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January 7, 2010

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Why Is Physical Fitness So Important? Step 3, Have Fun To Keep Moving.

Why is physical fitness so important?

We have already discussed Step 1, Getting Started, and Step 2, Knowing Your Limits.

As long as you are getting into motion habitually and honoring your limits while you stretch them, the only step left is to Keep Moving!

It’s really just that simple.

That doesn’t mean that you should beat yourself up if you fall off of your program!  Hey, if you get back up tomorrow, and have an active day, then you are on the right track!  Allow yourself your resistance, BUT get past it and get moving again!

You haven’t given up until you don’t get back up!  The longer you wait to get moving again, the harder it will be.

Getting back on your program is VICTORY!

All that is required is that you keep on going!  If you can do that, you will see results.

Don’t feel like you need to kill yourself.  You should be able to talk comfortably while you move.  Respect your limits and you will not deplete yourself.

If your health is already compromised, you may not be able to do much at first.  No problem!  As long as you Continue reading article →

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January 4, 2010

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Why Is Physical Fitness So Important? Step 2, Know Your Limits!

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2010 has begun!  In a hurry to get in shape?

You’ve already made your first mistake.

If 2009 wasn’t an active year, your pace should be slow and steady in 2010.  Consistency is the way to achieve ALL your fitness goals.

Pushing yourself might just be your undoing.  Do you know that the first sign of heart disease is often a heart attack?

So, what is your motivation for wanting to get in better shape?

Do you have major health concerns, a family history of heart disease, or do you just want to look better this year?

Your motive for getting in shape might drive you, that’s not a bad thing.  Just don’t make immediate results be the measure of your success.   Whether you’re hoping to look better, feel better or both, the secret is Continue reading article →

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November 9, 2009

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Why Is Physical Fitness So Important? Step 1, Getting Started.

Why Is Physical Fitness So Important?

Physical fitness is not a popular subject outside the gym.

Why is physical fitness so important?  To a couch potato, it’s a dirty word.

To someone dying of heart failure, it is unthinkable.

If you are not an athlete, why should you care about physical fitness?

Have you ever heard the expression “Move it or lose it”?

 

Why is physical fitness so important?

Because if you are inactive you will die prematurely of Sedentary Death Syndrome.

Look, if the mention of exercise makes your heart sink, then just get up and walk out the door on a regular basis.

Check out the flowers, clouds, and birds.  Depending on where you live, maybe the architecture is interesting or the people colorful.

Don’t call it exercise.

Make it a ritual to unplug from thinking and just move.

If you can’t move your body down the road, then move it in your yard, or on your patio, down the hallway or dance in your chair!

Just move.

If you will move, everyday consistently, until your heart rate increases and your tension is released, you will understand why physical fitness it so important.

You will FEEL it.

The experience is much like a warm blanket on a cold rainy day.

You get so stiff and your circulation so dull with built up sludge when you let yourself go.  Easing yourself into forward motion is a process that requires gentle patience.

No pain no gain is a myth.

In fact, respect your limits and you will recover and rebuild from the effort much quicker so that your gains will be greater tomorrow.

Breathe and relax WHILE you MOVE!

Speed and distance are really not important.

You may be tempted to bring along your ipod or mp3, but I encourage you to try and spend your active time stilling your thoughts and leaving the “space” for silence.

You won’t be gone long.  You can resume your flurry of activity when you finish increasing your heart rate, releasing your tension, and causing the space for relaxation.

Look, if you can just start there, maybe everyone else you love and care about can too.

The buddy system works great, or even an accountability partner to check in with.  Support helps!  Community is worth your time, and group activity is just plain FUN!

There is no rush here though!  Start where you are and talk to a friend about it.  Can you do that?

Part 1 is about changing your mind about physical fitness.

Maybe it really is just as simple as walking out the door.

Why Is Physical Fitness So Important?

Because it feels good, and you’re worth it!

Join The Life Breath Club to get the support you need to stay the course and get active!

Click on the link below to learn about the benefits of membership.

Become a Member of The Life Breath Club

This is a private membership site to protect your medical privacy.

It’s FREE!

 

Many blessings,

Carrie Tucker, RCP

The Life Breath Coach

Heart Failure Solutions

 

PS– Remember everyday:

  • Relax and Release tension
  • Exhale Slowly
  • Be active in a way that adds joy to your life

Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter

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