Category Archives: health

Are you doing something to prevent brain aging?

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It it said that people start feeling their forgetfulness is getting worse from their late 40s.

Amyloid β causes dementia. It starts accumulating 20 years before dementia sets in.

If it is developed when he/she is 70 years old, the amyloid β starts accumulating when he/she is 50 years old.

Therefore, it’s never too early to start preventing brain aging in your late 40s!!

Step exercise can delay the aging of the brain because of the detailed foot patterns and choreography.

Step lessons involve cardio exercise which can strengthen and tighten your lower body through cardiovascular workout with an adjustable step named ‘platform’.

You can get your lower body slim.

It can be expected that you want your buttocks and thighs to be as thin as possible.

Blood circulation is promoted as well.

Your basal metabolism will be increased and you can get a fast metabolism.

The complete video is on YouTube.
Check it out 😉 → MAYUMI SWAN FITNESS

Step Lesson @ Swan Studio Upper Coomera

Tuesday 1:00-1:45 pm

Thursday 10:30-11:15 am

Thursday 1:00-1:45 pm

Friday 10:30-11:15 am

Reservations are necessary.

Cupping Therapy on the Gold Coast

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日本語ページ → 【閲覧注意】ゴールドコーストでカッピング治療

I have some acupuncture, moxibustion and remedial massage as my body maintenance 3-4 times a month.
This time I experienced cupping therapy for the first time on the Gold Coast.

Cupping Therapy at KF Myotherapy & Sports Dry needling
with Dr. Keisuke Fujii

Actually I used to get cupping therapy a lot in Japan, and it was one of my favourite treatments.
So I’m so happy to have it here on the Gold Coast again. How long has it been…?

The cupping effects are detox, blood circulation promotion, relief of muscle pain,easing of cold sensitivity and swelling etc.

If the blood circulation is poor, then a purple mark will remain like the image below. It lasts about for 1 week to disappear.
If you have the therapy frequently, then the mark will turn pink and won’t remain as long.

My back sucked by a cup
It looks like an alien.
My back from another angle
Dr. Keisuke said it looked like a fig 😆
The back of my thighs

Some people say they feel good when they are being sucked on their bodies, but I think I feel great right at the moment when the cups are taken off.

Just an aside, but I always explain to my ZUMBA members that my purple marks are not due to my husband’s DV as a joke before my lessons.

Even though the dark purple marks remain on my skin, the improvement of my body performance is beyond description.

I can gain confidence that I could do a great lesson after the treatment.

I think I want to have another cupping treatment on the back of my neck.

Do you know sarcopenia?

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(Japanese page → サルコペニアって何？）

Sarcopenia is a symptom associated with the ageing process and loss of muscle mass and strength.

筋肉The main reason for muscle wasting is a lack of physical activity.

It can happen when a disease or injury makes it difficult or impossible for you to move an arm or leg.

As a result, it also causes obesity, lots of lifestyle diseases and broken legs because of loss of balance.

Particularly leg muscles shrink 1% each year after 30 years of age if we don’t exercise.

Then we will lose 40% of the muscles in our 70th.

Sarcopenia Check

If you can’t stand up from a chair with one leg, you might have sarcopenia.

Check the video below.

 

寝たきりWhy don’t you exercise and get muscles to not become bedridden in your future?

 

https://youtu.be/wa5VeDtYShg

ZUMBA®

The reason why cardio exercises make us happy

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04When people feel happy, β-endorphin, dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin are secreted in their brains.

β-endorphin activates brains, strengthens immune systems, prevents from various diseases and enhances memories.

Dopamine makes people feel pleasures.

Oxytocin enhances memories.

Serotonin gives us mental stabilization.

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Making a habit of exercising is the best way, to always be secreting these pleasure substances in our brains.

For more information → ZUMBA®

On the other hand, stress substances which are cortisol and noradrenaline are secreted in our brains when we have negative feelings like anger, jealousy, fear and anxiety.

Cortisol is a fundamental hormone for living bodies. However, if it is secreted too much, hippocampus which plays a central role in our memory circuits, atrophies.

Noradrenaline is a substance which causes living bodies to fight or escape from enemies.  To let them get ready for battle, it raises blood pressure, supplies blood all over the body and increases blood glucose levels, so that muscles are used immediately.

Noradrenaline is also a fundamental substance. But if it is secreted too much, there is a possibility that it will increase the risks of high-blood pressure, diabetes and brain haemorrhage etc. because it has the effect of raising blood sugar.

★★★7 benefits of cardio exercise★★★

1. Increased capillaries 30-50 times → good for skin, anti-aging
2. Stronger heart and lungs
3. Stimulated brain
4. Incresed bone density
5. Increased basal metabolism → weight loss
6. Promoted fat-burning → weight loss
7. Reduced stress / temporary relief from depression and anxiety

Our brains cannot change at once. By doing exercises constantly, we get to feel happiness gradually.

