to calm down
  • You're waiting to fall in love with exercise.
  • You get frustrated by lack of results
  • You don't have huge chunks of time to do all this exercise
    • Paul McCarlie
      Paul McCarlie on 06 Jan 12
       
      Short and sweet, it also establishes a strong element of ethos (ask an english teacher if you don't know what that means)
  • Finding Fun in Exercise
  • Satisfaction
  • Relaxation.
  • Weight loss. Duh.
  • Better health.
  • Confidence.
  • Paul McCarlie on 06 Jan 12
     
    Analysis why people don't exercise and how you can make exercise fun.
Paul McCarlie

Training to Build Muscular Strength and Endurance - 0 views

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training build strength endurance

shared by Paul McCarlie on 06 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Muscular strength is defined as the maximum force that can be exerted by a muscle or muscle group.
  • Muscular endurance is the capacity of a muscle to repeatedly exert force or to maintain a fixed contraction for a period of time.
    • Paul McCarlie
      Paul McCarlie on 06 Jan 12
       
      A little lacking in content but still a reliable guide to working out.
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  • Muscle tone refers to the firmness of your muscles.
  • Fitness Level 1 - You never/rarely resistance train Fitness Level 2 - You perform at least 1 set of 15-20 reps on 8-10 of the major muscle groups, 2-3 times per week. Fitness Level 3 - You perform at least 2 sets of 8-12 reps on 8-10 of the major muscle groups, 3-4 times per week.
  • benefits
  • Reshaping your body Increasing your metabolism Strengthening your bones Improving posture
  • A Special Note to Women:
  • I have found that many women are afraid to lift weights because they don't want large muscles.
  • Paul McCarlie on 06 Jan 12
     
    A short list of facts about muscular strength
Joti P

Sleep Debt | Sleep Deprivation - 0 views

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shared by Joti P on 06 Jan 12 - Cached
  • Sleep deprivation has become one for the most pervasive health problems facing the United States
  • do not get the sleep they need because their schedules do not allow adequate time
  • Others are unable to get a good night’s rest due to sleep disorders, chronic pain, medications, hot flashes, stress or health conditions such as heart disease, depression, arthritis or heart disease.
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  • How does a lack of sleep affect the body?
  • having lost the ability to maintain body heat and develop a fever to stave off infection
  • will generally be irritable and clumsy
  • will have problems concentrating and will begin to make mistakes on normal tasks.
  • Other short-term consequences include: Decreased daytime alertness. Loss of just one and half hours sleep can result in a 32% reduction in daytime alertness. Impaired memory and cognitive ability, the ability to think and process information. More than double the risk of sustaining an occupational injury.
  • Long-term consequences can include the following:
  • High blood pressure
  • Stroke
  • Mental impairment
  • Increased mortality risk
  • Sleep Debt Can Be Dangerous
  • Sleep deprivation in children
  • Nearly half of teens reported at least occasional difficulty in falling or staying asleep and almost 13% experiencing chronic and severe insomnia.
  • affects mood, behavior, and academic performance.
  • Insufficient sleep has also been associated with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Joti P on 06 Jan 12
     
    Consequences of sleep deprivation 
Justin D

Youth Sports Training - Strength Training & The Young Athlete - 0 views

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youth training strength exercises weights lifting growth

shared by Justin D on 23 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Justin D on 09 Jan 12
     
    There are several factors to consider when programming strength training for young athletes. - 1. Central Nervous System Maturity - The true argument with respect to children and weight lifting should not be based on the maturity (or in this case immaturity) of the child's muscular system, but rather the advancement of the child's CNS. Within proper application of load, volume and intensity, a child's muscular system will not be compromised by weight training activities. However, a lack of motor control (a function of the CNS) will affect the child's ability to perform weight-training exercises safely. It is therefore the maturity of the CNS that is the ultimate determining factor. 2. Cross Section Of Muscle - A larger muscle infers a greater strength potential. While hypertrophy of this sort is not hormonally possible with pre-adolescent athletes, this fact is why I advocate that early adolescent athletes train with hypertrophy-based responses in mind. 3. Biological Maturity - Biological age, unlike a child's chronological age, is not actually visible. Biological age is based in large part to the "physiological development of the various organs and systems in the body" (Bompa, 2000). For example, the adequate development of bone, the efficiency of the heart and lungs to transport oxygen; these are examples of items that comprise biological age. This becomes important when determining the volume or intensity of the training program for the young athlete. 4. Hormonal Issues - Androgenic (muscle building) hormones are low in pre-adolescent athletes. This means that hypertrophy-based responses are all but impossible. Strength gains are however, very possible. 5. Technical Issues - Providing a proper foundation of the technical merits of strength training is paramount when working with youngsters.
Justin D

10 Signs You're Exercising Too Much - On Fitness (usnews.com) - 0 views

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exercising fitness cardio healthy

shared by Justin D on 23 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Justin D on 09 Jan 12
     
    The typical signs of overtraining include: Insomnia Achiness or pain in the muscles and/or joints Fatigue Headaches Elevated morning pulse Sudden inability to complete workouts Feeling unmotivated and lacking energy Increased susceptibility to colds, sore throats and other illnesses Loss in appetite Decrease in performance
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