Care your skin – 6 practical tips

We forget about it many times, but the ones of us who do bodybuilding or fitness  have the skin like our main work tool. Although the changes we experience because of the training begin since a very microscopical level, like the cellular (what stimulates the muscular growth), the fact is the effects are visible in our shape. How are we caring it?

 

If you think this is a females issue, we warn you’re wrong. . Maybe, the male skin is what requires most care because of the same modifications what it’s submitted to.

 

1. Learn it deeply – Oily, dry, or neutral? As incredible as it seems, many of us ignore what type of skin we have. The oily skin shines all the time, its pores are so expanded that they hold much ddirt, it uses to appear acne or shins, it has a rough texture. The dry skin has a soft texture but it’s too tense that it gets to crack, its appearance is opaque with almost invisible pores. Consider the ideal pH (acidity/alkalinity index) goes from 4.7 to 5.75. Are you in that range?  You should know it. A dermatologist can solve your doubts, so it’s time to appoint someone.
2. Eat healthy – although some trendy food or product appear each certain time, the true is that eating balanced is the better for your skin to keep healthy. However, there is natural food that optimizes it: carrot, potato, pumpkin, mango, peach, papaya, kiwi, bell pepper, red fruits, watercress, pomegranate fruit, olive oil, nuts, derry, eggs, and blue fishes. Do you realize?
3. Take a mindful bath – It seems an obvious suggestion but many of us think the personal cleanliness is only the act of keeping clean. Not exclusively. The bath time is perfect to relax and meet again yourself and  your physical assets. Add who wwork out,  sweat more than the average people, so we have to be more meticulous with that so-personal moment, especially if we talk about commissures (armpits, crotch, amid buttocks) or very hairy zones where the sweat can promote the bacteries to flourish. The bad smell? Precizely, the bacteries cause it. Use proper products according to your skin type or the conditions it can develop. Do you remember the dermatologist? He also can guide you.
4. ever moisturize it – Drinking water or consuming food rich in it is a practical and natural way  to guarantee elasticity to the skin as well as promoting its regeneration at ccellular level. The use of creams or products is a choice of external use, but the aloe vera natural gel have proven to be a much better choice, especially if you use to do mechanical or chemical hair removal.
5. Manage the stress – How are you dealing with your daily life? If your skin becomes red, starts to itch, appears hives or acne, they might be warning signals. As well as you train physically, train mentally to face the daily problems, one each time, understanding you’re bigger than them. Thus, you can accept they exist but also you can have them under control, and better if you can solve them. Meditating, talking to a true friend, granting you moments to do nothing, or to do some of your hobbies are going to help much, and your skin is going to thank you too.
6. Ever enjoy it – Never consider your skin like the clothes you wear but like a key feature of your identity. Find moments through the day to connect with it, feeling good with it. When you self-compensate, your own skin projects it. It’s not magic but pure biochemistry:  the hormones we naturally flow when we work out, they do that part of the job. Another way to stimulate them aside the physical training? Yes. Ever smile even when there’s no motivation. Good humor makes wonders.

 

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Fitness for Actors: The Path to a Healthy and Successful Career

Actor Percy Williams appears in Colán, Piura, wearing a colorful swimsuit and showing an athletic, well-toned body, particularly in his chest, arms, and abdomen. His physique reflects a balance between cardio and strength training, maintaining a healthy condition for his age.

 

When we think of an actor, we imagine someone who not only plays roles but also radiates health, energy, and vitality. Percy Williams, at 53 years old (turning 54 in February 2025), is a clear example of how fitness can be a fundamental ally for those who want to stand out in acting.

 

“I've been going to the gym for 20 years,” he says. “I always try to keep my diet healthy; I'm not the kind who meticulously counts calories,” he adds. “I consider the gym a part of my life, which, besides giving me the image you see on screen, also gives me health and relaxation.”

 

The Importance of Fitness for an Actor: Acting is a profession that demands more than talent; it requires endurance, agility, and the ability to adapt to various roles. Fitness not only helps actors maintain a physical appearance suitable for their roles but also provides them with energy, improves their posture, and enables them to perform at their best during long workdays.

 

The Mind-Body Connection: Percy Williams knows that being fit is not just about looking good but also about feeling good. Regular exercise releases endorphins, reducing stress and anxiety, which can be common in an actor's life. This mental clarity allows actors to concentrate better on their roles, conveying emotions more effectively.

 

Physical Preparation for Demanding Roles: Actors often need to undergo physical transformations for a role, whether by gaining muscle mass or building endurance. Being in good shape, like Percy, allows an actor to adapt to these demands more easily, avoiding injuries and meeting the physical requirements of each character.

 

Practical Tips for Actors Who Want to Start Their Fitness Journey

• Balanced Routines: It’s essential to work on both cardio and muscle strengthening. This ensures endurance for energy-demanding scenes and strength for more physical roles.
• Functional Training: Movements involving multiple muscle groups, like those Percy performs, prepare the body for the challenges faced on set.
• Flexibility and Mobility: It's not just about being strong but also about being agile. Exercises like yoga or Pilates help prevent injuries and enhance the ability to portray characters requiring complex movements.

 

Nutrition and Rest, Your Best Allies: Percy Williams understands that exercise is just one part of the equation. A balanced diet and proper rest are essential for the body to recover and stay in top condition. Eating healthily and getting enough sleep ensure that an actor is ready to face any challenge that comes their way.

