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Drivers' caution

This article is borne out of an adage that says when a child is trained, he should also give himself more training. Quite a large number of drivers (commercial vehicle drivers, private vehicle drivers, drivers of self-own vehicles and riders) don’t know what driving or Riding really entails. As I often say in my training sessions, driving is a complex task which involves the simultaneous use of several organs of the body in a continuously changing environment to gather, interpret and apply information to ensure effective and safe vehicle control. This goes to say that driving requires physical fitness, mental or emotional fitness, and concentration to ensure safety in any driving environment or situation on the road. It is therefore disheartening to see Drivers drinking alcohol, smoking or using cannabis or hemp in any form before or while driving. They all contain strong psychoactive chemicals which negatively interferes with the brain’s reasoning ability thereby making...

Health benefit one 1 banana a day

Bananas are good for bowel regularity and satiety Adding a banana to your daily diet has an array of benefits in your body. Bananas help you reach your weight-loss goals, keep your bowels healthy, provide nutrients that regulate heart rhythm and have vitamin compounds for eye health. Keep a bunch of bananas on your desk at work and replenish your stock each week. You’ll be more likely to reach for a healthy banana — instead of heading to the vending machine — if you have a bunch sitting in front of you. Weight Loss Finding foods to fit into your weight-loss diet can be challenging, but bananas make a perfect fit. Bananas are naturally sweet and can help curb your sweet tooth if you get that afternoon sugar craving. A 6-inch banana has a minimal 90 calories, about one-fourth of the calories you would get from a chocolate candy bar. Additionally, about half of the fiber content in bananas is soluble. When soluble fiber reaches your digestive tract, it absorbs water...

Stop sit-up exercise

The sit-up is an effective exercise for anyone who wants to train both the abdominals and hip flexors. However, it’s also been shown to impose extremely large compression forces on the discs in your spine. That’s a problem. Bend a wire coat hanger back and forth and, eventually, it will snap. You can’t predict in advance exactly how many bends it will take before it breaks. But you know it’s going to happen sooner or later. Likewise, the discs in your spine can only tolerate so many bending cycles before the accumulated damage manifests itself in the form of pain. Sit-ups may not damage your spine right away. But each set could be moving you one step closer to a crippling back injury that keeps you out of the gym for some time. There are also better abs exercises to choose from. In fact, certain exercises have been shown, in some studies anyway, to work the abdominal muscles harder than sit-ups. These abdominal exercises not only work your stomach muscles but they increase the st...