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Personal Health Investment Today Act of 2009 or the PHIT Act of 2009 – Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a medical care tax deduction for up to $1,000 ($2,000 for married couples filing jointly or heads of household) of qualified sports and fitness expenses. Defines qualified sports and fitness expenses as amounts paid for fitness center memberships, physical exercise programs, and exercise equipment.
Posted by admin as News at 7:50 AM MST
Some of you might remember the cereal commercial in the 1970’s-80’s that went like this: three young boys sitting at the table with cereal in front of them. Two of them aren’t sure whether the cereal is to their liking. ” Give it to Mikey” says one boy. ” He won’t eat it, he hates everything” says the other. They push it to Mikey and he eats it. ” Hey Mikey, he likes it”, says one of the two doubters.
In a recent study, Cereal and nonfat milk support muscle recovery following exercise suggests that cereal is as good as a commercial sports drink for post exercise recovery.
Marc
Posted by admin as Nutrition at 9:03 AM MST
If training hard was the way to reach one’s potential then most of us would be in top form. Great training is not just a matter of high quality workouts. Sure, you must stress your hormonal, cardiorespiratory, vascular and muscular systems to improve. Stress and recovery must be balanced to reach the pinnacle of form. The following are some specific recovery and regeneration strategies.
Sleep
A good night’s sleep of seven to nine hours for adults and eight to ten hours for children, is probably the most important recovery mode. During deep stages of sleep human growth hormone is released to repair muscle and connective tissue damage. Also, melatonin is released to rebuild the immune system. Get to much sleep, though, and you’ll feel sluggish and depressed because to much melatonin is released. Even dreaming has it’s role for figuring out social and emotional aspects of the day. Disruptions to a good nights sleep such as alcohol, not managing sleep times or illness can play a big part in training recovery.
Post-training Recovery
The first step is to get out of that workout gear and take a shower. Start restoring fluid and energy levels immediately after training. Within the first five minutes post-exercise consume 600ml to 1 litre of sports drink, eat some sandwiches, milk and fruit are just a few examples. After a shower and some food it’s a good idea to write down how the workout went and other pertinent information in your diary. This provides for some psychological relief.
Becoming Self Aware
By this I mean, knowing when you need a break. Are you feeling emotional, mental and physical stress? Do you get upset easily? Do you ache constantly? Do you have trouble concentrating on simple tasks? By determining your current status you can implement the proper recovery strategy.
These are just a few ways to practice recovery techniques. We all need a break now and then. So listen to yourself and how you feel.
Posted by admin as general at 2:58 AM MST
An article in the New York Times mentions how Congress wants to give business’s more leaway to provide incentives to employees for healthy habits including better diet, more exercise, weight loss and smoking cessation, weight loss, and more exercise.
Marc
Posted by admin as general at 10:37 AM MST
