Fitness Tip & Trick # 6: Goal Setting Set one goal at a time. Lets just agree that we are all better off if we focus on 1 thing at a time! I mean, who is seriously good at juggling a bunch of totally new things all at once? The biggest goal setting mistake is to try to change everything at once - this never ends all that well. Saying "I'm going to move more" then mastering that after mastering that...
Keep A Food Journal - Fitness Tip & Trick #5 Seems simple enough. Trust me it is. We are all busy with our normal day to day stuff and we don't focus enough on what we eat and drink. We often eat too much or too little, and most of us don't drink enough water but we think we do. Keep a food journal. Don't have time or don't think its easy. Well, if writing down what you eat and...
#4 Track Your Workouts In Your Workout Journal! Are you progressing toward your fitness and training goals? You need a fitness journal or some type of record keeping for your training and workouts! How would you know if you are just going by memory and how you feel? How many days did you workout last month? If you have a lot going on in your life, or even just a few things, remembering what you did yesterday can be...
Start Your Day With Water! Get more water in your body! What's the easiest way to make that happen? Be sure the first thing you do when you wake up is Drink a big glass! The male human body is about 50% to 65% water while the female body is about 45% to 60%and muscles contain about 75%. Get more of it into your body and it will thank you! Here are just a few benefits of drinking water and being properly...
Do Not Fear Carbohydrates! - Fitness Tip & Trick #2 Possibly fear eating too many of the starchy kind of carbohydrates, but that could be said for anything! Eating too many carbs beyond your body's needs causes your body to store them as fat. Storing food as Fat is a concept goes back thousands of years so nothing you do about it is going to change that. Our ancestors needed to store food because they were hunters and gatherers. Nowadays we...
Focus on your sleep - Fitness Trick & Tip #1 It seems like a simple "no brainer" but let me tell ya, this is way more complicated that it seems. Why is it so dang hard to just get a good amount of sleep each night? And, If I knew the answer to that I would be a billionaire! Everyone is a little different. Some need 8 hours, some only 6 hours. I need about 6 to 6.5 hours regularly....
Got Aches & Pains? Help Yourself - Move Around, Even If You Don't Want To. Are you currently or have you ever been sore, stiff, tight, inflamed, aches & pains? Do you know someone who suffers from a chronic inflammatory disease? Here is something near and dear to many of us, and unfortunately its common to forget about this little nugget of knowledge. Move!! Even if its difficult to because of Aches & Pains. As difficult as it is sometimes, the...
Importance of Stretching Without re-inventing the wheel, I thought I would share something that many of us do not spend enough time doing...STRETCHING! No, it wont burn a bunch of calories, or build a bunch of muscle directly. It doesn't taste good - or bad for that matter. However, because you will feel good, reduce your risk of injury, and help your body recover it will help you to continue to burn those calories, build that muscle, and help you to keep...
Which Workout Is Best For You? Do you lift weights or do strength training? Why are your workouts set up the way they are? Do you follow a program? If so, from where? A magazine? Website? Do you have a trainer, or workout partner? If you are over 30 please don't tell me you still workout the same way you did in high school or college. How Should You Be Working Out Then? There are many non-perfect answers to that...
Are You Lost? Are you looking for something? You might need a personal trainer. Are you looking for a way to lose weight? Lose Fat? Get in better shape? Feel Better? All of the above? If you are lost, try not to find the answers to your questions online. The reality is you are just going to be more confused than you already were by the time you get finished trying to do any "research" and using the word "research" gives...