For more information → ZUMBA® STEP

 

Fattening Spring

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Japanese page（日本語ページ）→ 太りやすい春は要注意！

The Gold Coast is in spring season now and I feel really sleepy and I have a big appetite these days.

Why do people feel these ways in spring?

Sleepiness in spring

Our bodies can’t adjust to the change in the temperature between morning and night when the winter season changes into spring.

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Our nervous systems are in disorder.

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The quality of our sleep gets bad.

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We get sleepy in the daytime.

Appetite in spring

We can’t get enough ultraviolet rays to keep our mentality and bodies healthy in spring.

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Serotonin which makes us happy is not secreted in our brain so much.

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Our nervous systems are in disorder.

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We feel stress.

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We can’t stop eating.

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We gain weight.

 

Our basal metabolism lowers in spring season, which makes us fat as well.

Doing exercises is recommended to release stress and raise basal metabolism.

For more information, click here → Swan Studio

Why don’t we exercise together?

We provide 12 Week Body Transformation Program as well.

One of our clients has finished 12 week body transformation and has lost 6.7 kg.

We are so proud of her

This is the comparative photo😍

12WBT clients photo

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How many steps should you walk each day?

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Japanese page (日本語ページ)→ 一日に一万歩、短時間で達成する方法

It is said that walking 8000 steps a day supports our health maintenance, activating brains and mental stability.

If you want to be thinner, 10000 steps per day are needed.

eg.

Taking a dog for walk for 20 min: 1800 steps🐶

 

 

ZUMBA 60 min: 5000-5500 steps👯

For more information about ZUMBA → ZUMBA®

Step lesson 45 min:

10000 steps!!

For more information about Step lesson → Step Lesson

Step lessons involve cardio exercise which can strengthen and tighten your lower body through cardiovascular workout with an adjustable step named ‘platform’.

★★★Effects of Step exercise★★★

You can get your lower body slim.

It can be expected that you want your buttocks and thighs to be as thin as possible.

Blood circulation is promoted as well.

Your basal metabolism will be increased and you can get a fast metabolism.

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We provide 12 Week Body Transformation Program as well.

 

★★★7 benefits of cardio exercise★★★

1. Increased capillaries 30-50 times → good for skin, anti-aging
2. Stronger heart and lungs
3. Stimulated brain
4. Incresed bone density
5. Increased basal metabolism → weight loss
6. Promoted fat-burning → weight loss
7. Reduced stress / temporary relief from depression and anxiety

Why don’t you join us?

 

Do you know how many calories you are using a day?

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Japanese page → 一日の消費カロリーはどれくらい？

Firstly knowing your basal metabolism is fundamental.

 

Basal metabolism is the minimum amount of energy required to maintain vital functions in an organism at complete rest.

The calculating formulas are as follows:

 

Male: 12.397 × weight (kg) + 4.799 × height (cm) – 5.677 × age + 88.362

 

Female: 9.247 × weight (kg) + 3.098 × height (cm) – 4.33 × age + 447.593

 

My basal metabolism is around 1250 kcal per day.

 

Then let’s calculate your approximate daily calorie use!

Choose which one of these below is similar to your lifestyle:

  1. I do not exercise very much: your basal metabolism×1.2
  2. I do light exercises twice a week : your basal metabolism ×1.4
  3. I do moderate exercises 4 days a week: your basal metabolism ×1.55
  4. I do intense exercises almost every day: your basal metabolism ×1.7
  5. I do physical labour every day×1.9

I think my case is 4, so my daily calorie use is 2125 kcal.

If I do not eat more than this many calories in a day, I should be able to keep my weight the same.

 

I think knowing yourself is important.

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12 Week Body Transformation Program

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Cells renew every 3 months

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Japanese page → 細胞の入れ替わりは3か月周期

Our cells are reborn every day. The cycles of cells’ turning over are as follows:

acbd1f74aae3532b96ec79667dbc9bde_sStomach and intestines: about 5 days

Heart: about 22 days

Red blood cells: about 130 days

Muscles and livers: about 2 months

Bones: about 3 months

Skin: about 28 days

 

In this way, the cycles are different depending on the body tissues.

In consideration of the longest one, I think that we need at least 3 months to change our bodies for the body transformation.

Even though we can lose weight for a short period, we will regain weight as our cells have not changed.

We provide a 12 week body transformation programme.

This is one of our client’s result.

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She is still in our 12 week body transformation programme.

Look forward to the photos over the next 3 months!

For more information about our program, check this → 12 WBT

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IMG_0621We’ve got 2 more platforms😉💫

Do you know Step exercise?

