Archive for December, 2010
Trying To Go from Couch Potato to Regular MMA Conditioner? 5 Tips for Sticking to Your Resolution.
I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions. We know that people keep less than 5% of New Year’s resolutions, and I think a big reason for this is that anything we are trying to change in our lives is really about self-discipline.
I realized this after spending two years reading what positive psychologists have discovered makes people happy. And, it turns out, that everything we know about what makes us happy comes down to having self-discipline to do what we know we want to be doing.
So of course making a New Year’s resolution doesn’t work, because it’s the act of saying, “I want to make a change, but I’m not going to do it now. I’m going to do it in January.” That’s not self-discipline, that’s procrastination, right?
If you want to make a change in your life, you can start right now, with something that is not that hard to change.
Eating Right for Your Blood Type: Type AB
Blood Type AB
Very rare, and the gentle offspring of Type A and Type B blood. This blood type has only been around for about 1000 years; a modern adaptation and result of intermingling of disparate groups. Less than 5% of the world’s population have Blood Type AB. You combine the best and the worst of Blood Types A and B. Most foods that are bad for the Type A and Type B persons, are also bad for the Type AB person, with the exception of tomatoes. The Blood Type AB person can tolerate tomato lectins well. Like Type A, you do not produce enough hydrochloric stomach acid to digest animal protein well, such as red meat and poultry, yet you do need some animal protein. Therefore, portion size is important, and with less frequency. Be sure to take bromelain, a digestive enzyme derived from pineapple, to assist with the digestion of your animal protein meals. The best meats for you are lamb, mutton, rabbit and turkey. Also, avoid smoked and cured meats.
Foods that encourage weight gain – Red meat; kidney beans; lima beans; seeds; corn; buckwheat; wheat.
Foods that encourage weight loss – Tofu; seafood; dairy; green vegetables; spirulina; sea kelp; pineapple.
Other foods to avoid
Eating Right for Your Blood Type: Type B
Blood Type B
This blood type developed between 15,000 and 10,000 BC. Persons with Blood Type B have tolerant digestive systems, and can tolerate most foods equally well, with some exceptions. They are the lucky ones who can digest all types of foods with ease. However, the foods they should avoid are corn, buckwheat, lentils, peanuts, and sesame seeds, as these foods will tend to make them gain weight. Just like the Type O’s, Type B’s tend to have a problem with gluten in wheat products and wheat germ, which can cause a drop in their blood sugar levels, causing symptoms of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Blood Type B’s who want to lose weight should definitely avoid wheat products. These lucky people can handle dairy products okay, compared to the other blood types. However, easy does it; if you consume too many high-calorie dairy products, you will gain weight! If you get hypoglycemia after eating a meal, sipping licorice tea would be beneficial for you. It is not advisable to take licorice supplements, unless under the supervision of a doctor. However, sipping licorice tea is very good.
Foods that encourage weight loss – Green vegetables; red meat such as lamb, mutton and rabbit; liver; turkey; pheasant; eggs/low-fat dairy products, including eggs from chicken; seafood, especially deep ocean fish such as cod and salmon, also flounder, halibut and sole; licorice tea. (Licorice tea is great to sip after a meal, as this will prevent hypoglycemia); soy foods; olive and flaxseed oil; oatmeal; oat bran; millet; rice bran; spelt; puffed rice.
