My car is packed, and I have just enough time to complete this before my wife returns from whatever it is she does just before we embark on a trip. I gave up trying to figure some of these things out years ago, but a trip always requires a certain amount of last minute shopping.
One of the questions I always get from people is: What kind of exercise should I do? Which is always followed by: How much exercise is enough?
I'll begin by answering the first question.
It's very important to begin slowly when you are not in shape. People who are not used to exerting themselves can throw themselves into an exercise program that is too strenuous for them, and often end up with aches or injuries. This is really the body's way of protecting itself and urging you to go more slowly.
If you do injure yourself or experience pain, you are most likely to stop exercising. This is not what you want to happen and of course there are no benefits to stopping.
If you have been something of a couch potato until now, you really need to start slowly. Walking is an excellent way to ease into a fitness program and you can begin with as few as ten minutes a day. Stick with that for a week and then increase by five minutes. The next week, increase by five more, and keep increasing as the weeks go on.
Easing in to exercise in this way is better for your body because it gives it the opportunity to adjust to your new level of activity and you also have time to recuperate between workout sessions. If you do the math, you will realize that you will be walking for thirty minutes a day in the space of just one month, which is really great for someone who is not used to regular exercise.
When you've managed to get up to forty-five minutes of walking per day, it's time to add more to your workout. I recommend bodyweight exercises, which I'll talk about next.
Bodyweight exercises can be done anywhere, and you don't need a fancy gym, or any flashy exercise outfits. You can do them right in the privacy of your home, and you can get extremely fit in a relatively short period of time.
Increasing your workout time and adding other types of exercise is best done slowly. Listen to your body -- it knows and will tell you when it's time to rev up and enhance your routine.
How do you know how much exercise is enough for you?
It really is important to do some sort of exercise each day. It does not have to be especially strenuous, because a little really does go a long way. Walking is a good choice for your everyday exercise, and then on other days you can do other activities that you enjoy, like bike riding, or playing tennis, or whatever is the most fun for you. Always remember to check in with your body so you don't push too hard.
If you have pain, stop what you're doing. Pain is a sign that something is wrong. Get it checked out, with your doctor, and then, go back to your exercise routine.
Just last week I talked to a woman who had knee pain. It turns out she went from not exercising for a number of years to jumping on the treadmill for an hour a day. Quite naturally, her body rebelled. I slowed her training program way down, and presto chango! Her knee pain improved, and then stopped.
She is also on an ultra pure, enteric coated pharmaceutical grade fish oil, and not only is her knee pain gone, but her elbow and wrist pain has almost vanished, too.
The fact that she is experiencing less knee pain can definitely be attributed to the slowdown of her workout regime, but the lessening of the pain in her other joints is a direct result of her intake of the pharmaceutical-grade fish oil. In about six weeks, with the combination of the slowdown in training and the continuation of her fish oil intake, she should be feeling great.
So the answers to the questions that people ask me most frequently are this: exercise is vitally important, but it's equally important to start slowly and build your way up. Don't expect miracle results in a short period of time. Your brain and body will work together to help you, but you have to be a bit patient. Additionally, taking the pharmaceutical grade fish oil will bring everything together to achieve the level of fitness you want, all while "lubing" your joints and muscles at the same time.
One of the questions I always get from people is: What kind of exercise should I do? Which is always followed by: How much exercise is enough?
I'll begin by answering the first question.
It's very important to begin slowly when you are not in shape. People who are not used to exerting themselves can throw themselves into an exercise program that is too strenuous for them, and often end up with aches or injuries. This is really the body's way of protecting itself and urging you to go more slowly.
If you do injure yourself or experience pain, you are most likely to stop exercising. This is not what you want to happen and of course there are no benefits to stopping.
If you have been something of a couch potato until now, you really need to start slowly. Walking is an excellent way to ease into a fitness program and you can begin with as few as ten minutes a day. Stick with that for a week and then increase by five minutes. The next week, increase by five more, and keep increasing as the weeks go on.
Easing in to exercise in this way is better for your body because it gives it the opportunity to adjust to your new level of activity and you also have time to recuperate between workout sessions. If you do the math, you will realize that you will be walking for thirty minutes a day in the space of just one month, which is really great for someone who is not used to regular exercise.
When you've managed to get up to forty-five minutes of walking per day, it's time to add more to your workout. I recommend bodyweight exercises, which I'll talk about next.
Bodyweight exercises can be done anywhere, and you don't need a fancy gym, or any flashy exercise outfits. You can do them right in the privacy of your home, and you can get extremely fit in a relatively short period of time.
Increasing your workout time and adding other types of exercise is best done slowly. Listen to your body -- it knows and will tell you when it's time to rev up and enhance your routine.
How do you know how much exercise is enough for you?
It really is important to do some sort of exercise each day. It does not have to be especially strenuous, because a little really does go a long way. Walking is a good choice for your everyday exercise, and then on other days you can do other activities that you enjoy, like bike riding, or playing tennis, or whatever is the most fun for you. Always remember to check in with your body so you don't push too hard.
If you have pain, stop what you're doing. Pain is a sign that something is wrong. Get it checked out, with your doctor, and then, go back to your exercise routine.
Just last week I talked to a woman who had knee pain. It turns out she went from not exercising for a number of years to jumping on the treadmill for an hour a day. Quite naturally, her body rebelled. I slowed her training program way down, and presto chango! Her knee pain improved, and then stopped.
She is also on an ultra pure, enteric coated pharmaceutical grade fish oil, and not only is her knee pain gone, but her elbow and wrist pain has almost vanished, too.
The fact that she is experiencing less knee pain can definitely be attributed to the slowdown of her workout regime, but the lessening of the pain in her other joints is a direct result of her intake of the pharmaceutical-grade fish oil. In about six weeks, with the combination of the slowdown in training and the continuation of her fish oil intake, she should be feeling great.
So the answers to the questions that people ask me most frequently are this: exercise is vitally important, but it's equally important to start slowly and build your way up. Don't expect miracle results in a short period of time. Your brain and body will work together to help you, but you have to be a bit patient. Additionally, taking the pharmaceutical grade fish oil will bring everything together to achieve the level of fitness you want, all while "lubing" your joints and muscles at the same time.
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To increase fitness and wellness, Dr. Bill recommends you take an enteric coated fish oil every single day.
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