(WFN) If truth be told, most of us want to be a lot more fit than we are. It is something we should all be aiming for, a better level of health and fitness. So where do we all start? Well, a quick internet search provides too many pages to reveal a good and reliable source of information. And there is a great deal of information provided on the TV channels, in books, newspapers and on countless fitness DVDs. To be honest, there is always be something out there that can help, or maybe you can take a little information from each discipline to build your own fitness regime.
Are there benefits to being more fit? Guess what the answer is? Yes, of course, fitter is better. Being fit means less body fat. Fat is burnt off during exercise and it is exercise that is the key to becoming more fit. You could just diet to become slimmer but your chances of losing weight and keeping it off will be much greater if you exercise as well as diet.
A fit person has a lower heart rate which improves your well being. And as you will be breathing harder during exercise, this will increase your lung function, so you will enable your body to absorb more oxygen to feed your brain and muscles.
For those with hypertension, being more fit can help to lower this condition and can positively affect both diastolic and systolic levels. This has helped me recently, as I am suffering from hypertension and one of the side effects of my medication has been to lower my heart rate. A lower heart rate means less oxygen circulating round my body, and less oxygen means less brain food. This explains why some days I have been slightly confused and somewhat forgetful. I decided to raise my overall fitness level and have been working out for several months now. My confusion has gone, my weight is down, my excess body fat is dropping and my hypertension (blood pressure level) is much better.
Being more fit can also have a positive effect on cholesterol levels, reducing LDL cholesterol, (which is good), yet helping to raise the HDL level, (which is also good). Greater fitness can also help your heart and lower the chance of having a stroke. I used to smoke, which wasn’t good for my heart, and found exercise very hard. I decided to stop smoking and, coupled with a fitness regime, I now feel much better and a lot more fit.
My stamina and strength has increased greatly since working out and this is even more important to people as we get a little older.
A great way of developing a fitness regime is to seek help. Your local gym should have a personal trainer, (or you can find your own). These fitness professionals advise you on the best way to become fit. And remember, they are the experts. A personal trainer knows the things we don’t and it makes good sense to listen to their advice. They will not set up a fitness regime that is so strenuous that it will kill you on day one. A personal trainer will help you build up your strength and stamina by developing a sensible program of exercise. To develop a sensible fitness program we need to consider the following.
Aerobic exercise is a form of exercise which is low in its intensity but lengthy in its duration. Put simply, this means not too hard but goes on a long time.
Aerobics can include activities such as walking, swimming or group aerobics workout classes.
Another way of becoming more fit is to lift weights, which is also known as resistance training. My experience of this training is limited but to do it sensibly, start with low weights and build up the weight as your strength builds up. Remember, be sensible and don’t overdo it, as you can damage your body easily with unsupervised weight training.
You could take up a fitness regime involving flexibility exercises such as yoga or Pilates.
Remember though, you still need to eat a properly balanced diet of sensible foods as part of your fitness program.
Becoming more fit can be easy. Just start with simple exercises a little at a time, and then do it properly and intensively. To get fit quick though, consider being advised by a specialist fitness trainer, either a personal one or one based in a gym. They will help you find out what is best for you.
Books and web sites can give you guidance as to how to get fit, but a book or a web site cannot tailor the advice to you and your circumstances. A personal trainer can, and will do this. Another thing they can do, which is usually something I need, is they can help to motivate you in order that you develop your own fitness regime.
Becoming fit takes time and time is something that many of us are short of in today’s modern world. Just remember that you need to keep working at a fitness regime to develop a better level of health. Fitness is not something you can buy at the supermarket. In order to become fit you just need to take things steady at first – but there has to be a first, you have to start somewhere. Just look at me. I used to be a heavy smoker and drinker; I was grossly overweight and had hypertension. Now, I am much more fit, can jog miles without problems, the hypertension is much more controlled and my waistline has shrunk. How? Well, I started a fitness program which was easy at first, and just built up from there. Start small and build up to a more developed program. Good luck. I did it and so can you.
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