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Archive for the ‘Fitness’ Category
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
Everyone knows that a healthy relationship can be very difficult to find. Many singles meet who they think is the perfect mate only to be let down when the person is not what they appeared to be. Often several months and a lot of emotional energy is wasted before this discovery can be made.
Various studies indicate that approximately 53 percent of marriages in California end in divorce. Most relationships start off really great. There is nothing like the excitement that comes with a new relationship, but once the novelty wears off it is easier to then find out if your mate is truly compatible with you.
Everything was going really great until I brought a potential mate to the gym. In the middle of our intense workout, when she exceeded her fitness threshold, her true personality came out. She started whining, talking down to me and I even caught her flat out lying about how many reps she did. Whining, talking down and lying are not the qualities I was looking for.
“Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are”
Certain circumstances in life push people to their limit – and sometimes even beyond. When people get to their breaking point, their strengths and weaknesses become very apparent. It’s like giving someone a truth serum. Unfortunately, a lot of the situations that induce this unveiling are not very healthy. I started bringing anyone that I dated to the gym to go through one of my workouts. I learned as much about someone’s character in one hour as it would normally take me about three months to learn.
I have now been happily married for 9 years with two beautiful kids, and yes, I did workout with my wife before we got married.
Keeping the Relationship Strong
This matchmaking technique does not just work for finding the perfect partner. It doubles as a relationship strengthener. After the new car smell of a relationship is gone, a lot of couples find themselves bored with nothing exciting to share. Going through a heart-pounding, sweat-pouring, exhausting workout with your significant other is a great way to put the excitement back in to your relationship.”
It is so bonding when couples get in their car after a workout, panting and dripping with sweat. The whole drive home consists of conversations like, “I can’t believe we ran that fast for that long,” or “Didn’t you think your lungs were going to explode?” and “I can’t even lift my arms, can you?” They have smiles on their faces all the way home.
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Monday, April 26th, 2010
Attraction is what allows us to find that rare someone we share our experiences together. It is only human to crave attraction from the opposite sex, establishing relationships, whether the goal is sexually motivated or desiring a family. To know how to increase your sex appeal demands desire and inspiration.
If you want to hear the scientific answer it is really very simple. Sexual Attraction is a function of how you look, how you behave, how you sound and how you smell. Throw in a few chemicals called pheromones and you can cook up the perfect mix for sex appeal.
If you are attempting to increase your sex appeal, you should begin with altering your visual perception. This is the first thing that the opposite sex recognizes about you. Visual perception includes your appearance, behavior, and actions.
The first step in changing your appearance is to get your body in shape. You can hit the gym and lose weight or do muscle toning exercises. A toned, fit body is attractive to everyone. Your beer belly, however, is not going to help you attract members of the opposite sex.
A golden rule is to make sure that your clothes are always clean and in good shape. Old baggy and ripped up clothes may have been in style in the late 60′s but in today’s world you won’t score a point unless you are dressed well. That doesn’t mean you can’t have your own style, just make sure your clothes are in good shape.
You don’t have to be rich or drive a $100,000 sports car, but you must look like success. Success in whatever you do. If you are a teacher you must give the impression that you are one of the best and happiest teachers around. You love your job and you love your life. Positive attitude is what mostly attracts the opposite sex.
And please never ever give the impression that you are desperate. Nobody wants to deal with a desperate person. If you look and act like you haven’t had a date in a decade, you won’t get a date today either.
Nobody ever said life is fair. If your born with that smoky, sexy voice you already have an advantage when it comes to sex appeal. If on the other hand you sound like a screaming, whining 13 year old you have to work extra hard to overcome your disadvantage. While you cannot change the way your voice sounds, you can control the way you speak. Speak calmly and in control, use educated language and avoid slang.
