Nutritional Consistency is Key
Starting out any nutritional program can be a challenge. Changing your daily habits and acting with your health as a priority can be a learning [...]
Starting out any nutritional program can be a challenge. Changing your daily habits and acting with your health as a priority can be a learning [...]
When people drive by our location in Utah, quite often, they think that Total Health and Fitness is just another gym, trying to survive among the many Gold’s Gyms and Vasa Fitnesses of the world. It’s true that our facilities include a small gym, where those enrolled in our health and fitness program can receive one-on-one training from personal trainers to improve their workout routine, but the gym isn’t our focus.
Often, when people want to lose weight, avoiding food at all costs seems like the only way to speed up the process. However, malnutrition can lead to a variety of health concerns. Weight loss programs in Utah and across the country should encourage a healthy and balanced diet, especially when it comes to workout fuel. So what are the best foods to eat before and after a gym session?
It’s no secret that the average American is growing older. In health-conscious places like Utah, residents keep working out long after they’ve passed 40. Age doesn’t have to ruin your workouts. In fact, health and fitness experts agree that weight and cardio training are as important after the big 4-0 as they are before.
Carb-loading can be a beneficial practice for some athletes in Utah, but it is not necessarily the best dietary approach for everyone. During exercise, the liver and muscles use glycogen–stored glucose–for energy. Glucose can be found in most food groups, but the body converts carbohydrates into glucose much more easily than proteins and fats.
Simply put, resistance training makes a real difference in helping your accomplish your fitness goals. Check out what Nellie Nageli was able to accomplish through such a method. With the help of sound nutritional tactics, resistance training helped her make her fitness goals a reality.
From here in Utah to the farthest reaches of America’s East Coast, whenever health and fitness are being discussed, diets, workout regiments and stress-level management are almost always brought up as concrete talking points. That being said, there’s certainly more to health and fitness maintenance. In fact, more often than not, it’s the polar opposite activity of exercise which often goes unnoticed: sleep. Truth be told, regardless of whether you’re from Utah or elsewhere, there’s a strong link between proper exercise and sound sleep.
In order to improve overall health and fitness, there’s no better substitute for a balanced diet and daily exercise. That said, though the preferred, most [...]
From Utah to the farthest reaches of the East Coast, as far as overall health and fitness is concerned, the question is timeless—Is breakfast really [...]