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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.⠀

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Obesity Beyond “Looks”

Posted on October 30, 2018October 30, 2018 by LetlerFit

Obesity leads to ⠀
-Systemic inflammation⠀
-Insulin Resistance⠀
-Disturbances in the secretion and function of adipokines⠀
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Not only does it create the aforementioned issues, but it puts you at an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (when your body struggles to utilize glucose and produce insulin, and/or it’s inability to act in response to insulin production). Did you know that 90% of all diabetes cases are type 2? Did you also know that this is potentially avoidable with lifestyle modifications?⠀
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Risk factors for developing diabetes include:⠀
-Certain Medication⠀
-Race⠀
-Hypertension⠀
-Stress⠀
-Age⠀
-Pregnancy⠀
-Family history (genetics) ⠀
-High Cholesterol⠀
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For every 500 kcal of energy expenditure per week that comes from exercise, the risk for type 2 diabetes is reduced by 6%.⠀
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Exercise also helps increase ones insulin sensitivity by improving carbohydrate metabolism and glucose tolerance from enhanced cellular uptake.

I challenge you to stop looking at obesity as someone who is “fat” and needs to lose weight to be “skinny” because that’s NOT the issue. The issue is HEALTH.⠀

Fitness Terms Commonly Misused

Posted on September 7, 2018 by LetlerFit

Let’s define some words that I see getting misused far too often:⠀
Coordination: Being able to harmoniously perform a movement or how well your body parts interact in order to accomplish a movement.⠀
Speed: Ability to move the body OVER A DISTANCE in a given time⠀
Agility: Your ability to change directions quickly or generate a rapid movement⠀
Balance: How well you disrupt the forces that can disrupt stability⠀

This is important because i see people confuse speed with agility or agility with coordination all of the time. Even other personal trainers. When we understand what words mean we can then gain better understanding of the exercises and their purpose

My Fitness Journey Part 2

Posted on August 14, 2018 by LetlerFit

4 Years of my journey, each year my goals, training, and diet changed causing my body to adapt accordingly in order to achieve those goals. ⠀
2014 and 145lbs: Compared to now I really had no idea what I was doing exercise wise, but I did know about food, hence my lack of muscle tone, but slender body. ⠀
2015 and 150 pounds: I was eating the same, but started crossfit, which started the beginning of my weight training. You can see that the weights started to pack on a small amount of mass especially in my quads, although that particular picture does no justice. Still was focused more on how i looked vs what my body could do. ⠀
April 2016 and 153 pounds: I had shifted over to powerlifting and had recently cut weight for a meet, but you can see that training specifically for strength added a substantial amount of mass, but because It wasn’t your hypertrophy/body building training I didn’t have that shredded physique the whole world is after for whatever reason.⠀
November 2016 and 165 pounds: I was dealing with an injury and hand surgery and had gone from lifting weights 5-6 times a week to nothing, but with the same appetite so there came the fluff. However I was still considered healthy and that was important to me! ⠀
2017 and 158 pounds: I came back from 2016 100% geared towards functional fitness, stopped caring about looks and started focusing on being able to go up the stairs, fixing my anterior displacement of my gleno-humeral joint, and balancing out my quad:hamstring strength. When your quads are too strong relative to your hamstrings as you age (80s) you become more susceptible to falling forward.⠀
2018: Completely focused on movement proficiency and a healthy diet, while living a little on the weekend.⠀
If you want to talk aesthetics, my favorite is 2018 because I no longer am dealing with back pain, I have substantially corrected my shoulder imbalance, and I can go up the stairs without huffing and puffing.⠀
Moral: Aesthetics will follow training modality. When you start to focus on movement and being functional, you’ll not only start to FEEL better, but look better. MOVEMENT FIRST, aesthetics after.⠀

New Outlook On Exercise

Posted on July 24, 2018 by LetlerFit

I challenge you to start looking at exercise as a means for improving your quality of life and not just as a means “to tone” your arms. ⠀
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Did you know that exercise can reduce your risk of dying from⠀
-Cardiovascular Disease⠀
-Coronary Heart Disease⠀
-Hypertension⠀
-Colon Cancer⠀
-Type 2 Diabetes⠀
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Exercise can be used for so much better than just “to tone.” I mean, if you or a loved one suffers from these diseases or it runs in the family, think about how many more moments with that person would mean to you because they or you decided to take control of their disease and manage it with proper exercise.⠀

Stop Exercising For Aesthetics

Posted on June 28, 2018June 28, 2018 by LetlerFit

STOP exercising for aesthetics as the #1 reason behind why you workout. Aesthetics DOES NOT equal physiology. It isn’t even quantifiable. You can’t tell someone how big their bicep should be the way you can tell them loaded plyometrics shouldn’t exceed 5% of your body weight. You can’t make a 6 pack mandatory for everyone the way you can make healthy body fat mandatory for everyone because we know that being at a healthy body fat decreases your risk of metabolic disease and more…where as abs simply depend on your genetic propensity to store visceral fat⠀
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Exercise is NEVER an independent variable for aesthetics. You can’t get away with just exercising to get to your aesthetic goal. You MUST eat right and also take into account your genetics. Exercise + Nutrition + Genetics = “Aesthetics” ⠀

Is there really such a thing as bad food?

