Lift Your Way to Stronger Bones

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.

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Exercise Myth vs Truth

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. ⠀

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Lifting Weights with Hypertension

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. ⠀

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Exercise and Asthma

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.

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Are you considered obese?

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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So Over Instafamous Trainers

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 🤣

 

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Exercising Your Way to a Longer Life

Did you know that science has been able to link mortality rate and lifespan with levels of cardiorespiratory fitness? And that people who are physically active for longer periods of times with greater intensity are potentially adding to their lifespan and better quality of life to those years? If that’s not motivation to get moving, not sure what is! Think about all those moments you won’t miss out on because you chose to prioritize your fitness.⠀

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Exercise and Disease Management

Ever wonder what risk factors are actually connected to diseases? Well let’s take a look at obesity, physical inactivity, and low cardiovascular efficiency as they are 3 risk factors that can be avoided through exercise.⠀
-Obesity is linked to heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, arteriosclerosis, stroke, and diabetes⠀
-Physical inactivity is linked to all of the above except for stroke.⠀
-Low cardiovascular efficiency is linked to heart disease, hypertension, and stroke⠀

Get Moving in 2019!

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What the heck is Metabolic Syndrome?

Have you ever heard the doctor tell you that you have metabolic syndrome or you are at risk to developing it, but you have no idea what is means? Well, you get classified as having metabolic syndrome if you meet one or more of the following criteria⠀
1. Males with body fat greater than 25% and Females with body fat greater than 32%⠀
2. a Waist circumference greater than 102CM (men) and greater than 88CM (women)⠀
3. LDL cholesterol greater than 135 mg/dl⠀
4. HDL cholesterol lower than 40 mg/dl (men) and 50 mg/dl (women)⠀
5. A blood glucose level greater than 100 mg/dl⠀
6. Blood Pressure greater than 130/85 mmHG⠀
7. Triglycerides greater than 150 mg/dl⠀
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So if any of those sound like your recent trip to the doctors office, you should have been trying to take control of your health. BUT the good news is, it is NOT too late!⠀

Let me help you improve your health in 2019! LetlerFit@gmail.com

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Got Genetics?

We’ve all heard people say “oh it’s genetics” But how much does genetics actually affect us? 25-40% of what happens to us is not in our control. What we can control is our behavior and our environment. Genetics determines our potential capabilities as well as what we are at risk to developing or more susceptible to. It also influences the way our physiology adapts to exercise and our physiological occurrences. ⠀
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However, by no means can we use genetics as an excuse for diabetes when all you eat is processed sugar.⠀

 

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