Your entire adult life is possible thanks to an organ about the size of two tennis balls located just off centre in your chest. You can easily live without an Appendix, some disability begins to occur if you loose one of your Lungs, Kidneys, Intestines, Liver - you can even live a full life without an gall bladder- but you absolutely cannot live without a heart. This is why the Heart is considered a vital organ.

The one cool thing about taking care of your heart is that directly benefits your entire body, every cell in your body will thank you with interest. So stop reading this and get that heart of your pumping!

For a long time, since I was a kid, I always saw things differently then anybody else around me. While my friends where out partying, getting jobs and getting themselves into the predictable mold that society expects from its citizens, I was tending my internal gardens. For instance, while my friends where out partying, I was too busy teaching myself 3D animation, getting a commercial pilot license, achieving a black belt in Karate- even receiving my open water certificate in scuba diving among many other things. I didn’t understand why I was this way, my parents where always there for me and supported me but I never had any desire for an ordinary 9-5 life that my friends so wanted.

For the first time in my life, I am able to put into words what I have been feeling for as long as I can remember. The quote is from Arnold Schwarzenegger back in 1977 from “See Arnold Run”, I now feel in very good company.

The mouth is the gateway to health in two major ways, obviously the first one is nutrient acquisition so your body can function. But another aspect that is often overlooked is how it acts as a highway for bacteria, viruses and other baddies directly into your bloodstream.

Remember, health starts with your mouth!

Although education is slowly getting through the ranks- this is a commonly health belief among a lot of woman and one of the reasons many women do not exercise, cardio and certainly not strength training.

Woman naturally have less muscle and bone mass then men, without getting too bogged down by details, the main reason then genetic for this is their lower level of testosterone. Many women point to the 90’s when there was an “explosion” in very muscular woman in the extreme female bodybuilding events that would put most men to shame - don’t fool yourself, they where taking all sort of drugs to achieve this. Reason says avoid the drugs and you won’t develop to that extreme.

The benefits of strength training by far exceed any negative effects, which are often due to over training and a poor diet. If you workout regularly, expect your female body to lean out (not bulk up), a lowering of body fat (with complimentary diet), increase in strength & muscle tone, increase in a sense of feeling good, better sleep, more efficient body processes and lots of additional looks from the opposite sex.

So set up a meeting with a nutritionist to evaluate your myDiet profile, have a consultation with a doctor to make sure you don’t have any health issues that may be of concern and get a personal trainer to build a workout just for you matching your goals - that’s what myFitness is for!