Posts Tagged ‘health food’

How to Take Advantage of Rainy Days

This is a dilemma that we have all gone. How can we use a rainy day to exercise? We prepared a routine to run, we are coming, and we see dark clouds looming. Bad omen, no?

In this article, I will try that apparently ruined plans scenario is not so, and give it a different turn to the issue.

Shadow Boxing. This term in English refers to training boxing with yourself. It’s a great way to exercise, even if it is raining outside, and you can practice indoors. It may sound boring, but you can try it for 20 to 30 minutes, you will see how powerful this way of working out.

You can do a number from 1 to 2 minutes of boxing and then take a break for a minute to do some squats or push-ups, then continue with the series. Make sure you have a clock nearby. Yes, it is important to be creative with this type of exercise: kicks, hooks, jabs, pivot, you have to go swapping and mixing these issues all the time. By the time you reach the fourth or fifth interval, you can feel the exercise starts to get tired, if this is the case, keep your guard a little more up and keeps moving his feet.

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pineapple: why consume it?

For some countries, pineapple. It is a refreshing and delicious food that we enjoy entry cone, dessert or juice. It also has many medicinal properties that make its use not only a pleasure but a benefit to our health insurance.

Pineapple is a nutritious, rich in vitamins A and C, which must be taken into account as a bench to situations of physical weakness, convalescence and anemia. Contains enzymes, bromelain and bromelain, which facilitates the fragmentation of proteins converting them into amino acids, which aids digestion.

Thus, the pineapple is imposed as a good resource when you have slow digestion and reduce heartburn. Enzymes also reduce the possibility of forming blood clots, so it will decrease the risk of coronary events such as heart attacks or strokes and prevent arteriosclerosis.

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