Roids…

Getting an idea?

Anabolic-androgenic steroids, or anabolic steroids as they are commonly known, were developed in the 1930s to promote growth of skeletal muscle and to develop male sexual characteristics.  The drugs were seen as offering great potential for their protein-building properties, but their use by doctors has, in fact, been quite limited.  Anabolic steroid use is more commonly associated with bodybuilders, weightlifters, and other male and female athletes.

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4 cLEAN tips!

 

Finding ways to stay active throughout the day can be challenging without utilizing specific fitness tips.  Even if you spend most of your time behind a desk, there are ways you can break away and incorporate some mild physical activity into your daily office routine.  The cLEANfit fitness tips listed below are all things that can realistically be squeezed into your workday; no need to worry about changing into different clothes or looking goofy doing office exercises.

1. Don’t Sit during Your Entire Lunch Break

Dealing with stress and its symptoms

DEALING WITH STRESS AND ITS SYMPTOMS.

While unchecked stress is undeniably damaging, there are many things you can do to reduce its impact and cope with symptoms.

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Learn how to manage stress

You may feel like the stress in your life is out of your control, but you can always control the way you respond.  Managing stress is all about taking charge: taking charge of your thoughts, your emotions, your schedule, your environment, and the way you deal with problems.  Stress management involves changing the stressful situation when you can, changing your reaction when you can’t, taking care of yourself, and making time for rest and relaxation.

Exercise & Depression

If you’ve ever experienced depression, you know how frustrating and at times, debilitating it can be.  It may make you so tired you don’t want to get out of bed — or so anxious you can’t calm down.  Whatever your symptoms are, it can be a challenge to pull yourself out of that dark hole.  Seeing your doctor should be your first step in dealing with depression, of course, but there are other tools that can help.  Exercise may be the LAST thing on your mind, BUTit’s the one thing that may give you immediate relief from depression.

Exercise and Depression

Depression is so common most of us have either experienced it or know more than one person who has.  Medication and therapy are common treatments, but exercise is another tool that can bring relief.  Study after study has shown that exercise can fight mild to moderate depression because it:

The cLEANfit Brochure!

The Brochure!!  Click to see & learn more!!

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The cLEANfit brochure is now available for disbursement and has already earned recognition among youth, “home bodies,” elderly, academic institutions, and local fitness centers.  We encourage our members to pass this brochure along with the hopes of conveying the cLEANfit fitness practice to anyone interested in beginning and/or maintaining a healthy lifestyle!  This product has been brought to you by the management team at cLEANfit through the use of Adobe Indesign.

 

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The cLEANfit Podcast!

The cleanfit podcast has become available to every member of the cLEANfit family; thanks to the management team and all those who participated in the exercise who believed in this concept. This podcast was created through audacity and assembled as short YouTube clip through Windows Live Movie Maker.

Weight Training 101

If you want to burn fat or change your body, one of the most important things you can do is lift weights.  Diet and cardio are equally important, but when it comes to changing how your body looks, weight training wins hands down.  If you’ve hesitated to start a strength training program, it may motivate you to know that lifting weights can:

• Help raise your metabolism.  Muscle burns more calories than fat, so the more muscle you have, the more calories you’ll burn all day long.
• Strengthen bones, especially important for women.
• Make you stronger and increase muscular endurance.
• Help you avoid injuries.
• Increase your confidence and self-esteem.
• Improve coordination and balance.

Now you have to figure out how to fit each of those components into your life.

Now you have to figure out how to fit each of those components into your life.

1. Cardio. The general rule is to get at least 20 minutes of cardio exercise three times a week.  This can be any activity that elevates your heart rate into your training zone.  First, figure out your target heart rate and then choose activities that will get you in that zone.  This can include anything from walking the dog to weeding the garden.  If you’re interested in calorie expenditure.

2. Resistance Training. Lifting weights increases your muscle mass which, in turn, helps to raise your metabolism so you burn more calories every day.  It also helps build bone density.  You don’t need a bodybuilding routine; just a simple total body workout twice a week will do.  For detailed information about resistance training.

“I’d like to start exercising, but where do I begin?”

Making the personal decision to begin exercise is the first step. Committing to make it a priority in your life is the next.

Often, the biggest challenge you will face is changing your lifestyle. Many of us have created bad habits over a the years and changing these requires a committed effort to consciously recognize and alter some of these patterns. Ultimately you need to change both your internal beliefs and your external environment to step you up for success.

It takes time to develop new habits, so a positive, forgiving attitude is essential. You will not become an athlete overnight, but by slowly changing your internal dialog and external situation, you will find a new lifestyle that encourages fitness.

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The 8 Most Annoying Gym Personalities

In this second post in the series we take a look at the top 10 worst gym personalities, as a means to help you clearly identify and classify inappropriate gym behavior, and to help you steer clear from inadvertently falling into one of these categories as you embark on your fitness journey.

In no particular order, here is a list of the most annoying gym goers that I have personally come across over the years. Many workouts have been ruined on their account, so please allow me to vent my pent up frustrations in the cathartic swell below.

1. The American Idol: It is increasingly popular that gym goers do their workouts while listening to their iPods. While I personally prefer not to, I have absolutely no problem with it. Many people swear that their music helps them get in the zone and increase the intensity of their workouts while reducing the perception of effort. All this is copacetic. The problem arises when people confuse the gym with a Karaoke bar. The American Idol has somehow arrived at the completely delusional conclusion that their tone-deaf interpretation of Thin Lizzy’s “Boys are Back in Town” should be applauded by their fellow exercisers.