Eating Right for Your Blood Type: Type A
Blood Type A
People with Blood Type A evolved from the hunter/meat-eater to the agrarian, and were the farmers and grain gatherers. This blood type evolved between 25,000 and 15,000 bC. They have fragile digestive systems. These people cannot tolerate animal protein well, and should be the proverbial, classic “vegetarian” of the human species. They also are usually lactose intolerant, as well. Persons with Blood Type A should avoid animal protein and dairy products, and would do well with whole grains, legumes, fruits and vegetables. Tofu and Hawaiian Spirulina should become the Blood Type A person’s best friends, as these foods contains high-quality vegetable protein! Persons with Blood Type A do not produce enough hydrochloric acid in their stomachs, and that is why they have a difficult time digesting animal protein well. This also gives them a predisposition toward getting stomach cancer, and should never eat smoked or cured meats due to the sodium nitrites in them. Animal protein and dairy products tend to rot and ferment in their digestive tracts, and the toxic bacteria backs up into their tissues and muscles, thereby causing digestive distress. A lack of sufficient hydrochloric acid in their stomachs is another reason that persons with Blood Type A do not absorb Vitamin B12 properly from the foods they eat. Vitamin B12 is normally found in red meat, although B12 is also found in superior vegetable protein foods such as Hawaiian Spirulina, soy products and sea kelp. This inability to absorb Vitamin B12 sufficiently from food tends to make the person with Blood Type A prone to pernicious anemia. Therefore, supplementing the diet with Vitamin B12 is critical. Also recommended is supplementation with digestive enzymes such as betaine, bromelain and papain. Bromelain is derived from pineapple, and assists with the digestion of animal protein. Betaine will help to increase the amount of hydrochloric acid in their stomachs. The best exercise for these persons is not the heavy, vigorous workouts, but more calming, centering exercises like Tai Chi, Hatha Yoga and golfing. These soothing types of exercises will relieve the Blood Type A person’s stress in a more beneficial way.
Eating Right For Your Blood Type: Type O
Do you know what your blood type is? If not, you may ask your physician to order a special blood test for you to determine what your blood type is. Unless you have been hospitalized, had surgery, or have given blood, this type of blood screening is not ordinarily done as a matter of routine.
There has been extensive scientific research over the past 30 years that shows evidence that your individual blood type determines your predisposition toward getting certain diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, lupus, muscular sclerosis, allergies, etc. Our blood type also determines what type of biochemistry our digestive systems are made of. “Your blood type is a powerful genetic fingerprint that identifies you as surely as your DNA”.
There are four blood type groups: O, A, B, and AB. The majority of people are Blood Type O. Next comes Blood Type A, then Blood Type B; and, Blood Type AB is very rare and has only been around for about 1000 years. Less than 5% of the world’s population have Blood Type AB.
Have you ever noticed that some people can eat a variety of foods with no problems, while others suffer from gas, bloating, indigestion and heartburn? The reason for this is that people with different blood types cannot eat or digest the same foods equally. The following is a brief overview of the peculiarities of each blood type group:
Blood Type O
Health Benefits Of MMA Training
When you think about starting a competitive activity for fitness, combat is probably not your initial notion. Yet mixed martial arts training is increasing in reputation as a general exercise program. Here are some of the advantages of this increasing trend.
1. Strength
One of the first benefits of mixed martial arts training is enhanced strength. This is because the various styles which may be associated with a martial arts exercise program will target all major muscles instead of a regular exercise routine that will only focus on one aspect of one’s body (like arms or abs). Upper and lower body workouts are necessary as well as a selection of motions associated with numerous techniques. Enhanced core strength can guard against many degenerative conditions like osteoporosis or weakness connected with aging. Also, hauling in the groceries are going to be so much easier!
Benefits of Strength and Conditioning for MMA
For many years, many martial artists who have competed in various combat sports from Jiu-Jitsu to the now popular MMA have overlooked the quality of a good strength and conditioning program. Many of these fighters thought two things; that gaining more muscle would make them slower and that they would be well conditioned for a fight by doing endless hours of “roadwork”.
As MMA has exploded these ideas that were once held are no longer. We are now seeing fighters that have their own strength and conditioning coaches. Some of these coaches are even being interviewed on the UFC Countdown shows leading up to the fights. We have heard B.J. Penn rave about Marv Marinovich and what he has done for his career.
Winning Ways with MMA Conditioning
Athletes prepare for competitions by conditioning themselves. Different conditioning techniques apply to different sports. How a basketball player conditions for a game is different from how a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter will be trained.
MMA conditioning is much more than just strength, power, and speed. While these may be major qualities that a fighter needs to win a match, it is mental conditioning that distinguishes the champion from the contender.
Each person has the potential to develop incredible strength, power and speed. How these are developed and the outcomes of the techniques used vary among people.
Strength, for example, is merely physical energy that is needed to exert force. Between two fighters possessing equal or more or less equal strength, the one who believes that he is unbreakable is most likely going to end up showing greater prowess in the match. When training for strength, mental MMA conditioning is also important.
MMA conditioning necessarily includes developing mental characteristics, which when combined with physical strength, power and speed, produces a lean, mean killing machine.
