When it comes to health and fitness, just about everyone knows that eating right and exercising is the sure-shot way to success. However, only a small portion of the population can achieve their fitness goals and stay consistent in their path. Why?
One common reason for this imbalance is the hectic lifestyle, stress, distraction, fast-food culture, and other lifestyle habits. People should realise all that hard work, effort, and compromises they are making to earn a living or achieve their life goals is to enjoy a better life. But, what if there’s no life or if your health doesn’t permit you to fulfil your dreams?
Everyone has to pull off a sixteen-hour workday or an all-nighter once in a while or skip a meal or a gym session once in a while (you'll know what I mean especially if you have kids!). However, if these lifestyle choices become a part of your routine, you’re weakening your health even if you don’t realise it yet. In due course, it attracts obesity, diseases, weakness, fatigue, mental health issues, and a range of other health issues that were easily avoidable. Playing a blame game then won’t solve the problem.
If you can relate to the above statements, then it’s high time you mend your ways before it’s too late. Thankfully, all is not lost if you can take corrective measures at the right time. There are millions of examples across the globe of people who have lost an enormous amount of weight, consciously chosen to leave behind their vices, and get on the path of a healthier and active lifestyle.
If you want to leave your old habits behind that has been slowly but surely destroying your health, this article is just for you. We would be discussing five tips to build your healthiest body ever. And, do know it is possible if you are determined and can stay consistent, disciplined, and perseverant.
Building a healthy body and maintaining it is not a crash course but a lifelong endeavour. It takes time and effort, and there would be a time when you would be seduced by distractions around, but life is all about the choices you make and the consequences that follow.
Make the right choice today and enjoy a dream body others around would envy. And, then all the effort and the sacrifices you made would be worth it. Most of all, you’ll feel better, mentally and physically, and be able to give someone much younger a run for their money.
So, let’s check out 5 tips for building your healthiest body ever!
There are many exercises for specific muscle groups, there are also many full-body exercises focusing on various muscle groups simultaneously. Full-body exercises help strengthen different muscle groups, including lower body, core, and upper body.
In this article, we would discuss various full-body workouts, most of which you can easily do anytime from the comfort of your home.Whether you’re obese, out-of-shape, overweight, or just want to tone your body and get into the fitness game, you need a mentor. There is a ton of information out there regarding health and fitness, but none of it can replace personalised training.
A personal trainer would help you stay motivated, keep you accountable, ensure you follow a workout routine that suits your body and fitness goals and helps you with charting your daily diet as well.
To build your healthiest body ever, you need direction. You might do a little research online and find out about a few exercises you need to do or the food you need. But, that motivation may die down, and in most likelihood, you’ll get complacent on the way. A personal trainer would ensure you taste success, which is the key to staying motivated from within.
Once you start enjoying the benefits of being fit, healthy, and in shape, you will not go back to the old unhealthy lifestyle. However, to reach there, you need the guidance of an expert personal trainer. So, even if it costs a little, it is far cheaper than you think when you compare it with the value of your health.
For getting results with exercising, with or without a personal trainer - remember to be consistent. You will only see the results when you’re consistent and disciplined.
When it comes to health and fitness, nutrition is the key ingredient you just cannot ignore. Keep a close watch on what you eat and how much you eat. Your meals should contain the right amount of fruits, green leafy vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts, and other fibre-rich foods. Ensuring you’ve got a nutritious and balanced diet is winning half the battle; the other half depends on controlling the portion sizes.
When planning your meals, one thing to keep in mind is to ensure it contains a sufficient amount of protein. The optimal amount is 1 gram of protein for one pound of body weight every day. Also, try to limit protein from animal sources as it is known to cause various health issues in the long run, including kidney stones.
If you’re following a workout plan, consulting with your personal trainer or dietician would be beneficial. It would enlighten you about optimal daily calorie intake and make you conscious of what to eat, avoid, and portion sizes.