 

Fitness not only transforms the body; it transforms an actor's career. Percy Williams, at 53, is living proof that regular exercise and a healthy lifestyle can help an actor stay in their best form, ready to shine in any role life presents. Are you an actor or actress? Follow Percy’s example and give your career the boost it needs through fitness! | Follow us on X | Write us by WhatsApp | chulucanasgym@gmail.com 

The muscles of the hunter

How to make the perfect goal

7 tips from the top scorer Pedro Bautista those never will fail to you.

By ChulucanasGym
Photos by Roberto Saavedra / La República.

pedro Bautista is the most admired and followed soccer player because  he's one of the 2017 season's top goal scorers in the Peruvian Second Division. But, how does he do it? It's not only about having very good muscular reflexes in the legs, or having them well-developed too. There are more playing factors.

That's why  we looked for this Lima-nativeParachique's Defensor La Bocana (Sechura, Peru)forward, who just turned 30 years old, who's 5 feet 9,7 inches, who's 163,1 pounds, and who's recently signed in Nueva Cajamarca, Peru's Unión Comercio first division soccer team, to share us his sport secrets and advising us about. Are you ready? Take note, apply it in your life.

1. enjoy the training:
It's true when Pedro  is preparing for his next match, there are some achieves and tasks to be gotten, those got to be gotten. But if he creates a stressing, agressive environment, the most probable is he feels the training as un uncomfortable duty instead of a nice duty. "It's important working joyful," he affirms. "Things get better that way."

Pedro never forgets the camaraderie  into a collective sport, like soccer, is crucial if he wants to get the best results. "I enhjoy with my team mates everyday, , trying to be a family," he says.

  
2 Care yourself:
what all sportman shows in public has to be muchly with decisions he takes privately, and for Pedro Bautista they start from two key decisions: "eating healthy, sleeping on time."

Regarding the first, he ever watches his diet to be correctly balanced according to the sport activity he does, or that he needs to correct for reaching the excellence.

The second is something that people uncare often: sleeping all the hours you need to sleep replaces energy and activates progressively the mechanisms for your body to assimilate what you eat, what you work out. If you keep awake overnight, don't wait for prime results. Remember it's suggested 8-10 hours of deep sleeping to reset you up and getting ready for the next day.

3. Think of the one you love much to:
It seems to be a vain romantic advice but it works  actually, and it works better than any booster. Thinking and get inspired of  the person you love much activates a set of hormones inside your body, like serotonines, those will keep you ever good-humored, and higly motivated  to give your best when you work out, or when you start to play on the field, or when you compete on the stage, or show up what you are made of.

It's better to be focused on the everlasting affection, not short. In Pedro's case, that inspiring love is his son's: "The greatest motivation is my baby and it's who leads me to be a better pro everyday."

And remember - there's ever somebody loving you and loving you good. Give yourself the time to meet that person, to enjoy, to learn sharing the quality of every moment, and to turn that energy in your own motivation.

4. Don't believe you're perfect:
A sin we all use to commit is arrogance, more if you're a sportsman, much more if you're a successful sportsman.

Look! One thing is having self-steeme, another one is boasting. The first one ever means I have pretty clear the concept that I have about myself independently what the others think about me. The second one ever means overacting  my possitive qualities as much as I'm not humble to recognize I also have a bad or awful side either (what I have anyway).

"Everyone never ends  to learn in lifetime and I'm ever ready to learn everyday from my partners or coaches," Pedro repeats.

Ever remember that balance in your life is important, especially when it's about self-ranking and self-demanding.

5. Make a goal  is passing straight to the net:
This tip is 100%  created originally by Pedro and consists in figuring out that the net  of the goalkeeping is another of your team mates who you have to pass the ball straight anyway.

Pedro says he uses it as a psychological self-motivation and it ever works him for scoring a goal (did we mention he's one of the best goal scorers of his league?). "Thinking that way I take out the stress when I stay facing the goalkeeping," he trusts us. "Everything's much easy."

Indeed, poor opposite goalkeeper... but, the soccer is so, isn't it?

6. Stay ripping your body after the workout session:
If you're a top-profile sportsman and your physical assets seem to be in full capability, ever remember not all is perfect because human beings are not totally perfect. Pedro knows it very well: "I try to strenghten  [my body] giving it an extra, and beef up what I lack."

So, once your usual workout session ends, don't miss to give some additional minutes to verify and correct those parts or performance that is below the expected.

Of course, don't fall in vigorexia neither. Talk to your trainer or coach about and define  what to do right there where it's really necessary.

7. Live happy doing what you love to do:
Yeah, it looks like a manthra, and actually it is. Nobody reaches the excellence on the field... if dislikes to do what does! In other words, imagine to do the things you don't like to do - would not be a long, slow suicide?

"I'm very happy because I work in that I love, what's playing soccer," Pedro remembers.  "All the people doing the things they love to have a good performance in what they do," he adds.

Remember that it's not the same accomplishing a uncomforting duty for you than acomplishing a kindly, satisfaying duty for you. Nobody won't tell you how to make a difference if you  don't know yourself, don't be exigent to yourself,  don't test yourself, don't be conscius about the talent you've got.

And when is the best moment to start? Well, right now!