Why Running Outside Is Better
Louisville, KY, is beautiful, which is one big reason that running outside is better. There are so many things to see and enjoy that it makes running better and less of a chore. If you’re running to some place, like a local coffee shop or to the store, all the more reason to enjoy a run. Are there other reasons beside enjoying the landscape, a purposeful run or visual enjoyment? There are.
While some treadmills offer adjustments to the incline, most don’t have a downward incline.
Going down hill always seems easier, but it’s also quite necessary. It helps strengthen the muscles in the front of your legs. Treadmills also can’t simulate twists and turns in the road. Treadmills don’t have an uneven surface like you might find on a trail, which makes running more challenging and works you harder. You get all those movements when you run outside. It works your muscles in more ways than a treadmill does.
If you run outside and not on a treadmill, you can do it anywhere.
Are you going on a vacation? Unless you’re staying at a hotel with a treadmill, you’re out of luck if that’s the mode of exercise you choose. However, if you run outside, it’s not a problem. You can do it anywhere and it could be a great way to get to know a city and watch the city start to bustle if you do it early in the day.
Breathing fresh air and getting out in the sun is healthy.
You’ll soak up more sunshine and that means an increase in vitamin D, when you workout in the fresh air. Studies also show that working out or running outside can lower your blood pressure, compared to running on a treadmill in the gym. There’s no drive to the gym, so you’ll save plenty of time and take less time getting to and from the gym.
- Running outside can add variety to your workout and give you a break from the norm. That can help prevent burn out and increase your desire to stick with your exercise program.
- If your run includes a local park or playground, you can take a break and use the equipment for some upper body workouts on the monkey bars and jungle gyms. There’s a wealth of workout equipment that is fun to use.
- No matter where you run, you’ll get the benefit of boosting your cardio fitness and aid in keeping bones strong. Studies show that weight bearing exercise like running is even better than some medication for osteoporosis.
- A personal trainer at Body Sculptors will be happy to design a program that includes alternating gym workouts and outside exercise. We believe working out, no matter where you do it, is important.
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You might be surprised at how many diets without meat there are. If you think of vegans immediately, it isn’t too surprising. That’s what people normally consider, a diet that has absolutely no animal products. Vegans not only cut out meat, fish, eggs and dairy, they also exclude food that contain those products. That includes food that has gelatin in, which is made from animal parts. Sweets, fruit snacks, many confections and even the frosting on Pop Tarts has gelatin. Any food with milk or eggs in the ingredients are not in the diet.
People often ask me what I wish I knew before I started working out and that’s tough to answer, since I fell like I’ve always been active and have been doing this for a while and forget. However, after working with so many people, I hear comments and remember many of the misconceptions that I had when I first started to get fitter. My first realization was that it all started with healthy eating and that a great body begins in the kitchen, not the gym.
We focus on all aspects of fitness at Body Sculptors in Louisville, KY. Not only is working out important to get to your proper weight and level of fitness, so is eating healthy. In fact, most trainers feel that a great body starts in the kitchen, not in the gym. To make eating healthy easier, planning your meals and preparing them ahead is the best option, especially for busy people. If you don’t know how to meal plan, it’s a process where you create menus, cook ahead and have the meals ready to warm every night. We make it easier by creating the menus for you, but you can do it on your own.
I am writing this blog because so many clients ask about the best health food stores and want information on where to go. You’ll really be surprised at my answer. Any grocery with an organic fruits, vegetables and meat selection are the best places for health foods. I love the organic section, but it’s not necessary to buy only organic fruit and vegetables. Food on the Clean 15 list are relatively free from pesticides, so choosing non organic avocados, sweet corn, pineapple, frozen sweet peas, onions, papaya, eggplant, cauliflower, mushrooms, asparagus, cantaloupe, broccoli, kiwi, honey dew melon and cabbage will save you money.
If you’ve just started focus on eating healthier, you’ll often find salmon, more than any other fish. Why is that? What makes salmon so healthy? First, most fatty fish are healthy, they have high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, which are known to play an important role in the health of the brain and heart. These fish include salmon, lake trout, sardines and albacore tuna. Some fatty fish, such as swordfish, shark, king mackerel and tilefish, have the potential for high levels of mercury
Everyone has coped differently during the quarantine, unfortunately, many people found their coping skills wanting and didn’t make the best use of time. It’s tough stay physically and mentally healthy when you’re stuck at home unless you have a plan of action. While you thought you’d get a lot done with all the time from work, you may have found that the only thing you accomplished was putting on weight. Here are some ideas to help if you find you have free time and are stuck at home.
You can help yourself and make your food even better when you add calming herb and spices to fight anxiety. While clients who workout at Body Sculptors in Louisville, KY, often find that working out helps, sometimes you need even more. That’s where eating right and adding a few extra herbs and spices to your food can be a huge benefit. Best of all, herbs and spices add health benefits and don’t add extra calories.
If you’ve ever tried to create a workout program on your own, you’ll find there are hundreds of different exercises and many different ways to do them to reap benefits. It can be confusing, which is why we provide the programs live or online. We make sure you get variety in workouts for several reasons. The first is easy. It prevents the boredom that can occur when you do the same workout repeatedly. You simply go through the motions after four to six weeks and eventually that boredom will make it harder and harder to workout, until eventually you quit.