Wonderfully Fit Personal Training

Sip water throughout the day.  By taking a few sips every half hour or so, you can help keep your body hydrated without overloading your kidneys. 

Older adults should maintain the flexibility necessary for regular physical activity and activities of daily life. 

It is best to walk a while after a run to cool down and let your heart return to a normal pace gradually. 

Some foods that contain B vitamins include fortified cereals, rainbow trout, salmon, tuna, chicken, yogurt, milk and cheese.

Consult a personal trainer in starting your fitness plan. 

Exercise releases endorphins, which are naturally produced chemicals thought to relieve stress and promote a sense of well-being. 

Aerobic physical activity requires the lungs to move more air and the heart to pump more blood and deliver it to the working muscles.  

Eating vegetables may be useful in helping to lower your total caloric intake, thereby helping you to lose belly weight.

Squats are good for quadriceps, hamstrings, thighs and butt. 

When you become dehydrated during exercising, your muscles begin to use more carbohydrates and less fat for fuel.  

Walking, gardening or yard work, bicycling or exercise cycling, dancing, swimming, and golf are activities with the lowest injury rates. 

Some people need more physical activity than others to maintain a healthy body weight, to lose weight, or to keep weight off once it has been lost. 

It is possible to achieve weight stability by doing the equivalent of 2-5 hours a week of moderate-intensity walking at about a 4 mile-an-hour pace. 

It is possible to achieve weight stability by doing the equivalent of 2-5 hours a week of moderate-intensity walking at about a 4 mile-an-hour pace. 

Working with weights for just 20 minutes twice a week should be enough to start building more lean muscle and flattening your abs.

Warming up and stretching are two different things.  Be sure to warm up first, then ease into stretching.  

Physical activity has important therapeutic effects in people with diabetes. 

Adults should do at least 2.5 hours a week of moderate-intensity, or 1 hour a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity. 

Children and adolescents should include muscle-strengthening physical activity at least 3 days per week. 

Do abs crunches slowly, both during the bend and the return to the upright position, and keep your neck in a neutral position.

Regularly active adults have lower rates of heart disease and stroke, and have lower blood pressure, better blood lipid profiles, and fitness. 

During your squatting routine, be sure to tighten your stomach muscles, from upper to lower.  

Give your abs at least a day of rest between your workouts in order to repair and build. 

Park your car further away from your office, so that you are forced to walk more. 

If you are trying a new technique or are working with a new machine, ask a trainer for assistance in learning how to perform the exercise properly.  

Use olive oil to baste poultry before roasting. 

Once a person reaches a certain fitness level, he or she progresses to higher levels of physical activity by continued overload and adaptation.  

Keep your abs tight by cutting back on meats high in fat, such as burgers, and greasy fried foods, such as French fries.

Bend your elbows and your knees when lifting or lowering plates or dumbbells from the floor.  Do not use your back, you could strain it. 

Physical activity can lower the risk of developing chronic diseases such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. 

In the amounts commonly done by adults, walking has a third or less of the injury risk of running. 

A potent antioxidant, vitamin C protects the body against cell damage that can occur during exercise.

Olive oil is high in monounsaturated fat, which is healthy for you. 

For each strength-training exercise, do 1-3 sets.  Each set should include 8-12 repetitions.

Whole grains are good sources of B vitamins, which are thought to help relieve stress. 

Performing a variety of different physical activities may reduce the risk of overuse injury.  

Tight, inflexible hamstrings are often at the root of low back pain.

Walking and running are examples of weight-bearing activities that can help you strengthen your bones and guard against osteoporosis.

Eat regular small meals throughout the day to stimulate your metabolism, so that you can burn more belly fat more efficiently.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so don't skip breakfast.  Instead, eat a light and healthy snack to keep your belly happy. 

Pace yourself while running.  The rule of thumb is to make sure you are able to talk while you run.  If you can't speak comfortably, slow down. 

Without adequate amounts of the B vitamins, the body lacks the energy needed for exercise.  

The health benefits of physical activity are generally independent of body weight. 

Include crunches or other abs exercises as part of your strength-training program.