A personal
fitness and nutrition trainer can help you enter
a race where there's no engraved cup
or money award at
the finish
line. Unlike
the Thoroughbreds racing at
the local park,
you will be running for
your very
life instead. Fitness
and nutrition are the keys
to a quality long life.
Racing for Fitness
Almost 60%
of people in the United States
are overweight
or obese.
The consequences
of having too much fat on
your body
can be severe. Obesity is a major cause
of many
serious illnesses including Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease, high blood
pressure and even
certain forms
of cancer.
It's hard to maintain a
fitness routine on
your own. On top of
that you are bombarded with
advertisements selling unhealthy food and gadgets and inventions that
actually result
in less physical activity. The perfect examples
are kids playing
electronic games for
hours instead of baseball or soccer. There
are bigger and better computers and TVs promoting lifestyles with
little exercise time included.
Sedentary lifestyles are not
good for the
body, and neither is junk food. But everyone lives extremely busy lives and fitness and nutrition often take a low priority. A personal fitness and nutrition
trainer can help you rearrange
your priorities
so you
place your health top of the list.
When you are young,
it's easy to
believe good health is forever. But
as you
age, the
truth is slowly revealed. Metabolisms slow naturally. Fat accumulates after years of eating
meals with little nutritional value.
Free radicals form unimpeded because the diet has consistently lack
antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables. Other diseases eventually take
root. For example, lack of exercise
increases the chances of developing osteoporosis.
Finding Your Stride
A personal fitness and nutrition
trainer can assist you in a
number of ways beginning with an assessment of your current fitness level. A personal trainer will work with to establish mutual goals including measures of progress
such as weight loss or inches loss.
Personal fitness and nutrition includes the following:
Evaluating current dietary habits and making necessary changes
Calculating the body mass
index (BMI)
Establishing an exercise routine that fits your lifestyle
Develop a
strength training program
Tracking progress and making necessary
adjustments as you progress
Using a personal fitness and nutrition trainer can help you
stay motivated as you begin the race for your life. The quality of your life in your senior years is directly related to the level of fitness you maintain in your younger
years. It becomes clearer with each medical
study that problems associated with aging are as much a consequence of poor nutrition as they are of the aging process itself.
Utilizing the
services of a personal fitness and nutrition trainer only makes sense if you're
ready to
get serious about your health. Racing for the grand prize of good health means finding your "fitness stride".
You don't have to work out
8 hours a day to stay
fit and healthy. You do have to exercise
regularly and watch what you eat. A personal fitness and nutrition trainer can be the key to your success.
Hut Allred is the President of New Wave
Fitness. Inc. located in Dallas, TX. His company provides in
home personal fitness coaching throughout the Dallas-Fort
Worth area. His
website is
http://www.bestdallaspersonaltrainer.com