06 Nov 09 American Workplace is Scarier than We Thought

In a national survey conducted by CareerBuilder, it was found that 1 in every 5 US employee (18%) has a scary work place. The sample size of the survey was 4000. 18 percent workers said that the workload they are having is enough to scare them. This data indeed is frightening, and the decision makers need to take this result seriously, and make some key changes in the work distribution, so that they do not end up being exhausted, which will mean lack in productivity.

Other things that scare the US workers are as follow:

9% of the total respondent said that performance reviews fright them.
9% of the total respondent said that tight deadlines fright them.
8% of the total respondent said that long work hours fright them.
7% of the total respondent said that their bosses are the most dreadful thing.
69% of the total respondent said that sitting through the meeting is very scary.

The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive. The sample consisted of 4,285 US full-time workers. All the respondent were at least 8 years old and none of them were self-employed or employed by the government. The survey was conducted online between August 20 and September 9, 2009.

This result essentially shows how corporate worker feels in his job, and how high is their dissatisfaction level. The HR department should take notice of this, and should make amendments before it is too late.

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11 Jul 09 Four Of The Best Fat Burning Cardio Exercises

In most cases, cardiovascular exercises are the best way to burn body fat quickly, but also the best way to get your body in better shape so that you can keep that fat you lose off. The main importance is just that you have the discipline to convince yourself to do the exercise everyday, as cardiovascular exercise is one of those things that you should have a decent amount of everyday, to keep yourself as healthy as possible. Here are a few of the best to get your body, heart and mind into the best shape possible, as quickly as possible.

Cycling is one of the best good fat burners. Depending upon the amount of speed/resistance in your ride you can burn up to 500-800 calories in an hour. Whether you do your bicycle ride on a stationary piece of exercise equipment, or are out riding on the road, the main point is just to keep yourself challenged. Increase the resistance of your workout so that you work yourself hard and keep your heart rate high every time, this way you can ensure you’re hitting your maximum fat burning capabilities.

Running is another of those very good cardiovascular exercises, although it will take a long time to burn the amount of calories you want to burn through running. The average person will use up 400-600 calories for every hour of running, so it’s not quite the workload of cycling, but will most definitely help you burn that fat and make yourself healthy.

Elliptical trainers are absolutely fantastic, if you have access to one. Not only is it a major fat burner, 600 calories for every hour of activity, but also an elliptical is low impact to your joints, so if you have bad knees/ankles this is a much better option than running. Plus an elliptical will quickly build up your cardiovascular endurance, making you more fit and able to exercise for longer periods of time.

And finally, something as simple as step aerobics is actually one of the best cardiovascular fat burners. You can burn up to 800 calories in an hour, as well as strengthening all of your most important leg muscles. Not only will you be more cardiovascular fit, but also your legs will be stronger making you all the better at other exercises like running and cycling.

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22 Apr 09 Change Your Weightlifting To Burn More Fat

Still trying that same workout routine but not seeing the results you want? One likely cause could be that you’re not doing enough to raise your metabolism, therefore not seeing the fat burning/muscle building results you are expecting from your workouts. The first step is as simple as just looking at your workout routine and deciding what it is you need to change in order to burn more, and increase your metabolism. The first step is looking at how long of a rest period you take in between sets during resistance training.

Technically the body needs at least 30 seconds of time in between sets for your muscles to rest and recover. But if you’re not seeing the results you want, make sure you’re getting as close to a thirty second rest period as possible, but don’t go over that time limit. That way you force your body to increase metabolism to cope with the stress of the workload you’re putting upon it.

Another way to increase metabolism and fat burn is by not alternating days when you do lower and upper body work, but rather working both in one session. By doing both lower and upper body workouts in the same day you actually increase the amount of growth hormones flowing throughout your body, and growth hormones burn fat. Therefore mixing up your exercises and doing upper and lower body workouts at the same time is the best way.

You can actually see even better results by alternating upper and lower body workouts in between sets even. Like doing a set with your biceps, and then switching to calves. Alternating between sets allows your muscles longer recovery time, allowing for you to do a longer workout, and as long as you adhere to the thirty second rest period, you’re still raising your metabolism.

And the final quick way to increase your fat burning and metabolism is by doing more sets with fewer reps per set. Common misconception has it that more reps builds more muscles, but actually instead of doing say 10 reps and 3 sets, you’ll actually burn more muscle by doing six reps and eight sets.

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06 Nov 09 American Workplace is Scarier than We Thought

11 Jul 09 Four Of The Best Fat Burning Cardio Exercises

22 Apr 09 Change Your Weightlifting To Burn More Fat

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