CARDIAC REHABILITATION

Medical science has progressed to a point where people who have suffered heart disease are not destined to a life of bed rest. In fact cardiac rehabilitation programs are based on getting the patient active as soon as possible. These programs are based on three phases.

PHASE 1
begins when the patient is still in the hospital after suffering a heart attack or after having a cardiac operation. Supervised by a coronary care nurse, small exercise accomplishments are encouraged such as walking down the hall or up a smll flight of stairs. During the hospital stay, each exercise accomplishment is recorded and daily increases in the amount of exercise performed are encouraged.

PHASE 2
begins once the patient is released from hospital. They return to the hospital setting three times per week to exercise while being closely monitored.  Each person wears mobile ECG leads that transmit back to a monitor watched by the coronary care nurse. Bikes and treadmills are the most common modes of exercise during phase 2. This phase normally lasts for several months. Once the exercise response is stable and the patient feels 'recovered' passes  criteria set by the cardiologist on an exercise ECG test, they graduate on to phase 3.

PHASE 3
is considered a long-term maintenance exercise program. Community facilities or fitness centres are used to provide structured exercise sessions for people who have experienced cardiac events. An exercise specialist trained to work with this population, and a coronary care nurse who is there to help monitor heart rates and blood pressures and to handle any emergencies, supervise the sessions. Emergency medical equipment on site is essential and the program remains affiliated with the hospital.

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SAVE A CHILD TODAY (CHILDHOOD OBESITY)

The Shocking Facts

Overweight is defined as having excess body weight for a particular height from fat, muscle, bone, water, or a combination of  these factors, obesity is defined as having excess body fat.
Overweight and obesity are the result of "caloric imbalance" - too few calories expended for the amount of calories consumed and are affected by various genetic,  behavioural and environmental factors.

Childhood obesity is big news and unfortunately like the waistband of our Nation's children and teenagers, it's set to get even bigger.
Overweight children are becoming more common as the prevalence of severe overweight rises. The social burden of pediatric obesity, especially during middle childhood and adolescence,  may have lasting effect on self esteem, body image and economic mobility.
Statistics from the most recent large-scale survey shockingly reveal that 25% of boys and 33% of girls aged between two (2) and nineteen (19) years are overweight or obese and there's little sign the incidence is slowing.

HEALTH EFFECTS OF CHILDHOOD OBESITY
Childhood obesity has both immediate and long-term effects on health and well-being.

Immediate health effects:
★ obese youth are more likely to have risk  factors for cardiovascular disease such as high cholesterol or high blood pressure.
★ obese adolescents are more likely to have prediabetes, a condition in which blood glucose level indicate a high risk for development of diabetes.
★ children and adolescents who are obese are at greater risk for bone and joint problems, sleep apnea,  and social and psychological problems such as stigmatization and poor self-esteem.

Long-term health effects:
★ children and adolescents who are obese are likely to be obese as adults and are therefore more at risk for adult health problems such as heart disease,  type 2 diabetes, stroke, several types of cancer, and osteoarthritis.
★ overweight and obesity are associated with increased risk for many types of cancer, including cancer of the breast, colon, endometrium, esophagus, kidney, pancreas, gall bladder, thyroid, ovary, cervix and prostate,  as well as multiple myeloma and hodgkin's lymphoma.

PREVENTION
★ Healthy lifestyle habits including healthy eating and physical activity, can lower the risk of becoming obese and developing related diseases.
★ The dietary and physical activity behaviors of children and adolescents are influenced by many sectors of the society,  including families, Communities, schools, child care settings, medical care providers, government agencies, the media and the food & beverage industries and entertainment industries.
★schools play a particularly critical role by establishing a safe physical fitness activity program, sports program and supportive environment with policies and practices that support healthy behaviors. Schools also provide opportunities for students to learn about practice healthy eating and physical activity behaviors.

Physical activity helps with...
Controlling weight.
Reducing blood pressure.
Raising HDL ("good") cholesterol.
Reducing the risk of diabetes and some kinds of cancer.
Improved psychological well-being, including gaining more self-confidence and higher self esteem.
Physical activity should be fun for children and adolescents.

