I always recommend the use of a good heart rate monitor when exercising. It is like wearing a speedometer that indicates how hard your body is working.
However not everybody can use them. Here is a recent post I wrote covering this area http://joinjj.com/does-your-health-status-and-medication-effect-your-heart-rate/
If you have any questions regarding the use of heart rate monitors, please [...]
Here is yet more proof of why I believe in my approach to Anti Aging:
Resistance Exercise Reverses Aging in Human Skeletal Muscle.
We are on the right track folks!
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I am not one for doctors and do not visit them unless I feel very ill.
I do however get a blood test every so often to check my condition – the blood never lies!
For those of you like me who rarely visit a doctors surgery, it helps to know when a real emergency needs attention. I [...]
People throw the term fitness around, without a good definition of what it is to be ‘fit’. Or worse still, how about the term ‘health and fitness’ should these two terms even be used in the same sentence?
It seems there are many different interpretations of ‘health’ and especially ‘fitness’.
The best definition I can offer is that fitness is the [...]
Wanna look like Daniel Craig or Hugh Jackman?
These guys worked really hard to get their look ready for the camera. Don’t think they just look like this all the time, they don’t. Putting on muscle is actually harder and takes longer than losing fat (steroids aside).
That being said, here’s the scoop…
First both used compound movements [...]
Here is an insider view of the Exercise Section of the Join JJ Potentialization Weight Loss System highlighting why it takes a different approach to many of the main stream weight loss and exercise programs out there on the market.
Firstly forget just walking 30 minutes most days. Although that is a great way [...]
Am I exercising at the right level?
Are the heart rate / exercise intensity charts accurate?
Do my medications effect my heart rate?
During the Precision Heart Rate Training Plan JJ uses a heart rate monitor to provide feedback on how hard her body is working, recovery levels and so on. This provides invaluable feedback and ensures every workout is [...]
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if when you gained a few pounds you could simply find the dial on your metabolic thermostat and turn it up? As you turn the dial you would burn off the weight you gained. If only it were that easy.
Well new research reveals some interesting info about how we burn calories [...]
Our science and discoveries continue to progress and our understanding of the body continues to evolve. This means that unless your advisers (doctors, personal trainers, nutritionists etc.) do not keep up to date with research, they will not be providing you with the best most up to date methods to achieve your results.
It is essential [...]
If you think one program fits all, you will be very surprised to find out that you might not get the results you are expecting.
The truth is, there is NO one program that will work for all shapes, sizes and genetics. That is why only a small percentage of people will get results from any [...]