Hey everyone... Rob here, being a bit inspired by the many questions I have been recieving regarding fitness do's and dont's throughout the club and out on the town! My favorite is when I am out with friends, minding my own business and an individual stops me and goes "You must be a personal trainer! How do I (fill in the blank)?". I have a very easy solution to those seeking that "golden ticket" kind of advice that you're all absolutely dying for on your first few legs of your new fitness lifestyle... "Get active... Eat Healthy... Rest Consistently"... Plain and simple... 3 "easy" things (notice the quotations) that lead to overall improvement. Mind you this Blog is about the Fitness new comers planning to get ready for the next infamous season on our roster... SPRING!
Getting active is one of the biggest steps you can take. I’m sure you have all played some type of High School sport, or have done some kind of activity that would involve exercise at some point in your younger years. I remember running track and lifting with the football team like it was yesterday! I also remember being one of the 75% of freshman/sophomores that took the concept of Summer vacation so seriously it meant from our training as well! Remember that feeling when you started to get back into pre-season conditioning and season practices? That consistent “Yes, I feel great and I’m performing well! I’m seeing results!” It’s the same concept back then as it is now, even more than ever. An individual’s activity level can make or break someone’s exercise routine and hold them off from seeing the results they want.
There is one quote I live by, day by day… “You can’t out work a bad diet!” If there is anything a more fitness savvy individual can take out of reading this beginner directed blog post is just that. Your results will reflect your eating habits whether you are not eating enough, eating too much or eating pure junk. Proper eating yields very consistent results. Adjusting your eating, and making it work for your goals will allow you to healthfully accomplish whatever it may be you’re working for.
Rest is one thing that a good deal of Beginners and experienced Athletes both neglect. Some people can’t help their schedules but they can help how they respond to exercise through their recovery periods. Recovery doesn’t mean not being active entirely… It may mean you use what’s called “active recovery” and use the day to focus on a specific thing like core strength, low intensity cardio etc. This allows the rest of your body to rest and heal, but keeps you burning calories. Active Recovery is more applicable for individuals that get plenty of sleep, and does not mean they are entirely exempt from taking a whole day for recovery. For those of us in the performance realm of training, a day off or 2 may be important. Your nervous system can get just as burned out as your musculoskeletal system can. It’s important to accommodate both in order to keep your body seeing results and not becoming burnt out. For those of us fitness nit-picks it’s important to feel out and listen to your body.
Once you read into these details they aren’t too horribly simple, and yet once they are implemented and part of your lifestyle they become just as easy as putting on a shirt before work! For more information about scheduling, healthy eating and recovery… backtrack through my blog posts and read up on some of the information I have shared regarding just these subjects!
