ABS CHALLENGE-DAY 10
Abs Challenge-Day 10!
Those core muscles will feel the workout after today.
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ABS CHALLENGE-DAY 9
Abs Challenge-Day 9!
Reggie’s Tip: Add two or three weight training sessions on nonconsecutive days to your weekly workouts; everyone naturally gains some fat as they age, but building muscle tone can significantly slow the production of belly fat.
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Don’t Let Negative Thoughts Hold You Back
If you want to lose weight or were told by a health care professional you need to exercise more and eat healthier, remember that negative thoughts hold you back. Changing how you think about something can make all the difference in the world. While you might not be able to fill your bank account or shed extra pounds by simply thinking happy thoughts, you can change your perspective and start to look forward to a healthier lifestyle with anticipation and pleasure. There are a few ways to make striving toward good health more enjoyable.
Make it a friends, couples or group activity.
If you have a best friend, start working out with them. Instead of going to the local coffee shop or bar after work, go to the gym. Get a shot of exercise to clear your brain and get your blood circulating. Instead of going to a show for couples night, make it at the gym for a workout. You’ll both feel better afterward. (Remember that exercising on a regular basis also boosts the sex drive, so it is the prelude to a romantic evening.) It’s been known for a long time that exercising with someone else makes it more enjoyable. While you might have a gripe fest afterward, you’ll both agree it makes you feel great.
Fake it until you can make it.
Those first few days of working out are killers. You feel totally out of place and hurt after each session. There’s no immediate evidence it did any good either. However, you probably will sleep better at night, if that’s any concession. Until you can see the difference, fake it with a smile. When people are learning a new task, or developing new habits, faking it is one way to get through the hard times until you start to see success. Just smile and keep your appointment with the gym.
Make it a game.
Online gaming sites are very popular because everyone loves a challenge. That’s all exercising is. It’s challenging your body to achieve certain things. Setting goals and keeping records of your success helps you keep score of the game. If you could only do two push-ups when you started, see how long it takes before you can do three. Call it leveling up if you must. Before you know it, you’ll forget about the time and the hard work and just focus on achieving the next level.
Don’t worry if you don’t have a workout buddy. Sign up for a group exercise, such as boot camp. Everyone tends to become friends as they workout together at these types of camps. They’re run by personal trainers.
Make sure you have a program designed especially for your level of fitness and needs. It can be discouraging if you’re working out in a group with everyone trying to achieve the same goal. Either you feel left behind or bored. Sign up for a group where you have individualized goals.
Look for the positive. If you’re overweight, focus on inches or pounds lost, not how many you have to go to reach your goal. Notice small things, like not getting winded after climbing a few stairs.
Feel the change in your mood. Exercise is both a stress buster and mood enhancer. Notice how good you feel after you workout and you’ll be hooked on it for life.
ABS CHALLENGE-DAY 7
Abs Challenge-Day 7!
Reggie’s Tip: Core exercises will strengthen your abs, but they won’t eliminate the fat that lies beneath them. To do that, you have to ramp up your overall calorie burn with cardio (running, walking, biking).
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ABS CHALLENGE-DAY 6
Abs Challenge-Day 6! Now it’s starting to get challenging. Stay Strong!
Reggie’s Tip: Research shows people who drink one and a half cups of green tea enriched with a total of 609 milligrams of catechins (a group of antioxidants that have been shown to help burn fat cells) every day for 12 weeks lost almost 16 times as much visceral fat as those who consumed green tea without the added antioxidants.
ABS CHALLENGE-DAY 3
Abs Challenge-Day 3!
Transform those Abs!
Reggie’s Tip: Because you’re trying to burn fat and not train strength, there’s no reason to focus on any part of your body until it hurts. Learn a variety of exercises that can be done with no prep and no equipment (handstands, pushups, squats, wall-walks, situps, etc.), and sprinkle them throughout the day.
ABS CHALLENGE-DAY 2
Day 2 of the 30 Day Abs Challenge.
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Reggie’s Tip: Get at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise at least 5 days a week. Walking counts, as long as it’s brisk enough that you work up a sweat and breathe harder, with your heart rate faster than usual.
ABS CHALLENGE-DAY 1
Day 1 of the 30 Day Abs Challenge.
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Benefits Of 10% Weight Loss
While your overall goal may be to shed 100 pounds or more, simply achieving a 5% to 10% weight loss can reap huge benefits. If you weigh 140 pounds, just losing seven to fourteen pounds can make a difference in your appearance and overall health. Even those with much more weight to lose will benefit from shedding between five to ten percent.
You can lower your blood pressure by shedding between five and ten percent of your weight.
While not all cases of hypertension come from being overweight, between 25 to 30 percent do. When you shed those extra pounds, you’ll also see your blood pressure drop, if you’re part of that 25 to 30 percent. Studies show the average person decreases both the top and lower number of their blood pressure by as much as 5 mm HG. Exercise helps burn off the hormones created by stress, which can also lower your blood pressure. It also replaces them with ones that make you feel good. Adding a healthy diet to the mix, lowers sodium intake, which again lowers your blood pressure.
Losing 5% to 10% of your body weight can help prevent diabetes.
Shedding those extra pounds has been proven to lower the marker Hemoglobin A1C for diabetes by the same amount as medications do. It also helps eliminate insulin resistance. Insulin helps the body to maintain normal levels of blood sugar. Insulin resistance creates high levels of insulin in the blood and that can change hormone levels, hair growth patterns and a number of other problems, as well as being a precursor to diabetes. Losing as little as 5% of your body weight can reverse it.
Reduce the risk of serious diseases caused by inflammation.
Excess fat cells produce substances that result in inflammation of the blood vessels, especially if those cells are on the abdomen. That leads to plaque, clotting and eventually heart attacks and strokes. Losing that 5% to 10% can significantly reduce the amount of inflammatory substances in your blood stream and help protect your cardiovascular system in the process.
You’ll give your joints a vacation with a reduction in your weight. Any weight loss is often noticed in the hips, ankles and knees. Losing one pound reduces the pressure on the knees by four pounds, according to a 2005 study involving obese adults with osteoarthritis.
The first weight you lose tends to be belly fat. This fat puts pressure on internal organs and may even set the course for other serious conditions, such as colon or breast cancer or cardiovascular disease.
Losing weight also involves eating healthier and exercising. Both of these have proven benefits for the body.
You’ll improve your posture if you exercise as part of your weight loss program. Not only will you look better, you’ll feel better too. Everything works better with improved posture.