PHYSICAL FITNESS

 

                                 LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS

                   FOR YOU TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN HIGH LEVESL OF PHYSICAL FITNESS REQUIRES A LIFETIME OF SELF-DISCIPLINE AND WILL POWER. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT PHYSICAL FITNESS IS ITS OWN REWARD. NOT ONLY DO YOU FEEL GOOD WHILE YOU ARE EXERCISING, BUT YOU FEEL WONDERFUL ABOUT YOURSELF THE REST OF THE TIME.

                      IF YOUR GOAL IS TO LIVE A LONG, HEALTHY, HAPPY LIFE AND TO FIT AND TRIM PHYSICALLY, THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR REGULAR EXERCISE. FORTUNATELY, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TRAIN FOR THE OLYMPICS OR A TRIATHLON TO ENJOY  SUPERB LEVELS OF PHYSICAL WELL-BEING. BY BUILDING EXERCISE AND PHYSICAL TRAINING INTO YOUR DAILY ROUTINE YOU CAN ACHIEVE PHYSICAL FITNESS  JUST BY MAKING A FEW SMALL MODIFICATIONS TO YOUR LIEFSTLYLE.

                                                   LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS

                     PHYSICAL FITNESS SPECIALISTS GENERALLY AGREE THAT YOU NEED TO EXERCISE 200 - 300 MINUTES PER WEEK TO ENJOY THE MAXIMUM LEVELS OF PHYSICAL WELL-BEING THAT ARE POSSIBLE FOR YOU. THIS MEANS THAT YOU NEED TO EXERCISE BETWEEN THIRTY AND SIXTY MINUTES, FIVE TO SEVEN TIMES EACH WEEK.

                      AT THE LOW END, IF YOU SIMPLY WENT FOR A THIRTY-MINUTE WALK EACH MORNING BEFORE YOU STARTED OFF FOR WORK OR EACH  EVENING WHEN YOU GOT HOME FROM WORK AS WELL AS EACH WEEKEND DAY, YOU WOULD BE ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY.

                      IF YOU INCREASE YOUR EXERCISE LEVEL OF SIXTY MINUTES EACH TIME, FIVE TIMES PER WEEK, YOU WILL BE IN THE TOP 1 OR 2 PERCENT OF PHYSICALLY FIT PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY.

                                                GET STARTED FIRST THING

                         THE BEST TIME TO EXERCISE IS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. PEOPLE WHO GET UP EACH MORNING AND EXERCISE FOR THIRTY TO SIXTY MINUTES ARE MUCH  MORE LIKELY TO MAKE EXERCISE A PERMANENT PART OF THEIR ROUTINE.

                      ON THE OTHER HAND, PEOPLE WHO PUT OFF EXERCISING UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY, UNTIL AFTER WORK, ALMOST INVARIABLY FIND THAT THEY ARE TOO TIRED OR HAVE TOO MANY OTHER THINGS TO DO.

                       THEY PROCRASTINATE ON EXERCISING UNTIL ANOTHER DAY, WHICH OFTEN NEVER COMES.

                         IT TAKES TREMENDOUS DISCIPLINE TO GET INTO AND FOLLOWA REGULAR EXERCISE ROUTINE. BUT IT IS EASIER IF YOU CAN DISCIPLINE YOURSELF TO GET UP IN THE MORNING AND START EXERCISING IMMEDIATELY.

                                                             TRICK YOURSELF

                       MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, TRICK THEMSELVES INTO EXERCISING IN THE MORNING BY PUTTING THEIR EXERCISE CLOTHES RIGHT NEXT TOTHE BED SO THAT TRIP OVER THEM WHEN THEY GET UP. BEFORE THEY ARE EVEN AWAKE, THEY FIND THEMSELVES PULLING ON THEIR EXERCISE CLOTHES AND RUNNING SHOES AND STARTING OFF AROUND THE BLOCK. BEFORE THEY EVEN KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED, THEY ARE HALFWAY INTO THEIR EXERCISE ROUTINE, THEIR HEART RATE IS UP, THEIR LUNGS ARE PUFFING AWAY, AND THEY ARE FEELING GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES.

                          WHENEVER PEOPLE COME BACK FROM A MORNING RUN OR ANY OTHE FORM OF MORNING EXERCISE, THEY ARE ALWAYS HAPPY AND SMILING. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE "EXERCISE EFFECT" THAT KICKS IN AFTER TWENTY-FIVE OR THIRTY MINUTES. THEIR BRAINS RELEASE ENDORPHINS AND THEY FEEL EXHILARATED.

                                              INCREASE YOUR INTELLIGENCE

                        PEOPLE WHO ENGAGE IN AEROBIC EXERCISE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE BRIGHTER, MORE CREATIVE, AND MORE INTELLIGENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THEY ACTUALLY SCORE HIGHER ON INTELLIGENCE TESTS, AND THEY SEEM TO COME UP WITH MORE IDEAS TO HELP THEM TO THEIR WORK BETTER DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY.