Step lessons involve cardio exercise which can strengthen and tighten your lower body through cardiovascular workout with an adjustable step named ‘platform’.

 

★★★Effects of Step exercise★★★

  • You can get your lower body slim.
  • It can be expected that you want your buttocks and thighs to be as thin as possible.
  • Blood circulation is promoted as well.
  • Your basal metabolism will be increased and you can get a fast metabolism.

 

★★★7 benefits of cardio exercise★★★

1. Increased capillaries 30-50 times → good for skin, anti-aging
2. Stronger heart and lungs
3. Stimulated brain
4. Incresed bone density
5. Increased basal metabolism → weight loss
6. Promoted fat-burning → weight loss
7. Reduced stress / temporary relief from depression and anxiety

😺Monday & Thursday 10:00-10:45 am

😺Saturday 2:00-2:45 pm

@ Swan Studio (Upper Coomera, M1 Exit 54)

Reservation is necessary because the number of platforms is limited.

For more information, click this → Step Lesson

 

Jewellery Ear Points on the Gold Coast

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Japanese page（日本語ページ）→ ゴールドコーストで耳つぼジュエリー

 

I tried Jewellery Ear Points not to regain weight at Micolo SALON.

I lost 8 kg in 3 months since I started dieting and physical training from the end of 2017.

Now I have to think about how I can keep weight from now on.

I cannot increase my physical activities being concerned about the possibility of overuse, so food requirement should be taken care of at the recent stage.

I think that most women have a few days every month in which it is hard for them to suppress their appetite.

Recently I found a good way.

Do you know Jewellery Ear Points? 

It will be able to promote appetite suppression.

Therefore I went to Micolo SALON in Southport, Gold Coast.

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Mieko, an owner of the salon, specially cooked a healthy lunch just for me before the treatment on the day.

Everything (lamb chops, spinach salad with pumpkin seed oil dressing, simmered hijiki seaweed and miso soup) was delicious.

Mieko is an attentive lady.

Jewellery Ear Points is a sticker with titanium, not piercing, and be stuck on the points of the ears.

The surface stone is Swarovski authorized by Swarovski Japan Co., Ltd.

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There are 20 colours. The titanium has 99.9% purity and is made in Japan.

Mieko decorated the beautiful jewellery on my ears.

Have a look at the video.

 

Right & Left

Jewellery Ear Points is also effective against sensitivity to cold, stiff shoulder, stress etc., not only appetite suppression.

It costs $5 each stone.

It has a good appearance as well as wearability.

Micolo SALON

Email: micolosalon@gmail.com

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For more information, check this! → 12 Week Body Transformation Program- Get ready!

A lack of muscles has a bad influence on your beauty

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Japanese page（日本語ページ）→ 筋肉枯れを甘く見るなかれ

Do you know muscles shrink and the strength gets worse because of aging?

Check the list below:

  • Can’t put on a sock standing with one leg

  • The thighs get thinner

  • Stumble on the flat surface

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If you have any one of these, it might be a danger signal.

Particularly leg muscles shrink 1% each year after 30 years of age if we don’t exercise.

Then we will lose 40% of the muscles in our 70th.

It is said that such a reduction of action is due to muscle weakness and a decrease in signals of motion commands from brain because of aging.

Step exercise is suitable for brain training and strengthening your lower body. It includes well-balanced cardio and muscle training → Step Lesson

Predictable risks in the case of leaving a muscle shrunk are:

  • Basal metabolism reduces and it makes us have slow metabolisms.
  • Then energy consumption also reduces and parts of body get swollen.
  • Cause stiff shoulders and arthritis.
  • The skin metabolism doesn’t work normally and cause dullness and roughness of the skin.
  • Decrease body temperature and have poor circulation to cold.
  • Get tired easily.
  • Stumble on a flat area and break bones.

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Not only the amount, the strength is also important for muscles.

A lack of exercise changes the muscle structure and the strength is lost.

Such phenomenons occur in our 30th to 40th.

Prevention of shrinking muscles

Walking is well known as a general easy method for health.

But unfortunately only walking is not enough to strengthen muscles.

We can improve and keep our muscle strength by doing exercises that we feel are a little strenuous.

ZUMBA is a little strenuous, but we can exercise enjoying the danceable movements →ZUMBA®

Please put your mind at ease!

The more we train our muscles, the more our muscles get stronger and bigger regardless of age.

Additionally we can save up our muscles.

Muscles can remember stimulation given by exercises in the past.

If we can wake our muscle memories up, they will recover even though we have a long blank without exercising.

Why don’t you save up your muscles enjoyably?

We have a muscle training class as well → Short Boot Camp & Low Impact Cardio

Photography by KeykoDesign