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Health and Fitness News

“Sweet Sweat” : What is this Product?

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I have to admit, when I first saw the name of this curious jar of workout improvement, I thought “ew”, that’s kind of a gross name for a product. But I was even more curious about the actual use of the Sweet Sweat product and why some people who were training for big events or trying to cut weight fast were so gaga over this particular product.

I saw a lot of comments from fitness enthusiasts that they don’t ever work out without it, and that some trainers and people who play sports for a living swear by it.  So, what is Sweet Sweat exactly and could it fit into your fitness plan for weight loss and other goals?  Here’s a product review and overview.

Well, it is a tingly body emulsion that you apply topically to your skin. You are supposed to feel the tingle. I think the idea is, much like some tanning products on the market that provide that tingly feeling when applied to the skin, to increase your circulation and also to superficially increase your body temperature in that one area where the product is applied to produce a sort of thermogenic effect and kick your body in to a higher calorie and fat burning gear.

Some people totally swear that Sweet Sweat really invigorates their workout and gives them better weight and fat cutting results. Apparently you don’t need a whole lot of the product applied to get it it work correctly, so it may also be economical.

I personally like to use my infrared sauna to get my sweat on, and I think I’m a pretty good sweater to begin with during my workouts, so I don’t really think I need and therefore have never tried it, but for people who have a hard time working up a sweat and getting into that increased state of internal heat that helps you burn fat and calories, Sweet Sweat may be a pretty sweet deal for you!

Health and Fitness News

Can Arm Bands Reduce Thigh Fat Too?

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You may have seen these strapped on contraptions that people can wear to increase their sweating during workouts in targeted “problem areas” like the arms (lunch lady arms – a typical problem for women), or outer thighs or of course the huge buzz word – the abdomen or belly area.

The “bands” are designed to be tightened around the area which you want to spot reduce during your workouts. This way, they make that area sweat more, supposedly increase the circulation to the area and the sweat output, and result in helping you zap the cellulite and extra fat cells and weight that you carry in that particular area.

Of course, experts may say there is no truth to these claims, but people swear by these contraptions and I’ve actually worn one before and noticed that it seemed to take a few centimeters off my designated area, so no complaints here. Plus, these workout accessories are very affordable, which helps.

Well, arm bands that are worn typically on the upper areas of the arms where the arms tend to be flabby, where women tend to hold extra weight a lot, may actually be interchangeable and used on the thighs for women too.

These are two very common problem areas for women, and using these sweat bands can help to increase the sweat and the circulation, and over time can also work by the mere principle of compression to compress the tissues and make the area smaller by force essentially.

Sweating is an important part of working out. Whether or not you believe sweating in localized areas increases your odds of losing weight in targeted areas, the fact is that where there is sweat, there is increased and improved circulation of blood. This means that cellulite and fat are easier to break up, and it’s overall a really good thing for your body.

It helps your body to detox as well, since you need good circulation in order to detoxify your body and carry toxins out via your body’s natural waste elimination processes – and sweating is a major one. The next post will be about a product called Sweet Sweat. I know I know, the name is kinda gross, but the product gets some very interesting feedback from users.

We’ll give you the scoop on that next time we talk.  Tootles!

 

 

Random Talk

Do You Have to Sweat to Burn Calories?

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I just got done with a very hot and sweaty day of mowing the lawn, weeding, and doing all that other fun summer stuff that sometimes feels like a bit of a stress reliever, and when you’re not in the mood, feels like a major ball and chain.

Sometimes it can be the bain of home ownership, which is otherwise pretty freakin awesome if you ask me. But if I’m not in the mood to sweat it out, watch out because I tend to pout about it.

I’ve grown to really like sweating though – especially outdoors, where you really feel at one with nature and you can just kind of turn off everythign else about your life and listen to the hum of the locusts, the buzzing of the bees, and the hum of crickets, and just shut everything else out. It is then that I don’t mind sweating, and when I feel my most in the element.

Do you have to sweat to burn calories though? Well, it certainly doesn’t hurt. The mere act of sweating means that your body temperature is elevated. When your body is working to keep itself cooler, or trying to warm itself up in the cold, you automatically switch into a higher metabolism gear.

This is because your body is forcing something that isn’t coming naturally. Much like when you work out really hard. You are pushing your body’s boundaries, and testing it. It rewards you with a higher metabolism, even if only for a few hours. This is how you can lose weight if you combine diet and exercise.

