Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Secret Fitness Strategies of the Executive

By Yossarian Benedict

There three kinds of professionals in the world: those who love to live a healthy lifestyle, those who dont know how to do it, and those with no intention of doing it. It is not completely the fault of the second type that they do not engage in exercise as often as they would like. There is a general lack of education in regards to fitness and for the busy professional, lifestyles are to blame. It is part of the way of life - deskbound and overweight.

Healthy Professionals

Andrea Brown who is a 32-year old graduate and a senior media consultant for Coca-Cola tries to work in a healthy life with her work:

"I generally try to eat proportioned amounts of healthy foods"

Not only that- Brown uses stairs often and finds every opportunity to be physically active. It doesnt take much to take the load off the cardiovascular system. Just moving about and avoiding shortcuts like escalators and elevators can make your heart that much stronger.

Who needs gyms?

Andreas neighborhood is near a bunch of small hills. Whenever she can, Andrea puts on her walking gear and engages in high intensity power walking. Her trips around the small hills take an average of 30 to 40 minutes at a time.

Andrea Comments:

"I have a lot of hills in my neighborhood, and that walk is tough.

Pregnant women, start moving

Denita Thompson-Maclin, a senior media consultant from Burrell Communications in Chicago, decided to take up some exercise when she fell pregnant. The threat of diabetes and Pre-eclampsia was a serious worry and she decided to take up "aqua exercises".

"I was not exercising before I got pregnant. I thought I might as well try to do something, so I started [aqua aerobics] in my second or third month. The exercise really helps. We do jumping jacks and run in the water. There's no way I could do that before."

Diets

If you want to engage in a diet, make sure that you review first the literature before you start munching on those pre-manufactured foodstuffs. Diets like Atkins and South Beach work for particular body chemistries only.

Sometimes, high fat diets can spell trouble for those with kidney problems. Low-carbohydrate diets on the other hand, can cause people dizziness, nausea and fainting spells. If you can, consult with your physician first and give your physician the intricate details of the new diet that you want to start.

Be cautious of commercial diets claiming secrets that the doctors or government hate. These are often snake oil sales men, and if you do lose weight fast it is very likely you will put it back on as soon as you stop it.

Most Doctors dont know about new commercial diets, and in general the Government is not interested unless there are drugs involved.

The only drug that has been approved by the medical establishment is the chemical drug named orlistat, which is now being marketed under several brand names. Most other diet pills have very little, if any, evidence to support their claims of weight loss. In most cases you will be better off saving your money.

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