Here is the part 2 of the last week´s recovery guest post by Nate Martins . It has been originally published on HVMN . Click here to read the previous post. Techniques and Exercises for Recovery Let’s get into the specifics of what you can do to help the body recover faster. By using exercises targeted at certain muscles, not only will those muscles recover faster–they’ll also get stronger in the process. Active Recovery: Getting Stronger and Building Muscle This type of recovery focuses on exercise intensity at low-to-moderate levels. Studies have shown that it’s best for the performance of endurance athletes. 26 Active recovery is successful mostly due to its ability to more rapidly remove blood lactate, facilitating blood flow and giving the body the ability to process excess lactate produced during periods of intense exercise. 27 Cross training is also a great way to engage in active recovery while enhancing aerobic fitness without putting the body t...

Lately I´ve been thinking about my blog and the direction I´m going with it. Previously, I have started to write also in Finnish because people have been asking for it. So now I´m thinking that should I write only in Finnish or both English and Finnish? I have already written some posts in English so I will publish them first, like this one. But after I have published these I will write Finnish posts and sometimes posts in English.  It should come no surprise that part of a successful weight loss involves a diet and exercise. The regular rules are eat less, exercise more and watch the pounds melt away. How then apply this knowledge into action? I´m afraid there is no perfect diet or an exercise program which fill fit for all. You have to try and see what works our for you. What I can assure you is that current weight loss is possible IF you adopt healthy life style habits and not just follow a diet for a certain period of time. There have been studies which indicate that 90 %...

As January is a time when people decide to try new diets and want to lose extra weight, I decided to publish my posts about diets. In these posts I have shared many simple and easy tips how to lose weight. Here they are: The Best Method to Lose Weight 2 Simple Tips How to Lose Weight The Battle of Diets 5 Effective Weight Loss Tips The Secret to a Successful Weight Loss Spring Clean Your Diet How I Stopped Stress Eating 5 Tips How to Lose Weight Ultimately what it comes down to is changing your eating habits, meaning eating regularly every 3 to 4 hours and choosing healthier options. And lastly, sticking to your choices in the long run! Hope you found these tips helpful, Jennikatja Previous post:  No Stress in Cape Verde

Time to talk about healthy habits. Who doesn´t want to live healthy? Right, I thought so too.. I did some research on how healthy people live. I found following healthy habits of healthy people. 1. Move Your Body on a Daily Basis Don´t forget to strength train! As you age your muscles will get weaker so it is important to train them actively. Work out as much as possible so you will get fresh air and vitamin D. 2 . Have Breakfast Healthy people always have breakfast. I hope you do the same. It makes a lot of difference. 3. Invest in Your Recovery and Sleep Read my previous post about sleep in here . 4. Don´t Drink or Smoke I don´t drink at all. However, if sometimes I drink a glass of wine while eating out, the next morning reminds me the reasons why I don´t do this. After a few drinks the quality of your sleep will be poorer, which will make you feel even drowsier the next day. No matter if you slept 8 hours, the alcohol will reduce your deep sleep and keeps ...

This blog post´s topic is about an important hormone called Leptin. What is it? Leptin is a protein hormone produced in adipose tissue. Leptin is a satiety hormone and it plays a role in regulating appetite and metabolism. Leptin´s role is to give information to your brains how much fat you have in your body.  Leptin was found in 1954. Back in the days few scientists conducted a mouse experiment in which the scientists were investigating a few mice which were eating all the time and because of that they gained a lot of weight. The reason behind this overeating was the fat tissue and it´s problems of not producing enough leptin. If there is no leptin production, brains don´t have any signals about how much fat tissue the body has.  One of leptin´s role is to decrease our appetite. For example if you have over eaten during Christmas time, you will gain weight. As a result of this Leptin levels will increase in your body and inform your brains to increase your ...