10 Performance Tips To Effectively Start Off 2012

With all do respect to well-known fitness trainers who get to post their tips on traffic-heavy websites, here is access to 10 tips that you can follow. Of course, adequate nutrition and proper exercise are key points. However, some of these lists (and I have not seen all of them...actually not a single one. Oops?) miss out on the details:

1. Your belly = your heart - Belly fat affects your heart. If you look down and can't see your feet, chances remain that your heart is also affected...

2. Save $ - As an example, see how much you are driving and spending on gas...

3. Spend $ - Wisely, that is...

4. Eat - Whether you have a goal to lose, maintain, or gain weight, or gain muscle. Let me put out this plug now...a lose weight goal should be a gain muscle goal, and you do not have to fear getting too big...

5. Move - Do you sit a lot? Do you commute long distances? Do you lounge too often? Fuel yourself with good foods and then construct some movement...

6. Have an Active Motivational Source - What does this mean? Well, pick a person who you normally see working out. How are they inspiring you? Instead of saying to yourself, "I wish I were like him/her," be like him/her or them. These people are your neighborhood exercisers, typically...

7. Explore Your Options - Walk, run, bike, home exercise, group, individual, and more. Whatever you choose, just do not settle on saying, "Oh, I do not know what to do." Or, "I do not have enough time" because these thoughts lead to greater excuses for escaping even general health...

8. Be consistent - Do NOT start a regimen for two weeks. Stop for 2 months. Re-start for 1 day. Then, "rest" for a year. It is just not going to happen or to be allowed...

9. Believe and Do - First, believe that you can change, perform/exercise, or adopt good habits, then do them...

10. Laugh - Hey, laughing works facial muscles (buccinator, mentalis, etc....just work them), abdominal muscles, and make you feel happy and willing to enjoy an activity...

 

Do It Up!

Derek

 

 

Be: Let's Shed The Excuses

As we venture past the first part of January 2012, let us all enter a new level. Let us enter a new height in our lives. One in which we perform well physically, mentally, and faithfully (everyone has something they believe in!) Shed the excuses that hold us back, especially when it comes to participating in fitness/exercise/physical activity. New Year's resolutions on fitness...ah, throw them out if they are going to disappear within the first month of 2012. Instead, adopt a new a way of living and adapt to it. Just do it...in the way that works for you!

So, here are 54 ways:

Be honest...Be determined...Be busy...Be coachable...Be rested...Be challenged...Be mindful

Be thankful...Be energetic...Be aggressive...Be thoughtful...Be new...Be strong...Be fast

Be swift...Be mobile...Be rewarded...Be flexible...Be balanced...Be versatile...Be open-minded

Be goal-oriented...Be aimful...Be fueled up...Be hungry...Be humble...Be joyful...Be re-inventive

Be innovative...Be rested...Be invigorated...Be catalytic...Be inspired...Be triumphant...Be firm

Be fulfilled...Be powerful...Be dynamic...Be escalating...Be enriched...Be served...Be complete

Be solid...Be lean...Be encouraged...Be tough...Be physical..Be tenacious...Be better


Be developed...Be different...Be progressive...Be blessed...Be you!

Take care of yourself,
Derek

Derek Arledge, CSCS

Athlete Needs

Skill sets. Athletes need skill sets.

Why?

Because skill sets make the athlete the total package. Within these skill sets function, position-specific, player-specific, and a challenging order of exercises/drills are possessed. Gone are the days when a college and especially a professional athlete can gain a considerable competitive advantage by simply being the highest jumper or the fastest runner on a team and have the title of best player on that squad- it works in the 100m dash and in the high jump because those events measure running and jumping.

I am willing to hold steadfastly that the fastest runner in the NFL is not going to the Pro Bowl. The strongest defenseman in the NHL is not the absolute best defenseman.

I am not saying that these prototypical athletes do not have skills, but the top-notch players in these sport leagues can play and entertain audiences with their many skill sets. These athletes truly work at their game physically and mentally. They are dynamic in preparation and stagnant in mistakes - many faults do not flow. The athletes that tone their skills minimize total dependency and optimize proficiency - they most likely get the job done!!!

Aside from all of this information, training the body in non-traditional ways is as important as rest and sleep because the body makes necessary adjustments. It is great that an athlete or non-athlete can squat 500lbs. or bench press 325lbs; in addition, it is also great that the same individuals can do a lot of unbalanced work or large reaction work. Sports such as, football and ice hockey, are as physical as they are reactive. Moving a sofa is as physically demanding as it is important to get in the right position to move the sofa.

We all have an inner athlete, but the major difference is our athleticism is vastly contrasted and some skill sets are more toned than others by sport, by age, by experience, by desire, and by talent. Everyone needs skill sets, but it is an athlete's job/career to perfect this practice year-round with necessary breaks and with re-invention!

Take care of yourself,
Derek

Derek Arledge, CSCS