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Everyone wants to remove the excessive deposition or storage of fat in adipose tissues. Over many years it has been a common problem all over the world. These simple techniques are helpful to burn excess calories and make you trim an inch.

1. Swimming to burn calories: When compared to running, swimming exercises burns less calories.

But, every day thirty minutes of front crawl for about six weeks will make you trim an inch.

2. Practice football: Practicing football for about 90 minutes burns 1500 calories. In just 6 weeks, you will lose an inch.

3. Press-ups: Hold press-ups for at least 30 seconds and it will help you in flattening your stomach. Practicing 3 sets of 30 a day for two months will make you one inch slimmer.

4. Begin day with big breakfast: Consuming breakfast in larger amounts reduces your overall calorie intake by 10 percent. Practicing it for two months will make an inch off at your waistline.

5. Have sex often: Enthusiastic lovemaking for 30 minutes burns 200 calories. Do it twice a day for three months so that you will become trim.

6. Treat yourself: Consuming few amounts of naughty food twice a week can increase the chances of sticking to diet by 50 percent. Slowly cut 500 calories a day from your diet and you will lose an inch.

7. Crunch time: Hold light dumbbells at arm’s length; so that it makes the crunches more effective. Practicing 3 sets of 30 a day for 10 weeks will show you the trick.

8. Drinking water before meals: Drink half a liter of water before going to have meals; so that it can cut your calorie intake by a quarter.

Do it for two months to lose one inch.

9. Stay on low glycemic index foods: Consuming low glycemic index foods like fruits and pulses can decrease your calorie intake by a quarter. Following it for one month make you trim an inch.

10. Barbell: Practice 3 sets of 12 lifts with a barbell every day for six weeks so that you will lose an inch.

11. Eat early: Going to bed within an hour after having dinner will increase your weight up to 1kg every month. So, to trim an inch, you need to eat early and sleep light for 2 months.

12. Eat fruits instead of juices: Consuming oranges instead of juices reduces your calorie intake to half. Consume five oranges a day to drop an inch within 6 weeks.

13. Pedal power: Cycling for 30 minutes every day burns 3000 calories within a week. So, cycling for five weeks will trim an inch.

14. Eat low-fat dairy and meat products: Consuming low-fat dairy and meat products reduces your intake.

Doing it for a month will show you the trick.

15. Walking: Walking a mile for 20 minutes rather than 12 min.; burns more fat. So, walking for 3 miles within an hour for six weeks makes you to lose an inch.

16. Dancing: Dancing for an hour will burn 500 calories. Every week do three two-hour grooves. Practice this for five weeks so that you can lose an inch.

17. Drink milk: Drinking half a liter of skimmed milk in the mid-morning and afternoon can cut 300 calories a day. Do it for six weeks.

18. Eat low-fat and high protein foods: Consuming low-fat and high-protein foods like fish and skimmed milk will aid in weight loss. Obtain 40% of your calories from foods full of proteins for 5 weeks.

19. Exercising before workout: Intense exercising before going to meals will suppress your appetite and reduces the food consumption by 10 percent. 20 minute workout for nine weeks makes you drop an inch.

20. Drink green tea: Imbibing green tea before exercising frees fatty acids so that you can burn fat more easily.

Get two large cups per day for seven weeks.

21. Switch to high fiber diet: Consuming high fiber foods reduces your daily calorie intake by one third. Following it for 3½ weeks will trim an inch.

22. Step up: walking the steps up and down in a three stair building for five times a day burns 220 calories. Do it for three months so that you will lose an inch.

23. Chew sugar free gums: Chewing sugar-free gums throughout the day will increase your metabolic rate by 20% so that you will lose 1.8kg in few months.

24. Substitute slices: Instead of cheese and pizzas, consume vegetable and mushroom pizza.

25. Practice tennis: Practicing tennis for an hour burns 470 calories.

A two-hour session three times a week for six weeks reduces an inch.

26. Move around: Even if you are doing a desk job, don’t stay congealed in your chair. Moving around throughout the day burns 700 calories. Doing it for three weeks will make you lose an inch.

27. Don’t have strong beer: Exchanging your bottle of strong beer with a light one allows you to get only 95 calories. Follow it for 2½ months.

28. Relax: Feeling stressed increases the calorie intake by 20%. Feeling relaxed for three weeks will burn-off an inch.

29. Rope skipping: Rope skipping works for your whole body and builds intense core strength and rock-hard abs. Do it for 20 minutes per day for six weeks.

30. Olives instead of crisps: Eat a handful of olives instead of crisps to omit 120 calories from your daily intake. Doing it for four months makes you slim an inch.

About how far do pro swimmers swim per second doing the front crawl?

Thanks and have a great day!!!

When swimming the front crawl or otherwise the freestyle, you need to be aware of the position of your body and the use of your arms. There is a correct method of putting your arms into use to pull your self through the water.

You want to keep your body in a straight line that would run down the center from your neck through the chest. This would be the line of pivot for your upper body. That line should be pointing to where you are swimming.

You must keep your hands flat with fingers together at all times. When doing the arm stroke your hand will be entering the water finger tips first. While pulling with this hand it should travel down to your waist along the center of your body with elbow bent. When you pull the arm out of the water, do so elbow first.

When you bring the hand out of the water, do so just enough to clear the finger tips of the surface of the water and move the hand forward just above the surface. Reach out with your arm and again enter finger tips first. Of course you would be alternating each arm in this manner.

