Exercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle and can have many benefits, including disease prevention; better mental health, brain function and sleep quality; weight management; and improved heart health and bone health. Here are some tips that can help you improve the results of your fitness routine.

Exercise Tip 1: When it comes to exercise the most important thing to ask is whether your body is responding to what you’re doing in a positive way. If not, then you might be wasting your time. Then you should ask yourself … am I doing it right? Am I not doing enough? Am I doing too much? Deep down your body has the ability to improve – just don’t give up.

Exercise Tip 2: Your workouts should reflect where you are now, not where you were 20-30 years ago, and not where you want to be a year or two from now. When done right your body can make some amazing progress. Just start slow, keep pushing forward, be consistent and be patient. Learning to enjoy the process is the real prize.

Exercise Tip 3: All of us athletes grew up with the notion of “NO PAIN NO GAIN.” This was great when it came to developing mental toughness. However, experience shows that going too far creates “overtraining,” which means that the body can’t recover fast enough, making your workouts very inefficient. This can lead to injuries and poor results.

Exercise Tip 4: Strength training vs cardio: You need both because they have totally different effects on your body. Cardio, when done right, can improve your circulation and heart and lung function. Strength training can improve your joints and muscle tone, increase your testosterone, prevent osteoporosis and increase your metabolism. Simply put, just counting your steps isn’t enough.

Exercise Tip 5: Here’s a tip for those of you who train yourselves. If you’re always doing the same routine, you need to change it up after a while, maybe after 15 workouts or so. Even though consistency in your routine is good, there’s a point of diminishing returns. Your body and your mind need new stimuli every so often.

Proper exercise habits will maximize your efforts thus allowing you to get the most out of your fitness routine. To learn how you can maximize your workout results, please call us at 602-230-8581 or visit our website at billrossfitnesssolutions.com