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Martial Arts Can Improve Your Health While You Have Fun

2013-02-17 11:56:00 (читать в оригинале)

 

 

Martial Arts Can Improve Your Health While You Have Fun

By Janet Martin

You may think that martial art movements are only about kicking the heart out of your opponents. Well, partly you are right. But behind the fun and excitement of breaking your enemy’s nasal cartilage or poking out his eyes, martial arts training can well be considered as an excellent workout.


This is why there are a lot of people nowadays who go on trying to learn how to kick and punch not because they want to join a brawl in a bar. Rather, many people want to increase their body’s metabolism, improve secretion of certain brain chemicals, or simply enhance their overall well-being.


Martial arts can help you gain skills that are high above any ordinary individual. But few people know the health benefits that come with such deadly exercises. The positive effects of these exercises in one’s health can be best demonstrated by comparing the physical condition of older martial arts practitioners with their non-practicing contemporaries. You will easily find that martial artists look years, if not decades, younger than other members of their age bracket who believe in sedentary lifestyle.


Truly, undergoing martial arts training allows you to enjoy a unique program that combines exhilarating adrenaline rush with a no nonsense workout. Here are a few advantages that martial arts can bring to your overall health.


Weight Loss


Any martial art training, in essence, is an aerobic exercise. When you do this kind of training, you are able to move most, if not all of your muscles. As an important part of your fitness program, martial arts can burn considerable amounts of calories and help you lose unwanted weight.


Many practitioners have been observed to burn up to 5,000 calories daily, if they practice regularly. Some even claim that all the kicking and screaming during sessions can decrease one’s appetite. No wonder it is hard to find traditional and sports martial artists who weigh a ton, unless you talk about sumo wrestling – but that’s another story.


Enhanced Liver Functions


Everyone knows the important role that the liver plays in one’s life. Without it, one can not live. Liver is an important component in metabolism, especially in regulating carbohydrates in the bloodstream. You see, substances like fats, carbohydrates and proteins from the food you ate are brought to the liver.


These nutrients are eventually turned into simple sugars and are either released into the bloodstream or stored as glycogen by the liver. Uncontrolled amounts of glycogen in your blood may not be good for your health. But for most practitioners of martial arts, the liver tends to have increased capacity to store glycogen; thus, preventing more sugar to circulate in the blood.


Enhanced Physiological Activity


Sign up for at least three weeks of serious martial arts training in your nearby Karate or Taekwondo school and you will see remarkable changes in your overall bodily functions. Masters say that you will definitely attain healthier blood sugar and blood pressure levels within a very short time if you practice martial arts.


Other benefits include improved brain chemistry and blood supply to your cells and tissues. All these changes can positively improve the functioning of your brain and body. And with that, you have a better chance of preventing diabetes, heart ailments and certain cancers from happening to you.


These are but a few of the health benefits that you can gain from doing martial arts exercises. Needless to say, any martial art program requires that you have well-functioning muscles and joints. Over time, part of the health benefits of martial arts can help you deal with most pains and aches.


But for now, you will not be able to perform at your peak if you can not move your joints due to arthritis or other joint problems. To prevent stiffness in the joints from ruining your martial art workout, you need products that improve and lubricate your joints, just like Flexcerin.


About the Author: Janet Martin is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and published author. Many of her insightful articles can be found at the premiere online news magazine http://www.thearticleinsiders.com. For more information, visit http://www.flexcerin.com/.


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The Benefits Of Martial Arts Training

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The Benefits Of Martial Arts Training

Submitted by: Clint Leung

As any martial arts practitioner will tell you, there are multiple benefits in martial arts training. Of course, the most obvious benefit is a knowledge of self defense which is one of the major reasons why the martial arts were developed in the first place. Knowing how to defend oneself and loved ones in a potentially dangerous situation is an asset in today?s world just as it was hundreds of years ago. Unlike often portrayed in the movies, martial arts are not just about fighting. Many people take up martial arts for the fitness benefits as well. Training in martial arts such as karate, tae kwon do, kung fu and other martial art styles will improve one?s cardiovascular fitness as well as tone the muscular system. Strength will increase from the calisthenics usually employed within martial arts training but perhaps not to the same extent as working out with weights. But overall power of one?s body will definitely increase since martial arts techniques teach how to use strength effectively.


