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