New Year's Resolutions have come and gone...but Memorial Day is only one month away, and then begins the dawn of "Pool Season". Are you ready? Is your body where it needs to be? If not, below are some simple tips that will surely get you through the springtime slump!... but first I want to let you know Better Bodies and Me Salon will be closed Monday, May 30 for Memorial Day!
Has your progress slowed or came to a halt?
Most people carry out a regular exercise program but become frustrated when after a while they stop losing weight. If that happens to you, don't give up! You just hit an exercise plateau.
Your body gets used to your exercise routine
If you haven't been exercising much, when you first start, your body has to burn a lot of energy to meet the new challenges. Burning all that energy makes you lose weight. So far, so good!
But after a while, your body adapts to the new demands. If you walk the same route every day, you will develop leg muscles that are adequate to handle the length of your walk and the elevation changes you encounter. With that new muscle, your body just glides along. Your body doesn't have to burn as much energy as it did before you developed all those nice calf muscles!
You have to change it up
If you've hit an exercise plateau, you need to change your routine. You can do this in one of four ways:
HIRE A TRAINER
Do it more
Do it with more intensity
Do something different
Hire A Trainer!!!
If you don't know what and where to begin. Hire a trainer. Personal trainers can provide you with a structured exercise program that will help you obtain quicker results from your workouts while avoiding injury. With training programs starting at $89.99 you have nothing to lose but inches.
Exercise more
If you have the time, this is an easy way to revitalize your exercise routine. If you currently do thirty minutes of cardio per day, try forty-five minutes instead. If you swim twice a week, go three times instead.
Exercise with more intensity
If you lift weights, increase the wt by 5% per week. If you take a daily stroll, walk more vigorously. If you already walk vigorously, consider jogging. If you jog, jog faster.
Do something different
If you walk every day but don't get any other kind of exercise, you probably have great calf muscles, but a weak upper body. A couple of times a week, instead of taking your usual walk, take a boot camp.
How do you know if you're off the plateau?
You should feel challenged by your new exercise routine. Pain is not good, but you should be able to feel that your muscles have gotten a new workout. Eventually, you will hit a new plateau. When that happens, simply apply one or more of the three methods of change -- do it more, do it with more intensity, or do something different.
Have a great week!!
P.S - Refer a friend to the salon or gym and we'll give you $20 in health and beauty bucks!
Has your progress slowed or came to a halt?
Most people carry out a regular exercise program but become frustrated when after a while they stop losing weight. If that happens to you, don't give up! You just hit an exercise plateau.
Your body gets used to your exercise routine
If you haven't been exercising much, when you first start, your body has to burn a lot of energy to meet the new challenges. Burning all that energy makes you lose weight. So far, so good!
But after a while, your body adapts to the new demands. If you walk the same route every day, you will develop leg muscles that are adequate to handle the length of your walk and the elevation changes you encounter. With that new muscle, your body just glides along. Your body doesn't have to burn as much energy as it did before you developed all those nice calf muscles!
You have to change it up
If you've hit an exercise plateau, you need to change your routine. You can do this in one of four ways:
HIRE A TRAINER
Do it more
Do it with more intensity
Do something different
Hire A Trainer!!!
If you don't know what and where to begin. Hire a trainer. Personal trainers can provide you with a structured exercise program that will help you obtain quicker results from your workouts while avoiding injury. With training programs starting at $89.99 you have nothing to lose but inches.
Exercise more
If you have the time, this is an easy way to revitalize your exercise routine. If you currently do thirty minutes of cardio per day, try forty-five minutes instead. If you swim twice a week, go three times instead.
Exercise with more intensity
If you lift weights, increase the wt by 5% per week. If you take a daily stroll, walk more vigorously. If you already walk vigorously, consider jogging. If you jog, jog faster.
Do something different
If you walk every day but don't get any other kind of exercise, you probably have great calf muscles, but a weak upper body. A couple of times a week, instead of taking your usual walk, take a boot camp.
How do you know if you're off the plateau?
You should feel challenged by your new exercise routine. Pain is not good, but you should be able to feel that your muscles have gotten a new workout. Eventually, you will hit a new plateau. When that happens, simply apply one or more of the three methods of change -- do it more, do it with more intensity, or do something different.
Have a great week!!
P.S - Refer a friend to the salon or gym and we'll give you $20 in health and beauty bucks!
