Fit & Healthy Buffalo- Fitness Success After 40

  All workouts were not created equally. Sadly, many people simply waste time in the gym. Here are 5 tips to ensure that every minute of your workout is well spent burning fat and toning your muscles… Workout Smarter Tip 1: Use More Resistance In order to get the most from each rep it’s important to challenge your muscles, and not to simply go through the motions. If you are able to complete 15 repetitions easily, then the weight is too light. On the flip side, if you aren’t able to perform an exercise through its full range of motion, and find yourself cheating on form, then the weight is too heavy. The correct weights will feel challenging by your last few repetitions but won’t force you to sacrifice form. Workout Smarter Tip 2: Keep it Fresh You may have noticed that most people do the same exercises each time they visit the gym. Maybe you’ve been doing the same exercise routine as long as you can remember—if it isn’t broken then don’t fix it, right? The truth is that exercise routi

There is one simple reason why most people haven’t yet reached their goals. It just may be the one thing that’s holding you back from your big breakthrough. That one thing is consistency. Think about it. The difference that separates a fitness star from a couch potato is the consistency with which the former applies to their diet and exercise routine. That’s it! Look, I know you can exercise and eat right. You’ve done it before! But a fitness plan only works when you consistently stay with it. You start, stop, start again, take a few days off, then get back on track. This haphazard effort will never lead to a dramatic body transformation! What if I told you that you’re 5 feet from gold? That if you simply dug in a little deeper, and stuck with the program with consistency, you’d finally achieve the big results that you’ve been hoping for all along. You are 5 feet from gold; don’t stop now! The fact is that anyone can stick with a fitness and diet plan for a little while. Anyone can com

  Has this ever happened to you? (NO JUDGMENT!) You’re driving home from work or the grocery store and when you get home, you can’t remember part of the trip … Or you’re in the middle of a great movie on Netflix – and you look down and have no idea how the entire bowl of popcorn is gone … Or you go into the kitchen to get something and you can’t remember what or why? These are all signs you need some MINDFULNESS in your life! “Mindfulness” is super trendy right now - and for a VERY good reason! It can teach you to get you out of your head and into the present... Which can have amazing benefits for your health (and results)! Less stress Better memory Lower emotional reactivity Improved focus Flexible thinking And even increased immune function! Basically, it increases your “chill” factor. Plus, you probably already know that having too many stress hormones in your system can make it harder for your body to metabolize fat … and it also encourages belly fat storage! Being more mindful can