Fitness Expert Says New Years Fitness Resolutions are a Collosal Waste of Time
Destin, FL (ContentDesk) December 23, 2005 -- Every January, millions of Americans flock to the gym to begin their annual pilgrimage towards inevitable fitness failure. The majority of people when asked what their New Years resolutions will be for 2005 proudly state that getting into shape or losing weight, yet again will top their lists. Enjoying a healthy, happy and fit lifestyle is a year-long adventure, not something people should half heartedly jump into because your best friend or spouse decides to. The biggest fad in fitness isnt a powder pill or crazy abdominal toy, its the New Years fitness resolution , said Geoff Kalmbach, a leading fitness expert based out of Destin. He went on to add: "Too many people get resolution confused with commitment. Fitness resolutions are nothing more than appointments that can be canceled and rescheduled without a second thought .Kalmbach believes there are several factors contributing to our sub par success rate.-- Choosing the first Monday (Jan.2nd) as a start date.
Most people will enjoy a few cocktails and all types of incredible foods throughout the day and night on Saturday and Sunday. This certainly doesnt bode well for the first leg of your fitness program.-- Not setting a goal or even worse, setting an unobtainable goal.-- Waiting until the New Year to begin in the first place. -- Showing absolutely no discipline. Im getting it all out of my system this weekend, but come Monday my resolution begins .-- Choosing a program on your actual start date, instead of having a program in place ready to incorporate.Geoff offers up the following suggestions to ensure fitness success.1) Instead of a starting date, have a starting week. This will give you a chance to iron out the bugs, and see how it all will fit day to day.
Use the first week to develop a schedule for meals and best times for workouts, and always keep a daily fitness journal to record meals.2) Not setting a goal is the equivalent to playing golf, and never shooting at the flag. You MUST have daily, weekly, 1, 3 and 6 month goals. Be sure your goals are specific to you and your schedule and more importantly keep them realistic, none of that 20 pounds in two weeks garbage like you see in all the magazines and TV. 3) There is no better time to start working out than today. Whether it be a Monday, Wednesday, Sunday, December, January, or February.
The best time to start working out is the day you choose to begin. If you can only workout three times weekly make sure you choose a program that calls for three workouts weekly as opposed to five.4) Showing some discipline during
New Years celebrations goes a long way in helping you phycologically down the road. If you exhibit
restraint during the most gluttonous days of the year then there is no reason why you cant do it in any other time of the year.5) Keep it simple and fun. Exercise is easy so there is no reason to make it difficult. If you loathe the workout your obviously not going to stick with it and you know what that means.
Another fitness resolution for 2007..
Muscle Fitness ? Can Yoga Make You Stronger?
Many people wonder if yoga can improve their muscle fitness. They recognize that yoga can help reduce stress and increase flexibility, but when it comes to increasing muscle fitness, they think it might be a little too 'weak' to do the job. The fact is that yoga can definitely make you stronger.A study was conducted at the University of California at Davis. Ten college 'coach potatoes' adopted a yoga routine for eight weeks. Each week, they attended from two to four classes during which they spent 10 minutes on breath control, 15 minutes of warm up exercises, 50 minutes doing yoga asanas, and then 10 minutes of relaxation/mediation.
At the end of the eight-week period, the researchers measured the students' fitness and discovered that their muscular strength had increased by up to 31%, their muscular endurance improved by 57%, their flexibility increased by 188%, and their cardio respiratory fitness improved by 7%. These results are pretty amazing when you consider that the study...
Muscle Fitness ? Can Yoga Make You Stronger?
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Functional Fitness for 2006
The New Year has brought with it some drastic shifts in the fitness industry. What was hot and trendy in 2005 isn't necessarily still giving off the same steam in 2006. Fitness in 2006 is no-nonsense! Functional fitness marks the return of many tied and true fitness trends that are hardly worthy of the term "trend" at all. Rather, these fitness tactics have proven themselves time and time again:
Functional Workouts ? You're bound to hear a great deal of the term "functional training" this year. This refers to any workout that transcends into our everyday activities.
Examples of functional exercise include sport-specific training (for novice athletes or weekend warriors), core training and multi-muscle moves that target the muscles we use regularly.
Short Effective Workouts ? We're demanding shorter total body workouts. Examples include fitness classes like - cardio-pump and cardio-resistance training fusion workouts such as Boxercise with weighted...
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