General Fitness Part 3: Exercise and Fitness.

So if you have you diet under control and you have your short term goals listed out, now it is time to start Exercising. 

Exercising is definitely going to be very individualized.  Just because something worked for one or even a lot of people it might not work for you.  In the end I am going to talk about slow and steady approach.  It is important to not to do too much at first as it could lead to failure. 

It is important that before you start any exercise plan that you should first get check out by a doctor.  Just to make sure everything is working ok before you attempt a work out routine.

Now with everyone being different it is truly hard to judge where to start.  So in the end it is probably best to start slow with walking.  Once you start walking you are simply getting in the habit of exercise.  You can progress to a run walk combo.  There are multiple smart phone applications that can help guide a run walk combo that will progress someone from unable to being able to run at all to running full time.  The applications are things like c25k for example. 

Now if running or walking isn't your cup of tea then maybe you want to start with weight training.  Thankfully enough there are applications for the too.  They will take you through workouts and keep track the number of reps and how much weight you use.  The applications will even increase the weight from your last workout to keep you gains.  The applications are things like 5x5 for example.

I however didn't do either of the two routes above as I hated running and knew that going to a gym for a 5x5 workout would be a limiting factor.  I needed something that I had hardly any excuse not to workout.  Thankfully I found Insanity by Beach Body.  This didn't need any gear at all.  Just your body and space for you to move.  I am not a beach body coach or anything like that.  I just am truthful and it worked for me.

In the end the most important thing is to get moving in some way shape and from.  Diet can and will get you far, but together diet and exercise will make the weight fall off at a rapid pace.  Just be careful as injury can set back not only fitness goals, but also dietary goals as the time you need to heal can cause depression and cause people to fall off the bandwagon.