Target Heart Rate (THR) is a frequent way of judging how hard you ought to exercise throughout endurance sports. It lets you know how fast you should try to make your heart beat while your training endurance exercises.

Here Is a Promise that I think it's safe to make.  Martial arts, taught right and practiced right, will not only get you into the best shape of yourlife; but five you focus, relieve stress, and boost your confidence to a unbelievably hight.  And it's all FREE!

Well, it’s that time of year again when seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is starting to affect us here in the Northwest.  Even though SAD has been noted as early as the late 1800’s it wasn’t actually given a name until the 1980’s.  That doesn’t mean people haven’t been suffering from it, however.   Seasonal affective disorder is mostly caused by the lack of light people are exposed to this time of year.  Our brains secrete a hormone called melatonin which, at increased levels, can cause symptoms of depression. 

The symptoms of ADHD can be devastating for school-aged children, but they can be even more debilitating for adults who feel like they dont have a place to turn for help. Adult ADHD has the same symptoms as those present in children (including inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity). The fast-paced lifestyle that many adults lead also adds stress that can aggravate the symptoms. However, training martial arts is a great way to alleviate these symptoms and overcome the stress they cause.

It’s true, stress can make you fat. It’s because of a hormone called cortisol. This hormone is always present in your body, but your body secretes it at higher levels when it’s under stress.

You owe it to yourself to be the very best you can be in everything you do...why not in the martial arts as well?

If anyone tells you that weight training will harm your martial arts training, they are only right if you stop or reduce your martial arts training to weight train.  If you break your training down into sections and focus on the parts of your body or goals that you need to balance your body, then you can train accordingly without affecting your martial arts training. 

Well, it’s that time of year again when seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is starting to affect us here in the Northwest.  Even though SAD has been noted as early as the late 1800’s it wasn’t actually given a name until the 1980’s.  That doesn’t mean people haven’t been suffering from it, however.  

Would you know if he or she was?  Bullying is a real problem: The National KidsHealth KidsPoll reports that 33% of kids say they are bullied at least once and a while 8% of kids say they are bullied every day.  

 

Cyber-bullying uses technology to spread rumors, hateful messages, excessive teasing or even disturbing digital photos (taken on camera phones).  It’s a dreadfully harmful form of bullying and can be debilitating for its victims.  As adults, we can quite easily delete and ignore offending or disturbing email and text messages, but children and teens cannot do this as easily.  Children and teens need acceptance and thrive on reputation, so even one harmful message can make them feel horrible about themselves (and it rarely just stops at one message).

 

Cyber-bullying adds another dimension to bullying because the offender can stay anonymous.  Many times children and teens are more likely to do things through technology that they would never do in person.  They often don’t think past themselves, the computer and the keyboard.  What’s even worse is they cannot see their victims, so they have know idea what kind of effect their messages are having on others.  It makes it easier for them to continue bullying and to even take things too far.