Fitness Friday

It's cold and flu season and undoubtedly that means you're gonna get sick.  You want to get in that training session because you hate to miss a workout, but are you doing more harm than good to your body by working out sick?  Well you have to look at your symptoms.  A quick neck check will show you whether you should take the day off, or head to the gym. 


The average body is 75% water.  Are you doing your best to keep it hydrated?  There is a chance that dehydration is making you sick, fat & tired.  With each percentage of dehydration, your body becomes less and less efficient, which makes you body work that much harder to reach balance.  Remember to drink your water!

What's the #1 piece of nutrition advice you get when you say you need to go on a diet?

CUT CARBS!

 

What have I said before? Avoid demonizing a particular nutrient being that they all serve a purpose.  Your body needs carbs, its a primary source of energy.  Now I'm not saying go out and gorge on bread and pasta(unless you're planning on running a high endurance race like a marathon).  I am saying be smart.  What you need to start planning on is avoiding processed carbs.

 

The ultimate goal is play around with your carb amounts, experiment, and see what works for you.  Some do better with more, some with less. 

 

While we're on processed carbs and not demonizing nutrients, lets talk about fat.  It turns out recommendations to shy away from fat were wrong and sent us on a collision course with the obesity problems we're facing today.  Sugar, rather than fat is the real culprit of our nutritional struggles. 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekend Workout:

 

KB Deadlift

KB High Pulls

KB Goblet Squat

KB Reverse Lunges

45sec on/15sec off

 

Glute Bridges

Dead Bugs

Bird/Dogs

Pushups

20reps

 

KB Deadlift

KB High Pulls

KB Goblet Squat

KB Reverse Lunges

45sec on/15sec off

 

Vipr/DB Lunge Forward/Reverse/Lateral 8per leg

Rows 15

Side Plank 30s