| Don’t
build your house on sand
You wouldn’t build your house on sand would you? An unstable
surface that is unable to support any structure
built upon it.Then why do some people insist on training their
body hard when their foundation is weak? Typically
overweight and unfit people have:
- Little to no core strength
- Poor structural stability (Shoulder, Hip and Ankle)
- Poor posture
- Lack of flexibility
- Probably an unbalanced diet
Even 10 mins on the treadmill is going to
be to much for them to do safely so what chance do they have
with
the vast majority of exercise programs available? The likelihood is they will injure themselves very early on in
their training. If they are injured they can’t
train effectively and so can’t get the results the desire. Any
training program you use must address this issue and ensure a
firm foundation is built before high
volume / impact exercises are introduced. So how, practically, can you build a firm foundation?
- Control
your diet by not dieting! Most health experts will agree
that when it comes to weight loss,
what you eat has the biggest influence on how much weight you
lose. You need to eat small-ish portions of
nourishing food regularly and ditch the junk. The closer you
come to your ideal weight, the safer you are
and the harder you can exercise.
- Strengthen core
and structural stability, improve posture and flexibility
by doing a specialised program
designed to do just that, or easier still take Pilates classes.
Pilates addresses all the above-mentioned
points and then some!
- Ensure any exercise program you undertake whilst you are
building your “firm foundation” has been designed
to be both safe and effective and takes into account your own
limitations.
- You
should be able to sustain your exercise program over the
long term (for ever!) It should therefore be
designed with real people with real jobs and families in mind.
We can’t all find 4-6 hours a week to exercise!
As you can see it’s not rocket science, but mainly
just common sense. Build a firm foundation, and what
you build should last forever.
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