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Setting Your Plan
I am behind on posting the next step in planning your fitness program. In the meanwhile, enjoy this video on several programs I use to maintain my fitness. I will update this entry soon.
I am an Independent Beachbody Coach. For additional information go to my webpage at www.teambeachbody.com/thx1138
Friday, June 27, 2008
Setting Fitness Goals
If you are just starting a fitness or exercise program, you need to take a few preliminary steps to make certain you undertake a program that will work for you. Starting with goals will help you stick to a fitness regime over the coming months.
The first step is to assess your current health situation. While most people will benefit from an exercise program, picking the wrong program may do more harm than good. For example, if you have bad knees, then running might not work for you in the beginning stages, but swimming would be ideal. If you have health issues, then get your doctor’s recommendation and input in designing a program that will help improve your health (in fact, even healthy people should consult their doctor before starting an exercise program).
Another benefit of seeing your doctor before you start a program is that you will establish a measurement baseline with your current weight, blood pressure, heart rate and blood chemistry, which you can use to set goals. Most fitness programs will help you improve your blood pressure, reduce weight, and help lower LDL, the bad cholesterol, and raise the HDL (good cholesterol) in your blood, among the many positive changes. Knowing your start point will help motivate you when you see the positive changes that occur during the coming months or make program modifications if you don’t see changes.
Also, another important benchmark to record is your waist, hip, & chest measurements. Your body measurements are a quick guide to how well an exercise program is working. If you have followed Dr. Oz on Oprah you know he talks about waist sizes, over 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women, being a risk predictor for heart attacks and other health problems.
Once you know the baseline measurements you can determine your goals for your program. Are you overweight? Is your waist size too large? Do you have high blood pressure?
For example, you might want to lose 15 pounds and take 4 inches off your waist while lowering your blood pressure from 130/95 to 115/80. Now you have a fitness goal without a plan. Next time we will talk about taking the goals and coming up with the tactical plan to reach your goals.
I am an Independent Beachbody Coach. For additional information go to my webpage at www.teambeachbody.com/thx1138
Play the Free Million Dollar Body Game for a chance to win daily prizes of up to $1000.
The first step is to assess your current health situation. While most people will benefit from an exercise program, picking the wrong program may do more harm than good. For example, if you have bad knees, then running might not work for you in the beginning stages, but swimming would be ideal. If you have health issues, then get your doctor’s recommendation and input in designing a program that will help improve your health (in fact, even healthy people should consult their doctor before starting an exercise program).
Another benefit of seeing your doctor before you start a program is that you will establish a measurement baseline with your current weight, blood pressure, heart rate and blood chemistry, which you can use to set goals. Most fitness programs will help you improve your blood pressure, reduce weight, and help lower LDL, the bad cholesterol, and raise the HDL (good cholesterol) in your blood, among the many positive changes. Knowing your start point will help motivate you when you see the positive changes that occur during the coming months or make program modifications if you don’t see changes.
Also, another important benchmark to record is your waist, hip, & chest measurements. Your body measurements are a quick guide to how well an exercise program is working. If you have followed Dr. Oz on Oprah you know he talks about waist sizes, over 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women, being a risk predictor for heart attacks and other health problems.
Once you know the baseline measurements you can determine your goals for your program. Are you overweight? Is your waist size too large? Do you have high blood pressure?
For example, you might want to lose 15 pounds and take 4 inches off your waist while lowering your blood pressure from 130/95 to 115/80. Now you have a fitness goal without a plan. Next time we will talk about taking the goals and coming up with the tactical plan to reach your goals.
I am an Independent Beachbody Coach. For additional information go to my webpage at www.teambeachbody.com/thx1138
Play the Free Million Dollar Body Game for a chance to win daily prizes of up to $1000.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Welcome
Welcome to the SuperFitnessNow blog where each post will feature information on fitness, dieting and health related issues for beginners to experts.
Today's topic will discuss getting started in fitness. Many people I work with every day express an interest in fitness or diet programs, but claim they cannot seem to get started. The most common reason for not starting a fitness program is lack of time. But the truth is every one has the same amount of time each day, we just need to manage our time to include 30 minutes per day for an exercise program.
The best way to start exercising is to do it in small chunks. Start with a five minute walk in the morning. A five minute walk at a moderate pace will cover about a quarter mile. Then walk five minutes at lunch, take a five minute afternoon walk, followed by an after dinner five minute walk. With chunking, you will have walked about 1 mile in 20 minutes. Each day add a minute to each walk and before you know it you will be walking 30 to 40 minutes per day. Over several weeks you will be able to walk faster and cover about 2 miles in 30 minutes.
Today's topic will discuss getting started in fitness. Many people I work with every day express an interest in fitness or diet programs, but claim they cannot seem to get started. The most common reason for not starting a fitness program is lack of time. But the truth is every one has the same amount of time each day, we just need to manage our time to include 30 minutes per day for an exercise program.
The best way to start exercising is to do it in small chunks. Start with a five minute walk in the morning. A five minute walk at a moderate pace will cover about a quarter mile. Then walk five minutes at lunch, take a five minute afternoon walk, followed by an after dinner five minute walk. With chunking, you will have walked about 1 mile in 20 minutes. Each day add a minute to each walk and before you know it you will be walking 30 to 40 minutes per day. Over several weeks you will be able to walk faster and cover about 2 miles in 30 minutes.
I am an Independent Beachbody Coach. For additional information go to my webpage at www.teambeachbody.com/thx1138
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