Fitness And Exercise With A Busy Schedule

Exercise Makes You Look And Feel Happy

2006-02-19T04:08:00.000-08:00

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

2006-02-16T17:56:00.000-08:00

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

2006-02-14T02:09:00.000-08:00

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?

2006-02-12T16:36:00.000-08:00

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

2006-02-11T22:59:00.000-08:00

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

2006-02-10T04:36:00.000-08:00

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

2006-02-09T05:12:00.000-08:00

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.

Resistance Workout Anywhere and Anytime

2006-02-08T17:33:00.000-08:00

Attending a gym isn't required. In fact, resistance type workouts at home or in a hotel room are just as effective, if not more than conventional gym equipment.

I have had tremendous results while working out at home and at hotel rooms whilst travelling, without gym equipment!

I can create an intense resistive workout that can overload my muscles and shock my nervous system.

Simple exercises such as strict push-ups, using various hand positions (wide, close, palms inwards, palms outward). Again, these require warm- up sets, perhaps pivoting and rocking on your knees. This exercise itself can work on your chest, shoulders, triceps, upper and lower back, and stomach areas.

For your lower half, try lunges. By doing these correct such as sinking deep and exploding backwards, you will create such a shock to your legs that they will start to burn. This is good and trust me on this, not only will your legs look great, so will your buttocks.

Just some small exercise routines that you can fit into anyplace and at any time with awesome results.

Short Intense Workouts Can Help With Busy Schedules

2006-02-07T15:16:00.000-08:00

Short intense workouts can be as effective as longer draining ones. I try to complete my training sessions within 45 minutes due to my busy schedule.

I have a training routine that will have you working out in under 30 minutes just once or twice a week with awesome results.

With today's busy schedules and demanding jobs, finding time to exercise can be a mission. Studies have shown that workouts as short as 10 - 15 minutes can strengthen the body and improve your health. This type of intensive training can shock the nervous system and equip you for the next intense workout.

Our bodies are more intelligent than we know. Give it a go. I will help with this over the coming weeks.

Helpful Exercise Routine Tips

2006-02-06T04:58:00.000-08:00

A Training Partner Can Be The Best Investment You Can Make

Get yourself a training partner. One of the best benefits of having a training partner is having someone to hold you accountable for your exercise. Ask a dependable friend to be your workout partner and just knowing that they are depending on you to work out will increase chances of you staying on track with your exercise. I did this and became accountable for a friends physical goals and success as well as him being the same back to me.

A neat way of ensuring you are both making the commitment to exercise is to tax each other for not showing up. A few dollars would do. Give it a try, and soon you will both be trying very hard NOT to miss out a training session.

Free MP3 Exercise Downloads...

2006-02-05T03:58:00.000-08:00

I have come across some free download sites in my research, but this one was of value, especially for those who have a busy schedule and don't have the time to read.

For those of you with iPods or other devices that play mp3's, you can download podcasts that walk you through different exercise routines and they're FREE!

For those of you who want more advanced exercise routines and who want to get started on creating a great body, check out my article posted on 02/04/2006. It has all the bells and whistles for a full body transformation.

Check out the free podcast downloads on the link below:

FREE PODCASTS

THE ULTIMATE METHOD FOR PERMANENT FAT LOSS

2006-02-04T05:25:00.000-08:00

Discover How to Lose Stubborn Body Fat At Any Age, Even If You've Tried Everything And Nothing Has Ever Worked For You Before

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When Travelling, Be Prepared to Exercise

2006-02-02T05:30:00.000-08:00

I am currently travelling on a business trip. The first thing I packed was my gym gear, as I knew that I would find somewhere to workout.

Well as it happened, the hotel I am staying at has a gymnasium that catered for most of my exercise needs. I was able to perform my exercise routines and feel great.

When travelling, I make sure I do some homework to find the closest gymnasium to where I am staying and scheduling the time to be working on ME.

As I travel quite frequent for work, I ensure that I have made the time for exercise and fitness, whilst maintaining a balanced nutritional diet as well.

Exercise With Diet Is The Best Way to Lose Fat

2006-02-01T04:06:00.000-08:00

Losing weight and with diet alone and no exercise is possible, but the diet-only approach is fraught with pitfalls, and the longer you use a diet only approach, the more likely you are to fall into the pit of diet failure and frustration.

Slashing your calories will make you lose weight, but you can't expect it to be 100% fat.

Most low calorie diets cause you to lose a lot of water weight, muscle and other lean tissue, which makes it harder to lose fat in the future.

Less muscle = slower metabolism because MUSCLE is the engine that drives your metabolism.

Can you start seeing how your lean muscle is the basis for losing fat. Try looing at your muscles as fat burning furnaces. The more muscle you have, the more fat you can lose.

Unfortunately for most who have starved to lose weight have lost a considerable amount of muscle (fat burning furnace) and the long term effects is weight gain with a highter proportion of fat to muscle than before the crash diet.

Diets don't work. Nutritien + exercise is the answer to sustained fat loss.

More of this next time.

The Lies of Supplements and Fat Loss

2006-01-31T03:08:00.000-08:00

For those of us who want to try the cheats way out of weight loss, well then I have some interesting information for you that will make you consider against taking supplements for fat loss.

Exercise, proper nutrition and the right mental attitude (positive self-image) are the only things you need to lose fat permanently. Supplements are not a necessity.

Some basic supplements are helpful for “nutritional assurance,” and some supplements can help speed up the fat loss process a fraction, but not nearly as much as the advertising claims.

Even supplements that have been proven effective are only responsible for a small fraction of the results you achieve.

Based on 16 years of experience in bodybuilding and exercise, I believe that at least 95% of your results will come from good exercise and nutrition.

