Fit for Life: Are You Getting the Results You Signed Up For?
Saturday, September 12, 2020
What do we consider results in fitness?
Some say it’s the scale going down.
Some say it’s their pants fitting looser.
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All those accomplishments are great indicators of success, and if you are achieving your goal, that’s a win!
Whatever benchmark you are using to measure your progress doesn’t matter, it’s the fact that you are doing what it takes to improve your current situation.
But in order to be truly fit, you only need to accomplish 2 things, and that’s building muscle and burning fat.
Some folks lose weight by doing excessive cardio. Others do it by restricting calories too heavily.
Both those are the wrong approach to reaching your fitness goal.
The reason for this is due to the fact that you aren’t building muscle using these tactics.
You are actually losing muscle, therefore negatively impacting your metabolism.
At Providence Fit Body Boot Camp, we stress health first, then fitness will follow.
We believe that building muscle and losing fat through proper nutrition, and high-intensity exercise is the only way to get fit and healthy and maintain it forever.
If you avoid resistance training, and you are
not eating enough quality food, it’s impossible to build muscle, and therefore you will never reach the ultimate level of fitness.
Here are some tips to accomplish fitness and health:
1) Hydrate hydrate hydrate. We were developed on a cellular level and cells require water. We hit the gym to build muscle and muscle is comprised of millions of cells. We need enzymes to digest food to build muscle, and water aids in digestion, and the ability for enzymes to travel. In order to be able to move without cramping our muscles need water. Get the picture? And that just deals with the l exercising part. Being properly hydrated also prevents headaches, and free radical cell damage, caused by environmental toxins. Think: the solution for pollution is dilution!! Along with aiding your kidneys, and bladder in elimination. It is also responsible for shuttling water soluble vitamins to cells, so when you dehydrate yourself it is tougher for the body to absorb nutrients. I recommend 1/2oz of water for every pound of body weight, any less and you are doing your body a disservice. If you want to enhance the flavor of your water, and accelerate hydration, try our line of Every Day Fit at http://www.pfbbcfuel.com.
2) Sleeping- 8 hours is not a luxury; it is a necessary component to your well-being. When you sleep, great things happen to your body as well as your mind and energy levels. Improving cognitive brain function and increasing energy levels creates a huge network of positive attributes to the body. I hear the excuse all the time: I am too busy to get that much sleep. Do NOT confuse busy with productive, and if you are well rested you will become much more productive, then when you are tired, lethargic and miserable. The proper amount of sleep will allow you to wake happier and more energetic. Proper rest allows you to wake with clarity and feeling more energetic. When you have the right mindset from the beginning of the day you accomplish many more tasks and are able to focus more efficiently. When you get the proper amount of sleep you wake up on fire and ready to go. Many people think that they are building muscle in the gym. Sorry, but that theory is wrong. When you work out you are actually breaking the body down. Training causes micro tears in the muscle, and the only ways to recover from this is with proper sleep and nutrition. If this is not achieved, then you will not recover from physical activity, making positive gains or results nearly impossible.
3) Not eating quality food frequently throughout the day is probably the biggest cause of not getting the results you want. When you eat efficiently you will get results faster and achieve your goals. When you consume garbage processed food you cause inflammation in the body. Our defense systems prioritize and fight off the most damaging invaders first. Meaning when you are sick you shouldn't work out because our immune systems are fighting sickness and breaking the body down causes the immune system to work too hard, prolonging all ailments in the body. So, when you eat garbage our systems are too busy fighting inflammation and are too drained to build and repair and do the positive things our bodies need to get results. When you eat quality food, our systems work smoothly and efficiently allowing the body to uptake nutrients effectively thus triggering results and progress.
4) Work out with resistance. In order to make our muscles stronger, we need to overload the body with resistance. Building muscle will speed your metabolism and burn fat faster. When you combine resistance with cardio training you get the ultimate formula for success. We do it in 30 minutes at Providence Fit Body Boot Camp by combining the two techniques in one action-packed 30-minute session. This is the most effective and efficient way to reach all your health and fitness goals.
So, to simplify and summarize: 1) Drink lots of clean water 2) Get to bed on time 3) Eat quality food throughout the day. 4) Move your body 3-5 times a week for 30 minutes of HIIT training.
Follow these 4 simple steps, and I can guarantee you will start feeling better, looking better, and performing every aspect of your day better.
Committed to your success,
Matt
P.S. If you want to see what we are all about, jump on board our next 8-week challenge starting Sept 21st. It will change your life…. guaranteed. Go to http://www.provfitbody.com
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