Follow these 7 steps to reach a fitness goal

Follow these 7 steps to reach a fitness goal

1. Eat a healthy, balanced diet

While this may seem the most obvious on the surface, this is the one thing that most people choose to neglect all over for some reason. What you put in your about is about 75% of the fitness program; QUIT neglect !!! If you are looking to get a muscle mass then you will want to eat more calories you consume and if you are looking to lose weight then burn more calories than you consume. You also want to make sure that you eat low glycemic foods (foods that spike your blood sugar in the blood). This is a bigger problem than people who eat fatty foods because too much of the time, these foods labeled "fat-free"

2. Weight / Strength Train

To achieve any fitness goal if weight loss or muscle gain, you should be lifting weights at least twice a week, but preferably three. People looking to gain muscle should ultimately make their way up to 4-5 days per week resistance training. Building muscle will help increase your metabolic rate to help you burn more fat! Weight training also helps develop strength, improve balance, increase core strength and help you look better!

3. Sleep

Our body needs sleep to retrieve events of that day. If you do not get at least seven hours of sleep a night, you will not recover properly and you affect the physical and mental function the next day. Lack of sleep can also lead to increased appetite and unwanted weight gain.

4. Drink water

A simple way to determine how much water you should drink is dividing your weight by 2 and this number gives you the ounces of water you should drink each day. For example if you weigh 180 pounds, you should drink 90 ounces of water daily. Your body is at least 50 to 60% water so as not to deprive your body of half her makeup!

5. Improve Flexibility

Improve flexibility can be done a couple of different ways, but the way was the most effective for me is yoga. I do not do yoga as much as I probably should, but I always had my best results when I implemented in my yoga fitness program 2-3 times a week. Yoga is also great for improving strength and core stability. Stretching is another good way to keep your muscles flexible and strong. Static stretching should never be done before you work! This can increase your risk of injury! Opt for dynamic / active warm-up before work on static stretching and after your workout.

6. Cardio

Most people understand the cardiovascular benefits of work and that this should be done 5-6 days a week, ideally. The fitness goal, I want to emphasize here are the winners muscle. You still need to do cardio grouping ALL !!! Just because you are trying to gain weight and put on muscle does not mean that you must stop taking care of your heart! Now that does not mean you should do cardio 5-6 days a week. Doing cardio does not result in "losing gains", if you eat more calories than you burn, you will still gain weight. The premium to be two to three days a week of cardio any swelling is that you can fight fat gain to a degree and still put on muscle! The scale may not move as fast as you want, but A) the scale does not tell much of the story of your progress and B) what is the weight gain is no muscle mass that the accompanied?

7. Supplementation

Supplementation is probably the last piece of the puzzle. You absolutely need to have six categories above fingertips before seeking to take supplements. If you can not be compatible with all six categories above, then supplements end up being a waste of money for you, for two reasons. First, the supplements are intended to supplement a fitness program, not replace any parts that can fail. Then, if you do not have compatibility with all that you will not be compatible with your supplements and supplements should be taken regularly to have their desired effect.