Archive for November, 2009

What fitness and nutrition certification should I go with?

November 6, 2009 - 6:21 am 1 Comment

Serious question …

Looking for second career to keep me busy & am looking to finally get a job that I enjoy. Would like to be a general fitness trainer at the gym and am looking for a course that is comprehensive, not-crazy hard, and a good value for the money. It would need to be primarily distance learning, something internationally recognized preferred, a year or less to complete, and the cost under $4K.

There are manu suitable courses which help you get a certificate for the practice of this job…check out in this site www.aftacertification.com/ you may get a good answer.

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What are the health requirements to obtain a private pilot’s license?

November 6, 2009 - 6:21 am 2 Comments

I’m thinking of taking flying lessons and wondered what the health requirements are. I am color-blind. Would that affect my eligibility? What are any other health requirements?

You should be in good general health and free of any medical conditions which might cause you to become incapacitated in flight, such as epilepsy, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension (because of the increased risk of incapacitating heart problems or stroke), etc.

You can get a license if you are color-blind. If you can pass any one of about two dozen approved color vision tests, you can get an unrestricted license. Otherwise, you’ll generally get a license that doesn’t allow night flight or flight without a working radio.

That’s how it works in the U.S. Other countries may differ.

In general, the medical requirements for pilots are still very strict and somewhat inconsistent—if you’ve ever had a seizure in your life, you might be disqualified, but if you take a drug like ethanol daily, no problem. The FAA claims that at least 95% of all applicants can obtain a medical certification allowing them to fly.

If you can’t get a license, you can still fly, but only with a licensed pilot who acts as pilot in command. So you could fly a small Cessna with yourself and a licensed pilot friend on board, for example.

How many sports and sport federations are there in Europe and North America?

November 6, 2009 - 6:21 am 1 Comment

Does anyone know approximately how many sports and/or sport federations are there in Europe and North America?

Even a guess will do..

Thanks.

over 35,000..

What makes you grow with regards bodybuilding – IGF1 or HGH?

November 6, 2009 - 6:21 am 2 Comments

Hi,

I have recently heard that HGH releases IGF1 which makes you grow. So does this mean that HGH does not make you grow directly, it just releases a hormone that does? Would it make sense to take a homeopathic IGF1 supplement over an HGH one? Would taking both together have some additional benefit? And what the heck is mechano growth factor?

Thanks for shedding some light,

Regards,

Ryan

HGH is released from the pituitary gland, circulated in the bloodstream for a bit, then taken up by the live and converted into IGF-1. HGH can make you grow directly by other certain processes (you would have never grown at all if u lacked HGH). In the liver it is converted into many different kinds of growth factors like IGF-1. HGH, testosterone, IGF-1, etc are all anabolic steroids. Studies show that IGF-1 can be more useful for gaining muscle mass and some other anti-aging properties because it bypasses the pituitary gland. I would go against taking both at the same time because you levels of IGF-1 might raise way too high and it very dangerous. My suggestion to you would be not to take any kind of anabolic steroids. They can be extremely dangerous in high doses. And lets face it, anybody who taken steroids does not take them in small doses because it will not do anything. Studies show that most people take more than 100-1000 times the recommended doses. This is very dangerous and taking in small doses of lets say 10-20mg would not do anything. I am sure you will take one of these so my only suggestion is be very cautious when taking HGH or IGF-1, esp IGF-1. It is very similar to insulin which transports glucose into the cells and taking this with very little glucose in the blood can cause severe hypoglycemia. This is a common cause of death in using any insulin anabolics. So be careful with this and never take it without food and always have food available when taking it. Finally, mechano growth factor (MGF) is an isoform of IGF-1 which is produced locally in the muscle as part of the anabolic repair response to resistance training. People take this just like they take IGF-1 over HGH. Since it will be produced naturally in the muscles after lifting to help build up muscles (repair response), people take it to bypass the pituitary.