Health & Fitness Tips July 20, 2010
July 23, 2010 by Dr Pete
Filed under Health & Fitness Tips
In this issue… July 20, 2010
- Short, Intense and Infrequent Workouts
- The Best Beauty Product is a Healthy Lifestyle
- Dr Weil’s Anti-inflammatory Food Pyramid
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Short, Intense and Infrequent Workouts
The biggest exercise excuse I hear daily is that I don’t have the time to exercise. Fortunately, the current exercise science research is finding that workouts that are short, intense and infrequent are just as effective at improving fitness as marathon sessions on the road or at the gym.
How short? 20 to 40 minutes. How intense? As hard as you can do it based on your fitness level. How infrequent? Every other day so you can recover fully.
I work out 3 or 4 days a week and my workouts rarely last longer than 30 – 40 minutes. I put together a circuit of 6 to 8 exercises and go right from one exercise to the next with little rest in between. When I complete this intense circuit, I’ll take a minutes rest and start the cycle again. I pretty much continue blasting like this until I feel I’ve had enough.
When you work this intensely (80-95% of your target heart), you can’t workout for too long. In other words, train fast and hard and get it over with! Many exercise systems like PowerCentering, PX90 and CrossFit make use of this concept and the results are superior.
If you need help putting a short, intense and infrequent program together for yourself, I’d love to help you. My contact info is below.
The Best Beauty Product is a Healthy Lifestyle
I really like this article by Jolene Hart that adds a fresh perspective on the link between inner health and outer beauty. She writes “Cosmetics gild and enhance what we already have,but no product will match the transformative effects of a healthy
lifestyle. Good health habits are the foundation for achieving — and maintaining — your most radiant self.” Yet another of the many reasons to be living a more healthy lifestyle.
Click here to read the entire article.
Dr Weil’s Antiinflammatory Food Pyramid
 For those of you who are feeling sore and achy with low energy, here’s a great visual aid to teach you the best anti-inflammatory foods. Poor diet and consistent stress taxes our bodies and creates a generalized inflammation of the body. This chronic inflammation is linked to illnesses like heart disease, cancer and arthritis. By eating cleaner foods that are anti-inflammatory by nature, we shift our metabolism to better performance and many health problems improve.
Click this link to view the diagram. Dr. Weil also explains the food groups below the pyramid as well as your best food choices and sources. Call me if you need help implementing these foods into your lifestyle.
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