Sweating can be incredibly detoxifying as well. It rids the body of excessive toxic buildup in the body by taking it and transporting it out, along with lots of water and lots of salt, through the skin’s pores and out onto a towel, the back of your shirt, your hand, or evaporated out in to the air.

Have you ever accidentlly tasted your skin after sweating? You’ll notice that it tastes salty, and you can even feel the grit of the salt crystalizing on your skin as it dries out sometimes. It’s pretty cool!  This is your body’s way of ridding itself of excess sodium as well, so sweating also benefits you by ridding it of water retention and excess sodium intake, which can help with hyptertension.

Recumbent Bike Reviews

Do You Sweat More on Recumbent Bikes?

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I go to the gym fairly frequently where I work. I love the fact that, if I have the time and don’t have to run errands on my lunch, my workplace offers me the option of getting may workout in. I sometimes will make it there twice a week out of my four day work week, and sometimes I make it there three.

I like to make it there at least two though, that way I don’t have to work out when I get home, and it provides a nicer work-life balance that I can easily deal with.  One thing that I’ve noticed at the work gym is that when I decide to get on the recumbent bike, I sweat a heck of a lot more than I do when I get on the elliptical machine.

Those are my two cardio machines of choice there. I don’t really go for treadmills much, which they also have there, unless the ellipticals and bikes are all filled up and I really have no other choice.

I also will go on the treadmill if the ellipticals are full and I need an exercise where I’m in a standing position, to relieve the pressure on my back from sitting all day long. Other than that, I really like the recumbent bike because I sweat a lot more on it.

I can also do my favorite quickie cardio blast workout much faster on a recumbent bike.  It’s easy to set it up so that you go thirty seconds as hard as you can, then a minute and a half regular speed on a recumbent bike because the controls are right there at your fingertips and you don’t feel like you might go flying off the back if you try to slow it down suddenly or work the controls while you’re moving.

This is probably the reason I sweat so much more on the recumbent bike. Because I can actually set the intense speeds I like and really get my heart rate up and that in turn, makes me sweat a whole lot more.

Also, when on the recumbent bike, your body is more restricted, and you may sweat more for the simple fact that you aren’t airing out a whole lot. That, paired with the easily controlled intensity and interval training you can do on the bike, is definitely a good way to get a great, hard sweat on and burn those calories like a blowtorch.

Body Sculpting

Shorts for Cellulite Reduction?

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Cellulite is one of the most pervasive beauty issues that women report having issues with. Actually, over 90% of all women have cellulite on some area of their body. And those other supposed 10%?  Well, I think that’s a myth – I think that 100% of women have cellulite to some degree!

Of course, working out and watching your weight can dramatically reduce your cellulite, but there is always going to be some, even if you are thin and you work out regularly. The reason that working out helps smooht out cellulite is that it sculpts the body and the muscles “pulling in” the tissues, and making them appear more firm.

Also, exercise helps reduce cellulite by increasing circulation. It is widely speculated that cellulite is worse where there is a lack of circulation, so getting the circulation revved up is important. 

One of the many remedies against cellulite, which include cellulite reducer creams, gels, surgery, cosmetic procedures and treatments and more, is a pair of shorts that was developed to help reduce the appearance of cellulite when they are worn regularly.

There’s not just one brand of these cellulite reducing shorts either, there are now several copy cats that came out after the originals debuted to a somewhat positive response.  I actually own a pair by a company called Delfina, and I really like to wear them once in a while, if nothing else because they make me feel thinner.

They are a sort of scuba material, and they really help pull in and restrict your body fat when you wear them. This compression aspect, and the fact that they make you sweat where you wear them, helps to increase circulation, and manually compress the fat cells in those trouble areas, which in turn helps the cellulite to appear smoother.

The only trick is that you actually have to wear them often!  To keep any results you get in cellulite reduction from these shorts, you must make sure you are wearing them a few days a week for several hours at a time.

I’ll be honest, I don’t wear them religiously, but when I feel my cellulite is getting a little worse, I’ll put them on underneath a pair of sweats, along with my favorite cellulite reduction cream, and I feel better about my cellulite, and I think it looks better the next day too.

If you really want to help reduce cellulite, put your cellulite shorts on in an infrared sauna, that’s a one-two punch!