Working Out Your Legs

Try something new the next time you exercise your legs. Often times, we work out a combination of both our quadriceps and our hamstrings. However, many individuals tend to have a muscular balance in their legs. The majority have very strong quadriceps but weak hamstrings, but the reverse is possible as well. Regardless of your individuality, try to split your legs into two days this week. One day solely isolate your quadriceps, and the other isolate your hamstrings. If you have any questions about your muscular balance, talk to the certified personal trainers today.

Treat Your Body to a Healthy Diet

Quit eating junk food and high-fat fast food. Your heart, brain, and overall health are harmed by foods high in saturated fats, salt, and cholesterol. There's no getting around it. You've got to replace them with healthy foods: lots of fruits, vegetables, fish, nuts, olive oil -- what we call the Mediterranean diet.

Tip of the Day

Remember if you are injured in any way that doesn't mean that you can/should stop exercising all together. Try to exercise the body parts that are healthy. If you stop exercise completely, your body is going to lose the central adaptations that have developed over time from cardiovascular and strength training. For example, a lower resting heart rate.

Challenge Yourself Today

Increase your intensity of exercise, whether it be adding 5 extra pounds to each set of exercise or simply increasing your speed on the treadmill, make sure you are pushing yourself today.

Goal For Today

Intensity. Speed up your resistance training today or lift heavier in each set to ensure that you are keeping a high intensity today. If you are utilizing the cardiovascular equipment then increase the speed or the incline to boost up the intensity.

Get your cardiovascular exercise in today. If you don't feel like you have the energy, find a friend to exercise with you. There is no excuse today.

Health Tip

Make sure you are constantly fueling your body today. It is extremely important that we give our body the proper nutrients to stay well-nourished throughout each and every day. Therefore, no skipping meals and in fact we want you to aim to eat a small snack today in between your meals as well. If you have any questions, talk to the certified personal trainers in your fitness center today.

Your Metabolism

Your metabolism works off two main things: genetics and lean muscle mass. The main reason metabolism slows with age is based upon your lean body mass. When you're younger you move more, and as people get older they move less. Therefore the lean body mass of an individual will decrease unless they continue exercising or begin to exercise more. Also, if you have very little lean muscle mass then you will not burn as many calories in a day as someone who has lots of muscle mass. Talk to a certified personal trainer today about an exercise routine that will keep you on the right track.