Get Fit - Develop a Fitness Activity Plan That Will Work For You
In the spring we celebrate spring and other new beginnings.
The weather starts to get warmer and we get more involved in outdoor activities again.
We also begin to shed some of the heavy layers of winter clothes, which often reveals more of our figure and the fact that we may have put on a few pounds.
Usually by now, the New Year's resolutions that we set a few months back have been long forgotten.
But there's no reason to give up on your goals.
Dust off those discarded resolutions and revise them so that they are actually achievable.
If you want to get active to improve your health and maybe even lose a few pounds, then you must develop a plan-and stick with it.
There is a basic secret to weight loss that works every time without fail.
If you eat fewer calories, and increase your activity level then you will lose weight.
The trick is in finding the balance between eating a healthy, lower calorie diet and consistently maintaining a level of exercise that burns off the excess weight that our bodies have stored over time.
You must find a form of exercise that you really enjoy so that you will stick with it long enough to see some results.
Along the way the results that you achieve will help to motivate you and fuel your resolve to continue on with your fitness plan so that you can reach your fitness and weight loss goals.
If you are morbidly obese, if it's been a long time since you've been active, or if you are recovering from an injury or a painful physical condition, then you will want to begin slowly and start to build up your activity level a little bit at a time.
Please make sure that you always consult with your doctor before you begin any new weight loss or fitness activity to make sure that what you are doing is safe for your body in your current state of health.
Since our objective is to make sure that you find a fitness activity that will work for you and that you will stick with consistently, it must be an activity that you enjoy.
oRunning is a great way to burn calories, improve your cardiovascular health, and rev up your metabolism, but if you are more than 20 pounds overweight and have been sedentary for awhile, you don't want to start off running.
oWalking is a great activity that most able-bodied people can do.
Walking at a moderate pace helps you burn extra calories, improve your cardiovascular fitness and increase your metabolism.
oSwimming is another excellent form of exercise, but without the additional wear and tear on your joints.
oSports activities such as golf, tennis, softball, kickball can all help you burn those extra calories and have fun while doing it.
oWeight lifting is the most effective way to burn calories, increase muscle mass and strength, raise metabolic activity, and increase cardiovascular fitness, but its recommended that you schedule a session with a personal trainer to get you started on your weight lifting routine to avoid injury and over-training.
oFind a partner who has similar goals so that the two of you can work together to reach your fitness and weight loss goals.
When you are ready to sit down and develop your fitness plan here are a few web sites that offer free resources to help you get going and stick with your new lifestyle choices: Free Training Plans freetrainers.
com 12 Weeks to Weight Loss exercise.
about.
com Free Diet Plans: freedieting.
com In this season when everything is new again, make a fresh start towards your health and fitness goals by choosing a fitness activity plan that you can stick with.
Then you will be more likely to achieve the goals that you have set for yourself.
Get active and stay active and your health and sense of well-being will improve beyond your wildest dreams.
The weather starts to get warmer and we get more involved in outdoor activities again.
We also begin to shed some of the heavy layers of winter clothes, which often reveals more of our figure and the fact that we may have put on a few pounds.
Usually by now, the New Year's resolutions that we set a few months back have been long forgotten.
But there's no reason to give up on your goals.
Dust off those discarded resolutions and revise them so that they are actually achievable.
If you want to get active to improve your health and maybe even lose a few pounds, then you must develop a plan-and stick with it.
There is a basic secret to weight loss that works every time without fail.
If you eat fewer calories, and increase your activity level then you will lose weight.
The trick is in finding the balance between eating a healthy, lower calorie diet and consistently maintaining a level of exercise that burns off the excess weight that our bodies have stored over time.
You must find a form of exercise that you really enjoy so that you will stick with it long enough to see some results.
Along the way the results that you achieve will help to motivate you and fuel your resolve to continue on with your fitness plan so that you can reach your fitness and weight loss goals.
If you are morbidly obese, if it's been a long time since you've been active, or if you are recovering from an injury or a painful physical condition, then you will want to begin slowly and start to build up your activity level a little bit at a time.
Please make sure that you always consult with your doctor before you begin any new weight loss or fitness activity to make sure that what you are doing is safe for your body in your current state of health.
Since our objective is to make sure that you find a fitness activity that will work for you and that you will stick with consistently, it must be an activity that you enjoy.
oRunning is a great way to burn calories, improve your cardiovascular health, and rev up your metabolism, but if you are more than 20 pounds overweight and have been sedentary for awhile, you don't want to start off running.
oWalking is a great activity that most able-bodied people can do.
Walking at a moderate pace helps you burn extra calories, improve your cardiovascular fitness and increase your metabolism.
oSwimming is another excellent form of exercise, but without the additional wear and tear on your joints.
oSports activities such as golf, tennis, softball, kickball can all help you burn those extra calories and have fun while doing it.
oWeight lifting is the most effective way to burn calories, increase muscle mass and strength, raise metabolic activity, and increase cardiovascular fitness, but its recommended that you schedule a session with a personal trainer to get you started on your weight lifting routine to avoid injury and over-training.
oFind a partner who has similar goals so that the two of you can work together to reach your fitness and weight loss goals.
When you are ready to sit down and develop your fitness plan here are a few web sites that offer free resources to help you get going and stick with your new lifestyle choices: Free Training Plans freetrainers.
com 12 Weeks to Weight Loss exercise.
about.
com Free Diet Plans: freedieting.
com In this season when everything is new again, make a fresh start towards your health and fitness goals by choosing a fitness activity plan that you can stick with.
Then you will be more likely to achieve the goals that you have set for yourself.
Get active and stay active and your health and sense of well-being will improve beyond your wildest dreams.
