Flat Belly Workout
The key to a sculpted midsection is using smart and effective stabilizing moves. But if your body fat is too high, it won’t matter how wisely you work your abs?they won’t show. That’s why you need to add those moves to a full-body strength and cardio routine that will boost your metabolism, blast fat, and finally uncover those abs you’ve been working so hard to develop.
And while the exercises can be thrown into your workout at random, that tactic will get you just a fraction of their benefits. For full value, work on progression.
Here’s how it works: After a 10 minute dynamic warm-up, do the first two moves as instructed, then finish with a total-body workout. Do this three times a week on nonconsecutive days for two weeks, then go to the next two moves. Repeat the pattern over eight weeks until you’ve done all eight moves.
The best part? With this easy printable list, you can get your fitness expert-certified sweat on for free. Learn more about the workout or get the printable version now.
Source: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/flat-belly-workout
Stressed Out? It Might Be Messing with Your Memory
Everyone has had an experience like this one: You’re running late for an important meeting, frantically tearing apart the house on a desperate search for the car keys you just put down…somewhere. Or at the other extreme, you spent weeks freaking out over an upcoming presentation only to deliver all the key points with Oscar-accepting eloquence when the day arrives.
So what is it that makes a person either go completely blank or perform brilliantly on simple tasks involving memory when feeling stressed?
The answer is complicated, and the best doctors out there are finally teasing out some of the bigger mysteries behind how that three-pound mass of electrochemical soup remembers, or forgets, where the damn keys are. An old adage says a little stress is good for memory, and a lot is bad—but it turns out to be true only for men. New research suggests that gender matters when it comes to memory and stress, whether that stress is acute, chronic, or traumatic.
Acute Stress
Living Near a Fast-Food Restaurant Not Linked to Weight Gain
The sheer ubiquity of food may make the incremental differences in how close we are to it much less meaningful.