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Thursday, 26 July 2012

Top 15 Fat Burning Foods

Everyone wants to know what to eat, when to eat it and how often? We're no different, in this blog we are going to look at some of the top foods that we can find in the market today to help burn those calories and increase our metabolism to help our daily nutrition.

The Ultimate Fat Burning Food


Right let’s start with the hot stuff Chilli peppers Jalapenos, Habaneros, Cayenne all hot variety chillies which contain capsaicin which in turn gives them the heat and when ingested provides enough heat to increase our body's temperature boosting metabolism and the increase in the body's ability to burn calories.

Fat Burning Fruits & Vegtables


Let's cool down a little and look at the fast fat burning fruits and vegetables available on offer. Garlic, Onions, Broccoli, Mango, Oranges. Cooking a good recipe here. These fruits and vegetables contain very low amounts of calories and also contain fat burning chemicals to increase the breakdown of fats to aid digestion. Oranges as we know contain a rich source of vitamin C.

Fat Burning Meats


Moving onto the meats and fish. Salmon, tuna and mackerel allow an increase in the ability to burn calories rather than store them as fat. Fish is a great source of protein as well as containing healthy fish oils for healthy looking skin, hair and nails. Turkey, Pork, Chicken and beef, massive amounts of meat, massive amount of protein, muscle building foods. Due to the complex nature of proteins the body has to work harder to break down proteins, so the more meat in your diet not only will you strengthen your biceps you’ll be increasing your metabolism and losing weight with these mammoth fat burning foods.

Keep an eye out for some healthy recipes on the rushtraining fitness blog or even with the amounts of food we have just mentioned we can start constructing a chicken, chilli and mango curry with brown rice, now there's a fat burner and a half, accompanied with a nice cup of green tea.

What's Your Favourite Food?

 

Any foods that you have found to help you out let us know? We are all in need of new food recipes and fat burning foods. For more information on fitness training, nutrition and general healthy living see the rushtraining.co.uk website.

Happy Eating.

Monday, 23 July 2012

What Should Your Resting Heart Rate Be?

Right, first the facts, your resting heart rate (RHR) is your heart rate (HR) simply at rest, either before exercise or when you wake up, basically when the body is at rest. The optimal time to measure and get the best results for your resting heart rate is when you wake up in the morning, due to the fact that your body is in its most relaxed and post dormant state.

 

How to Measure Your Resting Heart Rate?


Take an average of your RHR over a course of 3-5 days to get the best results to measure it as different scenarios and factors can affect the RHR reading. such as:- - Fitness Level - Gender - Age - Body Temperature, Mass, Position - Medication Use Heart rate can vary depending on fitness levels.

There are various ways that you can measure your heart rate by placing two fingers at the wrist, neck, groin or top of the foot. Other equipment can be used such as chest monitors and watches available that can help record heart rate through physically activity or daily life and can be recorded and uploaded onto a computer to compare data.

To manually take your bpm place your two fingers on the appropriate area where you can feel your heart rate pulse for more accurate results you could record for a minute, however for quicker reading get the first 10 seconds then multiple your heart rate by 6.

What's an Average Resting Heart Rate?


Typically an average RHR for an adult would be in the range of between 60-100bpm . Athletes HR tend to be below 60bpm. See the table below for approximate guidelines to your RHR. There are many factors such as general fitness, health problems, weight, which can all affect your resting heart rate.

MEN
AGE
18 -25
26 -35
36 -45
46 - 55
56 -65
65+
ATHLETE
49-55
49-54
50-56
50-57
51-56
50-55
EXCELLENT
56-61
55-61
57-62
58-63
57-61
56-61
GOOD
62-65
62-65
63-66
64-67
62-67
62-65
ABOVE AV
66-69
66-70
67-70
68-71
68-71
66-69
AVERAGE
70-73
71-74
71-75
72-76
72-75
70-73
BELOW AV
74-81
75-81
76-82
77-83
76-81
74-79
POOR
82+
82+
83+
84+
82+
80+


WOMEN
AGE
18 -25
26 -35
36 -45
46 - 55
56 -65
65+
ATHLETE
54-60
54-59
54-59
54-60
54-59
54-59
EXCELLENT
61-65
60-64
60-64
61-65
60-64
60-64
GOOD
66-69
65-68
65-69
66-69
65-68
65-68
ABOVE AV
70-73
69-72
70-73
70-73
69-73
69-72
AVERAGE
74-78
73-76
74-78
74-77
74-77
73-76
BELOW AV
79-84
77-82
79-84
78-83
78-83
77-84
POOR
85+
83+
85+
84+
84+
84+

 

How to Change Your Resting Heart Rate?


In order to reduce your heart rate exercise is a pivotal factor in order to decrease your number. Any exercise should always be consulted with a personal trainer or consultant if you’re unsure of how to start exercising.

Also see rushtraining's guide to running, for some more tips. The heart like any other is a muscle and the more you work it, the more efficient and larger it becomes in order pump blood around the body to the muscles. For more training tips on fitness, health and nutrition read the rushtraining blog or visit www.rustraining.co.uk remember to consult an expert before beginning new fitness programmes, if you are unsure.

What's your resting heart rate? What would you like it to be? How are you lowering your heart rate? Leave your comments to the discussion below.