It is common knowledge today that smell is incredibly important when it comes to sex appeal. Nothing is a bigger turn off like the smell of a guy or woman that hasn’t taken a shower in days. Besides the obvious means to smell good, like taking a shower daily or brushing your teeth after every meal, it is also important to find the right perfume for you and your personality. A good perfume can enhance the way you smell and the way the opposite sex is attracted to you.
In today’s society of singles, dating sites are having a huge impact on new romantic beginnings. Don’t dismiss singles dating sites as a genuine option to expand your social circle.
After thousands of years spent researching how to increase your sex appeal, we find there are no simple answers. Attraction is subjective and may not be the same thing to every person. What one person finds attractive, another may not. You may still find that in following the advice given below, you will more than likely turn a few heads.
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
The sexual nature of food is something that goes unnoticed by most of us. Throughout history, sex and food have a long association. A meal prepared with love and romance in mind can be capable of creating magic.
Is there a better way to set the scene for romance than to prepare a night to remember with your date or lover by indulging in rich yummy food, good wine and a table for two in a romantic setting?
The most beneficial way to create a perfect ambience and to introduce food to stimulate the mood is to ensure the table is prepared with romance and love in mind. The best chefs are often quoted by commenting on how great food is when created with love.
If you are dating someone to make a special impression, charm them with sultry foods and flavours they will relish. Use variations by arranging different textures and tastes. Finger foods are a sexy inclusion which can be swapped and fed to each other.
Indulging in sexy food in an out door environment such as a picnic at a secluded location can enhance your sensual experience. After you’re done with lunch, the scene is set to pursue other sexy activities – take a blanket.
Whether you are on a date in a classy restaurant, or are taking advantage of the creature comforts of home, take a look at some of these sexy ideas on how to combine food with gourmet love.
The dietary requirements for a long fulfilling life of great sex should incorporate varieties of fresh, nutritious vegetable and fruit including low fat proteins. Apart from the obvious health benefits of a balanced diet, meals rich in fruit and vegetables increase our energy levels and maintain our organs to peak levels.
* Fruits
Fruit is full of antioxidants and fiber and is soaked with aphrodisiac attributes. Fruit is refreshing, nutritious and is acknowledged in erotic literature in many countries. There are some 350 varieties of fruit across the world. Indulge in fruit often with a fresh admiration of its sexy attributes.
* Vegetables
Eggplant, carrots, cucumbers, asparagus and other male shaped vegetables have for many centuries been esteemed for their aphrodisiac outcomes. Whilst it’s difficult to imagine such foods as sexy these ancient pleasures animate our bodies with injections of vitamins and minerals.
Hand feed your date a luscious piece of mango, some juicy grapes and sip champagne whilst taking a warm bubble bath. Also try finger foods like olives and raw carrot sticks with dip.
Throw all of this great food in with a massage and hot oils and you will leave an impression to last a lifetime.
Tags: food, Romance, romantic meals, sex life, sexy food
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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
Ask any health and fitness expert, motivation and consistency is the key to achieving physical fitness. As you and your partner undertake this new journey of health together, your every day lives will benefit tremendously.
Are you both serious about getting fit? If so, you need to be realistic about creating time in your lives for this new routine. If you are happily hooked up, you may need to start considering your partners standard of physical fitness too.
Habits are hard to break, especially diet. 80% of a healthy lifestyle starts in the kitchen, the physical aspect ( gym routine ) then has a much easier time shaping your body once the bad food is gone. Couples have the golden opportunity to motivate each other to achieve personal goals, which can also strengthen other areas of their relationship.
Here are your first steps to effective weight management and general health and fitness.
* Lead by example
If your partner wants a healthy lifestyle but lacks initial motivation, lead by example. Avoid arguing about his or her bad habits, instead set out to create your own new routine by eating right, going for regular walks and having your new gym programme assessed and implemented. Inspiration is a very powerful motivator, especially when someone starts to notice your results.
