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Lift Your Way to Stronger Bones

Posted on June 25, 2019June 4, 2019 by LetlerFit

Can you exercise your way to stronger bones….OH YES! Despite what your grandma told you, picking up those weights is what’s going to keep those bones strong and healthy more so than aerobic exercise as research shows that resistance training has a positive effect on bone density.

Learn more about the best online fitness program which includes comprehensive programs focused on shifting towards healthier eating habits, staying fit, and building a better booty. You’ll also find a variety of fitness apparel to help get you that extra motivation to take your goals to another level. Contact me today to learn more about the best fitness programs available to get your body in gear.

Exercise Myth vs Truth

Posted on June 18, 2019June 4, 2019 by LetlerFit

Myth: Men respond better to strength training because they get stronger faster when compared to women

Truth: under proper programming, women see increases in their strength at the same rate or faster. ⠀

Lifting Weights with Hypertension

Posted on June 11, 2019June 4, 2019 by LetlerFit

Do you have hypertension and lift weights? Then this post is VERY important. ⠀
If you have high blood pressure you should avoid heavy resistance training (try and keep it no higher than 80-85% of your 1RM) as heavy resistance training on its own increases your blood pressure. So pairing your own high blood pressure with the effects of heavy weight training could lead to negative vascular events such as stroke or heart attack. You also want to avoid the valsalva maneuver as holding your breath while lifting can also increase your blood pressure. One exercise you should consider throwing out of your programming completely if you’re hypertensive is the leg press because it utilizes the activity of a lot of large muscles (lower body) under heavy loading and yields no functional purpose. Therefore risk outweighs benefits. ⠀

Exercise and Asthma

Posted on June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 by LetlerFit

Struggle with asthma? Did you know that most people who have asthma avoid exercise because of being scared of having an attack or making the asthma worse? I am here to tell you that exercising with asthma is totally safe (assuming you have your “puffer” with you at all times in case of an episode!) and encouraged! Regular aerobic exercise between 60-80% of HRR has been shown to decrease incidents of asthma attack.⠀
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It is important to make sure you are going to a gym with great air circulation (aka some A/C), avoiding cold, dry air, or non-air circulating environment. It is also important to spend extra time warming up and cooling down. It is also important to understand that high intensity exercise and long duration/continuous activity trigger more asthmatic events than moderate intensity and “stop and go” exercise.

Boppy Comfy Fit Baby Carrier

Posted on May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 by LetlerFit

So you guys know that every once in a while I take a break from my regularly schedule fitness posts and review some of my current favorite products.

Today, I really wanted to highlight my favorite product that has really been making the transition into motherhood that much easier. As someone who’s very type A, lives off routine, and order it’s been tough because as any mom knows babies are the complete opposite of routine and order.

The best thing to happen to me was the Boppy Comfy Baby Fit Carrier. My daughter has loved it from day 1. I stick her in during her nap times and the carrier allows me to do pretty much everything and go wherever I need to go while keeping my daughter close and staying hands free.

Just recently I took my Boppy Comfy Fit Baby Carrier to Key West and explore shallow shores of Bahia Honda State park without the hassle of a stroller. I also love this carrier because it is:

machine washable
soft
light weight
has a pocket that fits my phone, keys, and credit cards
easy to put on
easy to pack because it comes with it’s own travel case

If you are a mom to a baby under 35 pounds, you NEED the Boppy Comfy Fit Baby Carrier in your life.

Are you considered obese?

Posted on March 28, 2019 by LetlerFit

women are considered obese when they have a body fat of 32%, and men when their body fat is at 25%. Obesity puts you at an increased risk for disease through low grade inflammation.⠀
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Exercise may help fight obesity by tipping the energy balance in an individuals favor as well as reducing circulating cytokines associated with development of atherosclerosis, diabetes, and inflammation. Exercise also reduces the accumulation of visceral fat storage, which is the primary cause of adipokine dysfunction.⠀

Stroke & Exercise

Posted on March 20, 2019 by LetlerFit

The 3rd leading cause of death in America is stroke (caused by vascular blockage that impedes blood flow or arterial blockage). Your risk factors for having a stroke go up when you smoke or have high blood pressure.⠀
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aerobic exercise improves arterial function and reduces blood pressure which may contribute to lowering your risk of having a stroke.⠀

So Over Instafamous Trainers

Posted on February 19, 2019 by LetlerFit

Fitness stars posting wrong information?! Does that really happen….OH YES! And for whatever reason, the bigger the following, the faker the tan, the more shredded the abs, the more fit facts get screwed up. BE CAREFUL where you get your advice from, I seriously cannot stress it enough! Just because someone has abs and a million followers and claims to be a fitness professional doesn’t mean they know what they’re doing. You can be anything on the internet, ESPECIALLY if you know how to market.⠀
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And to those fitpos screwing up your fit facts….SHAME ON YOU! Make mistakes about stuff that has nothing to do about what you claim your profession to be, but don’t screw up on what you actually claim to know.⠀ typos i’ll let slide only because i’m the queen of typos 🤣

Health vs Fitness

Posted on January 18, 2019 by LetlerFit

Todays blog post literally copy and pasting off an old lecture so y’all don’t think I’m nuts when I tell you that health and fitness are NOT the same thing.⠀

-“Health and wellness are factors of disease free living with positive controls over physiological measures.”⠀
-“Fitness is defined by quantifiable measures of physical components broken down into health and performance related components.”⠀
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“A person can be healthy, but not fit in the same way a person can score well in fitness testing and not be as healthy as a person with lower scores in the same test.”

Exercise and Mental Health

Posted on January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 by LetlerFit

Statistics are beginning to suggest that 10% of adults are affected by depression and 15% are affective by anxiety disorders. Research has demonstrated that exercise allows us to improve our moods, self-esteem, and self-efficacy, which all contributes to reduced risk of depression/anxiety. Exercise frequency having the greatest impact on reducing that risk because the greater the frequency the more time spent in the altered mental state.⠀