If you want to succeed at building a healthy body, mind & spirit you would be foolish to only have a short-term focus.
In my planning and forward-thinking brain there are short-term, medium-term and long-term goals to be realized and you must develop a blueprint to stay focused.
Only then are your health and fitness habits going to be “Sustainable”.
Building and shaping a sexy muscular body is fantastic, but this cannot be the only reason why we exercise and choose healthier nutrition choices, right??
There are dozens of subcategories within 7 main areas in our lives which fall into The Life Wellness Approach, listen to find out more:
There are two motivating factors in my opinion which allow us to shape our body image and how we view ourselves and for some people more importantly how others view us!
I feel we must try to improve upon how we become healthy through our two motivating factors which I will dub “Extrinsic vs Intrinsic” Motivators.
Do you know your body? I mean really know how your body works? I don’t want or need you to take a four-year University Degree in Kinesiology or Anatomy and Health Sciences like I did but I do think it would be very wise to learn how your body works and moves if you would like to stay clear of injuries for a long time.
Have you ever wondered how certain “things” just creep up on us? For example, we’re 20 then the next time you turn around you are 40! Wow, how fast was that.
I am a very analytical person by nature and tend to see things in a slower fashion due to my ability to take a progressive overload approach rather than a “all or none” style.
In the health and fitness realm I try to coach people on the same philosophy. The Progressive Overload Approach.
The proper execution of the correct health and fitness techniques and concepts will yield positive results with respect to overall health and wellness. These include the seven main pillars of health:
1. Nutrition~including supplementation
2. Resistance training or weight-training including core conditioning
3. Cardiovascular training
4. Flexibility conditioning
5. Balance~from a proprioceptive perspective
6. Sleep patterns
7. Stress management
Everyone deals with or tries to deal or cope with stress. Some people cannot deal or cope very well and never achieve their optimal level of health and fitness. Even exercise is a stress on the body. Albeit, a positive stress when not overdone, but nonetheless exercise is also a stressor. What I need you to understand is there must be a balance of stress and a method to manage the stressors in your life for you to be able to achieve your optimal physical fitness level.
See what I mean below:
This question came in as a very popular one, and frequently asked.
“What is the best way to train and loose weight? Does a straight cardio workout work best, or would more of a circuit type work out be better i.e. doing cardio for 15 mins, then doing weights for 15 mins, and then back to cardio, etc…I’m not sure which would provide quicker and better results?”
Enjoy a more fulfilling life through a healthy and fit body.
If we could all be the healthiest we could be then the energy in our daily lives would be the least of our concerns. When someone doesn’t have the energy at the end of the day or as most people complain, the middle of the afternoon, the effort needed to have social relationships is diminished or the ability to play with your children or walk the dog…..whatever needs a little energy input is compromised.