* Goals
Set realistic physical goals and time frames. Establish your goals together and make personal targets as well – how much weight do you want to lose? no more take out food? eat dinner no later than 7.00PM? get out of bed at 5.00am every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday then head to the gym? Make it a habit you both embrace, set your first mile stone at 3 months with the assistance of a professional nutrition and gym assessment.
* Cook together – plan healthy adventures
Getting your dietary habits in order is the single most important issue you both need to tackle. Learn to be more diverse in the kitchen and make a weekly meal and snack routine. Encourage each other by preparing the meals together while picking up some handy cooking tips along the way. Make a shopping list to include visits to the farmers markets and organic fruit and vegetable store. Tip: buy some leafy vegetables like spinach, mint and parsley (anything leafy) combined with fruit and water, blend it up, have 1 large glass a day and you will cover all the requirements of your daily vitamin and mineral intake.
It’s so easy to get out of bed on the weekend and turn on the television or play station. Pre plan adventures like bush walking, bike riding or swimming. These are also great alternatives if you are unable to get to the gym. Take a romantic twilight walk together as an excuse for some exercise.
* Motivation and support
We know you’ve heard it all before, but the truth never lies. Encouragement, support and compliments is a recipe for great outcomes. Standing by each other and working together are the only tactics that will see you achieve each and every mile stone. You will need to engage in a hard line attitude with a regimented mental outlook.
Once you see noticeable change, it is quite likely that a health and fitness obsession will become evident and you will start to live your life around your fitness lifestyle, when once upon a time you tried to fit your health kick in around your previous lifestyle.
Celebrating these victories together is a wonderful way to build on your relationship.
Tags: Fitness, health, training partner
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
This is one of the hottest tips you will ever come across… especially if you are amongst one of the millions of people in search of better sex and a healthier lifestyle!
A better sex life and good health rates as two of the most important priorities for both singles and couples according to a member survey recently published by The Better Health and Sex Guide.
It seems that such priorities are so highly sort after, yet so elusive for many citizens. And given that good health and sex can be sort as some of life’s great freebies, it seems ironic that a good sex life and a healthy lifestyle seems so unobtainable for many… Try combining them both and watch the results…
If you are not interested or simply ignore the daily tips and tricks splashed across our televisions, magazines and newspapers regarding better health and diet habits, perhaps this will finally send you the right message about including dark green leafy vegetables and fiber into your diet.
Given that our plumbing links up, whenever we eat something that is heart smart, it in turn benefits our sexual health. Another tip from The Better Health and Sex Guide claims that cardiovascular health is a great combination for sexual health as both components factor highly in healthy blood flow. Anything containing fruit, washed vegetables, and trim meat is considered beneficial for cardiovascular health.
One of the core reasons a healthy diet and regular exercise can be attributed to better sex, and sex more often, is simply because we gain a feeling of self worth, achievement and our confidence grows when we feel good about ourselves. Online dating webmaster Matt Fuller tells us that out of 384 respondents from his singles questionnaire, 126 of those profess to be routinely involved in healthy lifestyle habits with 73% of that group claiming to be more than satisfied with their sex lives.
Put plainly, when something promotes our entire body health, this enhances premium performance in bed. A diet high in vegetables and minerals can double the average persons energy levels within eight weeks and having untold positive results on all aspects of ones life ranging from sex, performance at work, maintaining and building on new relationships both socially and professionally.
Whilst this article is not primarily targeted towards general health (rather sex and dating), getting these foundations in order will set you up for more success in the dating and sex scene – so listen up! When compared to many other advanced machines, our bodies will perform at tip top form just like a well oiled and well maintained sports car. So keeping our arteries clear allows good blood flow to the heart, and the power of the blood flow to our genitals intensifies sexual arousal and also allows men to have longer harder erections – now are you starting to see the connection between diet/exercise and sex?
Apart from causing a stroke or heart attack, blocked arteries and weak blood flow deliver blood at a slower rate than well maintained arteries diminishing sexual appetite for men and women.
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