Everyone worries about fitness during the holiday season. The first thing that happens is that you find yourself partying more often. That really throws you off your normal eating habits. You end up eating more and consuming more calories. It is usually not fruits and veggies that you are consuming!
The second thing about this season is that schedules are always different for everyone. Workplaces have a reduced staff owing to holiday travel. Depending on the business, it might be quieter as deadlines are shoved away into January to permit a full quorum of workplace staff to complete assignment.
The third aspect to consider around the holidays is that family members are also on holiday schedule. Children are now at home looking for activities. Spouses might have more free time away from their workplace as well. They may request a shopping trip or time together to take care of holiday activities.
So how do you keep fitness in your life and stop worrying about being out of shape by January?
The first thing to do is to stop worrying and enjoy the down time. Worrying will actually increase your stress level. That is not something you need at this time. Instead, choose to relax and take it in stride. The holidays only last a couple of weeks. You might be a few pounds more than usual. However, you can do something about it come January.
In January, you can hire a personal trainer to get you back on keel. Book a few sessions to streamline your efforts back to fitness. That will be all you will probably need. A personal trainer’s job is to make sure your strategy is targeted and efficient. This way, you won’t be guessing your way back to health. You will waste less time with a trainer in the loop.
Find a trainer that doesn’t have a cookie cutter program. Make sure the trainer is interested in “personal” training and takes the individual’s interest and inclinations into account when writing up the program.
Mobile personal training is the current wave. Why not give it a try? You don’t have to leave the comfort of your home and go to a gym. Instead the trainer comes to you. The motivation of having a trainer come to you is incredible. You will have no more excuses. You will become fit. There is no “if I have the time” in the loop to consider.
Relax during the holidays. If you do find some time before everyone else gets up, put in some time doing the following short exercises:
1. Jump rope for as long as you can. You can easily carry a jump rope with you, even if you travel far for the holidays. Make sure you have a soft surface to jump on such as carpet. Wear athletic shoes to avoid knee impact. Stop and start as much as you want. Make it last 10 minutes. This is a great cardio workout that you can easily do anywhere.
2. Do about 15 to 20 push ups. Take a 30 second break. Do 15 to 20 more.
3. Do about 200 crunches.
4. Include as much vegetables and fruits as you can along with all the holiday eating. Apples are great as snacks.
5. Try to get some fresh air. Being indoors on holidays for the whole stretch deprives your body of much needed oxygen and can lead to crankiness!
6. Enjoy your holidays. Don’t get worked up about being away from your fitness routine. Remember holidays only come once a year and you should enjoy them!
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Boxing – Improves Physical and Mental Fitness
Posted on 23 October 2015.
If you want to improve your health and physical fitness a boxing training program may be what you are looking for. As well as building body strength and fitness it can also go a long way to improve your personal confidence. Of course, by taking part in boxing workouts you will also improve your fighting form.
People who have tried boxing as a form of exercise find it to have very positive results, arms and legs usually gain a lot of strength and become more defined in shape. However, the benefits are not all physical. People also find that they gain a greater sense of inner strength and feel more emotionally balanced.
Boxing as a form of training and exercise became part of the large fitness training arena a few years ago. Great benefits can be found from boxing workouts on muscle toning and the cardiovascular system. It was the release of many videos featuring Tae bo and kick boxing workouts that made boxing rise in popularity.
The many innovative variations on boxing such as power punches, defence and punch and kick exercises have all the components of aerobic exercise. As you progress you will find your strength will build along with your confidence as you are taught how to execute punch and kick moves more effectively for a far more intense workout.
Kicks and punches which are performed in various combinations on blocks are done with an imaginary opponent, you have no doubt seen this many times on television etc. where the participant through punches and kicks into the air. There are also training facilities where there is the necessary equipment such as punch bags and so on. In some cases there may even be a real opponent to hit, they have very good padding on their hands of course!
Cardin kick boxing gives many more benefits other than the physical factors, it is an excellent way to burn off excess calories. In just one hour of kick boxing you can expect to use in the region of between 350 and 500 calories. It is also very good for maintaining a good heart rate of somewhere between 75% and 85%. This has been proven to be the ideal rate for anyone in training or exercising.
Boxing as exercise is beneficial for the whole body. As well as increasing arm and leg strength through the repeated sparring and jogging whilst punching at the same time,it also helps increase resistance and strength whilst greatly enhancing the reflexes and flexibility of all your muscles.
The workouts involved help to greatly enhance balance and co-ordination which in turn gives you body great form and increased stability and also allows joint movements to be more flexible giving fantastic results in physical fitness.
There are many benefits to be gained from all types of boxing training, that is on top of the physical benefits. In the training process you will learn a great deal about defence skills which, in today’s world could prove to be invaluable. A great sense of satisfaction, self confidence, motivation and relaxation can also be gained from training.
The stresses and strains of modern living can be lifted and any anger and aggregation which may be building up inside can be released and lifted giving more peace of mind and help you relax more.
A number of aerobic fitness instructors do recommend some boxing training instruction for people starting out. This allows each individual to take things at their own pace depending on how fit you are already. The other extreme is boxing classes which will push you to your limit. In this case it is important that you have a safe environment with fully trained instructors on hand and that you are already physically fit.
You will see many positive results if you take up boxing training, you will be much more fit physically and mentally. You can take things at your own pace and most of all enjoy the fun of being involved in a training program.
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