Your Strong Fitness Foundation
Your body is your superstructure.
In order to maintain and live a healthy life, a strong foundation is crucial to your success.
STRONG FOUNDATION SUGGESTIONS
If you have very little or no exercise experience/training, start with small changes.
Develop healthy habits.
- Regular eating patterns.
- Regular sleeping patterns.
- Regular exercise patterns/physical training sessions.
Monitor food intake.
- Eat quality foods that are nutritious.
- Make healthy choices.
-Increase fruit and vegetable consumption.
-Consume lowfat/nonfat dairy.
-Avoid processed foods. - Reduce/eliminate empty calorie food like candy, desserts, soft drinks, alcohol, etc.
Establish a cardiovascular program that is progressive and challenging, based on your initial fitness level.
- Start with walking for a predetermined amount of time on a set number of days.
- Increase the duration of the walk, increase the number of days you walk, and include some challenging terrain such as hill climbing, stair climbing, hiking, etc.
- Progress into a running program, the same as you did for walking.
- Remember to progressively challenge yourself.
- Consider entering into a local race to gauge your progress.
If you have been physically active and you would like a progressively challenging program to allow yourself to grow and improve. Consider the following suggestions:
- Running several times throughout the week.
- Cross training such as cycling, swimming, etc.
- Interval training
- Plyometric training
- Weight training/Circuit training
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