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Family Fitness

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Posted by admin | Posted in Fitness | Posted on 10-02-2011

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Family fitness is fun! So, how do you get your family off the sofa and encourage them to get moving with you? It can be a simple task if you find an exercise program that the entire family can enjoy!

We all know that too many Americans are overweight and even more that don’t follow a regular exercise program. It is up to mom and dad to initiate some movement within their own household. There’s an old saying that the “family that plays together, stays together.” This is the approach you should take to get your family moving! It’s not exercise, it’s time to play!

First, you should pay close attention to what everyone in the family likes to do. For example, if both you and your spouse are tennis fanatics, tennis should definitely be on the exercise agenda. If your son is an avid golfer, you need to learn to swing! If your daughter is a devoted jogger, guess who needs to jog too? Find out what everyone in the family likes to do (and you probably already know) and then do it as a family!

Your family’s fitness is important and the fitness schedule should be something that you will stick with throughout the year with a “plan B” if the weather prohibits the ability to follow through with one of your preferred activities. Make sure that everyone in the family gets to choose an activity to insure overall enthusiasm and participation from everyone! While planning your Family Fitness plan, you need to start planning some major changes within the kitchen and refrigerator as well. It’s a good time to throw out all of the stale chips and make a commitment to replace the unhealthy choices with healthy alternatives!

Vegetables like carrot sticks, celery sticks, and fruits like apples, bananas, seedless grapes, fig newtons as well as air-popped popcorn, graham crackers and pretzels are excellent choices that children and teens will grab without a second thought if you make them available. Fill your fruit bowl, refrigerator, and cabinet with the healthier snacks and watch how your entire family doesn’t even notice a significant difference. While you’re at it, fill the refrigerator with bottled water and a variety of fruit juices. Diet sodas are loaded with sodium so toss them out the door too!

You can make some subtle changes that your family will appreciate you for later in life. Now is the time to make a healthy change for you and your family. Don’t even mention the changes in the kitchen. Your children and teenagers will likely just grab something when they are in search of a snack. If you announce that the “family is going to start eating more nutritious meals and snacks” what kind of appeal does that have to the child who was raised on chicken tenders from Burger King?

Healthy living is maybe the greatest way to care for your family. It starts with you and most likely, your children will continue to do what they learned to do at home once they spread their wings and fly solo. Make sure you provide the healthy start they need to carry with them a lifetime!

Goodlife Fitness

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Posted by admin | Posted in Fitness | Posted on 26-01-2011

Tags: Ailment, Business Studies, Corporate Wellness Programs, Disease Osteoporosis, Employee Fitness, Exercise Physiologist, Fitness Centre, Fitness Companies, Fitness Company, Fitness Plan, Goodlife Fitness, Health Plans, London Ontario, Neurological Impairment, Older Adults, Reducing Stress, Slowing Down The Aging Process, Specialized Training, Top Fitness, Unique Health

Goodlife Fitness is the largest fitness company in Canada, with more than 700,000 members and 250 clubs that are spread across the nation. Goodlife Fitness opened its door in London, Ontario in 1979 when Patchell Evans, its founder as well as the CEO, got an opportunity to share what he had educated on the strength of fitness to transform a life as a result of his switching from business studies to physical education. This fitness centre has now grown to become one of the top fitness companies in the world, and holds the distinction of being one of the Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies for six consecutive years.

The fitness plans available at Goodlife Fitness are in the form of individualized wellness programs under the close direction and training of an exercise physiologist or a trainer that is certified through Can-Fit-Pro and other internationally recognized institutions. Goodlife Health plans and programs are considered highly beneficial for people recovering from an accident or an ailment, back pain, and chronic pain. Goodlife Fitness has also devised a number of specialized training programs in order to regain the health, strength, and balance of older adults as well as people with problems such as arthritis, neurological impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, Multiple Sclerosis, and diabetes, due to which they may experience decrease in flexibility and fitness.

Apart from these, specialized training classes are also made available for women, which in turn help them to improve the quality of life by reducing stress, losing weight, and slowing down the aging process. Another specialty services offered at Goodlife Fitness is corporate wellness programs that help to enhance employee fitness and productivity in an organization, thereby promoting for a healthy, refreshing work environment within an organization. Above all, Goodlife Fitness also helps to devise a fitness plan that helps to achieve your unique health plans and goals, irrespective of your age, sex, gender, and race.

Goodlife Health programs usually involve goal-oriented health programs, supervision by an expert exercise psychologist, the services of medical providers (if necessary), specialized wellness classes, balance retraining, and fall prevention. There are also instances in which Goodlife health works in association with rehabilitation services that cover inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, lymphedema management and anodyne therapy.

