Weights and Weight Loss .....What?

The clever ones* are beginning to understand how lifting weights can help with weight loss.  During my training and over the decades, it was always said how aerobic exercise burns fat. 

Now, we understand the way the cells talk to each other. Specifically how a muscle cell communicates to a fat cell.  

I've been reading the New York Times, again. In Gretchen Reynolds's article 22nd July:- "Lifting weight? Your fat cells would like to have a word", she says that the inner working of the cells are changed when we lift weights which sends messengers that shrink fat cells.

Here is a quote

"In recent experiments, weights workouts goosed energy expenditure and fat burning for at least 24 hours afterward.  .......In another study, (that she covered) people who occasionally lifted weights were far less likely to become obese than those who never lifted." 7th July, 2021

So what is there for us to do?.  

In this miserable cold weather, don't go outside for a walk, but rather pick up the dumbbells, do those squats. 

I've just had a brainwave.  Why not join a class. You will feel great and your cells will talk to one another.

* Ivan J Vechetti, Bailey D. Peck et al. FASEB Journal Volume 35 Issue 6.

Better Walking - Part 2 Habit of the Week HOW

Last week, our habit of the week, was "let's walk a little differently". Push off from the back foot. How did you go?

This week's habit is much easier.  Swing our arms while we walk.  

We do naturally.  The exciting part is the mechanical advantage the arm swing gives us, costs almost no energy. It delivers an anti-torsion assistance.  This means the arm swing switches on our core muscles in such a way that we can leverage the hitching of the leading hip. 

Note - when we walk, we have to lift the hip of the leading leg, so that we don't stub our toe as we step forward. 

Take another look at last week's You Tube "Better Walking"  Here is the link

https://youtu.be/-fD2TSL2s7I

 

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The human body is amazing

Why meatless?

Yet another reason to cut back on the red meat.  I've seen various news bulletins this week saying that the beef producers are getting record prices for there beef - $10.00 per kilogram off the farm. 

Wow the price of meat for the consumer will probably skyrocket. 

So, here is a recipe for meatless spaghetti sauce.  I found it on a You Tube of America's Test Kitchen.

I have just made this and it is looking good.  The secret ingredient is mushroom.  Because of the chiton cell structure, mushrooms can be cooked and cooked and do not lose their form. 

Here is the recipe link.  This link even has calories. It is a winner. 

https://recipekeeperonline.com/recipe/tIgdm6So2kKpd6A5IhZm3A

I am excited.

Better Walking

 

So you think you know how to walk.  After all, we have been at it for a few decades now.  

Incorrect walking pattern matters precisely because we take so many steps per day, any problem we have with our gait becomes amplified.  

For the next few weeks, I am giving attention to how we walk.  As usual, I will be presenting an item that we can focus on for each week. One we can easily master, then next week, we focus on another.

This first week's aim is to propel ourselves from the back leg.  We would assume that the first action would be kicking out the front leg. This is a problem. If the front leg is the focus, we are walking by falling forward and catching ourselves with the front foot, knee and hip. 

Let's aim, instead to use the gluteus med. muscle at the side of our hip joint to push from the back leg forward. Think "launch" This muscle, they say, goes to sleep. In other words, it doesn't do its job. 

There are glut exercises and stretches in the classes I teach.  I encourage you to take a look or join a class. 

Meanwhile, on my morning walk, I pushed forward from the back leg.  I found that it was easier to walk taller. 

Please let me know you find it. 

Here is the link to a short video that explains the hip action.

https://youtu.be/-fD2TSL2s7I

 

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