You should be rotating your shoulders as you stroke, just enough to be natural or just for the shoulder to clear the water. There was a time when it was taught to keep the shoulders flat in the water until the Australians dominated one Olympics by swimming with rotating shoulders. After that everyone started the shoulder rotation.

Now that we are in the heart of the summer, outdoor activities are in full swing for most. Whether it is gardening like we recently discussed, cooking out or just sitting by the pool, we all try to get our fill of the fresh air and sunlight while we have it. Many exercise routines start heading outside as well during these months. Whether you are a workout expert or decided to try and do something after the Independence Day Barbecue, congratulations on taking the right steps to being healthy.  

Throughout the country, activities such as golf, tennis, bike riding or water sports are very accessible. No matter which one you choose, you must always make sure not to over do it. Many of these activities or exercises require that your body warm up in advance. Without sound judgment, you could put yourself at risk for injury.

When our body is stressed or damaged it will tell us, and we need to listen in order to avoid further pain and injury. Stiffness, tight muscles, aching and even pain are signs that we have overdone it. You would be amazed what just a few little things could do to make us feel better and our bodies more efficient when we exercise.

If you’ve read any of my previous articles, you know how important stretching and warming up are to any activity. Five to ten minutes should be sufficient as both a warm up and a cool down after your activity. The focus should be on the muscles that will be used most in whatever activity you plan to take on. Gradually increase your blood flow and heart rate with simple movements like walking or jogging. Start off slowly when you begin your activity. There’s no reason to push yourself so hard, so fast.

Swimming

My favorite sport is swimming.  In some areas of the country, it is available year round, whether due to the climate or indoor pools. It is at its peak here in the summer though with people visiting beaches and neighborhood swimming pools all over. The type of swim stroke you use could be very important for anybody who has had lower back or hip problems in the past.

When swimming freestyle (the way everybody learns), your neck jerks back and forth while you take breaths and the strokes cause your lower back to hyper-extend. The breast stroke (like a crawl) will also hyper-extend your lower back. Butterfly strokes (where both arms come out of the water together) pull your entire upper body out of the water and can put stress on the lower back as well.

Yes, you can hurt yourself in the water, and it’s easier than you realize. If you have history of back pain, side or back strokes are probably your best bet. Using a snorkel can help avoid that jerking motion on your neck and a kickboard can help you keep proper form.   Using the kickboard with your head down is great when working laps and using the buoys between your knees can help you work on your strokes.

Running

Any experienced jogger can tell you what it can do to your body. Running can exert five times a person’s bodyweight on their feet and ankles. This tension can travel up through your hips to your spine and head. This could cause joint, muscle and back pain. Without proper countermeasures, your joints, cartilage and other connective tissue can deteriorate. As you run, the constant pounding jerks and compacts your spinal joints and discs.

There are two things you can do to help alleviate some of the stress on your body. Wear good running shoes that fit well and have a cushion. Also try to avoid running on hard surfaces. If you live near a beach, the sand is a perfect surface. Some facilities also have tracks made out of a rubber-like surface.

Biking

Biking is another great form of exercise that is easier on your knees than running. Injuries are still possible without the proper precautions. Poor posture and rough or uneven terrain can affect your spinal joints and discs. It is important that you choose the right bike both for you and the type activity. The bike shouldn’t be too big or too small and you don’t want a mountain bike if you will primarily be doing street biking.  While stationary, an elliptical bike is great for people who have knee or back problems as it provides a lot of cushion and support. So if you’re in the gym and want to do some cardio without killing your knees, here’s a good machine.

The great thing about these three activities, is that for the most part, they are inexpensive. Yes, you can spend a lot of money on a bicycle or running shoes, but there are no gym or trainer fees and you can do most of this just about anywhere.   See ya at the beach, at the pool, or on the sand!!

For further information about this topic, please contact Dr. Lynn Kerew directly at drlynn@lynnkerew.com or visit her website at http://www.lynnkerew.com.

I have an open-ocean, 500 yard swim to complete at the end of May to become qualified to be a Surf Instructor. I have a little over a month to train for this. I am in good shape, but have never swam close to 500 yards! The only swimming I do is recreational in the pool or ocean. I am going to go to the local gym to swim laps and hopefully work my way up. Will it benefit me to stop my strength-training at the gym during this month to focus solely on swimming? I’m not sure how far I can swim right now without stopping, but I bet it might be 50 yards max. I’ll need to get my endurance up asap. Any tips or advice on how to make this possible would be greatly appreciated! Thank you so much.

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Have you ever had a really good training session and then the next day you feel sluggish and slow? This happens all the time to swimmers who train consecutively for a number of days. There is something you can do to minimise the impact this has on your training. The answer? Pre-training warm-up exercises. If you’re wondering how to swim fast everyday, do these pre-training exercises.

1. Arm swings – The simplest and most common warm-up excercise for swimmers is the most important one you can do. 10 forward swings, 10 backward swings and 10 opposite direction swings will do it.

2. Hand slaps – Hold both arms straight out in front and swing one arm out to the side and then bring it back in front of you and slap your other hand to start it swinging out to the side. Have you seen Michael Phelps stand on the blocks and swing his arms behind his back? This warm-up exercise will really help you swim in the water. 10 hands slaps will do it.

3. Lunges – Walking lunges help warm up the legs for swimming, and help particularly with freestyle and freestyle turns. Keep your hips forward and put pressure on the heel and not your toes.

4. Jump starts – Squat down with your hands in between your legs, and in your head say “Take your marks. Go” and on “Go” jump up to the sky in a streamline position. Practice 5 of these, working on jumping as high as you can.

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