Start Young
The sooner we condition our bodies for fitness, the easier it is for us to continue being fit as we grow older. In past generations, physical activities tend to decrease as a child starts formal schooling at age 7 or below. In the start of formal education, children begin to spend long hours sitting in the classroom and less time playing outdoors. Nowadays the age where children’s activities are decreased becomes younger and younger. The emergence of numerous technology based entertainment and labor saving devices promote sedentary lifestyle in the present and future generations.
At home, hours spent climbing trees and running in the yard have been replaced by longer hours sitting in a desk in front of a screen with a mouse and keyboard in hand, or even worse laying in a couch in front of a large screen with a bowl of chips an arm length away. For most of us, this tip is no longer applicable. A great portion of our youth have been spent, but we can still promote fitness among the younger generation by encouraging and supporting child friendly fitness experiences like sports and martial arts for kids. For those who haven’t started a fit lifestyle, its betters to begin sooner than later.
Create Your Own Fitness Blog
This tip is based on personal experience. I’ve created this blog for exactly this purpose. It doesn’t need to be a professional looking blog. The more personal your blog is the better. A blog has many advantages; first it allows you to tell the world what you aim to achieve. Let’s say you aim to lose 10 pounds before your next birthday, write about it in your blog and share it with your family and friends. A lot of management and self help books suggest that goals must be declared to the world to make sure that we will achieve it. After declaring it, use your blog to record your progress. People following your blog will be a great part of your success.
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Other fitness advantages of creating a fitness Blog
Influence others to be fit
There is no greater feeling than having someone embrace a fit and healthy lifestyle because of your influence, but this is easier said than done. I’ve personally experienced how difficult this is with my mom. She has been living a sedentary lifestyle for so many years that walking long distances in moderate pace gives her shortness of breath. She’s a school nurse so information is not a problem. At first there was denial. I had trouble convincing her to work out because she believed there is nothing wrong with her and she doesn’t need to do it. Then there are all the reasons; “I have menstruation this week”, “I haven’t eaten yet”, “I just ate.” The list goes on. Then there is her negative mindset towards exercising. She thinks that exercising is something vain people do and she is not a part of that group. No matter how many times I try to remind her of the importance of exercise, she would just shrug it off and change the topic.
It wasn’t until she blacked out in a supermarket one sunny day and more recently a terrible pain in both of her legs which restricted her from standing up that her attitude towards fitness changed. Luckily these health attacks haven’t occurred again and it also scared her into working out (sadly at her own slow pace.) I am there continuing to encourage her to improve, she is not overweight so improving does not take a lot of effort. Slowly but surely she is making progress. Different people respond differently to an invitation of working out or starting a healthier diet challenge. Only they themselves can change their paradigm towards fitness. No amount of lectures or scare tactics will change the flow of an adamant mind, but when they do change; when their fitness paradigm has shifted, we must be there to cultivate and to support their new found way of seeing things.
Chris BenedictA health buff pursuing a degree in secondary education. I’m in my 20′s. I advocate Fitness because I value life and all that comes with it. Enjoy reading.Follow me at: No gym plan
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