Why You Should Take Jogging-in-Place More Seriously

Women's Health

If you're a regular gym workout artist, this article is not for you. This is for those who think they are "too buy to workout."

Too busy, eh? Well, no more excuses this time because God made workout possible anywhere you are, anytime, with jogging-in-place. I take time to stand up and leave my PC desk to move a few steps away and do a jogging-in-place. I take 2 to 3 minutes (my stationary jog break) plus some squats and then resume with my online job.

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And I do variations. Well, for beginners, the simple, usual jogging-in-place will do. Just stand and jog in place, as simple as that. Just make sure you really lift your knees, just like in the image above. Do it for a minute and then rest. Start there. Then make it longer and more frequent as you feel stronger (and after your medical doctor approves it).

I incorporate a lot of advanced steps to my stationary jogging, including kicks, squats, hops, shadow boxing and "tinikling" steps (tinikling is a traditional Filipino cultural dance that involves intricate foot works so your feet won't get caught between clashing bamboo poles).

Jogging-in-place is a great supplementary aero workout to actual jogging or brisk walking, or sometimes even a replacement of the same when there's bad weather and you can't run outdoors. It improves your heart and lung health and stamina especially if you increase speed with your motions.

It tones up your leg muscles. In fact, if you move vigorously with your whole body, it can tone up all your muscles. I move and sway my body trunk, shoulders and arms as I do my stationary jogging.

It also improves your brain health and prevents dementia. See?

Does it burn fats and calories? You bet it does! Remember, any aero workout burns fats and calories.

It may seem like a simple warm-up exercise but it can help you prevent deadly ailments.

So, if you're so busy and think you're exempted from exercise because of that, you're wrong. And you can't make it an excuse when you face God if you suddenly die of stroke or heart failure due to lack of exercise. If God asks you, "Why?" you can't tell him "Because you didn't give me enough time!"

Will God really hold you accountable for not exercising come judgement day? Of course, he will! Remember, the bible says "Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. Anyone who destroys God's temple, GOD WILL DESTROY HIM."

Anyway, to avoid all that trouble, just exercise. And jogging-in-place is your best option if you think you're so, so, so busy. You can do it at home, in your bedroom, at the office or even while waiting for a ride at the bus or jeep terminal. So what if you'd look like an idiot?

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Do You Know the Right Way of Eating Fruits 2

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Previously on Right Way of Eating Fruits

Another mistake people do when eating fruits is eating them long after peeling their skin. Not many people know this, but all fresh fruits are alkaline, even soir ones. I met one "nutritionist" who thought sour fruits were all purely acidic---just because they were sour.

Take kalamansi for instance. Fresh kalamansi is alkaline. Those who know herbal medicine know this. But make sure you consume it right after slicing it open. If you let it lie open like that for a long time it becomes acidic. Moreover, the Vitamin C in it quickly evaporates. You get nothing but sourness.

So those fruit juices sold in bottles in grocries and malls? You get nothing from them except water, flavor, sugar and synthetic Vitamin C perhaps, which is acidic. If you want to keep fit, an acidic tummy is the last thing you'd want.

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If you peel off a banana, make sure you eat the whole thing now. Don't leave some and put it in the fridge and then eat it later. The same with all fruits---especially oranges.

So I buy fruits in small sizes---melons, papaya, grapefruit---sizes I can easily finish off in one sitting. I'm a fruit devourer---a fruit "zombie" if you will. When you slice open these fruits you have to consume them right away. Don't leave any for eating later. If it's for the family, then it's okay to buy them in big sizes. Just tell your family that leftovers are not allowed.

If you have to prepare fresh fruit juices and salads, serve them immediately.

Well, anyway, if you lose their natural and alkaline Vitamin C you stil get their fibers, and fibers are good for health. The only thing is, fruits you eat which have been lying open a long time after cutting or slicing is sure to have turned acidic already. And I advice not to eat too many of them, unless getting an acidic stomach is okay for you.

Since fresh fruits are expensive these days, make sure to know the right way of eating them.

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Do You Know the Right Way of Eating Fruits?

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Up to now, I see lots of folks who do not know the right way of eating fruits. I hate to see good, fresh fruits all go to waste and worse, actually harm the body.

Sometimes, I even see supposedly health buffs eat fruits the wrong way. And I'm shocked. I'd like to share with them the right way to eat fruits but I dread offending them---they're supposed to be experts.

Fresh fruits are good, to be sure. But if eaten wrongly they can rot in the intestine and actually produce deadly toxins there, ruining your health instead of helping it. Imagine buying costly fresh fruits only to poison your body with it.

Always remember this---eat fresh fruits first. Always. Before you put anything in your tummy, put fresh fruits first. And then eat your veggies. And then your fish and meat. A lot of people treat fruits as dessert---which is dead wrong.

Why?

If you eat fish and meat first (and fruits later), these things take 72 hours (3 days) to digest. So, if fruits wait last in line, they would have to wait 3 days before they get digested. Three days? By the time their turn to be digested comes, they'd already be spoiled and rotten with harmful acids and toxins.

So instead, eat fresh fruits first---especially first thing in the morning. That way, it gets first in line for digestion and you get all their fresh nutrients. People frown at me when they see me eating bananas and pineapples first before I proceed to my meals. "Why dessert first?" they ask.

Some even think I'm being Amercanized, thinking that eating fruits first before meals is an American way. Me, Americanized? Hahaha. It's actually good fruit-eating habit everyone should have.

You want to live longer? Eat fresh fruits first.

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