Saturday, October 20, 2012

To Help Your Family You Need A Fitness Plan

To Help Your Family You Need A Fitness Plan


by James Steele


The obesity in America has been a topic of concern for a lot of years by the professionals in the health care industry. Younger people in other Western nations are becoming more obese, which is a disturbing trend. A parent can speak to their children all they want, but normally children follow what their parents do most of the time. A good fitness program should be a regular part of the lives of all people, but for most, it is too much work. Another challenge is instilling the value of fitness in the minds of your children. There are many suggestions that can be offered on this timely subject, but this article will only focus on a couple.

No matter what kind of situation you put your body into - including a vigorous workout - it has to acclimate to the conditions. One of the main things you can do to prevent injury is to warm up and cool down with simple aerobics, or walking, and by gently stretching out all your main muscle groups. You can easily warm up your body by walking briskly for 10 minutes or doing a few aerobic routines. Once your heart rate has increased, give all your major muscle groups a good stretch. After warming up sufficiently, gradually lead into your fitness program. After you are finished, you want to let your body cool down while doing some light stretching. Doing both of these will prevent your muscles and supporting tendons and ligaments from being shocked and possibly damaged.

What you do for exercise will determine how much you tear down your body. This, of course, means that you need to space your workouts to allow adequate time for your muscles to repair themselves.

If you exercise outside in the elements, then do pay attention to the weather conditions. This falls under "preventative action" so you don't run into problems. You will be prepared ahead of time and protected from whatever the weather holds. For instance, there are steps you should take to protect yourself when it's very cold or extremely hot. During winter months, always wear a warm ski cap when exercising outside such as long distance running or even walking. Your head is where most of your body heat leaves your body when you are in the cold and you don't have your head covered. Therefore, you will use more energy to keep warm instead of having it available for your workout.

A bad habit can be replaced by a good habit if that is what you want, and fitness programs are the same. You need to keep trying unless you are giving up on your quality of life. Negativity, especially towards yourself, will only make things worse and harder to change. Take your life and consider what you are doing, and then replace things you don't want with things you like. One reason people have a hard time remaining motivated is because they expect results too quickly. You will also become more dedicated once you begin seeing positive results.




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