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How a Smartphone Can Benefit Your Health

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The article deals with the benefits and advantages offered by advances in information and technology, and are presenting one of the many ways in which we can utilize these products for personals use. This is an informative article, which describes the various applications available on Smartphone, which can help us in remaining fit and healthy. A comprehensive number of such applications are available, for people of every age group and every body type, and each one of us can select one that suits us best. These applications can calculate the overall time you spent in workout, and the distance covered by you and can also estimate the number of calories burnt during this time. These also provide favorable comments during the workout time, in order to boast your morale and encourage you to work harder. As these applications have a link with the social networking websites as well, these allow you to share your workout plan with your friends and acquaintances too.

Some of the applications described by the writer include the Distance and GPS application, Diet and Weight Management Application and Fitness Application. The Distance and GPS application has a connection with the Global Positioning System and assists you in determining the amount of distance covered in a given time. The Diet and Weight Management Application contain detailed data about calories and the health benefits of various foods thus can help you in determining your food chart, and the Fitness Application is for indoors workout, which contains instructions as well as tutorials for various exercises.

The Smartphone applications mentioned above can be used in everyday life for maintaining the exercise time diet. The article provides practical and useful information regarding the various applications available (Altena, 2012).

DIY: A Strength Training program for Your Home

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The article is about indoors workout and provides loads of useful information in this regard. The writer presents some practical tips for beginners and also presents the health benefits of remaining fit and going through thorough workout. It also describes the equipment and amount of space needed for a workout at home, as the beginners usually do not have a clear about these matters and can be greatly benefitted from the article. It begins with tips for strength training, and then the writer presents a full body workout plan that can easily be practiced at home.

The authors explain the exercises in words and by illustrations, in order to present a clear picture and clarify all the points. The various exercises explained by the writer include Squat—for hips, thighs and buttocks; Chest Press—for chest muscles and triceps; DP Shoulder Press—for shoulders; Leg Curl—for back of thighs and Back Extension—for buttocks (gluteals) and low back. It also includes Standing Lunges—for front of thighs (quadriceps) and buttocks; Pelvic Tilt—for abdominals and buttocks; Dumbbell Row—for back musculature and biceps. Furthermore, the writer has also described Bicep Curl—for biceps and Side Plank—for core. There is a detailed description and point wise explanation of all of the above ...