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The Electrolytes Sodium & Potassium

In better understanding these electrolytes and their significance relating to the subject matter, it is accurate to say that Potassium is the electrolyte that pulls fluids into the muscles while Sodium pulls water out of the muscles. When sodium is more concentrated outside the muscle than the potassium is inside the muscle water shifts out of the muscle (undesirable). This will cause cramping and heat injuries. When sodium is less concentrated outside the muscle than the potassium is inside the muscle water shifts into the muscle (desirable).

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How to Evaluate a Personal Trainer

When seeking a personal trainer, it is necessary for the public to educate themselves on how to interview the right person for the job. While there are many certified personal trainers out there, only a select few of them are truly competent. You should always ask and verify where their certification is from and what their credentials are.

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Spot Reduction?

Claims Made by the Experts

There exists a disregard for physiological facts on the part of those profiting from the sale of "muscle-specific" exercise devices claiming their use to result in localized fat loss.  For example, performing abdominal exercises using any one of the currently marketed "ab-isolating" devices, or even doing appropriately prescribed sit-ups for that matter, does little or nothing to rid the waistline of fat as is so often claimed. 

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Hormones, Exercise and Diet

What we eat and what activity we do to change our body has been in question for quite some time now.  Low fat, low carbohydrate, high protein, aerobics, resistance training, etc. are all diet and activity strategies that will to some degree alter our bodies.  Even a poor diet and no exercise can make changes too.  We know that regular exercise and good diet strategies work, but there is a complex biochemistry that takes place to make the change. 

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Understanding PMS

"I snapped at my husband for leaving a newspaper on the front seat of the truck and yelled at my son for no reason. It was as though I was possessed, but I knew better, I was just PMSing" Shelly from Colorado explained.

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