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Challenge Your Body!

Jul 15th, 2008 | By Fit Snob | Category: Sustainable Living

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Challenge Your Body You may love to jog and your body may already look great, but your body is getting bored! It’s like eating the same meal every day, all year long. Just like your tongue, your muscles also have a palate that deserves respect and variety. We’ve talked about savoring your foods, so now let’s give your body something to appreciate as well. Here’s a way to make sure you add new challenges to your exercising so that your body gets a great workout.

Every two weeks, try a new exercise or activity. If you switch from doing yoga to doing pilates, you will notice that new muscles are working and firing up. Even changing the type of yoga exercise will give your muscles a run for their money. Bikram yoga anyone? By doing this, you end up building more muscles and burning more calories. If you are an avid jogger, switching your routine and going on a mountain hike can get your heart pounding and quadriceps trembling in a way that’s both refreshing to your body and your outlook on physical activity. If you are a gym buff, try two weeks on the elliptical, and then move to the treadmill. Then swim. Go cycling. Play soccer. Then try out volleyball.

The more you challenge your body to try new things, the greater strength, stamina, agility, flexibility, and endurance you will develop. Not only will you look good, but you will feel awesome. Plus, you end up learning all types of great exercises, activities, and challenges to make sure you’ll never get bored.

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Take a Step Towards Better Health

Apr 17th, 2008 | By Food Snob | Category: Sustainable Living

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chairs As Carrie Bradshaw states beautifully, “Shopping is my cardio.” While I try to visit the mall every week, my wallet does not appreciate my obsession with fashion and pretty things. So how can we fit in more physical activity into our busy lifestyles? The surgeon general recommends at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity a day, such as walking. Whether you are walking your dog or parking further away from the mall so you can walk more, there are ample opportunities on a daily basis to fit in some physical activity.

The good news is that physical activity is cumulative, so you can double up on the weekends by taking an hour hike somewhere or adding an extra pilates workout during the weekend. Some suggestions to further increase physical activity to your day is taking the stairs instead of the elevator, work out while watching your favorite reality show, or walking to your coworkerâ€™s office instead of emailing her if you have a question.

Check out Fitness Online for several resources on yoga and strengthening workouts as well as finding your body mass index, ideal weight, and how many calories you burn during certain activities.

Making that conscious effort to do a little more for your body will pay off in the long run. Just imagine how great you feel when you can look yourself in the mirror and love what you see back.