Total System Services, together with One Hour Heating and Air, is implementing a fitness challenge for April, May, and June. During these three months, the goal is to exercise at least ten hours a month. However, the principal objective here is to promote the benefits of maintaining a healthy, active lifestyle. In attempt to boost morale and highlight the advantages to this challenge, I have listed some diet and fitness facts below. So read on and happy exercising!
Twenty Fitness Tips for the Spring Fitness Challenge
- Green Tea helps eliminate bad breath. It also curbs your appetite.
- Ten minutes of skin to skin contact (think hugging and hand holding) can keep blood pressure from spiking under stress.
- The more fresh foods you consume, the healthier you will be. Preservatives and chemicals deteriorate the human body.
- Exercise boosts your immune system.
- Snacking is important. It helps keep your metabolism up, burning the calories you consume.
- Skipping breakfast is more likely to cause weight gain than weight loss.
- The Mayo Clinic suggests adults get 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night. Sleep improves mood and productivity, which both help in bettering your fitness routine.
- Twenty minutes of aerobic exercise, at least three times a week, greatly reduces your risk of health related issues, including heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.
- Adding even a little movement to your daily routine can increase your level of fitness.
- Walking at a brisk pace, burns almost as many calories as jogging.
- If you sleep less, you crave junk food, if you sleep more, you crave more sleep.
- Chocolate is high in fiber and helps in digestion.
- Laughter helps destroy viruses and tumor cells.
- Apples are more efficient at waking you up in the morning than caffeine.
- Diet Soda destroys tooth enamel as much as meth and crack cocaine.
- Staying up all night will cause your body to burn an extra 161 calories, however, the average person burns 720 calories by sleeping (during an 8 hour sleep cycle).
- Remember to breathe! The only time you should be holding your breath during exercise is if you are swimming.
- Doctors recommend adults drink 9-13 cups of water a day. Drinking water helps the body flush out harmful toxins and, of course, prevents dehydration.
- Relax! No matter how much you diet and exercise. The number one factor in illness is stress. Stress causes or complicates 90% of all diseases.
- Everyone knows exercise increases endorphins making people everywhere happy. But did you know, kissing does as well? Not only does it burn a few calories, but it also releases serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin.