Consistency Is Key
No matter what the goal or how great the workout, if you want to get fit, consistency is key for success. How many times have you tried on clothing and not been happy with the appearance, only to vow to get back into shape. That enthusiasm wanes after a few weeks and instead of working out every other day, you start to skip days, then weeks. You might have a week where you’re back on track, but it’s like starting from scratch, since you took a break. Try doing something every day at the same time to help you get fit. It’s all about developing a habit.
Have you ever crammed for exams, but found it just didn’t work?
With some exams, particularly when you’re familiar with the information, cramming the night before works. It’s not that way with fitness. Getting fit by cramming hours at the gym in one week is like cramming for a math exam. It takes consistent effort, not one magical night. If you do marathon workouts once a month, you’ll be doing more to harm your body than help it. You simply can’t make up for lost hours in the gym in one day. It can actually cause injury.
Make your workout a priority and schedule it daily.
You brush your teeth in the morning and take a shower or a bath, it is part of your day. The same should be true of your workout. It should be ingrained enough in your life that you’d feel uncomfortable if you miss it. Working out the same time every day makes it part of your pattern. It doesn’t matter whether you workout after work, in the morning or at lunch, just be consistent.
When you workout consistently, you maintain the gains and make improvements.
You need to work all three areas of fitness, endurance, strength and flexibility. Think of every workout as a building block to create the body you want. When you miss a day, imagine one of those blocks being carried away and you’ll understand why a daily workout is necessary. Missing a workout or two can put you back further and prevent you from achieving your next goal or fitness level.
- You don’t have to worry about travel or a busy schedule interrupting your fitness regimen. My online fitness routines lets you workout anywhere, anytime you need it. You can even break your workout into three sessions throughout the day.
- You’ll actually miss your workout the longer you exercise regularly. It gives you a boost of energy and a feeling of satisfaction when you’re done.
- Don’t forget about eating healthier. It’s an extremely important part of your day and fitness goal. While you occasionally can indulge in your favorite junk food, don’t make it too often and keep portion control in mind.
- When you skip days at the gym or do a marathon workout to catch up, you increase the potential of injury. If you’re doing strength training, always give your body a day or two of rest between strength-training sessions. You can work on flexibility and endurance other days.
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If you’ve heard about how healthy a juice cleanse is, you may be listening to the proponents that believe it helps detox the body of harmful chemicals. Others may use juice cleansing as a way to start a program of healthier eating and preparing for cutting calories. A juice cleanse can be ongoing, choosing to drink only fruit juice, vegetable juice and water for three days a week, instead a one time option. The type of juice is normally made from organic fruits and vegetables and made at home. It isn’t from processed juices found on the grocery shelves.
Everyone in Houston, TX, has ample opportunities to eat unhealthy foods, which are often labeled processed food. That’s because it’s the easiest way to describe them. But not all processed foods are bad for you. When you read processed food, you often think of the junk food aisle and chips, pork rinds, burgers and fries come to mind. Not all processed foods are bad. In fact, some of the healthiest processed foods should be included in your diet. Processing can include everything from cleaning and freezing food, to highly processed that contain ingredients that look like they came out of a chemistry lab.
If you’re exercising and improving your fitness, it’s good for your health and can reduce the risk of many diseases, including diabetes and heart disease. However, to create a health-focused workout plan, rather than a plan simply to get those curves and muscles you want, you need to focus on things like injury prevention, movement and longevity. It’s called functional fitness and requires that you work on endurance, strength, balance and flexibility. It will help you as you age and even slow the aging process, too.
Whether you workout with me in person in Houston, TX, or opt for the online option, you know I focus on looking good, while getting fit and healthier. One good side effect of a healthy lifestyle that helps you look your best is improved cognitive functioning. Not only does exercise enhance your brain power, there are foods that help boost your memory. You don’t have to be old to want to improve cognitive functioning and memory.
I have had clients at RC Fitness in Houston, TX, who put on weight easily and are overweight. They find it hard to take off those extra pounds. It’s not that they eat more than others. It’s that they have a hormone imbalance, which makes it harder. If you feel like you’re trying your hardest to shed those extra pounds, but your body is fighting harder to keep them, that may be the case. You can control many of the factors when you know what to do. Hormonal imbalances make it especially hard for women going through menopause, when hormone levels are regularly changing. There are ways to identify the problem and control it.
If you want to flatten your stomach, you need to work several muscle groups. People normally think specifically about the abs when they think a flat stomach, but other core muscles are also important. Not only are strong core muscles important for a flat stomach, but also to improve your balance, prevent backache and help you achieve your fitness goals. However, no matter how strong your core muscles and abs are, if you have a layer of fat on your belly, nobody will see how flat they are. That makes a healthy diet and weight loss important.
Those sweet treats and delicacies may look fantastic and taste that way, too, but they could be killing you in the process. They’re loaded with sugar and too much sugar can be dangerous to your health. That doesn’t mean you have to give them up entirely. An occasional treat won’t create lasting harm for most healthy people. However, there are dire consequences for eating food heavily laden with sugar on a regular basis. To make matters worse, sugar is in just about everything you find on the grocery shelf. It may be called corn syrup, dextrose or high fructose corn syrup, but it doesn’t make it any better for your health.
I focus a lot on appearance at RC Fitness in Houston, Tx, but every workout and dietary recommendation is also designed to make you healthier. Many of the recommendations help regulate hormones and hormones affect your health, while also affecting your weight and metabolism. People often associate hormones with estrogen and testosterone, which are associated with sexuality. However, they’re more than that. They are chemical messengers that help the body to function at its best. They control everything from your mood to your body temperature and weight.
While there’s a generalization that processed foods are bad for you, it’s just that, a generalization. There are foods that are processed that not only could be in your menu, but should be. The definition of processing is food that is cooked, canned, frozen, milled or dehydrated. Processing does many things. It can lower the nutritional value of food. It can also be loaded with unhealthy additions, which include preservatives, sodium and added sugar. Those are the true culprits of processed food, so reading the label is imperative.