Monday, 29 February 2016

Workouts For Ideal Body Shape & Fat Loss!

Wanna have ideal body shape with bigger chest and arms? Try this simple workouts. They are not only help you to shape your body, but also help to burn your fat. Wanna transform your body? Follow this simple steps:

1. Diamond Push Ups
Position your body like a push ups. Bring your hands close together until your thumbs and index fingers are touching each other forming a diamond shape. Then, make regular push up by touching your chest near the floor and press back up. Repeat for 10 times.



2. Chin Ups
Wanna use your whole body muscle for greater effect? Try this. Find any horizontal bar and get ready to this. Grab the bar with both of your hand, then slowly lift your entire body up until your chin is at the same level with the bar. Then, slowly lower your body to the starting position. Repeat for 10 times. Good luck!


3. Korean Dips
Similar to the second workout, find a horizontal bar. Stand opposite to the bar with your back facing the bar. Then place your both hands to the bar and slowly lift your entire body and end up with slowly lower your body to the starting position. Repeat for 10 times.


4. Incline Chin Ups
This may look trickier. Position your body like lying-down position under a horizontal bar and grab the bar using your both hands. Then, slowly raise your chest touching the bar and slowly lower your body to the starting position. Repeat for 25 times.




Sunday, 28 February 2016

10 Workouts to Boost Your Cardio!

1. Stair Climb
Stairs not only bring you to the next level but also serve as a workout equipment. Continuously walk up and down a stairway until you start to sweat in other to increase the heart rate. This can train your heart to work harder thus increase its strength. Skip the elevator when going to work and do this workout before getting into the office or classes!



2. Power Skip
Skipping may look funny for you since it looks like a kids's stuff, but actually it trains your cardio. To begin, raise the right knee up towards the hip while reaching your left arm overhead. Land on of your left foot, and then alternate the skipping motion with the opposite arm and leg. Shoot for 10-15 skips as high as you can go!


3. High Knees
You may look like a footballer. To do this, stand tall and relax. Raise up your right knee as high as you can, and then place the leg down. Alternate the left leg and start picking up the pace. Try this jig for 30 seconds straight.



4. Butt Kick
It may sound funny, because you will literally kick your butt. Jog and at the same time kicking your heels back towards your butt. Make sure the movement is being driven from your hamstrings (back thigh muscle ). Keep it up for a minute straight while picking up the rhythm.


5. Jumping Jack
Jumping jack or star jump. Start with your feet together and hands at your sides. Next, jump both legs out to the side (wider than your hips) while raising your arms overhead. Keep your knees bent as you jump again to bring your feet back together and arms down. That’s it. Now see what 20-30 feels like!




Sunday, 21 April 2013

Carbon Dioxide Transport!

Today, I would like to share with you about the mechanism of transporting carbon dioxide from respiring tissues into the lung. It is quiet complex but very efficient.






1.     About 7% of carbon dioxide from respiring cells diffuses into blood plasma and interstitial fluid. Another 23% binds to amino groups of haemoglobin to form carbaminohaemoglobin (HbCO2). Another 70% is transported as bicarbonate ion (HCO3-).

2.     Firstly, CO2 diffuses into blood plasma, interstitial fluid and red blood cell. 7% of CO2 carry out by blood plasma, 23% binds to amino group of haemoglobin to form carbaminohaemoglobin, HbCO2 while the rest 70% reacts with water in red blood cell to form carbonic acid, H2CO3.
3.     Then, carbonic acid (H2CO3) dissociates into hydrogen ion, H+ and bicarbonate ion, HCO3- catalyzed by carbonic anhydrase. The hydrogen ion, H+ binds to haemoglobin forming haemoglobinic acid, HHb. Hence, haemoglobin can act as buffer to lower the pH of blood.
4.     While the bicarbonate ion, HCO3- moves out of the red blood cell. The movement of bicarbonate ion, HCO3- out of the cell causing the exchange of one chloride ion for a bicarbonate ion known as chloride shift. This move in and out maintains the electrochemical-neutrality of the cell.
5.     In lungs, the 7% of dissolved CO2 in plasma diffuse into alveolus. While the 23% of CO2 that binds to amino group of haemoglobin forming carbaminohaemoglobin splits into CO2 and haemoglobin and CO2 diffuses out into the alveolus. The haemoglobinic acid dissociates into hydrogen ion, H+ and haemoglobin. The bicarbonate ion, HCO3- reenters the cell and binds with the hydrogen ion, H+ to form carbonic acid H2C03. Then, the carbonic acid H2CO3 dissociates to form water and carbon dioxide, CO2 catalyzed by carbonic anhydrase enzyme. Carbon dioxide, CO2 diffuses out into the alveolus. Process repeats.