Put punch into your weight loss results with the Body Opponent Bag

BOB, courtesy of Boxing Depot.

As a nutritionist, one of the most asked questions you receive is "how do I lose weight?" Everyone seems to be looking for the easiest way to drop pounds fast. A simple law of sustainable weight loss is that losing pounds slowly is the best approach. Weight lost fast usually returns just as fast.

And as a sports nutritionist in particular, it's also necessary to advise dieters and weight watchers of the importance of regular exercise. Exercise burns calories, and resistance training builds muscle, both of which make losing weight easier. Exercise is also key to staying healthy, and it has benefits beyond aiding in weight loss. Exercise relieves stress, improves mood, regulates blood sugar, prevents diseases like diabetes and metabolic syndrome, and strengthens bones and muscles including your heart.

To keep your workout routine fresh, incorporate variety on a regular basis. Boxing and martial arts are excellent ways to get fit and stay fit while having fun. Our favorite punching bag is the Body Opponent Bag, known by the moniker BOB. BOB is unique because he's designed with the proportions and shape of a real person. This makes BOB a much better tool than regular heavy bags when learning holds, body shots, or training in any form of self defense. His 'skin' is made from rugged plastisol with an inner cavity of urethane and has a lifelike consistency. The Body Opponent Bag has a wide, rounded base which adds stability and makes it easy to roll away when you're done using it. The BOB is adjustable in height from 5'10" to 6'2".

BOB's unique design includes:

* Skin is made of high strength plastisol and inner cavity is filled with durable urethane foam

* Adjustable from 5'10 to 6'2
* Base fills with sand or water and is rounded for easy roll relocation

* One year limited Manufacturer's warranty
* Weighs approximately 270 lbs. when filled

BOB is fun for the whole family, including young karate students, martial arts students, and would be boxers. BOB helps you get and stay fit while getting rid of stress. Come on, put some punch in your healthy lifestyle.

For more equipment check out The Boxing Depot.

Expert Michael Foley and a teenage girl demonstrate BOB

BOB Demonstration by a boxer

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Easy and thrifty eggs serve up family friendly quiche recipes

In this economy, eggs are still a reasonably priced food almost everyone loves. With hundreds of ways to cook them, eggs come in handy on a hot Summer evening or a chilly Autumn morning.

Eggs are a versatile and affordable source of protein, omaga 3 fatty acids, vitamin A, calcium, and iron. Eggs are a perfect fit for a healthy lifestyle. Whether your goal is weight loss or muscle building, eggs offer you a high quality source of nutrition that won't break your budget.

Here's two delicious recipes for quiche that nearly any cook can prepare and be sure they'll please most palates. Enjoy eggs! Get recipes and watch the video.

Body Building: Don’t Get Ahead of Yourself

by Wayne M

All young and beginning rookie bodybuilders look at the Muscle and Fitness, Flex and Men's Health magazines and see all those big, tough muscular guys advertising bodybuilding supplements to reduce fat, make you stronger and to make you BIGGER.

This is all-good and gives you great motivation but young teens like myself once did think that the supplements make you big. Little do we know that those professional bodybuilders do a hell of a lot of hard work in the gym and most properly take a few things that they do not advertise.

You must realize that to get big and look good you must do the hard work- you must pay your dues first! Then you will reap the rewards so to speak.

What I am trying to say is if you're under 19 and haven't been serious about lifting weights before, but you are now, start weight training first for about 2 - 3 months before buying supplements.

People will say I am crazy--that's fair enough--but hear me out. If you have never lifted seriously before you will make gains, you will make gains in your size, fat loss and muscularity in the first 2- 3 months that even without supplements you will notice and so will all your peers. After the first 2 - 3 months you will steady out and struggle to put on the same gains as the first 3 months.

After paying your dues for the first 3 months, lifting heavy and safe doing all the compound exercises to put on the mass and lose the required fat, you should consider your basic supplements.

Although you can get some supplements, do not buy 3-4 supplements at once. You should start with the most used supplement PROTEIN POWDER. Buy some protein powder first and start using it. Take it 2 - 3 times a day. This will help rebuild the muscle and promote muscle growth, as well as help meet your daily protein requirements.

