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The importance of being clean!
The importance of being clean!

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Imagine your desk partner has a cold, and he sneezes on your hand while you are working together. You wash your hands as soon as possible so you will be less likely to become sick also.

One personal benefit of good hygiene is having better health. Keeping your body clean helps prevent illness and infection from bacteria or viruses. Like in our example, the simple act of washing your hands regularly is an effective way to keep germs from spreading. You would be much more likely to get sick if, instead of washing your hands, you wiped them off on your pants and went to lunch as soon as class was over.

Maintaining good hygiene also helps you have better self-esteem. In other words, when you take care of how you look, you feel better about yourself. When you don't take care of your personal hygiene, it can also make you feel less confident and unmotivated. Unfortunately, when a person is depressed or has low self-esteem, they are more likely to neglect their personal hygiene. Have you ever had someone tell you to get up and take a shower and you would feel better? It is definitely worth a try because it just might work!

Health, Healthy living, FitnessDAVID FRANKLINwellness, wellbeing, HygieneComment
How Long Does It Take To Lose Muscle After A Layoff?
How Long Does It Take To Lose Muscle After A Layoff?

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Your training program also impacts how quickly you detrain and lose muscle. Endurance athletes may experience muscle atrophy slower in part because their muscles are leaner and predominantly slow-twitched muscle fibers compared to power athletes, who predominantly have fast-twitch muscle fibers. For example, the book “Sports-Specific Rehabilitation” reports that endurance athletes such as rowers took up to 12 weeks to lose muscle mass and slow-twitched muscle fibers. On the other hand, power lifters, competitive weightlifters and football players can lose muscle strength as early as two weeks with inactivity.

Muscle loss with an increase of fat in the muscle, also known as sarcopenia, is a common aging process. Because this occurs, the elderly may experience quicker muscle loss or more muscle loss during inactivity compared to younger individuals. A 2009 University of Queensland study found that elderly men and women experienced an increase in sarcopenia after 24 weeks of inactivity. Unlike age, gender has not been shown to influence the rate of muscle loss with detraining.

Fitness, HealthDAVID FRANKLINDLF FitnessMuscle, weight training, Muscle Loss, Workout, Weight TrainingComment
Are steroids safe?
Are steroids safe?

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Anabolic steroid abuse has been associated with a wide range of adverse side effects ranging from some that are physically unattractive, such as acne and breast development in men, to others that are life threatening, such as heart attacks and liver cancer. Most are reversible if the abuser stops taking the drugs, but some are permanent, such as voice deepening in females.

Most data on the long-term effects of anabolic steroids in humans come from case reports rather than formal epidemiological studies. From the case reports, the incidence of lifethreatening effects appears to be low, but serious adverse effects may be underrecognized or underreported, especially since they may occur many years later. Data from animal studies seem to support this possibility. One study found that exposing male mice for one-fifth of their lifespan to steroid doses comparable to those taken by human athletes caused a high frequency of early deaths.

Fitness, HealthDAVID FRANKLINFitness, Steroids, HEALTH, Gym, Weight TrainingComment
Is counting calories necessary to lose lose weight?
Is counting calories necessary to lose lose weight?

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It all depends on your goals and how successful you want to be when trying to gain or lose weight.  I recommend keeping it simple by repeating the same meals.  These meals should be nutritionally balanced, but you should also know the calories that you are consuming.

Take my nutrition course if you want to learn more about proper nutrition.   

Nutrition, Health, DietDAVID FRANKLINWeight loss inspiration, Weight loss tips, lose weight, weight loss, Calories, Weight loss journey, Weight loss motivation, Calorie counting, Weight loss support, Weight loss help, weight loss programComment