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Article #285: 'The Path to Wellness' It's Time To Start a Healthy Life: Your 7 Days Program

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How many times have you gone to sleep at * Aerobic Exercise -- Pick two favorite
night, cursing you'll go to the gym in activities, they could be jogging,
the morning, and then changing your mind boating, biking or cross-country skiing,
just eight hours later because when you whatever fits your lifestyle. Perform 12
get up, you don't feel like exercising? to 15 minutes of the first activity and
While this can happen to the best of us, continue with 10 minutes of the second
it doesn't mean you should drop the ball activity. Cool down during the last five
altogether when it comes to staying fit. minutes.
What people in general need to realize is * Stretching -- Wrap up your exercise
that staying active and Eating right are session by stretching, breathing deeply,
critical for long-term health and relaxing and meditating.
wellness -- and that an ounce of When starting an exercise forecast, it is
prevention is worth a pound of cure. The important to have realistic expectations.
more you know about how your body Depending on your initial fitness level,
responds to your lifestyle choices, the you should expect the following changes
better you can customize a nutrition and early on.
exercise plan that is right for you. When * From one to eight weeks -- Feel better
you Eat well, increase your level of and have more energy.
physical activity, and exercise at the * From two to six months -- Lose size and
proper intensity, you are informing your inches while becoming leaner. Clothes
body that you want to burn a substantial begin to fit more loosely. You are
amount of fuel. This translates to gaining muscle and losing fat.
burning fat more efficiently for energy. * After six months -- Start losing weight
In other words, proper Feeding habits quite quickly and having more sex.
plus exercise equals fast metabolism, Once you make the commitment to exercise
which, in turn gives you more energy several times a week, don't stop there.
throughout the day and allows you to do You should also change your dieting and
more physical work with less effort. or Eating habits,' says Zwiefel. Counting
The true purpose of working-out is to calories or calculating grams and
send a repetitive message to the body percentages for certain nutrients is
asking for improvement in metabolism, impractical. Instead, I suggest these
strength, aerobic capacity and overall easy-to-follow guidelines:
fitness and health. Each time you * Consume several small meals (optimally
exercise, your body responds by upgrading four) and a couple of small snacks
its capabilities to burn fat throughout throughout the day.
the day and night, Exercise doesn't have * Make sure every meal is balanced --
to be intense to work for you, but it incorporate palm-sized proteins like lean
does need to be consistent. meats, fish, egg whites and dairy
I advocate engaging in regular products, fist-sized portions of complex
cardiovascular exercise four times per carbohydrates like whole-wheat bread and
week for 20 to 30 minutes per session, pasta, wild rice, multigrain cereal and
and resistance Teachinging four times per potatoes, and fist-sized portions of
week for 20 to 25 minutes per session. vegetable and fruits.
This balanced approach provides a one-two * Limit your fat intake to only what's
punch, incorporating aerobic exercise to necessary for adequate flavor.
burn fat and deliver more oxygen, and * Drink at least eight 8-oz. glasses of
resistance Training to increase lean body water throughout the day.
mass and burn more calories around the * I also recommend that you take a
block. multi-vitamin each day to ensure.you are
Here's a sample exercise lineup that may getting all the vitamins and minerals
work for you: your body needs.
* Warm Up -- seven to eight minutes of I suppose that's all I can think of for
light aerobic activity intended to now. I should extend my thanks to a
increase blood flow and lubricate and doctor friend of mine. Without him, I
warm-up your tendons and joints. wouldn't be able to write this article,
* Resistance Teaching -- Train all major or keep my sanity.
muscle groups. One to two sets of each Enjoy life, we all deserve it.
exercise. Rest 45 seconds between sets.






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