Then, after about 2 weeks to a month get some CREATINE. Creatine is produced naturally in the body, although in minimal amounts so taking creatine will give you greater energy in your workouts and your muscles will grow. Creatine has been researched and has shown the best results. The number of compliments it has received has won the world over. It is the most popular supplement going. Creatine does have a couple of drawbacks; however, creatine maximizes water intake by the muscles, thus meaning you have to drink more water (1-2 gallons per day (4-6 liters)). Also, you must load with Creatine. I have found you can load 2 ways with Creatine: 1. the way on the back of the pack (the directions) or 2. take 20 grams (week 1), 5 grams (week 2), 10 grams (week 3), and then 5 grams (week 4). After the forth week have a rest for a minimum of 1 week, but no more than 2 weeks and then start over.

Also buy some MULTIVITAMINS. These are crucial for bodybuilders and especially for teens. We are still growing and we need more to help us recover from activity. Get a good multivitamin idea from the forums. They have some good ones.

Those are the 3 main supplements for us teens to try and get our hands on. Remember, taking supplements aids weight training, weight training does not aid supplement intake. This means that supplements don't make muscles grow. The time and intensity in the gym does, along with proper food at home or school.

Hope this helped.

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How to cook the perfect steak

Whatever your nutrition goals, be it weight loss, muscle gain, a healthy balanced diet, or all three, beef can play an integral role. Beef in general is leaner than in years past and actually comparatively low in fat. (According to Fitday, 1 ounce of chicken has 67 calories and 3.8 grams of fat, while one ounce of top sirloin has 36 calories and 1.0 grams of fat.)

Steak is nutritious too, with vital nutrients like protein, stearic acid which is neutral and monounsaturated fatty acids, B vitamins, and iron. Also, less than half the fat in steak is saturated fat, in case you have a fear of sat fats and cholesterol. Read What is cholesterol? Not all cholesterol is bad cholesterol.

Many cuts of steak like round, sirloin and London broil are not only lean, but a relative cinch to prepare. Read more and get the recipes and links.

Healthy fast food, 'Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes' book review with sample recipes

Pasta is one of the most versatile foods ever. Varieties number in the 100s and are as diverse as semolina, spinach, whole wheat, and low carbohydrate Dreamfields brand. Pasta fits into every diet, and every lifestyle, especially today's super busy ones.

Even more attractive is pasta's convenience and speed of preparation. Now, world-renowned Italian Chef, author, and cooking teacher, Giuliano Hazan has a fabulous cookbook out that takes even the most inexperienced of cooks on a journey of tantalizing Italian flavors. Giuliano Hazan's 'Thirty Minute Pasta: 100 Quick and Easy Recipes' is literally the cookbook every kitchen should have. Get sample recipes excerpted from the book and read more of the review.

Why We Need Government-Run Universal Socialized Health Insurance

A cartoon explanation of why we need a public health insurance option. If you agree that a public option should be part of the health care reform bill, make sure you let your representatives know!

Fat prejudice continues despite America's growing waistline

We often judge others by their waistlines alone.

A sad fact about our society is that fat prejudice continues to exist. More of us are overweight and obese, so we should be less inclined to treat fat people badly, right? Just one problem, according to J. Eric Oliver, author of 'Fat Politics' we aren't really getting all that fatter as a nation. See video below.

The US government policy on what makes for a healthy BMI (body mass index) just makes it seem that way. And BMI measures total body weight in relation to height. It doesn't take into account whether your body weight is mostly from body or mostly from muscle. This means athletes and bodybuilders are labeled as overweight and obese. This means very fit people like Brad Pitt and Gov. Arnold Swartzenegger or lumped into the obese category.

So the theory that prejudice against overweight and obesity should lessen because we're all in the same boat doesn't hold water. But the fact remains fat prejudice is simply wrong. No one should treat another human being poorly because of appearance, body size, or personal choices about health or diet. It's simply none of our business whether someone is overweight, or why they're overweight.

As Eric Oliver points out, being overweight has little to do with mortality. The highest death rates are seen in those who are the most underweight, and then from the heaviest people. The merely overweight are living the longest.

Perhaps the most destructive form of fat prejudice is that of physicians and other health care workers. See video below. These so-called professionals are often the reason why overweight and obese people avoid getting routine health care and often weight until a health crisis develops. Some health care workers have no qualms expressing their personal opinions on weight in what should be a professional setting. Read more, get the links, and watch the videos.