Posted on March 15, 2018March 15, 2018 by LetlerFit

In a world where so many people think healthy means protein and veggies only because carbs (including fruit) are bad for you, I decided to dedicate this post for everyone who suffers from labeling foods as good or bad and those who follow restrictive diets.

Did you know that eating a diet that only consists of protein and vegetables can lead to health issues in a different, yet equally dangerous way as a diet consisting of processed foods, salt, and sugar? Crazy, right?

For this post I wanted to tackle some of the foods most labeled as bad:

Foods high in sodium always get labeled as bad because high salt intake has been linked to high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke. But did you know if you eat a few foods a week high in salt and the rest of your diet has adequate salt intake and you stay hydrated…those small spikes of ingested sodium WILL NOT MAKE YOU HAVE A HEART ATTACK
Another food labeled as a diet “no no” for many is sugar. But did you know that processed sugar (whole fruit is not processed sugar) once a week is NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU DIABETES. Did you know that you can do “damage control” on that sugary cheat that is high in carbs and very low in fat by consuming is within 1 hour of an intense workout? Not saying to eat it first and then punish yourself with exercise after, I’m saying if you want to go out for ice cream, donuts, or cookies and not see as much short term weight fluctuations enjoy them after you’ve worked out (again, don’t abuse this).
Fried foods are oh so delicious but oh so restricted when people go on diets, but did you know that consuming 1 fried meal a week with multiple healthy whole meals, that bad food IS NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU HIGH CHOLESTEROL.
Fiber is one of those diet worshipped foods. But did you know that if you consume high fiber vegetables/foods post workout it can become a bad food? You want fiber before or during the day not after a killer workout (messes with recovery-i’ll do a whole post on that some other time).

Moral of this blog: BALANCE and food timing is key!

10 Pieces of Advice for Getting Over Your Biggest Fitness Hurdles

Posted on January 23, 2018 by LetlerFit

Have a huge fitness goal? i.e. losing 80 pounds? When you first set a fitness goal like that it’s pretty overwhelming, but try breaking it down in increments of 5-10 pounds! That not only sounds more doable, but mentally it’s more doable as well.
Are you a scale addict? Have someone in your house hide it from you and only give you access to it 1-2 times a month. It’ll give you a chance to focus on changes in the way your clothing fits due to measurements changes and not changes on a scale.
Baby Steps! If you are someone starting off from the very beginning setting a goal like working out an hour a day 6 times a week, may not be very realistic. Start with 2-3x a week for 30 minutes and work you way up?
Sugar addict? Quitting cold turkey doesn’t work for everyone. Focus on cutting back little by little each week.
hire a trainer! Accountability goes a LONG way! Plus, you are hopefully working out with someone who knows what they are doing so you should see accelerated results. If you need help, I coach people ALL OVER THE WORLD! Just click here!
Practice self-love. Instead of criticizing yourself and telling yourself what you are trying to change at the gym, focus on what you LOVE about yourself and let the rest take care of itself with your workouts.
Get a good night’s rest. Lack of sleep actually inhibits weight loss and increases chances of weight gain and bloating.
Restriction is the enemy, balance is your friend. Get out of the yo-yo fitness mentality and into a more balanced lifestyles.
Get yourself some cute workout clothes. Sometimes something as simple as a pair of leggings and a killer tank can motivate you to get your booty in the gym…at least it does for me. Shop LetlerFit Apparel
Stop thinking of fitness as a chore, no one likes chores, but begin thinking of it as a hobby! Everyone loves their hobbies.

LetlerFit Cyber Monday

Posted on November 27, 2017November 27, 2017 by LetlerFit

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Small Biz Saturday = Free Fit Princess Tank

Posted on November 25, 2017 by LetlerFit

Small business saturday has been my favorite day to shop on this crazy sale weekend since before I opened up my own business because I’ve always strongly believed in supporting the hustle.

In my sector of retail the SBA classifies a small business as any business who totals less than $21.5M a year, which seems like a lot, but when you compare it to the billion dollar corporations, it’s nothing.

LetlerFit is DEFINITELY a small business! To celebrate those who are supporting the hustle today, we are giving away a FREE Fit Princess tank to anyone who purchases any of my fitness guides over $19.99 with code “SUPPORTHUSTLE” at checkout.