Getting Fit for Outdoor Recreation

Winter will end soon and it is a good time For Getting Fit for Outdoor Recreation. Both the pandemic and the winter can inhibit outdoor activity.

Fitness can include losing weight, getting stronger, becoming flexible, and building cardio. It is possible to everything at the same time and each benefits the other. As a surf coach, I observe that the first thing new students could do to increase surfing prowess is to lose weight.

Gaining weight is often a result of sedentary behavior and not matching calories consumed with calories burned. This means negative calorie balance is the first move. Most every diet works if you stick to them.

I love the Keto Diet because it is low in carbohydrates. This doesn’t limit fruit and vegetables as much as all foods with sugar or white flour. The Keto Diet like the Atkins Diet is high protein and high fat with minimum carbohydrates. The Mediterranean diet also emphasizes protein with every meal and at least 50% fats for the day.

Getting Stronger and Aerobically Fit

Getting stronger can be achieved quickly with some basic exercises. Work the biggest muscle groups first. Squats, dead lifts, and push ups can make a big difference in upper body, lower body, lower back, and core strength. They will also create flexibility in the hamstrings, buttocks and lower back.

Personal trainers often start new students with floor exercises to learn balance and form. The next move should be to machines which also control movement and prevent injury. Finally, exercisers can move to free weights and barbells. Form is important to prevent injury.

Aerobics can start with 10 minute walks and build to a half hour five days a week and then an hour. Biking, swimming, hiking, and treadmills are excellent for developing cardio fitness. The first goal is to train muscles to absorb glucose. Receptors develop with increased exercise to move glucose into the muscles.

As glucose storage improves, stamina improves. Long distance runners carb load to improve muscle glucose storage before events. They also train with long slow runs to train the body to burn fat for fuel after the glucose is consumed. The body will only store about 900 calories of glucose.

Weight trainers and athletes like the Keto Diet because they want the body to burn fat for fuel. This creates leanness. Lean is good for performance, oxygen uptake, endurance, and performance. Consuming good fats will induce the body to release encapsulated bad fats and reduce inches as the body builds muscle.

Create routines for exercise and focus on meal planning. There are lots of videos for exercising in the home and meal planning services if you don’t have the knowledge of how to create meals for losing weight.

Start now and in a few months you could be living a brand new lifestyle.

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