How to Put Together a Fitness Training Plan

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Posted by admin | Posted in Fitness | Posted on 26-06-2010

Tags: Arm Exercises, Exercise Plan, Exercise Program, Fitness Plan, Fitness Training, Fitness Workouts, Gain Muscle, Health Club Membership, Home Gym Equipment, Legs, Lifestyle Fitness, Lose Weight, Muscle Groups, Muscle Tone, Rest Of Your Life, Shoulder Exercises, Time Constraints, Train, Weight Gain, Weight Training

You work out at home, at the gym, maybe even at work. But do you really know what to do? This article will provide you with information on how to put together a fitness training plan that fits all of your needs – lifestyle, fitness level, time constraints and interests. Whether you’re just starting out or been at it for years, the following information will be beneficial to you.

So you have home gym equipment and/or a health club membership, and you may even be using them on a regular basis. But, how do you put together an exercise plan that not only helps you improve your body’s health, but also do it in a way that fits the rest of your life?

1. Define what your goals are. Are you looking to lose weight? Gain muscle? Tone up what you already have? You’ll need to decide what it is you want to accomplish before you can define what your plan is.

2. Understand that you need to start slowly. Your body will adjust quickly to the changes that will take place as you get into a regular exercise program – but overdoing things at the beginning will have the opposite effect you are looking for. Start with a simple program, and build onto it as your fitness improves.

3. Decide how much time you can spend per day. And, and dedicate yourself to using that time for your fitness workouts. Keep in mind that committing two percent of your day will get you to where you need to be!

4. Write it down beforehand. Plan out your workouts, and keep track of your results. Pick your exercises, pick your weight for the exercise, pick your number of sets / number of reps, pick your time that you’ll do cardio, and commit to it.

5. When doing your planning – break up your routine. For example – if you’re doing weight training, don’t try to train all your muscle groups in one session. Rather, schedule your chest and arm exercises for one session, back and shoulder exercises for the next, and legs & abdominals for the third. Keeping variety in your training will not only help keep you motivated, it also helps keep you from overtraining and getting hurt.

6. See your doctor. Before you put your plan into action, talk to your doctor, and make sure that what you’ve planned won’t hurt you, only help you!

7. Learn about your body. Learn about what muscles make up your body, and what exercises work the muscle groups you’d like to concentrate on. Learn about what the difference is between “cardio efficiency” and “burning fat”. For example, running on the treadmill at your peak speed, may build your cardiovascular system, but running at a much slower pace actually is better for training your body to burn fat.

Your plan is just that – yours. In the end, you’ll only get out of your plan what you put into it. And, the best way to create a successful plan is to create something that you’re not just comfortable with, but a plan that challenges you to push yourself just a little bit farther! You only get out of your plan what you put into it. And, the best way to create a successful plan is to create something that you’re not just comfortable with, but a plan that challenges you to push yourself just a little bit farther!

Fitness Plan For You

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Posted by admin | Posted in Fitness | Posted on 01-12-2009

Tags: Aims, Atmosphere, Commitments, Current, Different Times, Elements, Failure, Family Friends, Fit, Fitness Plan, Fitness Programme, Goer, Ideal, Interests And Hobbies, Lifestyle, Notion, Olympic Athlete, Priority Schedule, Realistic Proposition

Everyone loves the idea of being healthier, fitter, slimmer or stronger but to be successful, each person must get into a position to become fully involved in what they want to achieve, how their lifestyle will allow them to achieve it and, crucially, by when. Only when these things have been considered, can you make your aims a priority, schedule your activities correctly and create an atmosphere of ongoing success to replace any notion of failure.

So, how do you know what your ideal fitness programme is? Firstly, ask yourself, ‘if I achieved my ideal fitness, what would my life consist of and what would an average week of fitness look like?’ The answers people can come up with here can be very ambitious with the ideal programme for an aspiring regular gym-goer often looking something similar to the schedule for an Olympic athlete.

So now ask yourself, ‘when specifically will I be doing each part of my ideal schedule?’ The ideas you come up with here will begin the process of turning your Olympian schedule into a more achievable proposition by focusing on what training you would like to do or would be able to do at different times on various days as you fit the programme together in your head. So far, so good.

Now comes the key question, which is often overlooked. Ask yourself, ‘if this is my ideal schedule, with commitments to various activities at set times and days, would it work if I were to put it into action immediately?’ Would it work if the week you are imagining in your head was this week? Would it work if you were to put it in the context of the other things going on in your life like work, family, friends, socializing and your other interests and hobbies? If not, what would work? Which of the elements of your ‘ideal’ fitness programme are really possible and even desirable given everything else that you have and that you enjoy in your life?

By acknowledging that your current ideal fitness programme could be an abstract ideal and not a realistic proposition for your current situation, you are now free to get on with designing a new schedule that can become your true ideal. This time, your ideal programme is designed specifically around your needs and your situation, it fits into your life, and is achievable.

