Just 12 MINUTES of Exercise a Week Can Get Couch Potatoes Fit

Just three short, high-intensity exercise sessions per week can make a substantial difference in the fitness levels of inactive men, a new study found. The article doesn't say what exercise program they used, but they have to be talking about the Tabata Protocol.

Good news for male couch potatoes - just 12 minutes of exercise a week is enough to become fit and healthy.

New research found that four minutes of vigorous activity three times a week improves fitness in otherwise inactive men. Read more

What Is Maca?

Edward Group reveals what Peruvian ginseng or maca can do for men.

The climate atop the Peruvian Andes is a harsh one, few plants, and few people, can survive the environment. However, there is one vigorous plant, Lepidium meyenii, more popularly known as Peruvian ginseng or maca, that thrives at the 4000-meter altitude. Its vitality in this remote region may explain why maca root’s use in Peru as an aphrodisiac and fertility enhancer extends hundreds, if not thousands, of years back into Peru’s history.

Despite the long-standing position in Peruvian society, it wasn’t until the last twenty years that interest in maca root’s powerful aphrodisiac qualities spread across the rest of the globe. Now, maca root is an ingredient found in many male enhancement products. Read more

Limit Salt?

Limit salt? Nonsense, says David Brownstein, MD.

Last week, the Institute of Medicine reported that Americans should not limit their salt consumption.

The American Heart Association (AHA) and the other Powers-That-Be (PTB) have been telling us for years to limit our salt intake to no more than 1,500mg/day – which is about one-half teaspoon of refined salt. For over 40 years, the AHA and the PTB claimed that if we lower our salt intake we will lower our risk for heart disease, stroke, and hypertension. However, there have never been any good studies showing any positive outcomes of lowering salt to 1,500mg/day – as long as there is normal kidney function. Read more

Waist-to=Height Ratio More Accurate Than BMI

People concerned about heart disease and diabetes should simply take their height and waist measurements to figure out their risk, say British researchers.

Ideally, all should aim to keep their waist measurement less than half that of their height, found the scientists.

That means a 6ft (72 inch) tall man should aim to keep his waist less than 36 inches, while a 5ft 4in (64 inch) woman should keep hers under 32 inches. Read more

The 7-Minute Workout That Is as Beneficial as a Long Run and a Weight Session

Scientists have devised workout that requires just a chair, a wall, and seven minutes, but in order reap benefits you must exercise so intensely that it is painful.

A seven-minute exercise regime devised by scientists has been shown to provide as many health benefits as going for a long run and doing a session of weight training.

The workout requires no more than a wall, a chair and seven minutes of your time.

However the experts say that you must be in pain when performing the regime in order to benefit. Read more

The Great Cholesterol Scam

Dr. Joseph Mercola explains why statin drugs cause serious health problems.

There’s serious confusion about cholesterol; whether high cholesterol levels are responsible for heart disease, and whether statins – which are cholesterol drugs – are really the appropriate solution to reduce heart disease risk.

The documentary above, Statin Nation – The Great Cholesterol Cover-Up, sheds much needed light on this topic. The film is available for free viewing for only seven days, so please share it widely as soon as possible.

As noted in the film, heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, the most common form of which is coronary heart disease (CHD). CHD affects the blood vessels supplying blood to your heart, causing them to narrow, thereby restricting the amount of oxygen supplied to your heart. Read more

Navy SEAL Workout Part 1

This video is part one of five videos demonstrating a full Navy SEAL grinder PT session.

A Beginner's Guide to the Paleo Diet

If you've heard of the Paleo diet, but are not sure what it is, this beginner's guide is a good place to begin your education.

The Paleo Diet is an effort to eat like we used to back in the day…WAY back in the day. If a caveman couldn’t eat it, neither can you.

This means anything we could hunt or find – meats, fish, nuts, leafy greens, regional veggies, and seeds. Sorry, the pasta, cereal, and candy will have to go! Instead, you’ll be making things like chicken stir fry and paleo spaghetti. Read more

4 Ways to Increase Nitric Oxide Naturally for a Better Workout, Sex, Heart Health

Men’s fitness magazines are touting nitric oxide supplements as the way to lift heavier and even to prevent erectile dysfunction, but there are far safer and natural ways to boost nitric oxide for a better workout, sex, and heart health.

There are all kinds of supplements out there that claim to build muscle faster, with nitric oxide supplements gaining a lot of attention in particular. Men’s fitness magazines are touting nitric oxide supplements as the way to lift heavier and even to prevent erectile dysfunction, and while clinical results are proving that nitric oxide is beneficial, most of these supplements aren’t the safest on the market. Thankfully, there are far safer and natural ways to boost nitric oxide for a better workout, sex, and heart health. Read more