Site Meter Healthy B.P.M. » Blog Archive » A Batch of Mini Tips

A Batch of Mini Tips

by

Pick a tip, any tip, just do something to get started on a fitness plan. Veggin out in the sun is a pretty cool idea and yeah you want to enjoy the warm weather, but…. You gotta get your body in gear!!
Fit Tip: Warm your Engine - Never start any training session, whether you are lifting weights or doing a cardio work-out, without properly doing a 5-10 minute warm up with your body. A proper warm up that consists of jogging in place, jumping jacks, moderate cardio on a machine or just taking a quick jog, are crucial in making sure that you help warm your core and get your muscles in a flexible ready to train state.

Fit Tip: Exercise of Choice - Many people are looking for the best overall exercises and if I was to select the best Single Exercise if you could only pick one, it would be the Squat. Squats are an excellent lower body exercise that hit the largest muscles in your body that include glutes, hamstrings, quads, and calves. Working your largest muscle groups help you begin the body composition transformation that reduces fat % and builds toned muscles.

Find an Exercise ball, lean against it back and head straight looking forward. Feet should be shoulder width apart and with a smooth and steady sitting motion, bend at the hips and move your body downward till your legs are bent at a 90 degree angle. Pause for one second keeping the muscles in your lower body contracted and then move slowly back up into the standing upright position. Repeat this movement at least 12-15 times. Make sure you keep the fitness ball resting in your lower back area for support and stay very upright with your back and looking straight forward and not down at your feet.

Fit Tip: Rest and Re-energize - Not enough sleep can dramatically affect your current and future health. While you sleep, your body is recovering and resting from all the things you have done during your day. Your serotonin levels are brought back in line, your muscles relax, and your mind is allowed to clear itself in preparation for the next day’s events. If you are not getting enough rest, you will begin to notice it in a physical way. While there is no perfect number in terms of hours of sleep, 8 hours should be your target each and every night.


Leave a Reply


About Healthy B.P.M.

Do you want the heart beat of healthy living? Do you want daily updates on the health obsession? Welcome aboard people! Healthy B.P.M is a blog fattened by everything fat, fun and fitness. Not to mention the tragedy of eating disorders, the humor of unchanging weight scales, the luxury of spas and the never- ending pursuit for the ideal body and mind. Digestible language on diet do’s and don’ts. Read it.

Healthy B.P.M. Author(s)

Science & Health Channel Posts

  • What The Heck Is Treatment Resistant Depression?
    This is a dreadfully named type of chronic depression. Please, someone in the medical community rename this thing. When you're depressed, you're always convinced that you cannot be cured or helped. [...]
  • Victoria's Secret? She's a Vegan!
    Victoria's Secret is no longer hiding in closet. The lingerie and beauty product brand is getting loud and proud about veganism. Pink Body is a new line of Victoria's Secret cosmetics - including [...]
  • I binged
    Yes. I am not all perfect and cured. I totally had a binge last night. It was my own fault. I had junk food lying around the house for the "future" and needless to say, I pounced on the food last [...]
  • Is Volumetrics for you?
    [caption id="attachment_756" align="alignnone" width="339" caption="Volumetrics "][/caption]"Free foods" are those that help you get more bang for your buck because they contain a lot of water, [...]
  • Psoriasis and Earache
    I'm going to be honest and beg the blogosphere for information of psoriasis and earache. I have psoriasis and now it seems to have spread to my right ear. It causes a dull ache, but not bad enough [...]
  • Dear Non-Vegans, Love Eccentric Vegan
    Eccentric Vegan compiled a great resource post, called "Dear Non-Vegans," all about why meat, eggs, all other animal products are not healthy, humane, or environmentally friendly on Vegan Soapbox. I [...]
  • Top Ten signs of Alzheimers Disease
    [caption id="attachment_1800" align="alignnone" width="67" caption="Alzheimers"][/caption]Memory loss that disrupts everyday life is not a normal part of aging. It may be a sign of Alzheimer's [...]
  • The best way to measure body fat
    [caption id="attachment_796" align="alignnone" width="104" caption="Tape Measure"][/caption]When does "putting on a few pounds" cross the line into needing to lose weight? Neither scale, BMI, pinch [...]
  • Exacts on how you too can run up expensive therapy bills for your children.
    Ok, so see, as I said, I’ve never been away from my children much.  And, I have missed not one, not two but on Saturday, I will have missed three of my son’s basketball games.  Never in [...]
  • Published Letter to the Editor
    My first letter to the editor was published this week in the Middle Tennessee State University student newspaper, Sidelines. Here's the published version of what I wrote in response to their article [...]

Hot Off The Press