Exercise is a good way to get a better body and stay fit, and for a lot of other health reasons, but you don’t need a gym membership to get into shape. Exercise can help in burning off more weight and increasing heart rate and does lots of good things for your body, but you can work all your muscles and trim down just by doing exercises that use your body weight and gravity at home. For example, doing a standing tubing row exercises the same muscles that a pull-up does and your core muscles too. Other exercises in this category you can do right at home include pull-ups, wide grip push-ups, jump lunges and jump squats. According to Pete McCall, of the American Council on Exercise, using low reps and light weights to exercise can help with losing weight. By engaging in an overall program of cardio and strength training exercises that builds muscle works for weight loss because muscle burns calories even when they are not working. While exercise is undeniably good for weight loss and health in general, there are other ways to get that better body other than exercising.
Other Ways to Stay Fit
Staying hydrated is one of the best things you can do to stay fit. By drinking cold water your body burns up more calories warming that water up to body temperature. You also feel fuller by drinking water throughout the day which keeps you from eating between meals. Drinking before you exercise releases hormones that help in muscle building which helps you get the most out of your exercise regimen. In addition to water, drinking green tea boosts your metabolism and gives you antioxidants. Eating breakfast is also important to avoid overeating later in the day when trying to lose weight and according to Rubaum Keller eating small snacks every three hours helps in the same way. Brain Wansink, Ph.D., a Cornell researcher, advises having a breakfast that is high in protein to stay with you longer. Dr. Wansink, also reported a study showing that soft lighting and music can influence people to eat less. For optimal weight loss you also need to make sure you are getting quality sleep. Studies show that people who don’t get enough sleep eat about 300 more calories than when they get enough sleep. For some people there are other techniques that can be used to encourage weight loss. These include keeping a food journal to track what and when you eat so you can make choices to adjust your calorie intake, saying out loud before eating that hungry or not you are about to eat something in particular which makes you own up to your eating habits and take responsibility for them, using smaller sized dinner plates, and getting support from friends or a support type group.
Staying fit also means getting the optimal nutrition to fuel the body so it can stay active and have the energy for exercise, nourish it with all the vitamins, minerals and nutrients it needs for good health, and to support immune system function to stay healthy. When you can’t get all this from the foods you eat, a supplement program with a full range of nutrition can help. This supplement program gives you some of the most nourishing foods on the planet including marine and freshwater algae, tonic mushrooms, and sprouted grasses and grains as well as probiotics and digestive enzymes. This program is especially good for those on the run as it comes in convenient packets easy to take on the go.
It doesn’t have to be hard to get that better body you want. You don’t have to go to the expense of joining a gym or work gym time into your already busy schedule. Just work up an exercise routine at home, make a few lifestyle changes, eat a healthy diet, and get extra nutrition from wholefood supplements if needed and you can get the body you want.
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http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/ss/slideshow-no-gym-workout?ecd=wnl_wlw_021115&ctr=wnl-wlw-021115_nsl-ld-stry&mb=Xenvmz6dAtHtkRjp7Is6CeHnVev1imbCfXusP2Lh3sM%3d
http://www.shape.com/weight-loss/weight-loss-strategies/no-diet-no-exercise-tips-lose-weight
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/03/weight-loss-lose-without-exercise_n_3533652.html
