Pillars of Health - Fitness diaries

 Stress is damaging to the body. It causes us to retain fat and makes us sick, and if not dealt with properly... disease. :( 1. Improve your cardiovascular. Its endurance, capacity and strength are incredibly important to multiple different facets of our life. Recreating is the best way to keep your cardio in check! This will keep the nervous system conditioned, makes you more agile, provides you better balance and allows you to have some fun! This also helps with the uptake of oxygen & nutrients and aids in the removal of waste. 2. Getting plenty of cardiovascular exercise helps maintain elasticity in the lungs and helps to reduce conditions like asthma. 3. Taking the time to get fresh air helps us relieve stress. It is also interesting to note that the air in our homes is anywhere between 5 and 100 times more polluted than the air outside. So, GET OUTSIDE! 4. Breathing deeply helps to relieve muscular tension by relaxing the nervous system, this, helps you to concentrate ...

Everyone in the fitness industry seems to have the perfect diet, the greatest piece of equipment and the most revolutionary diet pill and ab exercise to drop those unwanted pounds…. I say Bullshi*. Let me explain to you a couple things about how the body works and then we’ll talk body fat. Firstly, the body is designed with an immeasurable survival instinct. Its sole purpose is to keep you alive. This is why when you touch a hot stove it doesn’t wait for you to think about how hot it is and react… it simply pulls your hand away. This is why when you walk down a dark alley at night the hairs on your neck stand on end, and when something jumps out at you your “fight or flight” kicks in and you whoop someone or Ruuuuunnnn! It’s also why in times of stress your body RETAINS body fat to be used as energy in case you need those stores to prevent you from starving. The next thing to note is that the body deals with ALL stresses in a similar way. This is to say that being chased by a l...