Health and Fitness Can Be Improved at Your Local YMCA
Americans have the bad reputation of being some of the most unfit people in the world. This could have been greatly due to the rise of obesity in the United States. There is much opportunity to eat an unhealthy diet in the US with all the fast food available. This leads to obesity and lack of physical fitness. Good exercise is known by everyone as a very vital thing to maintain good health. And this is more ideal when this taken along with a good nutritional plan. Americans have been encouraged to lose weight and get more physically fit. YMCAs have stepped in to help adults with their health and fitness. Most YMCAs have swimming facilities and a fitness center. They have become a convenient place for people to visit before or after work to do their fitness routine. One of the things that makes YMCAs popular is the fact…
Health and Fitness Failure Is a Choice
I’m sure everyone has heard the old saying, “Failure is not an option”. Usually it involves some type of spy or military action movie where the hero has declared that the characters must win at all cost. In life, especially in the area of fitness, however, failure is an option. That is you do have a choice to give up or keep going from wherever you find yourself in your journey to health and fitness. Failure occurs the moment you quit trying to succeed whether it’s fitness, business, sports, or anything in life a person might strive to achieve a certain goal. Quitting any goal removes all hope that you will ever achieve that goal. As long as you keep moving forward toward a goal no matter what the odds are against you, you retain the hope of success. Take away hope, and you take away a person’s will and…
Keeping your New Years Health & Fitness Resolutions in 2007
Yes, it is that time again when most of us decide to make some changes in life. These are normally related to our health. Stop smoking, start training, lose some body fat, start eating healthier and so forth. According to a study conducted by GNC, 55% promised to eat healthier, 50% resolved to exercise more, and 38% wanted to lose weight. This is the probably the worst time to make changes in your life. For one, it is highly ineffective and from previous experience, there are very few of us who actually stick to them! Only 20% of us actually stick to our new promises we make to ourselves. Most new years resolutions are the same every year, and, tend to fade away come February. Don’t let the statistics determine your success. Here we will offer you some inside tips to help you become that 20% and ensure you resolutions…
Health and Fitness: Lifestyle? Or Life Interruption?
This is a powerful question, indeed. This caption is the crux of why some people are successful at permanent weight loss and others are not. It centers around how you view the actions that lead to that healthy, fit body. Obesity is a serious problem in the US today. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-third of adults and one sixth of children in America are obese. In the past twenty years, obesity rates doubled for adults and tripled for children. If these trends continue, by the time today's children reach adulthood, obesity will be the norm and healthy weight the exception. In fact, for the first time in our country's history, the current generation of children in America may have shorter life expectancy than their parents. SO WHICH IS IT FOR YOU? Is health & fitness a way of living for you? Something you…
Easy Fitness Tips That Will Help Improve Your Health
Being healthy is something that everyone can do. Unfortunately, many people have not been told how they can be healthy, or what things they should do during the day to keep their body in top shape. This article is a quick guide for helping you to maintain your body in the healthiest way possible. 1. Keep a daily journal of what you eat. This way, you can track your health. For instance, you may find that you feel sleepy when you eat too many carbohydrates, or that you feel a burst of energy when you have a smoothie made with fruits and vegetables. A journal can help clue you in to your own health, and provide a good foundation in case you ever need to see a doctor about your diet. 2. Avoid buffets. A buffet may seem like a way to save money when you want to go out…
The Biggest Fitness and Health Trends of the Year 2014
Because of lifestyle choices, more and more people are becoming prone to developing chronic, debilitating diseases or facing increased risk for early mortality. For instance, statistical data reveal that the numbers of Americans that are obese are increasing year after year. There are various information drives and health-oriented campaigns targeted at the public, with the main objective of promoting healthier food options and lifestyle modifications. People who want to lead healthier lives were given numerous options, as one health trend came after another. The year 2014 is almost over. It is now high time for us to look back at three of the biggest fitness and health trends that became popular during the year. Locally sourced food for economic and environmental gains This year, there has been a lot of buzz about the numerous benefits of patronizing locally sourced foods to to individuals and communities. This entails buying grocery items,…
The Number One Enemy to Your Health and Fitness Goals
I had the privilege of attending a summit for fitness professionals. There were over 3000 fitness professionals exercising in the streets of LAPeople of all shapes and sizes, amazing weight loss stories, and those just getting started, all in one accord doing their part to end the trend of obesity in America. As I looked around, it dawned on me that all these people were success stories and a potential source of hope to someone else wanting to change their life. It didnt matter if they had lost 1 pound or 100 pounds, or maybe they have not lost any weight but for the first time in their life they are excited to wake up each day to be a part of a cause bigger than themselves . That hope and momentum was created by plugging into a supporting community, by being part of a tribe, a pack, a crew…
How To Set Your Health And Fitness Goals With Goal Setting Techniques
Once you have identified the sort of things you wish to get out of life, you will then need to create a plan of action that helps you achieve your goals and personal desires. Once you have written down a tentative plan on how to go about accomplishing your goals, you will need focus in order to stay on the path towards your shining glory and rewards. After setting goals, you need to manage these pursuits, as well as maintain motivation through an effective plan of action. Throughout society, the pressure to stay thin, maintain an attractive appearance and exhibit a perfect picture of health, as well as continue fitness goals are common personal goals. In this day and age, sticking to health and fitness goals are pretty hard with all of the enticing restaurants lining the streets of even the smallest of cities. Exercising often takes a backseat to…
Health and Fitness Tips – the Stretching and Warm Up Exercises
Introduction to Fitness Are you considering buying exercise equipment or increasing your exercise? Then this article will give some helpful tips on warming up exercises you should use in your time. One of the most important factors to achieving a healthy lifestyle is a good eating and fitness plan. Keeping fit and eating healthy, not only makes you look good but also makes you feel good. There's no better feeling than finishing your workout routine, with a sense of accomplishment. There are lots of ways to stay healthy – finding the sport or exercise that interests you the most makes fitness fun. If you do not enjoy the exercise program you do, then try another! There are loads of ways to keep fit, from dancing to rock climbing. Find something that takes your interest and give it a go, you can always go on to another if you want. Most…
Health and Our Life
"If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all wealth of life you need, even if its need all you want" The above quote is very much true, until and unless we are not healthy from inside we are not happy. Even, if we earn a lot of money but there is no happiness. Being healthy does not just mean physical health of a person; it covers both aspects of any human ie PHYSICAL health as well as MENTAL health. Both form of health have its own causes and cure and both are very much dependent on each other or we can say one can be the cause of other and at the very same time one is the cure for the other. Likewise we say "if a person is not physically well, it is going to affect his /…