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coworker wanted to know why her crazy crash course food diets weren’t doing
anything and she asked me if I was on one. Now, I am not a health expert or a
health instructor at all, but I believe staying healthy and fit at the same
time go hand in hand. My father is a vegetarian who ate meat in the early days
before his jaw surgery. After changing his diet, he also learned a great deal
about health and fitness. I took a few lessons from him such as that a juice
processer was a great way to get a ton of nutrients into your body through all
kinds of fruits and vegetables. I started hitting a rigorous gym journey in
college and continued into my current mode as a working girl. I grabbed a
gold’s gym membership when I moved back home and got my butt kicked. I found
out quickly that a gym workout was well worth it if you came out sweating
buckets and were sore from head to toe; also means you worked hard in class. I
took classes such as: Hit and Tabata Training, RIPPED, Spin, kickboxing, and
Advanced Step. Outside of the gym, I met some friends who introduced me into
the dance community. I am not talking about holding hands in a gym from junior
high, this kind of dancing is all different ones such as Blues, Swing, and
Country Line Dancing. It’s a workout all it’s own and if you have had a rough
day, or you need to feel weightless and free spirited it is the way to go!
After moving to a new area, I found 24 hr fitness and took spin classes, and
bumped up my workout routines. I just recently transferred to an Ultimate 24hr
gym spot and it instantly felt like home. I have a love of swimming and their
pool is enormous. I took my first body combat class and it was awesome! The
instructor prepped me beforehand on all the combos and I knew a thing or two
from Gold’s Gym, which helped a bit. It was the best butt kicking since Ripped
with my two fave instructors (you know who you are!). Fitness is so important
to health and especially when you age. Working out boosts libido, mood, and to
my coworker, makes your diet plan a little less painful I hope. When I go to
the gym or dancing, it’s not about anyone, anything, just my body, moving to
the beat of the music; feeling the rhythm. People don’t just work out anymore;
they tone and train, and push themselves to new limits and heights. Yoga doesn’t really work for me, but I
know for some of my friends, they come out feeling refreshed. No matter what
activity it is, if it burns calories and makes you feel good, it’s a good plan.
I don’t recommend the crash course diets unless you are in cross fit or trying
a tough mudder; those diets can make you very sick. For example, no meat, no
dairy, no juice except water, once you go back to those, your body takes longer
to adjust and you become weaker unless you have already done the practice
prior. I think it’s really fun to be hardcore and I admire anyone who goes into
competition with their skills too. Fitness is a way of life; if you can’t beat
em, join em, because eventually as the pain leaves your body, you will get
stronger too. I hear the compliment of looking good, and some think, that’s why
I do fitness, but that’s not what it is, sure have goals, but remember eating
right and working out are two different things. The U.S. society has some
pretty obsecene obesity rates; (this isn’t your average curvy, healthy
individual, no this is an out of control body where you can’t fit into
doorways, bathtubs, and use a wheelchair to move around, these types are
dangerous and debilitating. Even if it means starting out at pool slow
exercises and walking places, it’s doable. An instructor once told me, “You have to want to improve and get
healthy. People and teachers cannot be that willpower. I know it’s hard,
because I have read stories and seen reality tv shows such as Biggest Loser
that depict trainees who choose to try fitness to live longer. Fitness means
trials, tribulations, pain, challenges, frustation, and wanting to give up, but
never doing so. I see it as when an overweight mom can’t lift her daughter
anymore or a man who can’t keep up doing household chores, or doing everyday
things, because they weren’t trying. That daughter needs a strong mom, and that
man needs healthy joints to keep going; the answer? Fitness. I pray when I am
in the aging process, that I can still kick it old school, and have fun; maybe
not with the same energy capacity and stamina as a young one, but still vibrant
and agile like my friend Irene(a lady) from Ripped class who mind you, goes to
two workout classes on the weekends, like a boss, and is faster than me! Get
workout on!
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