Dangerous Curves Fitness Blog

You just hired a Personal Trainer to begin working with you for three months.  You want to lose 25 lbs and feel good about yourself; BUT, you have doubts in your mental ability to achieve this goal. 1. Create a mental pic of you succeeding and cement in in your mind.  Never disgard it; nurture it with positive words that you write on your vanity mirror and / or pics of "how you are going to look" placed on mirror and refrig. Always visualize yourself succeeding and immediat...

First, how do you know if you have high blood pressure? BLOOD PRESSURE CLASSIFICATION Normal =  <120 over 80 Prehypertension =  120 - 130 over 80 - 89 Stage 1 hypertension =  140 - 150 over 90 - 99 Stage 2 hypertension =  160+ over 100 What is the new research in food plans and physical activity for putting the pressure on high blood pressure? Both reduction of sodium intake and weight loss are the focus of dietary management of blood pressure.  N...

"Im gonna be forever young; do you wanna be forever young?"  What do you mean when you say, "it is to hard to have exercise in your daily routine and that you just cannot seem to find the time?"  I'm thinking that is not "it" at all; it is really that you lost your mojo; your zest for life.  You have fallen into the ditch of the mass march of drone thinking.  Drone thinking is drudging through life with constant thoughts of all the life obstacles that are thrown i...

DO YOU NEED A SELF-ESTEEM BOOST? Exercise will improve a person's body image whether his/her body changes or not. Researchers at the University of Gainesville, Florida, report the simple act of expending effort trying to get in shape at the gym is enough to make people believe they look better.  Having a good body image and higher self-esteem can boost all areas of your life, such as:  changing your attitude  improving your outlook on life giving you the confidence for a better ...

Thats right!  Remember when you were feeling real good about yourself?  This could have been 20, 15, 10, 5 or 2 years ago.  Why do we get caught up in thinking we are past our days of looking and feeling good?  Why do we say words like " I am too old to start exercising; to out of shape to get in shape; to look good; to feel and be sexy?"  We all have the same wonderful muscles, the same amazing pump " the heart" and the same chance to be strong, amazing beings.  My leg muscles that take me thr...

MIDLIFE CRISIS Once upon a time, a husband walked into a toy store named, "MOTORCYCLE PLANET."  The husband was so overtaken by all the shiny, sparkling toys that he bought one that moment.  The husband brought the  toy home for his wife to see.  The husband told his wife, “This will be great and so much fun!”  The wife thought about the three year young child they have and how "so much fun" was going to be worked out.  The husban...

NOT ENOUGH TIME! Have you felt overwhelmed with life no matter how quick you perform your daily tasks?  Do you feel the pressure of not having enough hours in the day to accomplish your work, family responsibilities and exercising?  Do you feel like too many people want a piece of you and they keep lining up the hoops of fire for you to jump through? Well, it happens and it happened to me again this past week.  I had a steady schedule going for awhile now and was feeling balanced and calm.  Th...

As I completed the reading of “Fat America:A Big Opportunity,” this article brought to mind the “BIG ASS FAN COMPANY” ad I saw in Club Solutions Magazine.  This company’s name is a heat-seeking direct approach to grab your attention to their product.  Who wants to sweat while they exercise, right?   The general population’s opinion on exercise is exercise is an inconvenience. Moreover, if you make me exercise, do not also burden me with the hassle of sweating.   As our nation sponges up the li...

The question many researchers have asked is why one person is more susceptible to stress than another.The answer is not altogether clear but evidence is mounting that one’s perception or attitude, is the key factor in the stress equation.  The realization that our attitude has such a significant impact on our health has led to a new movement in psychology termed “positive psychology.”   Dr. Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania is the founder of positive psychology.  Dr. Martin bel...

The powerful emotion of anger has been linked to heart attacks.In a recent study, researchers followed medical students for 36 years following medical school.  They found that students who became angry quickly under stress were three times more likely to develop premature heart disease and five times more likely to have an early heart attack.  Examples, of anger tendencies include being quick-tempered, flying off the handle, saying nasty things when upset and reacting aggressively and furiously ...