4 Critical Factors to achieving your dreambody

Written by Tony Tass


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Remember,repparttar heart is a muscle, so do your aerobic exercise. And as a bonus,repparttar 115159 calories burned will help you achieve your goals faster.

If you're already lean enough, you could cut down onrepparttar 115160 aerobic exercise to 2-3 times a week.

If you hate aerobic exercise (like sitting on a stationary bike), do what I do. Use this time to read a book or magazine you enjoy. You'll be amazed at how quickrepparttar 115161 30 minutes is over.

---------------------------- 3) Weight Training ----------------------------

Weight Training is extremely important because:

1) It builds muscle 2) Alters your body composition

I recommend training with weights 2 times per week, up to a maximum of 3 times per week. You can splitrepparttar 115162 body up into 2 parts and do half one day, andrepparttar 115163 other half 3-4 days later.

Do exercises such as Squats, Bench Presses, Overhead Presses, Dips, Chin-Ups, Lat Pulldowns, and Deadlifts.

These basic, free weight exercises will pack on more calorie-burning muscle than any machine ever could. They will also help you build musclerepparttar 115164 fastest.

By performing exercises that involve large muscle groups, you are recruiting more muscle fibers when you lift, which will ultimately lead to better muscle gains for you.

Remember that every pound of muscle you gain, will burn calories just by existing. That is if you gain 5 lbs of muscle, you will burn extra calories EVERY DAY because that muscle needs nutrients to live.

So guess what? You can eat more and NOT gain weight. So do your weight training.

------------ 4) Rest ------------

This last factor isrepparttar 115165 one that most often overlooked.

If all you do is lift weights, do aerobic exercise, and not sleep or rest much, you will quickly overtrain, and build up a lot of stress and completely stop your progress.

You'll be eating right, lifting hard, doing aerobic exercise, but if you get 4 hrs of sleep a night, you are wasting your time.

The body needs to rest. It's during this rest that your body will repair itself and get stronger. Please DO NOT short-circuit this process. Get AT LEAST 7-8 hrs sleep per night.

It will do WONDERS for your progress and FAT LOSS.

Followrepparttar 115166 4 Critical Factors I explained above and you will be well on your way to achievingrepparttar 115167 DREAM BODY you've always wanted.

Good Luck with all your Fatloss & Fitness Goals!

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Tony Tass isrepparttar 115168 author ofrepparttar 115169 best-selling book "How to Getrepparttar 115170 Dream Body You've Always Wanted in 12 Short Weeks or Less!" - a complete system to turn your dreams into reality! Go to: http://www.dreambodynow.com now and also get a FREE Fatloss Mini-Course!

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Tony Tass is the author of the best-selling book "How to Get the Dream Body You've Always Wanted in 12 Short Weeks or Less!" - a complete system to turn your dreams into reality! Go to: http://www.dreambodynow.com now and also get a FREE Fatloss Mini-Course!




Streamlining the Preoperative process for the Open Heart Surgery Patient

Written by Cynthia Havrilak, RN, MSN


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For all open heart surgery patients test results should be reviewed with abnormal results provided torepparttar surgeon as quickly as possible. Ifrepparttar 115158 patient is a diabetic,repparttar 115159 anesthesiologist usually prefers to be informed ofrepparttar 115160 morning blood sugar. Latest research correlates blood sugar levels with wound healing therefore; strict regulation of blood sugar levels is now common practice and can be a key to improved patient outcomes. Any preoperative indication of infection warrants physician notification such as an elevated temperature and abnormal blood or bacteria counts inrepparttar 115161 urinalysis. Carotid studies should be anticipated for patients that presents with clinical symptoms or at a specific age (commonly >65). Open heart surgery will be delayed ifrepparttar 115162 patient has a significant carotid stenosis. This condition will likely require treatment before open heart surgery can be preformed. Chest x-ray report along withrepparttar 115163 films for posterior anterior and lateral views is another frequent source of open heart surgery delay. The films are needed and reviewed inrepparttar 115164 surgical suite helpingrepparttar 115165 physician determinerepparttar 115166 depth ofrepparttar 115167 incision. A lateral view is essential for all redo open heart surgery patients since adhesions may be present. The chest views enablesrepparttar 115168 surgeon to determinerepparttar 115169 heart size, pulmonary vascular and possibility of calcification ofrepparttar 115170 aorta. A comprehensive preadmission process for open heart surgery patients setsrepparttar 115171 stage for preventing post operative complications and improving patient outcomes. Due torepparttar 115172 complexity of open heart surgery andrepparttar 115173 expensive to perform it is prudent forrepparttar 115174 organization to ensure thatrepparttar 115175 candidates are adequately assessed, well educated and prepared both clinically and psychologically forrepparttar 115176 event. These efforts help to achieve program goals and outcomes. Good patient outcomes are vital to open heart programs since they are monitored by most insurance providers, federal agencies, and available to consumers. Poor patient outcomes placerepparttar 115177 whole open heart surgery program in jeopardy. An efficient preadmission process can reduce costly delays and improve patient and family satisfaction. For these reasons it is of value torepparttar 115178 organization to investrepparttar 115179 time to guaranteerepparttar 115180 preadmission processes are smooth and efficient.

Cynthia Havrilak, RN, MSN is a Senior Consultant with Health Care Visions, Ltd. based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The firm brings special expertise in the cardiovascular product line and is endorsed as a Preferred Provider of Cardiac Program Development for AmeriNet. Health Care Visions has assisted a multitude of hospitals in all phases of cardiac programs from program assessment and feasibility studies to business planning and implementation.


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