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Cardiovascular Excercise

Aerobic exercise improves the cardiovascular system – the heart, blood vessels, and lungs. you should get 20 – 30 minutes of some aerobic activity 3 times a week.

Today, walking is a very popular form of aerobic exercise, but there are numerous other ways of getting an aerobic exercise workout. And most importantly, keep it fun!!!

Try one or all of the following:

• Cycling
• Swimming
• Basketball
• In-line Skating
• Jumping Rope

Strength Training

Muscles work miracles on your metabolism. for every pound of muscle you add, you automatically burn an extra 35 to 50 calories per day. the reason? muscle requires more energy than fat does. therefore, the more muscle you build, the more calories your body burns.

Keep in mind that conditioning your muscles doesn’t mean bulking up so that you look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. It does mean burning more calories and giving your body a whole new shape!

Going to the Gym?

Go to the gym? That’s a thought that can send panic to the minds of many people. That’s the place of spandex, perfect bodies, and sweat. Many folks feel intimidated at the gym for reasons such as: poor body images, lack of knowledge, or perhaps you are uncoordinated and klutzy. Consider this, a vibrant place that doesn’t have body, shape, or physique in the title. Health Investments Personal Fitness Studio teaches you to move within your abilities, and it doesn’t smell like a gym. The owners are a healthy normal couple who don’t concern themselves with vanity. Mark a 6’ 5” guy finally nearly weighs 200 lbs up from 155 lbs after marriage and weight training. Lisha describes her bottom as looking like a deflated balloon but that can happen after you lose 100 lbs, skin only stretches so far.

Health Investments focuses on health and well being by taking steps in the right direction daily while trying to make better decisions about food and lifestyle. Changing habits can be difficult, encouraging progress not perfection, and building on solid base of proven information not the next new fitness craze or fad diet. Concentrating on the individual person and making a program to fit your needs and grouchy parts. The training style accentuates posture development and strengthening muscular imbalances. People ranging from 13 to 78, professionals, empty nesters, and baby boomers enjoy coming to Health Investments. There is a real family atmosphere; dads and daughters, moms and sons, grandpas and grandmas, husbands and wives workout together in a clean quiet atmosphere.

Health Investments is set up with no long term contracts and pay as desired teaching and training by the owners. Mark and Lisha previously have been on the other side of the desk in the small sales room, and ended up with different pricing for the same membership at a local gym. Frustrating!!!! Health Investments pricing is set the same for everyone who walks though the door, no gimmicks, no pressure sales, and no automatic bank drafts. We want everyone to feel comfortable here, just as you would at your friends’ house. Please except this invitation to come visit Health Investments Personal Fitness Studio, we look forward to meeting you soon.

Nutrition

Are you willing to adopt a new pattern of eating? Willing to give up the “three square meals” a day? Are you ready to have a more constant metabolism and fewer drops in blood sugar that can lead to tiredness and lack of concentration?

Eating five or six smaller meals through the day instead of three bigger ones actually helps you burn more calories by keeping your metabolism revved up. How big is a small meal? You should not eat more of any food group than the size of your fist, or palm. Each meal should contain one serving (size of your fist) of protein and one serving of carbohydrates. Make sure that you include a serving of vegetables with each meal. Vegetables are God’s digestive enzymes and a great filler foods full of vitamins, minerals, fiber and water and do not contain many calories.

Carbs

Quality carbohydrates are an important part of a well balanced diet. non-quality carbs (sugars) can dramatically spike blood sugar and insulin, which can cause a number of health problems. quality carbs can actually help prevent problems such as heart disease, colon cancer, and diabetes.

Quality carbs include thins such as oatmeal, brow rice, yogurt, fruit, barley, potatoes, whole-wheat bread, vegtables, and pasta.

Protein

Quality protein is an essential component of muscles, glands and organs. it also helps maintain the cells of muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

Quality proteins include such things as skinless chicken (not fried), fish, low-fat cottage cheese, egg whites, egg substitutes, and lean red meat.

Supplements

NuCare

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Vegetables

Vegetables are a high-nutrient food that are not a significant source of protein or carbs, but which should be a part of at least two meals a day. Vegetables that are low in calories and high in fiber include: tomatoes cabbage, green beans, broccoli, carrots, celery, cucumbers, mushrooms, spinach, lettuce, and cauliflower. the best way to server them is lightly steamed or raw.

Why Water

Water is vital to any fitness or health plan. the benefits if drinking water are many.

• Water helps your body convert excess fat to energy and helps your kidneys flush out waste products from the extra fat and calories you burn.
• Water keeps your body from retaining excess fluid. When your body senses a shortage in fluid, it will retain as much water as possible. Retained water shows up as extra weight and can give you a bloated look.
• If you’re trying to cut back on calories, drinking water before and during each meal can help curb cravings and make you feel fuller faster.
• Water transports nutrients and oxygen to cells, aids in food digestion, regulates your body temperature, and removes toxins from your body, as well as prevents constipation, cushions your joints, protects organs and tissues, and cools down the body.
• Experts say you need about eight glasses of water a day — about 64 ounces to keep your system running smoothly under normal conditions. But if you exercise, you’ll need even moore to replace the fluids you loose through perspiration.

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