Most people will also improve their flexibility significantly while training in martial arts since entire ranges of motion from the body are exercised. This is especially true with martial art styles such as tae kwon do, Thai kickboxing as well as some schools of karate and kung fu where high kicks are used. All martial art styles will result in an improvement of one?s coordination as well.


Unlike many other forms of physical activity, martial arts also have a mental and sometimes spiritual element which not only improves the mind?s focus but also helps in self control. Emotions such as anger and fear are better controlled through martial arts. Many martial artists can find an inner peace through their training. In today?s hectic world, these particular benefits translate into one of the most effective stress management tools available. When training in a martial arts session or in a group class, all the day to day troubles of the world seem to be forgotten. People come out refreshed, energized and ready to tackle the big world out there.


Training in martial arts usually involves many little steps and progressions. As one advances in a martial art, the feeling of accomplishment comes with added confidence. This is especially beneficial for children who were not very confident in the first place. An increase in self confidence for kids (as well as adults) will have a cross over effect in other areas of life such as in other sports and general self esteem. Other challenges in life, both physical and mental, will be met with much less fear.


An important benefit of martial arts training for parents to note is that children will generally become more disciplined from the unique formalities of martial arts classes. This is one benefit that is often lacking in other sports. Former ?problem? kids with bad attitudes could become well behaved and respectful as a result of taking martial arts a few times per week. Respect is something that all martial arts instructors place great importance in during their classes. Martial arts kids are often very well behaved children no matter what social economic backgrounds they come from.


Martial arts training has so many great benefits covering physical, mental and emotional aspects that it?s no wonder why it has become one of the most popular activities for both adults and children. However, it is important to point out that not all martial arts programs will produce the range of benefits discussed. Programs that teach just combat fighting techniques may not result in the desired mental and spiritual benefits so it is important to search around for the right martial arts school that will offer the benefits one wishes to achieve.


About the Author: Clint Leung is a lifelong martial artist with over 32 years of training experience in kung fu, tae kwon do, karate, kickboxing and martial arts weaponry. He has won Canadian and world championship titles (NBL and WSKF). He is also owner of Free Spirit Activewear (http://www.FreeSpiritActivewear.com) , an online retailer and designer of premium martial arts activewear. Free Spirit Activewear has martial arts info articles.


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Health and Dental Coverage After Job Loss

2013-02-17 11:55:00 (читать в оригинале)

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Is it worth it to back date your life insurance policy?

2013-02-17 11:55:00 (читать в оригинале)

Often times when a quote is received by a client it shows that the age quoted is one year older than the person’s actual age. This is because insurance companies use your nearest age rather than your actual age to calculate premiums. That means that if your birthday is within the next 6 months, in the eyes of insurance companies you are a year older.Being one year older most definitely affects your premiums, but the good news is that you may have an option to back date the policy to avoid paying more than you need. This often comes in useful when someone purchases a life insurance policy and the underwriting process takes a longer time than expected due to varying circumstances, for example, an attending physician’s statement being delayed.

The procedure to backdate is relatively simple, if you choose to do so you may elect to backdate up to six month prior to the issue date but your premiums for those months that you missed will have to be paid for.

Is it worth it?To determine if it is worth the money that you have to shelve up really depends on you, the applicant. It will depend on firstly your cash flow, can you afford the lump sum payment? Also you will need to look at the difference in premiums and what the breakeven point is, and how much you will be saving over the life of the policy.

With policies that have higher premiums and those that are older, often times may be worth it to do so as you will be saving a fairly significant amount over the long term.

Here is an example of a 50 year and 51 year old male;

• Age 50 – 20 year term for $1million policy from Industrial Alliance – $3,050 per year
• Age 51 – 50 year term for $1million policy from Industrial Alliance – $3,790 per year

That’s an extra $740 a year. so that mean in as little as two and half years it becomes worth it to back date the policy in this case. And you if you add up $740 over many years you will be saving a bundle.

AuthorNeil Lecky

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Is buying extra life insurance at work worth it?

2013-02-17 11:55:00 (читать в оригинале)