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Friday, December 12, 2014

What Christmas Rush Sickness?

#GiveTheGiftOfFitness

New York, Chicago, and Atlanta gear up! You can play indoors or outdoors, but you do not play with the flu. Flu shots are important and do help in fighting the flu. But, if you are living carelessly during this Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's season, then your need to gear up is now!

Equip yourself with proper hydration, rest, nutrition, de-stressing, and exercise as a best form of medicine. Ahhh, exercise! Actually, it is not that scary even during this busy time of year. Be careful with the word, "busy", because it can work you out of things you need... like exercise. In fact, December is one of the best times to start a new exercise regimen because it is a busy month.

When you are busy, you make good, strange, hurried, or normal choices. One of the biggest culprits is shoving down a lot of sugar, salt, and high fat foods while not hydrating yourself properly. These food details will affect how you exercise. They can block good production of ATP (Adenosine Tri-Phosphate) in your body, which basically tells your muscles, "OK, we are ready to work for you! Let's go!" When that energy or "umph" is not there, you peter out. Sugar-highs, salt/sodium-highs, fat-highs, dehydration-highs, they are all real (see: Sweet + Savory Christmas Log). So, what will you do?

Get over any type of sickness before it sets in to your body. Some areas in the nation will be more difficult than others, but no one said you could not exercise. Plus, exercise makes shopping better - you will have that adrenaline and energy to walk the length of an outlet area or mega-mall.

Are you over your sickness yet?

With heart,
Derek

Derek Arledge, MS, CSCS        www.teempt.com        TEEM Performance Training

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