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Rope Skipping: Don’t miss your workout, Skip it

Don’t miss your workout, Skip it During the time when human is terrified from COVID-19, sitting isolated inside their houses. Many of us are worried about our hard-earned fitness and health. How to be active during Corona (COVID-19)? What exercises to do at home?  No one likes to skip their workout but, I am telling you to skip it but with a rope. Yes, rope skipping is one of the underrated workouts in the general population. You can cover up and maintain your fitness level easily by jump rope. So, here we will learn some amazing facts about jump rope or rope skipping. Amazing for cardiovascular health Being a rhythmic continuous aerobic exercise, jump rope effectively increases the cardiovascular capacity of a person. When going through the literature, a study of Baker A. John is cited hugely in various articles, due to his study on 92 male college students which says that 10 min of jumping rope was much beneficially than 30 min of jogging.  However in 2017 anoth...

COVID-19, What research says about it till now ?

COVID-19, What research says about it till now? The whole world is now fighting with COVID-19. According to WHO , till 29-June-2020, 09:46A.M 98,43,073confirmed cases and  4,95,760  confirmed deaths are reported all over the world. The first case was reported from Wuhan, China. However, China has almost recovered from this pandemic.                                                                     Corona Virus First, I would like to clarify here that Coronaviruses were present among us in the past, COVID-19 is a disease and this virus is named as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2). It is a zoonotic disease which means it can be transmitted from animals to humans. This family of viruses can cause cold and illness ranging from cough to more severe diseases su...

WHY NO (Nitric oxide) is important for you?

WHY NO(Nitric oxide) is important for you? Due to academical interest   towards the exercise physiology, I have observed that people are generally not aware of the NO’s physiological importance. Often people are confused and misinterpret Nitric Oxide(NO) as Nitrous Oxide (NO2) aka,. Laughing gas. In this article you will know about it’s history, important functions, current literature and supplementation. NO is a gas which consists of only one atom of nitrogen and one of oxygen. It was first discovered by the English Scientist Joseph Priestly in 1772, he discovered some 10 gases in his life time. He was awarded with prestigious Copley medal in 1773. Nitric oxide is one of the important chemical messenger molecule in our body, produced by endothelium cells, which plays an important role in relaxing the smooth muscles. It is synthesized by L-arginine in our body. This reaction is catalyzed by the family of Nitric Oxide Synthases :   1. Endothelial NOS [eNOS]   - ...