| More important than Exercise |
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| Monday, 11 May 2009 20:51 |
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You can exercise for over two hours daily, six days a week, using state-of-the-art equipment, being coached through each workout by a top level professional, yet still fail to reach your goals that, on paper or stated out loud, seem well within your abilities. Why?? Because you don't place enough emphasis on one particular component of fitness that has as great, if not greater, impact on your overall health, fitness, and life. That component is nutrition. Using the training scenario above you still have 156 hours a week of living "fit" all on your own, not under your trainer's watchful eye. What you ingest will determine: 1. What your mood and attitude will be prior to starting your exercise session 2. How well you will perform your workouts 3. How quickly and effectively your body will recover from the workout 4. How your body will adapt or transform (burn fat for fuel vs. store fat; build muscle or waste muscle; performance improvement or decline; change in appearance or stay the same) 5. How you feel, physically and mentally, throughout your day 6. How well you sleep 7. Whether or not you reach your health and fitness goals For the best success with your fitness program be sure to obtain and follow sound nutritional advice in addition to an exercise program designed exclusively for you and your goals.
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