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Article #389: Tips on Improving your Fitness the Healthy Way

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Here are ten tips to improve your fitness minimize the number of tablets that you
health. Even the fittest of athletes may take. Taking an asprin may seem harmless,
not be really healthy. They often trade but you will be surprised how often a
off real health for fitnees running the headache can be cured by drinking water,
risk of becoming ill or injured. having something to eat or sitting in a
1) Listen to your body. As you are quiet room.
training it is easy to become preoccupied 6) You will improve your health and
with the repetitions you are doing, or fitness by stretching more. Your muscles
the time you've been exercising. Leave get shorter through exercise, and if you
your watch at home and slow down or walk never stretch you will get injured. One
when your body hurts. method is to warm up slowly first, then
2) To improve your fitness health you spend several minutes stretching before
need to eat a varied diet. You should the main workout. Stretch thoroughly
aime to eat at least 5 fruit/vegetables a after exercise as well.
day. Your health will improve if you eat 7) You need to stay hydrated if you are
at least five different kinds of fruit, exercising more. This means drinking
then any vegetables will be a bonus. sports drinks or water if you are
Take a complete day off from exercise sweating a lot. You lose minerals in your
every so often. It doesn't have to be body while sweating. It is recommended to
every week, but over-working when you are drink five glasses of water a day, but if
tired may have a detrimental effect on you are working out you need to drink
your health and fitness. You become more than this. Don't over do it, though,
fitter and healthier through rest as much because it can be just as dangerous to
as exercise. drink too much as too little.
4) Limit the number of supplements you 8) Exercise with other people. You will
take. Adequate amounts can in fact be meet new friends, and your fitness will
absorbed by modifying the diet without improve if you have other people to
the risks involved by taking a dietary motivate you.
supplement. Consult a professional 9) Don't become too competitive as this
dietician. Many sprinters and power may harm your health. Motivation from
athletes, for example, take creatine other people is good, but you should only
supplements because it gives them a legal compete against yourself. Try too hard to
edge. There is a risk, though, as it is keep up with someone else, and you could
possible that they have been contaminated become injured.
by banned substances. This is a risk to 10) Have fun! If you are having fun your
your fitness health, and a risk health and fitness will improve, as you
financially if you are a professional will find it easy to stick to your
athlete. program.
5) Your health will improve if you






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