Building the healthiest body ever is hard for sure. However, once you get there, it isn’t easy to maintain it either. To ensure you achieve your fitness goals, it is important to mould healthy habits into your lifestyle. You cannot eat nutritious food for the entire week only to eat pizza and cheeseburgers the next week.
Similarly, you cannot work out rigorously for three days in a row to skip workout sessions next week. It doesn’t work like that. These random efforts won’t get you the results you’re looking for and, most importantly, might end up doing more harm than good.
We live in a world surrounded by distractions, and if you’re not focused, determined and disciplined, you would be off the fitness track sooner than you think. Follow the 21-days rule to form a habit. Commit yourself to a set healthy routine, and don’t sway away no matter how much the world around you tries to distract or tempt you.
The truth is, once you notice the visible difference after three weeks in how you feel, you wouldn’t want to go back to the same unhealthy routine. In the next few months, you would be in far better shape – mentally, physically, and psychologically.
Staying hydrated and well-rested is integral to maintain a healthy and fit body. Working out regularly over a hectic professional life tends to take a toll on your body. It is essential to give your body an optimal amount of rest to allow muscles to repair, revive, and restore. It is a therapeutic process that helps the body to repair itself. It ensures the nutrition is well-distributed, aids the digestive cycle, and gives your brain the sufficient amount of rest it needs to function optimally.
Ideally, 7 to 8 hours of sleep is recommended by the doctors. However, the quality of sleep also matters. Try to meditate for 10-15 minutes before sleeping to help clear your mind, eliminate negative thoughts, and centralise your energies to achieve a night of restful sleep.
Good sleep helps improve memory function, improves concentration, boosts libido, enhances immunity, and improves analytical thinking. Sleeping well is like recharging your phone battery. You can’t use your phone the entire day if you don’t charge it properly, right? The same applies to the body too!
Similarly, the body needs to be sufficiently hydrated at all times to function efficiently. The doctors recommend adults drink around 2-3 litres of water every day. It also depends on how active you’re, your age, and your weight.
Without being properly hydrated, the body cannot remove toxins from the body, distribute oxygen sufficiently across the body, maintains body temperature, aids digestion, boosts immunity, and helps with other bodily functions. If the body doesn’t get sufficient water, the body cells don’t work as required, causing a wide range of mental and physical health issues.
Today, a considerable portion of the adult population has vices like smoking or drinking alcohol. These are poor lifestyle choices that can deteriorate your health and may even prove to be fatal in the long term. Smoking can cause health problems like kidney cancer, lung cancer, heart attack, and more. Alcohol is detrimental to health and is a diuretic, causing your body to flush out water from your body. It dehydrates you, and on over-consumption, it can deteriorate many bodily functions in the long run.
As mentioned earlier, maintaining a healthy body is a lifelong endeavour. You cannot be having nutritious food in the day and drink a gallon of beer at night and expect to get positive results. Quantify your lifestyle habits based on how it impacts you and your future, and get rid of habits that don’t align with your health and fitness goals.
Say no to smoking, alcohol, and fast food. Understandably, going cold turkey may not be possible for all, but moderation is the key in such cases. Reduce dependency on outside food, learn cooking, eat fresh organic foods (where possible) and don’t overeat (check how many calories you consume per day).
Building your healthiest body ever is a constant endeavour that needs you to commit to a lifestyle. Start by practising the tips mentioned above for a couple of months with all you’ve got, and you’ll not need additional motivation to stay on track after that. Remind yourself that health is wealth, and no matter how much medical science has evolved over the years, there would always be consequences if you continue to exploit your health.
Hi, I'm Gary Wagner (Coach Gaz).
I help business leaders get out of pain so they can dominate their profession & get all that they want out of life. I guide professionals passionate about achieving new levels of performance. I enable them to forge an effective and resilient physical form that feels unstoppable, enabling and empowering their personal and professional success in Melbourne.
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