MikeA August 25th, 2010
Title: Health Tip: Talking to a Loved One About Anorexia
Category: Health News
Created: 8/20/2010 10:10:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/23/2010
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MikeA August 25th, 2010
Knowledge: Ways to stay healthy when you work from home
MikeA August 25th, 2010
Need to add a little pep to your step or a shortcut to your beauty routine? Check out these new ways to look and feel your best. View the slideshow.
MikeA August 25th, 2010
Job stress can fray nerves, keep you up at night, and contribute to health problems such as heart disease and depression. “Chronic job strain can put both your physical and emotional health at risk,” says Paul J. Rosch, MD, the president of the American Institute of Stress.
Finding the source of your stress is the first step to fighting it, but that’s easier said than done. Our jobs put a strain on us for a number of reasons, some more obvious than others.
Fortunately, experts have identified specific work situations that are likely to make your blood boil. Which one of these stressed-out workers do you resemble? View the slideshow.
MikeA August 25th, 2010
Stand with feet hip-distance apart. Fold forward from your hips (not your waist) and let your torso hang like a rag doll. Bend your elbows and hold the left one with your right hand, the right one with your left hand.
Straighten your legs as much as you can (don’t lock your knees), and let your head and neck completely relax. Hold for 8 to 10 breaths, then roll slowly back up.
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MikeA August 25th, 2010
With the glut of 10-minute workout DVDs now on the market, you may be tempted to write off the newest offering, 10-Minute Solution: Rapid Results Fat Burner, as just a gimmick. But that would be a mistake. Even though 10 minutes doesn’t make for a complete cardio workout (but it’s a good start), 20 minutes does if it’s intense—and intensity is what this DVD is all about.
Like many of its 10-minute siblings, Rapid Results offers five kick-butt workouts you can mix and match in any number and order. There’s something for everyone here: sports drills, plyometrics (think jumping and hopping), kickboxing, and good old-fashioned aerobics. The result: You can craft a high-intensity, never-boring routine to fit whatever chunk of time you have.
It helps that the instructor, Cat Chiarelli, is really likable. She has great energy and totally commits to all of the moves; toward the end of each workout, you can tell she’s breathing a little heavy and isn’t finding it quite as easy to chat up her viewers. An instructor who’s feeling the pain along with me—I love that. Despite the obvious exertion, though, she stays right in the game, bestowing helpful form tips and encouragement from start to sweaty finish.
There are a couple of minor drawbacks: Chiarelli tries to fit multiple, somewhat complex, combinations into three of the five workouts; since she has only 10 minutes, the transitions are rapid and can be hard to follow. Also, some of the traveling moves require more room than my (somewhat small) den has to offer.
Still, for a working mom like me whose husband often leaves for work before the sun rises (leaving me with “Zoe duty”), intense and enjoyable at-home workouts are nothing to sneeze at—and this DVD now has a permanent place on my shelf.
Product: 10-Minute Solution: Rapid Results Fat Burner
Category: DVD
Pros: You can create a variety of customized, high-intensity routines that last from 10 to 50 minutes, all led by a likable instructor.
Cons: Some of the fast-paced combinations can be hard to follow at first, and require a good bit of room to do them in.
Cost: $12.99 at Amazon.com
Extra tip: Give your muscles a good warm-up first by marching in place for a couple of minutes. These workouts are short, so the “warm-up” portions don’t quite do it if you’re not warmed up already.
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