Slow and Steady

There’s lots of stories about working hard, about perseverance.  They sound nice right?  Till we are face to face with having to persevere through something.  Then it’s not such a great story.  But in reality the slow and steady is the only way to fitness.  There is no overnight cure for getting in shape.  Regardless of what anyone tells you.

Now that doesn’t mean there are not some great products out there to aid you on your way to fitness because there are, I know because I strongly believe in the one I distribute, but it’s stepping stone to living a healthy life, not a quick fix band aid.

So if you are trying to figure out how to do the whole gym or cardio thing here is some advice.  First off, don’t give up.  It will be hard, you will have days you don’t want to, but keep going.

Second, focus on your goals.  Are you wanting to lose weight?  Bulk?  If losing weight is your goal, do more cardio, 3 days a week cardio and 2 on strength training.  If you definitely don’t want to lose weight, go a full 5 days on solely strength training.

There are a lot of ways to get your cardio in.  Running is by far the best.  Even if you can’t run far, get on a treadmill or outside and run as far as you can, then walk, then run again.  Keep this up, day after day and you will gradually build up.  Biking, and the eliptical machines are good too.

For weight training, you really want to focus on different muscle groups.  You don’t want to work out the same muscles everyday.  I’ll touch on some ways to get yourself on a weight training schedule in my next blog.