Comprehensive fitness involves a mix of strength training for hypertrophy, HIIT for metabolic health, and corrective exercises for postural alignment.
As a teen, you may have developed an acute awareness of how you look and whether you fit in with the crowd. You might find yourself comparing your body to your peers and wishing you could change specific things about yourself.
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Although it can grow well beyond its normal size, an enlarged spleen is not always obvious from the outside of the body. In fact, many people with an enlarged spleen have no additional symptoms and never realize their spleen has become inflamed.
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Also referred to as an ankle fracture, a broken ankle involves damaged bones and ligaments in the ankle joint. Symptoms include severe pain, swelling, bruising and inability to carry weight on the foot. A broken ankle can take several weeks or months to heal.
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Studying for final exams can be stressful and keep you up nights. But don't comfort yourself with high-fat, high-sugar foods like pizza or candy the night before a test. Instead, choose foods that can help increase your brain circulation, enhance your memory and improve your concentration on the day of your test.
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White blood cells or WBC serve as the body’s main defense system. When a germ, infection or abnormal cell enters the body, white blood cells rush to the area and attack the intruder.
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Biceps workouts often involve holding heavy dumbbells or barbells or lifting heavy weights on a cable exercise machine. Although these exercises can be very effective for toning and building the upper arm muscles, they can be somewhat dangerous for the wrists.
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Hearing a snap, crackle and pop from a bowl of crispy rice cereal can be an excellent way to start your morning. But hearing those same sounds from your neck can indicate degeneration or hypermobility in the neck joints.
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Whether they use barbells, dumbbells, weight machines or resistance bands, strength training is a beneficial body builder for teenagers. Weightlifting can help increase the amount of muscle mass in the body, making it an ideal exercise for nearly every teen athlete.
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For some people, a morning workout is the ideal way to start the day. For others, that early morning exercise session is completely exhausting and dreadful.
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Made up of several muscles and tendons, your rotator cuffs connect your upper arm bones to your shoulder blades. Occasionally, the muscles or tendons of the rotator cuff become irritated or damaged as a result of injury or overuse.
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Whether you are battling the cold, allergies or simply a runny nose, blowing your nose can wreak havoc on delicate facial skin. Even the softest tissues can torment the nose and rub the skin raw, resulting in irritated and tender nostrils.
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Fine motor control of the hands is essential for performing precise, coordinated movements, such as picking up coins or writing. Most children learn to control these fine motor movements during the early years of childhood.
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As the warm summer months approach every year, women with plump arms fret over how to hide their flabby and untoned areas. Simple exercises for the biceps and triceps can help eliminate these problem areas, but you may not have the time to tone them away as much as you want.
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When done properly, lifting weights is generally a safe and effective strengthening workout for several areas of the body. However, lifting weights excessively or improperly can easily result in jury.
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Whether it wakes you up from a deep sleep or prevents you from falling asleep in the first place, a pounding heartbeat can be distracting and frightening. In some cases, a pounding heart rate at night is relatively harmless and only happens occasionally.
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The condition commonly described as “fluid on the elbow” is medically referred to as elbow bursitis. A small sac of fluid that sits between the tip of the elbow bone and the skin, the bursa allows the skin and bone to move freely against one another.
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Whether dancing to classical, modern, jazz or hip-hop music, dancers require a tremendous amount of strength and flexibility to bring the music to life through their bodies.
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Lightweight and portable, resistance bands provide a workout at home, in the gym or while traveling. These “rubber bands on steroids,” as described by the Family Education website, can help strengthen and tone muscles in nearly all areas of the body.
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Composed of muscle tissue, vocal cords are the two small elastic bands within the larynx. When air is exhaled through the trachea, it passes through the closed vocal cords, causing them to vibrate and produce noise. When you are not speaking, the vocal cords remain open and allow you to breathe.
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Jogging up a few flights of stairs or chasing your kids around the backyard can easily cause your heart rate and respiration to increase. In these types of situations, heart rate and respiration changes are typically harmless and often correct themselves with a few minutes of rest.
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