Think Tank: The Neuro Blog
The Insidious Perils of Health and Fitness Regimes
On your way to better health you are bound to wake up some days looking and feeling like an Olympian Champ, then there will be days you wake up a little rough around the edges. Then there will be days, especially after packing on some needed carbs and sodium that the scale will indicate a move in the “wrong” direction, this is not a death sentence.
Learn more4 Super-Fast Ways to Burn Calories and Fat
Sometimes despite our best efforts we fall short of our exercise goals. There's already enough going on in our day, and it's hard to make time for a workout. It's also difficult to keep it interesting enough to keep it up and stay motivated. What if there was an easier route to your calorie or fat burning goals than 2 hours a day on the treadmill? Sometimes what it takes is a consistent metabolic boost and a little nutritional know-how, and you’re already ten steps ahead. With that in mind, here’s our advice to you:
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4 Powerful Superfoods That Increase Productivity
The words ‘superfood’, ‘natural’ and ‘organic’ are no longer wellness industry lingo; these words are now bandied about all over, hijacked by underserving industries and corporations for marketing hype. Supermarkets have wholeheartedly jumped on the word ‘organic’, unscrupulously bending guidelines and thoroughly embracing the concept of the ‘loophole’.
Learn moreFitness goals don’t always go as planned — This is what you do
Whether you are already fit or only starting to get in shape, chances are that you probably have some fitness goals. You may have noticed that the enthusiasm you had when you had first set up your fitness goals started to somewhat taper off as the weeks go on. In addition, you may find yourself losing focus and failing to achieve the milestones you had envisioned for yourself. All sorts of health...
Learn more5 Fun Video Games That Can Help You Lose Weight
I've traded stocks in Grand Theft Auto, farmed vegetables in Harvest Moon, and herded cattle in Red Dead Redemption. In real life these are chores at best.But what is a chore in real life becomes incredibly satisfying on the timeline of a video game, where visible results are immediate and encouraging. This is how fitness games work. They're great motivators for when your body isn't sending you the rapid results you are hoping for.
Learn moreA Primer on Functional Strength
We never simply lift with our biceps, and then lift our backs to stand straight up, and then push up with our legs to lift a box, in stilted, separate motions, as we might if we tried to isolate muscle groups in our daily actions. Functional Fitness or Functional Strength addresses this disparity by using full body exercises rather than exercises that focus on one muscle group.
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5 Foods That Help You Lose Weight
Your metabolism is the key component in getting your body to lose or gain any reasonable amount of weight, and sometimes even when you are doing nearly everything right, it takes a while for your body to change the way it intakes and processes energy.
Learn more5 Healthy Drinks to Beat Your Soda Addiction
Thirty years ago, our greatest concern for people drinking too much soda was probably for their teeth. Now we have reason to believe the sugar in these drinks is enough to harm your mental well being, your gut bacteria, increase inflammation, damage your DNA, alongside a slew of other negative effects.
Learn moreHow to Work Out (When You HATE Working Out)
If you're like me, have faith. I am not one to just leave a problem lying on the table. I eventually convinced myself to work out five days a week. I just had to figure out how to make it not feel like working out.
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