Fitness Fundamentals
Fitness Fundamentals
Current urban lifestyle is very demanding in terms of more strength, stamina and stress bearing capacity needed every day. One needs stamina to run through daily chores of cooking, home tasks, children, work, driving, meetings, commuting. High stress compromises sleep quality and quantity. With people spending more time on the screen rather than outdoor activities, people are highly compromised on their metabolic fitness.
Random fitness choice without knowing your health status and future health requirements is like shooting a dart in the dark.
One needs to have a health and fitness program which is sustainable, easy and permanent. Fitness which benefits you in the day to day life.
Let’s understand the basics of fitness. What is fitness?
According to American physical therapy association a balanced fitness plan consists of *strength training [gym machines ,weights, bands, kettelebell]
* core training[ball, medicine ball, bosu ball, foam roller]
* cardio[walking, treadmill, elliptical], swimming] ,
* mind body type[yoga, pilates]
* stretches (dynamic, static or sports)
All of these combined makes up the balanced equation, what we need it in daily life activities. It is the same combination of exercises needed to gain orthopaedic muscle stamina for joint protection and dealing with osteoporosis.
Spine Rehabilitation exercises protect spine in different spinal conditions.
Core fitness exercises takes care of metabolic and lifestyle health corrections.
Each exercise has a different effect on the body. Our daily life requires the use of all the different abilities one gains during the fitness session.
Who decides which exercise is good for you?
Fitness prescriptions are given by our senior and experienced physiotherapist and lifestyle health consultant. She can assess your muscular strength, health and orthopaedic complains, your daily activities demands, medical status and your purpose of exercise. Your age, sex, hormonal status, metabolic markers, nutritional status and vitamin deficiencies are all taken into account.
Good fitness program is an important tool in managing health, metabolism and also lifestyle health.
Research has proven that well balanced plan can manage type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol hypertension, joint wear and tear, hormonal irregularities and obesity. It can reverse metabolic markers like insulin resistance, sugar addiction and obesity to prevent lifestyle diseases in future.
Fitness is the key factor for active, pain free energetic and disease free health. A vibrant healthy body contributes lots to mental health and stress, much needed in today’s world. It can sustain hormonal storm which a menopause brings about and can be a fat burning machine.
The choice of exercises and the fitness program designed especially for your genes, lifestyle and health can be a game changer.
Our health consultant and senior physiotherapist can give you a balanced lifestyle and fitness equation. You can join our in house fitness programs to learn and experience the magic of fitness or get your own fitness prescription and understand what you need to change with your existing fitness choice.
Fit body, healthy you..
