Author: Mike Furci (Page 63 of 65)

      Mike Furci graduated from Bowling Green State University with a Bachelors of Science in Health Education. His curriculum laid the foundation for his future in fitness and sports specific training. He owned and operated Club Olympia Fitness Center in Westlake, Ohio for more than 10 years, and was voted “Best Personal Trainer” by Cleveland Magazine. In 2009 he decided to expand his knowledge of the human body and attained his license as a Registered Nurse in 2011.

      Mike specializes in improving athletic performance through strength, conditioning and nutrition. He uses his education and knowledge to train clients according to their specific goals, i.e., increased fitness, strength, weight loss, health or sports performance. Mike started training 30 years ago, and was a competitive bodybuilder with several overall titles, including the 1999 Mr. Ohio. He continues to train with 100% intensity to this day, which has helped him excel as a firefighter for the city of Lorain Ohio. His experience has also allowed him to train and consult with many competitive powerlifters and bodybuilders.

      Mike has appeared on many news stations as a fitness consultant. His qualifications allow him to offer expert information on all aspects of health, fitness and sports specific training.

      Working your abs is not the key to attaining abs.

      October 14, 2006 /

      Let me start by saying, “there is no such thing as spot reduction”.? In fact, it’s so important let me repeat it,”THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS SPOT REDUCTION”!? Now that you know a scientific fact, look at what you’re doing in order to get a wasboard set of abs.? Many of you work your abs 3 – 4 days per week while some of you work them everyday.? I would like to put an end to this craziness once and for all.

      The key to a washboard set of abs is?diet.? Without adjusting your diet, you can do abs until your blue in the face and it wont make a bit of difference.?

      Our inability to process carbohydrates in large amounts is the result of millions of years of evolution. According to many experts man evolved on a diet consisting of 65% – 80% protein coming mainly from fish sources. The rest was a mixture of grains, nuts and fruit if available. For millions of years, man didn’t have candy, pasta, cereal or other highly processed carbs. We’ve only had refined sugar as part of our diet for a mere blink of time. You can begin to understand why carbs play such a big roll in obesity, diabetes and heart disease. We just do not have the ability to eat carbs, especially simple sugars, in the amounts that we do.

      Washboard abs, a comprehensive strategy:? Part I

      So, if working your abs has nothing to do with a lean midsection, why should we work abs?? You should work your abs for functional strength and injury prevention.? A strong set of abs is the best prescription for a healthy back.? However, working the abdominals only is not effective.? You need to use exercises that target the entire core.? In short the core consists of abdominals, obliques, hips and low back

      Abs, Specific workouts

      It says “Organic” on the label, but is it?

      October 14, 2006 /

      As the popularity of organic food has surged over the last few years so has the interest of big bisiness.? Corporate giants like Kraft and Walmart have entered the organic market and have helped sales reach upwards of 14 billion per year.? But is this a good thing??

      These huge corporations have created a demand for an industry that simply does not have the ability to supply enough product.? There are just not enough organic farms.?

      ?Exhibit A: Gary Hirshberg’s quest for organic milk. Dairy producers estimate that demand for organic milk is at least twice the current available supply. To quench this thirst, the U.S. would have to more than double the number of organic cows — those that eat only organic food — to 280,000 over the next five years. That’s a challenge, since the number of dairy farms has shrunk to 60,000, from 334,000 in 1980, according to the National Milk Producers Federation. And almost half the milk produced in the U.S. comes from farms with more than 500 cows, something organic advocates rarely support.

      Earlier this year, Earthbound Farm, a California producer of organic salads, fruit, and vegetables owned by Natural Selection Foods, cut off its sliced-apple product to Costco because supply dried up — even though Earthbound looked as far afield as New Zealand.

      Faced with ever increasing demands corporations are taking advanage of lax labeling laws and are?now?buying product from places like; China, Brazil, Ecuador and Turkey.? Does anyone reading this think these countries have the same standards as the U.S., let alone being labeled organic??

      The bottomline line, no pun intended, is we as consumers are being ripped off.? The organic label has become worthless.? Our only solution is to buy natural products from local farmers.? It is impossible for healthy,?natural foods to be produced on a?massive scale and shipped world wide for consumption.

      BusinessWeek Online?

      For more information on obtaining natural foods and?restoring nutrient dense foods to the human diet, visit westonaprice.org?

      Foods products

      Viagra and mental health?

      October 14, 2006 /

      Viagra, the turn on for millions of men with sex problems, may also be able to turn off the hallucinations of schizophrenia.

      Viagra causes an erection by turning off a particular enzyme in the body that’s a member of a group of enzymes called phosphodiesterases. Scientists believe that similar enzymes in the brain are linked to mental illnesses including schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder. Turning off the enzymes could quiet the hallucinations associated with schizophrenia.

      Schizophrenia normally strikes those in their teens to late 20s and may affect as many as 1 percent of the population. It causes its victims to hallucinate, hear voices, and feel frightened. Leading a normal life is all but impossible.

      Scientists believe it may be caused by an inability of the brain to filter out background noises, like the humming of lights. The overload of stimuli causes the brain to create a story which leads to paranoia and hallucinations. Turning off the enzymes that control the transmission of signals between brain cells may decrease the stimulation that causes sensory overload.

      Although drugs are available to treat the disease, few new effective treatments have entered the market in the past 50 years, and 74 percent stop treatment within 18 months because of side effects which include lethargy and weight gain.

      Newsmax.com Health Alerts

      Medical Issues for Men, Men's Health and Wellness

      Polyunsaturated fats – Health food or poison

      October 4, 2006 /

      According to a recent article, the vast majority of oil we buy in the grocery store is already spoiled.? Most of the oils sold in stores are?polyunsaturated because they are?inexpensive to manufacture and offer high profit margins.?

      The article explains that?despite what we’ve been told, polyunsaturated oils made from; corn, soy, sunflower and?cotton seed, are very unhealthy.

      Safflower, corn, sunflower, soybean and cottonseed oils all contain over 50% of the highly unstable fatty acid Omega-6 and should never be used in cooking, frying or baking. Heating these oils causes oxidation and produces large amounts of free radicals.

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      Food preparation, Foods products, Men's Health and Wellness, Nutrition

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