Your Physical Education

To conclude this Episode series 1-6, we talk about measuring body composition. Although body composition is often the first thing people think about when they decide to exercise, it is only one of many things that can be improved by adopting a fitness lifestyle. Keeping track of all of those things is important both for improving your health and wellness, but for learning a lot about yourself along the way.

Pain can cause us to be afraid to start an exercise program or stop moving altogether. However, strength training and regular physical activity can be a powerful tool for mitigating and even eliminating pain from your life.

Disc degeneration and low back pain review:

All human activities are endurance activities. Endurance is a combination of cardiovascular fitness and strength, so how do we know if we have enough of either?

Physical activity is an important concept.

My name is Sara Fleming and I’ve been a strength coach, personal trainer, and trainer educator for over a decade. My friend Nancy Johnson Chavez, a 35 year veteran of the fitness industry, and I started this podcast to have some discussions on what fitness really is and how you can lead a fit and healthy life without killing yourself in the gym or going on a starvation diet. The truth is simply this:

Physical activity is necessary for good health. A varied diet that is not excessive or overly restrictive in calories is necessary for both good health and ideal body composition. There are a million different ways to achieve these goals and none of it has to be hard unless you want it to be.

The most important thing to know about diet is that it is extremely important to understand exactly what you are eating before you change anything. Paying attention helps us to be more careful about when and how much we eat. Oftentimes big changes are not necessary. Increasing our protein and fiber intake while decreasing our fat and processed food intake is often enough to make some positive changes. Before you commit to a big diet change, do yourself a favor and track your diet for a week. Simply by paying attention, you may already be able to figure out what you need to do in order to move in the right direction.

All human activities are endurance activities. Its what we evolved to do. And what is that exactly? Endurance can be applied to a lot of things, but the most important thing is that we be able to maintain our posture through a range of activities and intensities. When we can no longer maintain our posture, we fatigue and fatigue can cause all sorts of problems. Though endurance relies on both strength and cardiovascular conditioning, if you are having a hard time with postural or strength endurance, getting stronger will always help.

Before we begin any kind of training program, we need to know where we are starting from. In this episode, we talk about both sleep and stress and how important they are not only to our health, but our performance in the gym. 

Cardio has gotten a bad rap as an ineffective exercise mode that can be replaced with more intense weight and circuit training. We are here to tell you why you need more cardio in your life and why it doesn't have to be something your dread.

When we hear the word "strength" we may think of a person of great resiliance or character, but we often also think of physical strength and the stereotypical strongman with bulging muscles and heavy weights. Physical strength, however, is something vastly different than most of our preconceived notions and the ways that we develop strength is very different as well. 

My name is Sara Fleming and I've been a strength coach, personal trainer, and trainer educator for over a decade. My friend Nancy Johnson Chavez, a 35 year veteran of the fitness industry, and I started this podcast to have some discussions on what fitness really is and how you can lead a fit and healthy life without killing yourself in the gym or going on a starvation diet. The truth is simply this:

Physical activity is necessary for good health. A varied diet that is not excessive or overly restrictive in calories is necessary for both good health and ideal body composition. There are a million different ways to achieve these goals and none of it has to be hard unless you want it to be.

We will be taking a walk through my book, Fitness without Fear, as well as addressing a number of other topics that we've encountered through our years of working in the fitness industry. This podcast is for anyone who wants to learn more about how the human body responds to diet and exercise and/or wants to begin or change their fitness routine.

Read more: https://havefun-getstrong.com/your-physical-education-a-podcast/