August 27, 2012

  • Fitness

    The book I read to research this post was Fitness for Dummies by Susan Schlossberg et al which is an excellent book which I bought from kindle. One thing this book stresses is that you should find something you enjoy as a means of keeping fit. Another thing is that it doesn't necessarily have to be excessive. One thing I remember is when I left school and had to wait a few months to go on a training scheme that was work related I used to walk to a town 10 miles away go round the fitness in the park and then walk home. The thing is I loved it especially the walking because I did get fit and I used to find it really relaxing. If you are interested in keeping fit one thing I like the look of but haven't tried out is the stationary bike they do with the nintendo wii which comes with software that lets you see a cartoonised scenery as you cycle on your television. One thing they do suggest is finding how much of fat percentage you have and adapting your program accordingly. The simplest way is with calipers that you then convert using a table, it's the cheapest and also the least accurate. Some people measure muscle by mistake or don't pinch enough when they are measuring. There are more complex methods like one where you go into a special pool and have to exhale and submerge yourself or some where they use things like xrays, either way they are expensive. One bit of good advice is get a pedometer which measures your footsteps a sedentary person will take 4,000 steps in a day you should aim to start at about 6,000 and add an additional 2,000 each week until you reach about 12,500. Another thing you might enjoy is pilates or yoga, if you want to try something a bit different try hatha yoga or ashtanga yoga which I recommend. If you are already quite fit and like dancing what about zumba or something similiar which is keeping fit to latin music with a few latin and hip hop moves thrown in.

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