Archive for January, 2010
The number of Americans that will make fitness and weight loss resolutions in the New Year is about 45% according to statistics. However, stastics show that many of these resolutions will be broken within the first few weeks of the New Year.
Here are some tips to help keep you on track:
- Get a support system. Having a partner to workout with helps to keep you motivated.
- Good Fitness Plan. This includes adding a variety of exercises to your fitness routine. Resistance bands, dumbbells, and stability devices are excellent inexpensive, portable, and versatile strengthening options to incorporate into your workout.
- Hold yourself accountable. Make a schedule and try to stick to it .
- Keep a positive attitude. Your attitude plays a big role. A positive attitude empowers, energizes, and keeps you focused and motivated.
- Use exercise as a stress reliever. Keeping active helps to relieve stress, depression, and anxiety making you look and feel better.
- Most Important! Be patient. It takes time to lose weight and get fit. So don’t get discouraged if you don’t see results right away. Just keep to your plan, and before long exercising will become a habit and those pounds will begin to melt away.
People tend to think of body building equipment as weight machines. Although weight machines are excellent for working specific muscle groups, there’s still a lot of other body building equipment that you can use to help tone and work your muscles.
You’ll definitely need some type of weights to help you with your body building goals as well as a stable weight bench.
An exercise ball is a cheap piece of equipment that can work your ab muscles and make them strong. You simply roll over the ball and perform sit-ups while using the resistance of the ball to work your abs.
Body building equipment doesn’t have to be expensive. You just need to decide on what type of equipment you want.
Is your life packed full of long work hours, kids activities, house cleaning, and yard maintenance? If so, you might think finding time to go to the gym is just one more thing to add to your already overcrowded to-do list. Or maybe gyms aren’t for you or perhaps you see the value of gyms, but you just can’t afford the membership fees.
No matter, there are plenty of ways to fit exercise into your day.
Use your lunch hour for some power walking. Not only is walking good physical exercise, it makes for a nice mental break too.
Clean your house vigorously and more often and think about your movements when you’re cleaning. Make a point of stretching a little further, scrubbing a little harder, and walking back and forth more often.
Work in your garden. It’s a good way to breathe in the fresh air as well as get fit.
When you watch TV, don’t just sit there. Get a resistance band and work your upper and lower body while watching your favorite show. Do some abdominal crunches too.
Part of getting fit also involves eating right. Make a conscious decision to reach for the whole foods instead of refined sugary foods. This will prevent those afternoon and evening slumps. If you’re not tired, you’re likely to be more active.
These are just some ways that you can incorporate exercise into your daily routine. Pick the activities that interest you and get moving.