"Action is the foundational key to all success."Pablo Picasso
|
Warning: fopen(stopka/index.php) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /stopka.php on line 117
Warning: fopen(stopka/6655d922aa2c1bbb44b556c10262be35.txt) [function.fopen]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /stopka.php on line 117
| |
6 Questions To Ask Before Hiring A Personal Trainer
Once reserved only for the rich and famous, personal fitness training has hit the mainstream. A personal trainer is now as common as a pair of good cross trainers and a water bottle. But unlike your hair stylist, your fitness trainer doesn't need to be ...
How Physical Exercise Helps Your Brain
If you really want your brain to function at its absolute best, if you want to be at your peak mentally, you'll have to learn how to give your brain what it really needs. The first step is to remember that your brain is actually a part of your physical ...
How To Develop A Strength Training Program To Run Faster!
Whether you are a sprinter, middle distance, or long distance runner, a properly executed strength training program will be the key to improving your running times. If you're a runner, you MUST strength train correctly. Running for distance, being ...
|
|
|
| |
You've seen it on the television commericals: before and after pictures of people who 'lost weight' by simply taking a pill. The local radio station plays ads promising that you can 'lose weight' without dieting, or as they call it, 'sweaty exercise'. Your favorite magazine even tells you that dieting alone can help you reach your 'ideal weight'.
What do all of these advertisements have in common?
Products and ads that promise you 'weight loss' without exercise are only telling you part of the story. The first important point to realize is that not all diets or diet pills work, and even those that do work for some people do not work for all people. The government is constantly taking action against fraudulent weight loss claims.
Unfortunately for the American public, we don't hear very much about the difference between fitness and weight. The infomercials would have you believe that reaching your ideal weight automatically means that you are healthy, and that how you reach that ideal weight doesn't really matter. Nothing could be further from the truth!
In reality, weight alone does not equal fitness. Think about it. We all know someone who is thin but not fit or healthy. Simply being thin does not automatically qualify us as fit. As a matter of fact, the world is full of 'skinny fat people'.
What? Skinny fat people? How can that be?
When talking about overall fitness, what matters is the percentage of bodyfat we have. It is entirely possible for a thin person to have a high percentage of bodyfat. It is also entirely possible for a thin person to be out of shape.
The International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) defines 'fitness' as: "The state of well-being consisting of optimum levels of strength, flexibility, weight control, cardiovascular capacity and positive physical and mental health behaviors, that prepare a person to participate fully in life, to be free from controllable health risk factors and to achieve physical objectives consistent with his/her potential."
Wow! Fitness means all that? Of course! Being truly fit doesn't simply mean the number on the scale. Think about it this way - some people who are thin still suffer from high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other maladies that we often associate with weight issues. Being thin does not necessarily mean that you are fit.
Doctors and medical associations have told us the truth time and time again: the only path to true fitness is through regular exercise.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily create a healthier heart, but regular exercise will improve heart health.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily lower cholesterol, but regular exercise will.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily lower the risk of some cancers, but regular exercise has been proven to reduce the risk of some cancers.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily prevent osteoperosis, but regular resistance exercise does.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily boost the immune system, but regular exercise will.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily lead to healthier pregnancies, but regular exercise does.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily prevent disability in seniors, but regular exercise does.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily help you keep the weight off for life, but regular exercise will.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily improve physical performance, but regular exercise does.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily prevent muscle loss, but regular resistance exercise does.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily increase metabolism, but regular resistance exercise will.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily decrease the risk of injury, but regular exercise does.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily prevent diabetes, but regular exercise will.
* Simply losing weight does not necessarily prevent estrogen loss, but regular exercise may.
This list could go on and on and on.....the point is that simply losing weight does not make us fit. The only path to true fitness, and all the benefits associated with fitness, is with regular resistance and aerobic exercise.
So the next time you see one of those advertisements promising weight loss without dieting or exercise, remember that weight loss is not the only goal that matters! Remember that the world is full of 'skinny fat people'.
About the author:
Tracie Johanson is the founder of Pick Up The Pace, a 30-minute exercise studio for women focusing on fitness, health and nutrition for maximum weight loss. Please visit http://www.letspickupthepace.com/ for more information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Water aerobics class gives new hope to kidney patientHelena Independent RecordMaw regained energy, health and hope while particpating in water aerobics classes. Every morning, rain or shine, roughly 30 people rally into the Broadwater Athletic Club pool. The schedule designates 10 am as a water fitness class, but looking down ... |
|
Annual race to raise funds for pain researchStar Community NewspapersCommunity support of her choice returns Saturday at the fourth annual Triumph Over Pain 10K/5K Race at the Cooper Aerobics Center at Craig Ranch in McKinney. "The whole problem with pain is unbelievably bad in the United States," said Dr. Kenneth ...and more » |
|
Police officers take part in aerobics classFiji TimesA GROUP of police officers took time out to participate in an aerobics class at the Labasa Police Station bure yesterday to maintain their fitness. Deputy divisional police commander northern Senior Superintendant of Police Fulori Rainibogi said the ... |
|
