Southpaw Fitness

Torque Release Chiropractic

2013-09-18T13:39:00.000-07:00

Here is an amazing blog that will open your mind to the incredible world of chiropractic. Take a look and soak it all up!!!!

http://torquerelease.blogspot.com/

The 5 Principles of Fitness: Cardiorespiratory Fitness

2013-09-16T12:21:00.001-07:00

Cardiorespiratory fitness is the ability to perform dynamic, moderate-to-high intensity exercise for prolonged periods. Performance of such exercises depends on the functional state of the respiratory, cardiovascular, and skeletal muscle systems. ACSM Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. Eighth Edition.

So cardiorespiratory fitness includes three body systems, the respiratory system, the cardiovascular systems, which makes up your heart, systemic and pulmonary circulation systems, and the muscles that power the activity of choice. Some of the major activities associated with cardiorespiratory fitness are also involved in muscular endurance activities: running, walking, swimming, dancing, biking, etc.

Low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness has been linked to an severely increased risk of death by cardiovascular disease. According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease claimed 831,272 lives in 2006, more than deaths caused by cancer, accidents, and HIV (AIDS) combined. Cardiovascular Disease comes in many forms: stroke, high blood pressure, heart failure, and coronary heart disease, which encompasses heart attacks and angina pectoris (chest pain from the lack of blood in the heart tissue).

How can you improve your cardiorespiratory fitness? For the fitness enthusiasts, go for a challenging run, bike, walk or swim. Push your pace or your distance. For the non fitness enthusiasts, I am determined to change your outlook, but for now here are some tips. Take the stairs over the elevator. Try to park your vehicle in the furthest spot away in the parking lot of your grocery store. Sign up for a dance class or a group fitness activity such as zumba, spinning class, or aerobics classes. Even the smallest steps can improve your cardiorespiratory fitness. Reflect on ways you can make the first step.

The 5 Principles of Fitness

2013-09-15T10:34:00.000-07:00

What does Fitness mean to you?

Fitness is not only the physical capacity to meet and exceed the daily demands in everyday life, it is the mental edge developed through hard work that gives you the ability to adapt to and conquer everyday stresses.

There are 5 principles of fitness that I will go over in the next few days.
These principles are:

Muscular Strength
Muscular Endurance
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Flexibility
Body Composition.

These five basic principles prepare your body and your mind to conquer the day.

Inaugural Post!

2013-09-14T14:22:00.000-07:00

Inaugural Post! I will have a smattering of different things that I will be covering in my posts, and yes the occasional rant. I would like to cover a lot of topics. Due to by background in exercise science, I will be doing a large amount of fitness related posts or answering a question that I had been asked that day. Other posts will be much more related to the field of Chiropractic, one of my few great passions. One of my goals is to explain the true meaning of chiropractic and what it has the capacity to achieve. I am sure I will jump on that soapbox later. If there is ever a question about kinesiology, chiropractic, fitness, etc., please ask away!!!

I will also be posting a little something here and there that I find motivating or moving when I lack the internal fortitude to get up and work out for the day.