Archive for May 31st, 2009

A Get Fit - Stay Fit Plan

May 31, 2009
Author: iopener

In health circles, everyone talks about the obesity epidemic. We’re a fat society. We eat too much. We eat badly. We deep-fry perfectly good vegetables. It’s one of the main reasons we’re a country of jelly- bellies.

A recent study found that only 19 percent of us regularly engages in “high levels of physical activity” (only 1 hour per week). That means 4 out of 5 of us aren’t getting the amount of exercise we need. (And consider this: 1 hour a week is just 1 percent of the time you’re awake every week.) Now, the problem isn’t that we don’t know what we need to do. In fact, 63 percent of us– about the same percentage who are overweight — believe that exercise would help us live healthier and leaner. What we need is a plan that really works — without really feeling like work. You want a program that fits into your life — not one that is your life.

You need to burn fat at the highest levels possible in the least amount of time. The plan should be flexible and convenient — an excuse-proof program that gives you the tools to work it around any schedule. Keep the workout short and keep it simple, and you’ll stay focused and motivated