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GT Get Fit Tip: Release Cortisol – Increase Body Fat
While cortisol is an important and helpful part of the body’s response to stress, it’s important that the body’s relaxation response to be activated so the body’s functions can return to normal following a stressful event. Unfortunately, in our current high-stress culture, the body’s stress response is activated so often that the body doesn’t always have a chance to return to normal, resulting in a state of chronic stress.
Higher and more prolonged levels of cortisol in the bloodstream (like those associated with chronic stress) have been shown to have negative effects, such as:
- Impaired cognitive performance
- Suppressed thyroid function
- Blood sugar imbalances such as hyperglycemia
- Decreased bone density
- Decrease in muscle tissue
- Higher blood pressure
- Lowered immunity and inflammatory responses in the body, slowed wound healing, and other health consequences
- Increased abdominal fat, which is associated with a greater amount of health problems than fat deposited in other areas of the body. Some of the health problems associated with increased stomach fat are heart attacks, strokes, the development of metabolic syndrome, higher levels of “bad” cholesterol (LDL) and lower levels of “good” cholesterol (HDL), which can lead to other health problems!
To keep cortisol levels healthy and under control, the body’s relaxation response should be activated after the fight or flight response occurs. You can learn to relax your body with various stress management techniques, and you can make lifestyle changes in order to keep your body from reacting to stress in the first place. http://stress.about.com/od/stresshealth/a/cortisol.htm
WHY I do Personal Training
There is a wonderful group of various people that come together almost like family everyday to my studio and through a habitude of nutrition and fitness they motivate themselves from what they once were, to go out and inspire to help make change in the lives of others, friends and loved ones.
These people have a loyalty and respect for themselves and what it means to be a productive piece of society for the betterment of our human kind. People like these are looked up too and set apart to be made examples for others to follow, for that I commend them.
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GT Get Fit Tip: PMS – the Philosophy
I just met two new clients today, a mother and daughter and after our hour and half consultation/workout it got me thinking about my philosophy of health and PMS
P- physical
M- mental
S- social
PMS is the balance of life and well-being. When people come to our studio to be trained by personal trainers they typically have an imbalance of PMS and are unhealthy in some way. One or all of these aspects of health is out of whack and needs attention.
That’s what we do.
Our personal training studio addresses all three of these components and helps each person on an individual level. We attack the physical and social realms because we maintain a “results oriented environment” guaranteed. People train with us to get results, this is not a gym, this is a process. WE workout together among friends and family to achieve better health and in-return we leave with a mental clarity that carries us onward.
You can be out of tune with life if you’re not focused on yourself, how can you help others if you can’t help yourself?
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GT Get Fit Tip: 7 Deadly Habits to Unhappiness
7 deadly habits that could be wrecking your midsection and the propensity of unhappiness you have about yourself.
- smoking
- no sleep
- alcohol
- stress
- not enough H2O
- excess cardio
- TV
The first step to looking good and being healthy is body awareness, without knowing your body and being mindful of what you’re doing you don’t stand a chance in this life.
Get up, get fit, GET TONED!!
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GT Get Fit Tip: Break the Fast (Breakfast)
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Breakfast – break / fast
Essentially the word breakfast means break the fast from a night or about 8hrs of not eating and drinking.
If you have more fat stored on your body than you want and you skip breakfast regularly, read this:
Eating supper at 7pm and not eating lunch till 12pm is 17hrs WITHOUT food!! That’s way to long to force your body without nutrition, a body that is malnourished will be starved. When your body goes into starvation mode it will gear up to store body fat so anything you eat your body works hard to convert it to fat and stored somewhere (maybe your abs, hips, or thighs) for later use.
If you are trying to lose body fat and don’t break the fast from night, then you’re not getting the metabolism going for the day and you’re not going to burn as many calories as you need to make a difference. You have to have energy or nutrition to burn fat and here is a list of 100 foods that add energy and productivity to your day.
I know you will find something you like, if not send me yours and I will add it to my list.
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GT Get Fit Tip: No EXCUSES!!
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NO EXCUSES!!
It’s your responsibly as a parent to uphold your mental health and well-being and be an example for children and family to follow.
Include daily physical activities in your busy schedule like cleaning house, mowing the lawn, taking the stairs, parking farther away from the building.
Every little bit counts when you are trying to burn extra calories and stay active. Burn 3500 kcals and lose 1 pound of FAT
This makes me Hungry – Anorexia Kills
Perfection?
NOPE!!
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Thoughts on Fitness
-Being consistent over time is what matters most in fitness – not what you did 3 days ago.
-You can’t fall off the wagon if you were never moving in the first place
-Don’t put other people over yourself when you’re the one that hurts most
-You can make excuses and be miserable with what life hands you
- or Live to Give
IGOT SOME if You Need it
Bulimic patterns: All or Nothing
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All or Nothing people see things in black-and-white categories most of the time. If your performance falls short of perfect, you see yourself as a total failure. Your thought patterns can affect your outlook on life.
All or Nothing dieting in my opinion is a mild form of Bulimia. I say this because these types of people will restrict calories and then binge once or twice a week or a few times a month which is a common characteristic in bulimic mentality. Most bulimics self-esteem is affected by how the perceive their weight and body shape.
Bulimic patterns:
1. mental concerns about body weight/shape
2. strict dieting/exercise rules
3. mishap followed w/ binge eating or excessive exercise
4. mental concerns about body weight/shape
vicious pattern repeats itself
The mental and physical anguish continues to repeat itself and its common amongst men as well as women. They watch their calorie intake all week-long while at work or cooking at home, then on Friday somebody wants dinner and a cocktail then all hell breaks loose followed by a two-day weekend binge.
STOP!!
There is a better way, relax and take a minute to focus on the big picture, your overall health. You need to make small realistic changes that you can stick with mentally. There is a distinction between healthy body weight and fat vs. unhealthy bodyweight and fat. Too much diet or too much exercise can have negative results on the body and cause body function breakdowns. There has to be a balance and tasteful compliment of nutrition and exercise for a person to maintain a healthy body. One without the other is counterproductive.
Bulimia is a serious mental/physical issue and I’m not saying everyone is bulimic but if you know someone who suffers from the sings or symptom then contact a healthcare provider for a professional opinion.
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Are you first or last? This race is for Life
What did you do today? Was it spent doing something that you want to do or something you had to do? What did your friends and family do with their time?
Life has us going in all different directions throughout day and night that we sometimes forget about ourselves. We put other peoples priorities first and neglect our own, by the end of the day we are out of time and energy. If we were to rank priorities where would you put yourself, first or last?
If you were to put yourself as a first priority and really focus 30-50 mins (out of a 24 hr day) most days of the week to your health and fitness what could you accomplish?
If you become stronger, faster, and leaner, what couldn’t you accomplish?
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