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Finding a dermatologist

There are lots of places to find info about why you need a dermatologist but if you have any kind of skin problems then you will want to know how best to choose a dermatologist. This is not a very easy thing to do and you should ask a few questions.

- What do you like about your primary physician?
- Are you concerned about someone who is sensitive to your concerns?
- Do you want someone with a good bedside manner?
- Are you worried that appointments won’t accommodate your hectic schedule?

Once you have chosen one do not just hope that he is telling you the right thing, come with research and ask for his opinion on what you have learned. Your health is your business and any health care providers role is to help you decide the best care that you want.

Workout to build a stronger chest

So what kind of workout do you need to do to build strong chest? It is probably not what you think.

Your Chest workout will need to have a total of 6 sets. When I say six sets you are probably thinking of the last time that you read a Muscle and Fitness chest workout and how you should do 12 to 20 sets for your chest. Well unless you are doing a lot of anabolic steroids you are not going to be able to recover from a giant workout for building strong chest.

Here is the best workout off the bat:

Warmup on a treadmill or elliptical or bike for 10 minutes or so to raise you core temperature. You do not want do too much cardio as this will burn the calories that you want to have available for your weight workouts.

Now that you are warmed up stretch your chest by doing  a set of flyes by stretching it as much as you can with a really light weight.

Now you can get into the big weights.

2 sets of Flyes – Use negatives and or assistance and even strip weights  to do each set of about 8 reps completely to exhaustion.

2 sets of Cable crossovers – The same as above, these sets should go to exhaustion.

2 sets of Flat bench presses – This is the last sets and is a bit backwards from what you are used to. At this point your weight workout is going to be coming to an end. Your chest will be wiped out and you will get some great sets of bench in but your chest will be completely burned.

This workout should take place twice a week. You have to give at least a couple of days or even three or four days in between. Most people overtrain their muscles fairly soon after getting started doing weights and never recover. Watch as you are working out over time that you are getting stronger. If you are not getting stronger then you are going to have to take more time off between workouts.

So what do you think? Is this going to be attainable by you? Are you going to be able to make these changes? I find that people will go a year without good gains sometimes because their workouts are stagnating, they are overtraining and this way that I have stated will shock their muscles into changes.

You may think that this is a good workout for you but there is another that is great and it is called turbulence training. Look at a review for Turbulence training and see if it is for you.

Clean skin to clear acne

When you start to get acne there are a few things that people tell you. Don’t eat junk food? Lower your stress level? Put creams on your pimples? Take tetracycline? Get injections to get rid of the acne? Well all of these ideas are great and in the past I have tried them all just as you probably have. The one core is to make sure that you keep your skin clean. Washing and keeping your skin to keep it clean is not going to clear up all of your acne but it can go a long way to taking good care of your skin. Here are some things to think about when you are washing your skin.

1. Wash early and often. It is important to wash your face and if you have acne on your chest and shoulders to keep these clean by washing them first thing in the morning and also at noon, after school, and in the evening before bed. This may seem a little often but you do want to make sure that your skin never has excess oils or that your pores can become clogged.

2. Wash with very clean soap. It is almost good enough to clean your skin just with water to protect against acne because many soaps can irritate your skin more than they help and your want to care for your skin, not dry it out. My favorites are hibitane for its antibacterial features or just plain, unscented glycerine soap. Remember that even if your skin is really oily it is still a very good idea not to dry it out.

3. Pat your skin dry. We seem to be taught at some point to rub our skin to dry it but this is very hard on your skin. Instead make sure that you are just patting your skin dry instead of ever rubbing. I have been doing this for many years now and am convinced that my face looks a lot younger than it should because of patting my face and not rubbing it.

Washing your face for acne is one of those important things that you can do to take care of your acne problems. Try following these rules for a few days and be sure to notice if your skin gets too dry. If your skin gets dry or if it is too dry in the first place then you will want to splash water on your face instead of washing your face during the day and just use mild soap for your acne morning and night.

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