Don’t Wish For It – Work For It
Do you wish you had a great body, had all the energy you wanted and enjoyed the endurance you had when you were young. You can achieve that, but you have to work for it. It takes more than just making a New Year’s resolution, you have to follow through with action. You can choose to make one change at a time or try to change everything at once. Each person is different, to you have to do what’s best for you.
Sometimes, people seem to be born lucky.
We’ve all met those people who can eat all they want without gaining a pound or stay fit and muscular, even though they seem to live a sedentary lifestyle. Looks can deceive. Sure, there are people born lucky, with a higher metabolism that keeps weight off or good genes to keep them more youthful. Most of the time, those people are far more active than you’d ever expect and normally skip foods with added sugar, highly processed foods and junk food. Each person is different, so having a personalized plan can make a difference in achieving your dreams.
You have to take the first step to get results.
There are few things in life that you achieve that didn’t require hundreds of small steps. The most important of those small steps is the first one. No matter how much you wish and hope, if it’s not backed by action, it’s a pipe dream. Right now….do something…anything. Do a few lunges, jumping jacks, squats or go for a walk. Just move. It’s the first step toward fitness. Do you need help? Give us a call. We’ll create a program designed specifically for you.
Good health and a great body starts in the kitchen.
You can’t out-exercise a bad diet, which is why eating healthy is so important. It’s not dieting. Dieting doesn’t work. It’s all about learning to make smarter choices when you’re choosing food. It can mean making small changes, like using Greek yogurt to replace sour cream for potatoes or eating a piece of fruit for a snack instead of junk food. It can mean making bigger changes like cutting out food with added sugar or eating more vegetables and eliminating highly processed food. With every bite, you’ll be changing your life.
- Start today by taking charge of your life. Whether you choose to start by changing your diet, exercising more or both, it makes a difference. Stick with your decision. If you aren’t sure where to start, we can help.
- Remember, you’ll rust out before you wear out. The more you move, the healthier you’ll become. Don’t push yourself too hard at first if you’ve lived a sedentary life. Take it easy and learn the right form for each exercise.
- All exercise doesn’t have to take place in the gym. Do something fun that’s active. Go out dancing, take the kids to the zoo or have active family time bicycling or hula hooping. Being fit can be fun and create memories for the family.
- Learning healthy habits, such as eating nutritious food, exercising, getting more sleep and staying hydrated last a lifetime. They are habits that take time to develop, but are well worth it for the benefits you receive.
For more information, contact us today at Rising Fitness Gym
If you want to be the best version of you, you need to put effort into the process. When clients come to Rising Fitness in Houston, Texas, at first they say that working out is hard and keeping the commitment to becoming fit is really tough. There are so many tugs on time that it’s easy to be distracted. You need a firm commitment and motivation to stick with the program, but when you start to see results, it’s all worth it.
You don’t have to live the rest of your life overweight and out of shape. You can change forever, but you have to believe it’s possible. We can help you do that. You may have tried dieting before and failed, so how will this be any different? First, you won’t be dieting. Diets don’t work. They always end and usually make you feel deprived. Instead, you’ll learn how to make smarter food choices and combine it with regular exercise in a program designed specifically for you.
There are a lot of ways to judge your progress when you’re on a program to get fitter. Weight is just one of those. If your goal is to lose ten pounds, then weight matters. However, if your goal is to be thinner, then weight doesn’t really matter as much. Muscle tissue weighs more than fat tissue does, so a cubic inch of muscle weighs more. Ten pounds of muscle could fit into a smaller container than ten pounds of fat. If you lose fat and build more muscle, you’ll look thinner, but may not lose a single pound.
Bodybuilders often focus on taking extra protein supplements to boost muscle development. In fact, it’s become quite trendy. Many of the latest macros diets also emphasize increasing protein and reducing carbs. Are these healthy options? Everyone needs protein, but just how much protein should you consume daily? Can you get too much? Who is most at risk of too little protein? You need to answer these questions first.
Not everyone comes to Rising Fitness in Houston, TX, every day. Some come three times a week and fill in the remainder of days with exercise or activities done at home. Many of those exercises are cardio workouts. They can be as simple as walking briskly for a half hour or dancing to their favorite songs or be an actual workout. Jumping rope is one of the favorites that doesn’t require expensive equipment, but certainly gets your heart pounding.
Clients at Rising Fitness Gym in Houston, Texas, tell us how grateful they are to finally succeed at their goals. Each person is special here and has an individualized program. One thing many have in common is the desire to build more muscle and burn more fat. There are many things you can do and some don’t require a lot of effort, but do require consistency. Every little bit counts, so even if you burn a few extra calories, if you do it and other small changes every day, the results compound.
Are you subject to yo-yo weight loss, losing weight only to gain it back a few months later. It may be a problem caused by how you shed those pounds, rather than something that’s wrong with you. There is a way to burn fat and keep it off permanently, but it requires making lifestyle changes, not crash dieting. It starts by making simple changes, like having a healthy snack available, like an apple, rather than waiting until you’re starved and opting for a donut or candy bar.
Whether it’s dangerous steroids or something more common, like a “special muscle building drink,” you may be wasting money or even harming your body. You don’t have to go to the pharmacy if you build muscle naturally. Building muscle tissue is about consistency, the type of exercises you do and what you eat. By modifying your diet slightly, you can get all the nutrients that are in supplements. Steroids and other chemicals aren’t necessary and are extremely dangerous.
At Rising Fitness in Houston, Texas, we use a holistic approach that uses science to focus on exercise and nutrition, while providing a sense of community. Switching from white bread to whole wheat is one way to boosting your health and there are also benefits of wheat germ oil. When white flour is processed, the bran and wheat germ are removed, all that is left is the endosperm, which has few nutrients. The bran of the wheat berry provides fiber, while the wheat germ provides all the nutrients. It only makes sense that oil made from the nutrient rich core would be beneficial for your health.