If you missed my last blog regarding Olympian Dara Torres or
you're not familiar with her story go to part 1 of this
two part blog and you can get up to speed, and then come
back and this will mean a lot more to you.
Today, I want to share with you 7 key components we make sure
to integrate into our clients programs to get age defying
results. If you're somewhat skeptical about the results you
can achieve it's time you leave that belief behind because
it may just be the one big thing getting in your way.
I've seen mountains of evidence in all the research studies
that show age is not a factor in getting your body back to
it's 20 or 30 year old form.
Dara and many other Olympians this year are not just proving
it in a lab study, but demonstrating this to you and the world
in the Olympics in Beijing.
I am not saying that the body isn't different than it was in
your 20's or 30's. It is. Where it is a factor is in 'how'
you go about getting your body back. The plan definitely has
to be different and if this is done you can get terrific results.
I can't tell you how many clients have been surprised by how
much we have been able to increase their fitness level without
the process feeling like a boot camp.
It's all in the training methods and planning. This is what
many experts are attributing the increased age in Olympians
competing this year - improved training methods.
Yes, I know you don't want to be an Olympian, but the same
principles apply to the mom who needs the fitness to manage
a busy house hold or the corporate executive that needs the
fitness to handle stress and have the energy to produce the
companies expected results.
If you make sure your program contains these 7 key components
you'll feel better than you have in years and get results
that will amaze you:
Recovery: This is the most often overlooked area of fitness
and nutrition program, but can have the biggest bang for your
buck. If I had to make one change in persons program that was
struggling to achieve results and my life depended on it,
it would be to plan their recovery better. Not only exercise
recovery, but post workout nutrition to accelerate their recovery.
When you finish your workout don't just hang up your shoes and
call it a day. Get the maximum bang from your efforts by
consciously providing your body with the essential amino acids
and carbohydrates needed to accelerate muscle recovery and
glycogen replenishing.
Nutrition: Supporting your exercise program with the right
nutrition is a must. Too often people think of nutrition as
dieting, but they really need to look at it differently. The
mind set should be, eat to support your workout and workout recovery.
Be conscious of your nutrition throughout the day to make your
workouts easier. Don't think about it as dieting, think about
putting the right gas in your gas tank so your car runs well.
Also, eating healthy and eating to lose weight are two different things.
You need to know specific strategies to eat specific to your goals
if you want the fastest results. And this also means eating
specific to your age.
Phasing Workouts: Utilizing different exercise stimulus week
to week and month to month is absolutely necessary to allow
the baby boomers body to recover properly and avoid injuries.
The proper planning and sequencing of strength, hypertrophy,
endurance, transition and active recovery phases is the difference
between working out and working out to produce a specific result.
If you hired a personal trainer and you ask them for a Periodization
Schedule and they give you a blank stare, then you hired the
wrong one.
Functional Resistance Training (including Core strengthening):
Training the body how it functions in everyday life, not only
helps the baby boomer enjoy activities later into life, but
also decrease the specific stressors to joints and tendons.
This type of strength training also increases the metabolism
with an increase or maintenance in muscle. The baby boomer
wants to avoid machines with fixed planes of motion as much
as possible. They take away the balance training that is needed
and add joint stress.
Stretching: Is critical to allow the body to keep good range
of motion in all the joints, decrease joint stress and enhance
your bodies recovery.
Balanced Approach: Having a well designed program involves
resistance training, cardiovascular exercise and nutrition in
a synergistic approach. What Fitness Together calls the FT
Essentials. This is probably the biggest mistake I see people
make. They put way too much emphasis on one of the three versus
a balanced approach. They all work together if you want the
fastest results - plus you'll enjoy more.
Well Designed Plan: Just like retirement planning is important
for a baby boomer to enjoy life, a good wellness plan is important
to getting maximum enjoyment and fulfillment from life.
Good retirement planning is more than just saving your money
and a good fitness program is more than just sweating. A well
design program contains all six of the aforementioned components
seamlessly integrated, but also practical, allowing you to enjoy
the process.
There you have it, 7 key components to getting the results you want
at any age. Make sure you're mindful of all of these components and
you'll get the gold in quality of life.
In good health,
Pete Piranio BS, CSCS
Owner/Fitness Consultant
Fitness Together
www.FitnessTogether.net
Brookfield 262-780-6350
Delafield 262-646-5444
Wauwatosa 414-453-9800
P.S - Listen to a few of our clients and how these 7 Key Components have
made a dramatic in their fitness results: www.www.fitnesstogether.net/real_people.html
If you have any questions or comments about this blog, our services
at Fitness Together, or anything at all having to do with health and
fitness, just call us at 262-646-3055 or post your comments now and ask away...:)
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