subject: Fitness is More than Just Exercising But You Can't Get Fit Without it! [print this page] Exercise is definitely an important part of getting healthy and staying fit but there is more to those things than exercise. There is a lot more to truly being fit than running or lifting weights. You need to make smart choices in all areas of your life if you truly want to get fit. Leading a healthy lifestyle and being physically fit become more important as you get older. Think back over the last few days and weeks of your life: how many times have you wished you were healthier than you are now?
Thankfully you can do a few things today to start to increase your health and fitness. Here are some tips that you can put into practice to help you get physically fit and lead a healthier lifestyle.
Make good lifestyle choices. Don't smoke. Pare down your booze. You already know that smoking and drinking are filthy habits but if you keep doing them while you try to get healthy you will only keep yourself from reaching your goal. Smoking is terrible for your lungs and can keep you from being able to work out properly. Drinking wreaks havoc on your liver and decreases your energy level.
Beyond the damage they do to your body, alcoholic drinks are jam packed with empty calories. Just working off the calories from the alcohol alone could use up your whole exercise routine. Why set yourself back those steps?
A full workout is possible even if you don't want to spend a bunch of time at the gym. Elliptical trainers and rowing machines provide full body workouts with a single activity. You might not believe this but spending twenty minutes on one of these machines works out your whole body. Just twenty minutes with either of these machines is the equivalent of a sixty minute workout that works each major muscle system individually. You will probably choose to use one of these machines to help you get fit because using these machines can save you hours of time spent training each day.
Join an athletic activity that you enjoy. Dance classes provide you with a great way to burn calories work your muscles and have fun. Join a water aerobics class. Learn how to do rock climbing or go for a hike. These exercises will allow you to have lots of fun while also helping you get fit. You stand a better chance of getting fit if you have fun with your exercise routine. If you hate your fitness routine you will be more likely to make excuses to not do it. How productive can that be? Why not have fun while you get fit? Just about every person on earth wants to be fitter. We all wish we were stronger or had more endurance. We all want to be healthier. The problem is that few of us know how to start making the changes we need to make to get fit. Don't let yourself get intimidated. Everybody has to start somewhere! There are people throughout the world who feel the same things you feel right now. The most important thing right now is that you know what you have to do. You only have to take the first step.
