Exercise Makes You Look And Feel Happy

Did you know that exercise not only makes you fit and healthy, but it also makes you look and feel happy.

Exercise helps in the normal production of serotonin in our brain to helps us feel happier about ourselves.

Recent studies have concluded that the serotoninergic system (the system responsible for producing serotonin in our brain) is known to modulate mood, emotion, sleep and appetite and thus is implicated in the control of numerous behavioural and physiological functions.

So give exercise a fair go to enjoy the effects it has installed for you.

Eat Well To Fuel Your Active Body

Eating well is vital to fuelling your body for physical exercise. “I am eating well during the day”, you say. Well, are you eating at least 5 times per day? Feeding your body excess amounts of food only 3 times, and sometimes 2 times per day just won’t cut it.

Whilst you exercise, it is absolutely important to feed your body the right nutrients at the right time to promote your metabolic system as well as promoting your megabolic system.

Exercise will burn the fat but you need to feed the muscle in order to have it grow and create the furnace to burn the fat.

I have researched the typical diet required for those involved in some form of physical exercise. I will give you a couple of examples of what diet I have been trying to follow. Let me tell you, there will be consequences, however. You will burn fat and build muscle. Well that is a consequence that I can live with.

Breakfast 1

35 grams of protein blend

3 pieces whole wheat toast

500ml of juice

Mid Morning 1

1 can of tuna

2 cups of rice

Lunchtime 1

2peanut butter sandwiches

2 pieces of fruit

200g green vegetables

Afternoon 1

250g ground turkey

4 pieces of bread whole grain

Dinner 1

250 g salmon

2cup of rice

Large green salad

Supper 1(snack options)

Organic (if possible) Dates, nuts, figs, fruit, vegetables.

Fitness And Exercise As A Life Necessity

Don’t ignore the importance of physical fitness and exercise as part of life, as they are essential for good physical and mental health, including that often avoidable area of weight control.

Exercising helps a person develop and maintain a strong self-image and a sense of emotional balance.

The older we get, to more important exercise becomes. Beyond the age of 30, the heart’s blood pumping capacity declines at a rate of about 8 % per decade.

Exercise is also very important for children as well. Vigorous physical activity helps in a child’s overall development so he or she reaches optimal size and necessary capacities when he or she reaches adulthood.

Research shows that exercise can decrease the gathering of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and cholesterol on artery walls of children and adults which can reduce the risk of heart disease. However, there is no clinical evidence that exercise can make a person live longer.

Former athletes don't live longer than non-athletes do, nor does it save them from heart disease. Even Olympic level athletes will revert quickly to pre-training levels once they stop exercising.

The amount of activity needed for fitness differs from person to person. Contributing factors are age, physical structure, gender, and health.

What Will It Take For You To Fit Physical Exercise Into Your Busy Schedule?

Physical fitness through exercise is an essential element of life for all people.

Medical and health experts have concluded that most people have a very low level of physical fitness that unless they perform the daily movements they have conditioned themselves to do, such as getting out of bed, walking to work, performing physical activities during work and at home, will loose the little physical fitness they already have.

Like any living person, every living part of our body will waste away if we don’t use it. Like the saying goes, “use it or lose it”, the human body must be used or it will eventually waste away. It’s like when you are laid up in a hospital bed with a broken leg and can’t use it for a number of weeks. What happens when the cast comes off? You have to spend a considerable amount of time to return that limb to normal use as it has undergone muscular atrophy.

This is why it is so important to consider physical activity as a means of life. What is life if you can’t enjoy the leisurely activities with family and friends. How will you function at work if your back has locked up due to inadequate support from weak muscles. Do you always feel tired and lethargic?

If these reasons are not hitting home yet, then it’s only a matter of time before these words come back and haunt you. I see friends and family who are suffering from illness day in, day out. You don’t want to get to this point in your life before deciding that enough is enough. Why be reactive and wait till something happens in your life before making a change in your lifestyle, a change that should have already been a form of normal living activity.

Think about what it will take before you start paying attention to the body that is so busy doing things that are robbing you of total physical freedom.

Simple Core Strength Exercise Whilst You Drive, Walk or Sit

Did you ever think that you could perform some simple core strength training routines whilst doing the things that keep you busy? Well you can, and it's easy.

Years ago I remember a personal trainer of mine who introduced me to short intense training techniques that transformed my body from a slob to a heart throb, well to my wife that is.

Simple mid section braces that strengthen your abs and lower back, give better mid waist support that can alleviate chronic back pains and also tighten up your midsection. I do these in the car whilst I drive, sit behind my PC typing and sit down watching a DVD.

If you have 5 minutes or so to spare, then you CAN make a difference, even if you feel unmotivated. This is a simple exercise whereby you cave in that mid section that causes you all the pain and anguish and hold it there whilst maintaining normal breathing. Holding it there for 30 seconds and resting for 20 seconds, and again for 5 times over. At first it may burn a little, but that is perfectly OK and means that you are working a muscle group that hasn't worked in a while.

As you get better at it, you can push the holds for a minute or more and repeat 5 to 10 times over.

I know through my experience that this works and rids of those chronic bad back pains.

Give it a go and let me know what you think.

Partner Encouraged Training Intensity

I believe in high intensity training for more strength. I always recommend increasing the intensity of your workouts to see explosive improvements in your strength and aerobic capability.

It becomes more important to have a training partner who can continually push you beyond your comfort zone. A boost in intensity keeps the body challenged and working harder.

Those of you who perform resistance training should try adding 2-5 kilograms to your current weight and see the difference in muscular development and strength after a few sessions.

Something very important to consider is that the more muscle you carry, them more fat you are likely to burn. Building more lean muscle involves boosting your training intensity, even if you are performing simple exercises in your hotel room like I mentioned in a previous article in my blog.

It's a WIN/WIN situation.

So look at yourself in the mirror and ask whether you are happy with what you see. If not, stay tuned for some valuable information that will transform your body.

Muscle Confusion

Change you exercise routines as much as possible. Our body responds best to surprise and muscle confusion. Our body adapts to the same exercise routine almost immediately.

I change my workouts every week to avoid my body from conditioning to the same routine. You can also mix resistance training with cardiovascular routines to really confuse your body into growing stronger each day.