12 Tips to Your Fitness Success--#3

Now that we've all hopefully recovered from our election "hangovers" -- it's time for Holiday Fitness Tip #3--(if you missed the first 2 tips, you can find them here:

http://ftspringfield.com/Blog.html

So, here's your third tip to fitness success before 2009 rings in. And this one is a BIGGY.

In fact, if there is a secret...if there is a 'magic' bullet, this is it. That's how important this tip is to your health and fitness success.

But it is almost ALWAYS overlooked!

This one tip will help you firm up, tone and tighten muscles, increase metabolism, increase energy, strengthen bones and prevent osteoporosis, improve endurance, lower blood pressure, increase HDL cholesterol (the good stuff), decrease risk of adult onset diabetes, improve posture, balance, and coordination, lower heart rate and improve mood. I could keep going, but you can see how huge this tip is to your fitness success.

So what is this 'secret' tip?...

Weight Training. You MUST train with weights 2-4x/week. It is crucial to your success.

And once you start weight training everything will start to take motion with your health and fitness. Changing your metabolism is one of the single most important benefits to weight training. But as I just mentioned, there are so many more... which is why you should start training with weights NOW!

If you've never trained with weights be sure to seek out a professional for help. There is proper technique and proper form to prevent injury and ensure effectiveness. And I've seen some baaaad injuries. Start slow. There's no reason to overdo it on your first time out.

Incorporate all major muscles of the body, chest, back, shoulders, arms, legs, and abs. Train each muscle group 1-3x/week. There are different methods for different goals. And using a simple scale of 1-10 (10 being very, very hard) make sure you reach a 7 or 8.

I cannot stress enough how important this tip is. Do this and you'll be on your way to fitness success in as little as 3 weeks!

To Your Empowerment,

Joe Thiel