Wonderfully Fit Personal Training

Increasing baseline activity burns calories, which can help in maintaining a healthy body weight.  

Whatever your favorite cardio activity, remember that strength-training  should be part of your exercise mix.

Older adults should determine their level of effort for physical activity relative to their level of fitness. 

The best way to be physically active is to be active for life. 

Regular physical activity helps people with arthritis or other rheumatic conditions affecting the joints.  

Pilates strengthens the core muscles by developing your pelvic and abs stability zones and improving muscle and joint flexibility. 

A recent study found that staying physically active may reduce the number of colds you get.  

Physically active women have a significantly lower risk of breast cancer. 

Eating smaller, more regular meals is better for your digestion, reduces acid indigestion and constipation, and aids in weight loss.  

Stretching exercises are effective in increasing flexibility, and thereby can allow people to more easily do activities. 

By regularly checking your body weight, you can find the amount of physical activity that works for you.  

Exercise helps burn calories, and diet controls your weight.  

When working with weights, do not bend your hands back at the wrists.  This can lead to muscle strain or other wrist injury. 

Inhale into your belly, not your chest, while you run.  Belly breathing will get more oxygen to your system than shallow breathing into the chest. 

Aerobic activity should be performed in episodes of at least 10 minutes, and preferably, it should be spread throughout the week.  

Studies show that the frequent decline in bone density that happens during aging can be slowed with regular physical activity. 

Older adults should increase their amount of physical activity gradually. 

When resistance training is used to enhance muscle strength, one set of 8 to 12 repetitions of each exercise is effective. 

Use plant-based oils such as olive, canola and soy oils instead of butter or margarine in cooking and baking. 

When you work out, your need for several vitamins and minerals increases.  So be sure to take a multivitamin to replace what's lost during exercise.