If most of your results come from nutrition and exercise, then why would you chase after that last 5% if you haven’t even taken full advantage of the first 95%? Isn’t that approach completely illogical?

FOCUS ON YOUR DIET AND EXERCISE PROGRAMS FIRST!

It's a shame that so many people look for easy ways instead of making the effort to learn how to eat and train better.

Not All Dietary Supplements Are Created Equal

2006-01-30T00:56:00.000-08:00

In my attempts to find the right dietary supplements, I spent many thousands of dollars only to find that the majority of them were worthless. Don’t let this happen to you.

Through much research in search for the best dietary supplements, I found that there were actually only a handful of them in the market. The rest is billions of dollars of clever marketing.

Whether you are a bodybuilder trying to gain lean muscle, or an athlete who want the energy when you turn it on, or even someone who is lacking energy to get up to go to work, I can share with you the secrets that will send the dietary supplement market broke.

Supplements of the same type from different manufacturers can have staggering differences in quality and intestinal absorption.

I am working on collating the material I have researched, along with my experiences to share with you over the coming weeks.

Stay tuned for my next article, and enjoy the light reading.

More Is Not Always Better

2006-01-29T03:30:00.000-08:00

"Did you know that as little as 20 minutes of intense resistance training can set your body into a fat burning, muscle building frenzy, whilst improving your cardiovascular fitness all at the same time?"

When I first committed to attending the fitness club around the corner from work I found through spending 30 minutes of my lunch break (10 minute warm-up and 20 minute intense resistance workout) I made an awesome difference to my fat stores (REDUCED), muscle gains (INCREASED) and overall fitness (IMPROVED).

I stuck to this routine for 1 year and felt more energetic and packed on lean muscle mass. Not only did I feel better about myself, my wife couldn't believe how good I looked.

I want you to have this same experience.

Stay tuned over the coming weeks for more FREE life improving information on Fitness and Exercise With a Busy Schedule.

Find An Exercise Routine That Suits You

2006-01-27T17:45:00.000-08:00

You deserve to enjoy an exercise routine that suits your lifestyle and body. Let's face it, there are so many exercise routines out there that make all sorts of claims.

Headlines like, "6 pack abs in 6 weeks", "Loose 30 pounds in 30 days", Create the Perfect Sculptured Body in 12 weeks", and many more, have sent people on wild goose chases.

I too have been one of those people chasing a the quick and nasty way of looking and feeling better. My experience has shown that there are more scams out there in the market than working models.

I have tried numerous exercise routines, taken loads of supplements, tried many of the wonder natural nutrients, but only found that there are only a handful that really work.

So I totally understand your frustration in finding the best routine, diet, and supplements to maximise the returns of your hard work and hard earned cash, especially when time is so scarce in your life.

So what are your options? Well you can continue on those wild goose chases as I did for years and grow and feel more frustrated as time goes on or learn from my mistakes and successes.

I am working on an ebook that will help transform you into an energy filled, motivated, great looking and well esteemed person who's outlook in life will change and be filled with opportunities you never thought possible.

The fact is that through looking after yourself in the right areas of your life such as exercise and healthy eating, you are producing precious levels of serotonin that will just make you feel better about yourself and give you a larger drive in life to succeed in areas you never thought possible.

I am excited to be able to share with you a your success story that will unfold as time goes on.

Till next time, have a great weekend and remember that life is too short not to be able to enjoy it to the fullest degree.

Too Busy to Exercise and Feel Great?

2006-01-25T18:28:00.000-08:00

Welcome back to the life changing experience that will become your new way to healthy living and longevity.

I am excited to be here to share with you some of the myths of healthy living, in particular exercise and fueling your body to make you feel better than you ever felt before.

There are more health supplement recommendations and health improvement prgrams in the market than you could ever discover. How do you pick something that suits you and more importantly your busy lifestyle?

The first obstacle to overcome before you start to search for something that no only fits your busy lifestyle, but is sustainable and fun is that inner saboteur. This, for most us, can be our biggest enemy, trying to rob us from precious health reserves that can be used in so many areas of our lives.

Do you want an endless energy stream?

Over the coming weeks I want to share my health experiences with you... what's worked and what's not. But firstly, I want you to consider some of the areas of your life that may be affecfting your decision to do something about healthy living.

Do you often tell yourself, "I can't, I'm not good enough"?

Do you want to be able to develop a success-commanding personality which radiates strength, substance and vitality?

Do you want to know how to prgram behavious to remove procrastination from your life forever?

I can share with you my secrets that have led me to a routine of exercise and healthy living that I cannot stop, even if I wanted to.

It all sounds too good to be true, but over the coming weeks, I will help you discover what I discoverd over the last few years.

Stay tuned for my insider report that will help you uncover some of the secrets that can unlock a body that was once in a cage...

"...Fitting Exercise Into A Busy Schedule"

Fitness and Exercise with a Busy Schedule

2006-01-24T21:29:00.000-08:00

“Who Else Needs To Get In Shape, Stay Active, And Start Living A Healthy Life While Balancing Your Work, Home And Family Needs?”

It can be hard to get to the gym after a long day at work.

Your family expects you back as soon as possible. You're pent up in a cubicle all day, never able to stretch. Or constantly leaving your local gym for business trips.

Anyone who's ever been in your shoes knows it can be difficult to keep a regular workout routine. Especially if you're new to this "working out" thing anyway.

If you have no time in your day. If you don't know the difference between a barbell and a cowbell. You can find a way to add simple, quick exercises to your daily regimens for a slimmer waistline, increased energy, and a happier life.

The secrets are waiting for you inside my special report…

“...Fitting Exercise Into A Busy Schedule!”