                        THE REASON FOR THIS IS OBVIOUS. WHEN YOU ENGAGE IN AEROBIC EXERCISE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, YOU DRIVE HYPER-OXYGENATED BLOOD INTO YOUR CEREBRAL CONRTEX, THE PART OF YOUR BRAIN THAT YOU USE FOR THINKING, ANALYZING, AND DECISION MAKING. THIS MAKES YOU WIDE-AWAKE AND ALERT FROM FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND THEN FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTERWARD.

                         WHEN YOU EXERCISE AS SOON AS YOU GET UP, YOU KICK YOUR METABOLIC RATE INTO A HIGHER GEAR. AS A RESULT,  YOUR BODY CONTINUES TO BURN CALORIES ALL DAY LONG. YOU CONTINUE TO LOSE WEIGHT FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER EXERCISING.

                       WHEN YOU EXERCISE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING OR ANYTIME DURING THE DAY, YOU BECOME HUNGRY. HOWEVER, BECAUSE YOU ARE WORKING OUT YOUR BODY BODY IN SUCH A HEALTHY WAY, YOU WILL HAVE A NATURAL APPERITE FOR HEALTHY FOODS. YOU WILL HAVE LITTLE OR NO DESIRE FOR SWEET FOODS OR DESSERTS.

                                MAKE EXERCISE A PART OF YOUR LIFESTYLE

                   ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS IS TO JOIN A GYM OR A HEALTH CLUB AND ATTEND REGULAR EXERCISE CLASSESS. YOU CAN EVEN PAY A LITTLE MORE AND GET YOURSELF A PERSONAL TRAINER WHO PUTS YOU THROUGH AN EXERCISE REGIMEN THREE OR MORE TIMES EACH WEEK.

                      YOU ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO DISCIPLINE YOURSELF TO START AND MAINTAIN A FITNESS ROUTINE IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS EXPECTING YOU TO BE AT A CLASS OR MONITORING YOU ON A REGULAR BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU FOLLOW THE EXERCISE PROGRAM TO WHICH YOU COMMITTED.

                   MANY PEOPLE TODAY ARE HIRING PERSONAL TRAINERS. EITHER A PERSONAL TRAINER CAN COME TO YOUR HOME OR PLACE OF WORK OR YOU CAN GO TO A GYM THAT HAS PERSONAL TRAINERS ON STAFF WHO WILL WORK WITH YOU ON THE SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT YOU WANT TO USE.

                 PEOPLE WHO USE PERSONAL TRAINERS ARE ALMOST UNIVERSALLY DELIGHTED WITH THE RESULTS. THEY FIND THAT BEING ACCOUNTABLE TO A TRAINER EXERTS A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THEM, CAUSING THEM TO EAT LESS SO THEY HAVE LESS WEIGHT TO BURN OFF AND TO WORK HARDER WHEN THEY EXERCISE SO THAT THEY CAN EARN THE APPROVAL OF THE TRAINER.

                                                   JOIN AN ORGANIZED SPORT

                             ORGANIZED SPORTS ARE A WONDERFUL WAY TO ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN HIGH LEVES OF PHYSICAL FITNESS. THEY ARE FAR MORE DEMANDING IN TERMS OF TIME AND SCHEDULE, BUT THE PAYOFF IS OFTEN EXTRAORDINARY.

                         IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF A SPORT LEAGUE - WHETHER THAT BE BASEBALL, TENNIS, FOOTBALL, SOCCER, RACQUETBALL, OR ANYTHING ELSE - AND YOU HAVE A COACH OR TRAINER THAT YOU WORK ITH ON A REGULAR BASIS, YOU TEND TO BE MORE FOCUSED AND DISCIPLINED. YOU WILL EXERCISE MORE OFTEN AND MORE VIGOROUSLY, AND YOU WILL BE FILTER AND TRIMMER THAN MOST OTHER PEOPLE.

                   

                                             DEVELOP NEW BETTER HABITS

                   UNFORTUNATELY, PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS TRAINING REQUIRE SUCH HIGH LEVELS OF DISCIPLINE, AND FEW PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF STARTING AND CONTINUING THIS KIND OF EXERCISE REGIMEN. FOR BETTER OR WORSE, WHATEVER YOU DO REPEATEDLY BECOMES A HABIT, AND MANY PEOPLE GET OUT OF THE HABIT OF REGULAR EXERCISE AND NEVER GO BACK.

                    FORTUNATELY, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE. AT ANY TIME, YOU CAN DECIDE THAT YOU GOING TO ENJOY HIGH LEVELS OF PHYSICAL FITNESS. YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION, RIGHT NOW, TO START A PHYSICAL FITNESS ROUTINE OF SOME KIND AND THEN SET IT AS A PERSONAL TEST OR CHALLENGE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE THE WILL POWER AND DISCIPLINE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON YOUR RESOLUTION.