What You Should Know

Many things are necessary for the individual to know before embarking on changing their fitness regimen.
Here is just a brief summary of essential things to know in order to have maximum benefits:

• Drink water!!!
• Proper hydration BEFORE the actual activity is a must, you should not be drinking water during because of dehydration, only for quenching your thirst

• STRETCH
• Warming up and Cooling down especially for intense workouts are a necessity in order for your body to be able to recover and be ready for the next day

• Eat properly
• Visit the nutrition and diet section of this blog for proper guidelines to follow
• Eating enough fruit and vegetables, having enough calcium, and protein is essential
• Remember: 70% of your body is made in the kitchen, and 30% is made in the gym
• As a result, it is crucial that you maintain a healthy diet or else all the exercise in the world would not be able to repair the damage
• Exercise is to tone the muscles, strengthen your heart, and decrease your blood pressure, all of which are extremely important but cannot combat the effects of built up cholesterol, smoke-damaged lungs, and starvation-induced fatigue alone
• As a result, do your body a favor and treat it well in all respects

• Understand everything fully before starting. Know your stuff.
• It is crucial to understand the logistics of every single activity before engaging fully


• Visit the Scientific Knowledge section for more information, feel free to ask a question if you can't find the answer

• Start Slowly
 
• When introducing yourself to a new activity, take your time
• Ease yourself into the new process, allowing your body to adjust to whatever new challenges it is to face
• Make sure you are doing the proper technique first before increasing intensity

• Make sure you make it fun
• If you are not having fun, the likelihood that you will be able to continue this regimen in the future is slim
• Remember: it takes 21 days to make or break a habit
• This means you must be able to stick with it for at least 3 weeks, so make sure you ENJOY it

 

Think about how someone trains for a marathon. They don't just up and run the 26.2 miles in one day. It take months of hard, tedious, training and preparation. Treat your goal as a life time marathon.