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LYNNE BRICK'S TOP TEN FITNESS TIPS- Be a Fenomenal Female
1. You Go Girl!
According to the American Heart Association, 1 out of every 2 women suffer from heart disease. America's number 1 killer provides equal opportunity. If you have a history of heart disease in your family, regardless of your gender, be sure to have regular medical exams, reduce stress, stop smoking, and of course, exercise.
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2. Family Fitness or Family FATNESS?
Your children are learning life-style habits, which can stick with them the rest of their lives. A family that plays together, stays together. P.S. Between the ages of 2-17, kids watch an average of 15,000-18,000 hours of TV, which is associated with childhood obesity. That is equivalent to 3 years of their waking lives!
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3. Steam Up Your Self-Esteem!
Physical activity helps to improve the physical quality of your life by making you healthy on the inside as well as the outside. But did you know that physical activity can also help you to change your emotional state? Improving your emotional state can help you handle stress and help you feel more positive about WHO YOU ARE.
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4. Get a Lift Out of Life!
Not by taking the "lift", also known as the elevator, but by taking the stairs instead. It'll do your body good.... and be sure to count this as exercise, too!!
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5. BREATHE!
Stress encourages the release of the "fight or flight" hormone, cortisol, which causes fat to be deposited in specific areas as your body's natural defense mechanism. Defy stress with deep breathing exercises. Deep breath8ing will help you rejuvenate your mind, relax your body, and restore your energy!
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6. Middle Management
Fat around the middle has been linked to be more of a health problem than fat in other places. Even if your health risk is low, a high waist circumference may be a warning sign that you should eat healthy and exercise. What's considered high? For females > 35 inches, and for males > 40 inches. Manage your middle to manage your health.
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7. Strength Train.
Research by Dr. Miriam Nelson from Tufts University proved that women on a strength training program were 27% more active than before they began. The stronger you are, the easier it is to move. She recommends that women begin strength training before they attempt aerobic activity. Strength training (i.e. push-ups, lifting weights, training with rubber bands, etc) is any exercise that causes your muscles to work harder than they normally do. |
8. Walk your dog or your husband.
... even if you do not have one!
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9. Calcium Cops and Robbers.
Calcium Cops (the good guys): low fat milk, yogurt, or cheese as well as magnesium and calcium supplements.
Calcium Robbers (the bad guys): caffeine, sodas, and sugar. Consuming calcium along with weight bearing exercises and strength training can help prevent osteoporosis.
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10. You've Got the BEAT!
Move, groove, or dance your way to better health. Research proves that low to moderate intensity exercise such as gardening, cleaning, and dancing will make your heart beat faster, which can make a dramatic change in your life. Get on the beat so you can beat debilitating diseases!
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