Vitamin supplements are one of the most popular health and fitness products on the market with millions of people taking them on a daily basis. However, the truth is that vitamin supplements aren't a magic health boosting pill and can actually have a negative effect on your health. Not only do they often contain dangerously high doses of vitamins and toxic by-products but they also promote poor dietary choices and encourage people to get their vitamins from pills instead of natural, nutrient rich foods. So if you're currently taking vitamin supplements, throw them out and make sure your diet … [Read more...]
Fitness Tip Of The Day – Get An Accountability Partner
If you find that you're inconsistent with your health and fitness goals, an accountability partner is a brilliant idea. By having an accountability partner, you not only get to have someone who will support you on your health and fitness journey but you also give yourself an extra incentive not to slack off. To find an accountability partner, start by asking any of your friends or family members if they would be interested. It's very likely that you'll find many willing accountability partners this way. Alternatively, if you can't find any willing friends or family members, ask around at … [Read more...]
Fitness Tip Of The Day – Laugh Every Day
Laughing daily may not sound like the most conventional health and fitness tip. However, there are plenty of benefits of adding a dose of humour to your day and taking the time to laugh. Studies have shown that it can help relax your body, reduce stress, enhance your blood flow (which can protect against heart problems) and even potentially boost your immune system. So if you're not making the time to do so already, make sure you're laughing your way to good health every single day. The further reading section below provides you with plenty of fitness jokes you can use to add a quick dose … [Read more...]
Fitness Tip Of The Day – Cut Down On Sugar
Foods made with refined sugar often contain lots of calories and very few vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients and if you're eating them on a regular basis, they can be very damaging to your health and fitness goals. The good news is that by using natural ingredients such as fruits, nuts and seeds, you can create your own healthy sweet treats which are packed full of nutrients and contain a lot less sugar but still taste great. The links below provide you with plenty of healthy sweet treat ideas and recipes. So if you want to cut your sugar intake without giving up on desserts and sweet … [Read more...]
Fitness Tip Of The Day – Get A Personal Trainer
A personal trainer can be a fantastic investment and help take your health and fitness to the next level. However, to ensure that you get the best personal trainer for you, there are a few things you need to do before making your final decision. First, make sure you meet with a variety of personal trainers, so you can get an idea of what they're like and whether you could work with them. Second, ask to watch your preferred personal trainers with clients to see if you'd enjoy their style of training. Finally, ask them how they can help you achieve your health and fitness goals. Once you've … [Read more...]
Fitness Tip Of The Day – Try Fasting
Fasting is not only a great way to enhance your weight loss efforts but it also boosts your health in many other ways. It cleanses your vital organs, enhances your energy levels, gives you enhanced mental clarity and much more. To start fasting, try skipping lunch one day a week and doing a midday fast. Once you've done this for a few weeks, extend the fast by skipping lunch and dinner. Finally, once you're used to skipping lunch and dinner, extend it into a full 24 hour fast and try going one day a week without eating any food. By gradually building up to a full 24 hour fast in this way, … [Read more...]
Fitness Tip Of The Day – Set Realistic Fitness Goals
The best fitness goals are both challenging and realistic. Fortunately, striking the balance between challenge and realism is simple if you put your mind to it. To begin, accept that improving your health and fitness is a long term process and that you won't get instant results overnight. Once you've accepted this, break your overall fitness goals down into smaller, realistic steps. Finally, write down these smaller, realistic steps down, start taking action and track your progress as you move towards them. The further reading section below provides you with plenty of advice on setting … [Read more...]
Fitness Tip Of The Day – Develop A Motivational Ritual
Developing a daily motivational ritual is a great way to put you in the right frame of mind to succeed on your fitness journey and prevent setbacks from getting you down. The best part is that developing a motivational ritual is simple and practising it takes just a few minutes each day. To create your motivational ritual, choose something that gets you motivated, fired up and full of positivity. This can be a motivational quote, an inspirational scene from a movie or a song that fills you with energy. Then set aside 5 minutes each day and use that time to focus fully on your motivational … [Read more...]
Fitness Tip Of The Day – Control Your Portion Sizes
Eating healthy is a two stage process. First. you need to ensure that you're eating mostly natural, nutrient rich foods and avoiding processed, calorie rich foods. Then you need to ensure that you're not eating too much and that your portions are just the right size to satisfy your appetite. The good news is that learning proper portion control is a simple skill that quickly becomes habit once you start to practice it. The links below give you lots of extra tips on controlling your portion sizes and improving your diet in general. So if you want to start cutting the total amount of calories … [Read more...]
Fitness Tip Of The Day – Don’t Over Train
Over training is a common mistake amongst people who want to improve their health and fitness. They believe that training hard is what results in success and taking time off from training has the opposite effect. However, training is a two step process and making time for rest and recovery is just as important as making time to train. To avoid over training, make sure you give each body part a minimum of three days rest between sessions. For example, if you train your chest on a Monday, make sure you don't train it again till Thursday at the earliest. In addition to this, make sure you take … [Read more...]