Exercise & Fitness Articles

If my title sounds a little confusing???don?t worry, just sit back, and I will explain it all to you.

Everyone has some kind of routine in his or her life (not a bad thing, mind you).

Here?s an educated guess on how it goes for many people:

Get up, shower, get dressed, slam down some kind of artery clogging breakfast, rush to work, work all morning, go out to get some greasy food for lunch, work all afternoon, run home to take the kids out to practice, order out for dinner, watch some TV, go to bed.

Sounds like a great day!!! (lol)

And you get to do this 5 days per week? You sure are lucky??

Not.

Now, I understand that all of you don?t participate in all of the above routine, but I?m willing to bet that most of you do a decent part of it.

Well, I?m here to say that you need to come up with a new routine??.a healthier routine??an exercise fitness routine, and make it a part of your everyday life.

A routine is just that??.something you do everyday, or many times throughout the week. A routine doesn?t have to be dull and boring, it can be fun and exciting! You just have to make it fun and make it something that you can?t wait to do everyday.

For example, how about this everyday routine:

Wake up, do 5-10 minutes of stretching, do 20 jumping jacks, 10 pushups, then 5 pull-ups (all good form). Take a 2 minute break, repeat, take a 2 minute break, repeat. Take a shower, eat breakfast (oatmeal with fruit, yogurt, assortment of fruit, granola, and water/tea/real fruit juice). Go to work, bring your lunch (I know, I know, it?s crazy, lol). Your lunch consists of: turkey sandwich on wheat bread, fruit/vegetables, crackers, pretzels, granola, dry cereal (Wheaties, Bran Flakes, etc.) or any combination of these items. Come home after work, take a brisk 15-20 walk in your neighborhood (weather permitting, you can also walk inside your house), eat dinner (turkey, chicken, lean beef, fish (don?t eat this too often), vegetables, salad, etc. Have some free time for yourself/family??go to sleep.

Now, that was just a rough routine that I just came up with off the top of my head, yet that last paragraph of information that I just gave you, I?m willing to bet, is infinitely better than 99% of what people are doing right now.

It?s really not that hard, and by the way, let me let you in on a little secret?..

When you start doing this, when you start making that change, you won?t want to stop.

I know it may sound hard for many of you to realize, but it?s true??very true.

Once you make that change, and you see results?..(and you WILL see positive results),

You won?t want to stop; in fact, you will come up with so many more ways to improve yourself and your lifestyle.

Believe me, you can do this??..just get off your butt and start making your NEW fun and exciting exercise fitness routine. You will see the results; all you have to do is make the decision (right now) to want those results.

Thanks for reading, and if you have any questions, e-mail me at chris@fitnesswithchris.com and visit my website at http://www.fitnesswithchris.com for a ton of great health and fitness tips for your new routine. See you there.