Manage your expectations carefully. Aim too high and you will set yourself up for disappointment. Aim too low and progress will be slow. Think carefully about your ideal fitness programme and then slot it gently into your life.

Everyone has the ability to plan a fitness programme they can easily follow and get results with. When you know your schedule you can plan when to put fitness into action and then you can forget about it for the rest of the time. So not only do you become the active exerciser you have always wanted to be, you will be liberated by success and free from the perpetual guilt of not living up to an ideal that was never realistic in the first place.

First Week Fitness Plan

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Posted by admin | Posted in Fitness | Posted on 14-11-2009

Tags: Assumption, Caution, Circumstances, Dedication, Dreams, Exercise Patience, Exercises, Fitness Levels, Fitness Plan, Fitness Program, Injury Prevention, Long Haul, Long Term Goal, Main Objective, Positivity, Sensible Approach, Single Thing, Superstar Athlete, Term Fitness, Weight Loss Program

The idea of this simple little program is to assist you in developing a consistent, sensible approach to your fitness for weight loss program. The main objective of this program is to help your body burn excess fat not to gain muscle or bulk up, inevitably there will be toning going on as well but primarily this is to help you burn fat. The assumption is that you are currently inactive and overweight, if this is not the case for you then you may need to make adjustments to the program to suit your own circumstances.

WARNING. The program first requires your focus and dedication, so therefore you need to be prepared in both mind and – of course – body. It is highly advised that you first visit your doctor for a check-up before embarking on any weight loss or fitness program.

Before starting with this plan, a word on positivity. You should be dedicated and positive about your program and be prepared to be in for the long haul, it is very easy to become impatient but the long term effects of increasing your fitness levels are well worth working for. This program is specifically designed to burn fat and not to turn you into a superstar athlete or gym bunny. Another problem is over doing it, because of the slow build up required for a long term fitness for weight loss program people can get carried away, this will kill your fitness dreams quicker than any other single thing, please exercise patience and caution when embarking on a program like this, its a long term goal and it won’t happen over night.

Stretching, please stretch and warm up before attempting any exercises, pay particular attention to the areas you will be working that day but good overall stretching is very important for injury prevention.

Day One:

Walk. that’s it pure and simple what i would like you to do today is set aside an hour of your day at a convenient time and go for a walk, the walk should be brisk enough that you are going to be slightly out of breath and it should last for 20 minutes, got a dog, take it but don’t get distracted you need a 20 minute brisk walk. The reason for the hour is that before your walk you should stretch and after your walk you should stretch your whole body. it may have taken a little time but you have just taken the first steps to a weight loss program that will help you be fit and healthy for life

Day Two:

A good whole body stretching routine should be followed by an upper body workout. This can be done in a gym, on a home gym, with simple upper body exercises or maybe you can swim and have the time to go to your local pool. If you do something like swimming please take the opportunity to push yourself. I recommend swimming gently for 5/10 minutes by way of a warm up and then swimming harder, till you are at a level where you have to work hard and would break a sweat, keep at that pace for as long as you can, if you can go for longer than 20 minutes at that pace you are going to slow, really push yourself for up to 20 minutes or as long as you can, follow that with another 5/10 minute warm down swim – stretch afterwards.

Day Three:

Again walk (or jog if your at that level) a good brisk 20 minute walk after stretching and warming up, remember you want to be out of breath after this but not exhausted, maybe a little sweaty is good. Follow that with a lower body workout, again just use exercises like lunges and squats or in a gym or maybe a cycle. If cycling or walking again try using interval training techniques, gently cycle for 5 minutes, cycle hard for 3, gently five, hard 3 using this type of training really enhances fat burning.

Day Four:

Stretching only and a good rest, if you can find the time, incorporate more than one stretching routine into your day, perhaps two or three if possible. Use the time off from exercise today to reaffirm your goals and targets and sort out any negatives in your mindset.

Day Five:

Today you would benefit from incorporating your workouts, go for a walk or cycle, just a short but very brisk walk (maybe 10 minutes – you will know what level you are at) or a hard cycle, follow that with a complete body workout consisting of at least 3 different upper body exercises, 3 lower body exercises and 2 abdominal exercises, do each exercise for 30 seconds each with 30 seconds rest between each exercise, these can be done in any order. when completed take a 2 minute rest then repeat again – if you are capable do it 3 times, if not stop at once or twice. Finish off with the same walk or cycle you did previously.

Day Six:

The sixth day should be spent on a low impact exercise such as swimming or cycling. To avoid boredom, do not be afraid to try something new.

Day Seven:

The last day of the week is a time to solicit the support of the people you care about. Spend time with them and get them to be with you in a long walk. Again, follow up your walk with a light full body workout like in day five but without the intensity.

This program will actually keep you going for months if you just increase the intensity and speed in which you exercise every week, it will also serve as a great way of staying healthy and all it takes is an hour a day!!

Cindi Randoe

If you always do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got.

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