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FLEXIBILITY

WHY YOU NEED THE GYM MORE THAN EVER

We know it can be tough to go to gym, when there are busy schedule, anything better to do with your time. Or maybe you're a runner whose workout schedule involves running,  running and more running. Then when you do hit the weights, your arms, back and legs are so sore that you vow never to work out again (trust me, you will pass through that stage).

Whether your days are overtaken by busy schedule in office or you simply don't have the time (or motivation) to get to the gym very often, you`ve probably wondered the same thing we were: is it even worth it to strength train only one or two times a week?

WHY YOU SHOULD LIFT.
We won't be the first to tell you there are plenty of good reasons to hit the weight room - even if your goal isn't to build arms like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Strength training can improve physical performance, movement control, walking speed, functional independence, cognitive abilities and self-esteem. Plus, it can reduce blood pressure, enhance cardiovascular health, and decrease chances of developing type 2 diabetes.

Gaining strength also minimizes your chance of getting hurt. "You'll increase bone density & strengthen the tendons and ligaments, so not only are you simply able to lift more weight, but you're also building resistance to injury" explains Olayinka Ajibola, a physical fitness expert in Lagos, Nigeria.

And while you may think cardio is the key to losing weight, a study found that men who did 20 minutes of weight training each day saw a smaller increase in belly fat as men spent the same amount of time doing cardio. In another study, 10 weeks of resistance training was shown to increase lean weight by 1.4kg (about 3 pounds) increase resting metabolic rate by 7 percent, and reduce fat weight by 1.8kg (about 4 pounds). So if you're tying to slim down, it may be time to say so long to the treadmill - and hello to the weight rack.

FUNCTIONAL STRENGTH TRAINING
Research also suggests that a once - weekly strength training frequency can be just as effective on improving muscle strength as a more rigorous schedule.

Trainers agree there are definite benefits to workout on a limited schedule. "I have clients who only strength train once or twice per week, and they still see some significant results in strength" say Olayinka Ajibola,  a fitness expert and founder of FIT 4 LIFE exercise program. "most of this can be attributed to neural adaptation, which means that your nervous system is adapting to added force, even if notting is happening to muscle size."

Full-body functional strength training can be super effective once or twice a week agrees Olayinka. "It helps your muscle get stronger,  improves your balance,  and preserves your fast-twitch muscle fibers, allowing your muscles to contract faster" Translation: This helps you see improvement in any sport performance.

Strength training also increase endurance, or lactate threshold - the amount of time it takes for your muscle fatigue, This means the amount of exercise you have to do to make your muscles so sore you can't use them efficiently (i.e. that painful soreness after hitting the weights when you do so sporadically) increase the more you lift.
Adding anaerobic (strength) training once or two times per week helps the body handle the repetitive stress of movements like running, cycling, or swimming. It's enough to stimulate muscle growth,  increase cardiovascular strength,  and help improve endurance.

MAKE THE MOST OF A LIMITED TRAINING SCHEDULE
Reindz Star Concepts recommends doing a total-body workout that combines moves like push-up, pull-up, basic plank-type core work, and squats. This type of workout twice per week can build strength without dedicating hours to the gym.

Finally, proper nutrition is still king when it comes to getting the results you want, so you'll have to pass up those daily doughnuts. "Eating healthy carbs post-workout will replenish your glycogen levels and helps your muscles recover faster" Olayinka says. But more important is the window for consuming protein: To maximize protein synthesis, for have 20 or more grams of protein within an hour of working out.

INCONCLUSION
Doing something is better than doing nothing,  Olayinka says. Hitting the weight rack (or the mat for body weight exercises) once or twice a week may not give you a Schwarzenegger-esque body, but the small gains you do make might incentivize you to exercise those muscle areas more often. After all sometimes feeling sore is just what you need to remind you what a good workout feels like and get back into the groove of three, four, or even five workouts per week.