Friday, September 20, 2019

Exercise Coach, In-Home Personal Training in Edmonton Alberta, Exercises to keep you in shape

Lifting Weights, Walking, or Watching What You Eat?

As a personal trainer, my first inclination is to answer yes to all of the above, because certainly all of these activities are important. The only way I can categorize them in some kind of order is to know who I am talking to and what that individual’s daily routines are and what their strengths and weaknesses are.
If you love your vegetables, fruits and whole foods and maintain a healthy diet and you have a history of the longevity of in your family tree, but you experience chronic lower back pain and are inactive, then I would recommend focusing on walking every day. The more the better. And lifting weights.
If you have a need to lose weight and you love lifting weights, but your idea of a well- balanced meal is French fries, hamburgers and ice cream and you have a family tree riddled with cancer, than I would put the focus on nutrition and walking.

Of course, neither of these examples took into consideration a person’s age. A senior citizen in their 60’s is going to have many different needs again, then a millennial in their 30’s. At the end of the day, we are all individuals and I can’t give each person I meet one health prescription. Everyone has different strengths and weaknesses and needs and thus each person should have an exercise prescription that is specific to addressing their habits, likes, needs, weaknesses and genetics.
Until next time...
Keep Fit 'N' Well

Greg Harvey

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