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Tips For Being The Fit, Healthy Person You Want To Be

By Chad Cannon

Benefits for becoming a fit, healthy person:

  1. Maintaining consistent weight.
  2. Increase your strength and muscle mass.
  3. Improve your overall cardiovascular health.
  4. Improve your psychological health.
  5. Improve your quality of life.
  6. Slow down your aging process.
  7. Have a healthier heart.
  8. Reduce your hypertension.
  9. Improve your circulation.
  10. Have a better, faster metabolism.
  11. Have a less chance of diabetes.
  12. Improved your skeletal system.
  13. Improved your immune system.
  14. Improved your sense of well-being.

Tips on how to start being a fit, healthy person:

  1. Fitness is progressive, and its takes a lifetime.
  2. If you train too hard, too fast, you’ll probably burn out.
  3. Take the leap of faith.
  4. There are no shortcuts, so don’t try them.
  5. Attitude is everything (this is not just for being fit and healthy).
  6. Make a connection between your physical health and your spiritual well-being.
  7. Make exercise and being healthy a passion.
  8. Everyone that does a regular program of aerobic exercise and interval training WILL achieve a significant health gain.
  9. Your body will adapt to everything
  10. Always add balance to your exercise program.
  11. Make a commitment to yourself and keep it.
  12. Pick a specific time and place every time you exercise.
  13. Change your priorities to be fit and healthy.
  14. Start slowly.
  15. Be consistent.
  16. Set realistic goals.
  17. Find a workout partner to make it easier and fun.
  18. Reward yourself.
  19. Do what you enjoy.
  20. Get outdoors.
  21. Make sure you add functional exercise to your routine because it most resembles everyday movements.
  22. Surprise the body as much as possible.
  23. Seek symmetry.
  24. When doing resistance training, train opposing muscle groups.
  25. There’s no reason to exercise if you’re not a believer.

Healthy eating tips for being a fit, healthy person:

  1. Eat right , feel right.
  2. Remember the 6 essential nutrients:
    • carbohydrates
    • proteins
    • fats
    • vitamins
    • minerals
    • water
  3. A carbohydrate is just another name for sugar.
  4. You can eat a completely fat-free diet and still be vastly overweight.
  5. The lull in energy between meals is the result of a drop in our blood sugar, so snack between each small meal.
  6. You may look the same day in and day out, but your body is always recharging itself.
  7. If you were to eliminate all fat from your diet, you would be dead in about 6 weeks.
  8. What you eat determines whether you are going to burn fat or store it.
  9. A healthy diet has the potential to affect every aspect of your body, mind, and spirit.
  10. Eat to be fit and healthy. Eat to beat disease.
  11. Don’t skip meals.
  12. Don’t be obsessed with your weight, ever!
  13. Drink plenty of water.
  14. Don’t consume more than 500 calories per meal if trying to lose weight.
  15. Don’t consume caffeine.
  16. Make sure you eat foods that are low-fat, not fat-free.
  17. Read labels.
  18. Avoid saturated fats.
  19. Eat protein, but low-fat sources of protein.
  20. Drink 1% or skim milk.

Tips for getting the best out of your body during exercise:

  1. The foundation of any exercise program is aerobic activity and a balanced regimen.
  2. Benefits will vary according to intensity, frequency, time, type. This is interval training.
  3. The purpose of interval training is to overload your system.
  4. Always increase and decrease the duration and intensity of your workouts.
  5. Control the levels of intensity
  6. Interval training is controlled discomfort.
  7. Pain is not a product of interval training.
  8. HAVE FUN at all times!

About the Author:

Chad Cannon is a certified personal trainer, weight loss expert, author, speaker, and director of Shaing Concepts in Hilton Head, South Carolina. His website is www.shapingconcepts.com