5 More Ways to Practice a Healthy Lifestyle

Starting exercise is one of the best decisions that you can make in your life. This is because it comes with numerous benefits such as reduce your risk of heart diseases and cancer, lose excessive weight, and achieve good health in general. But making the decision to exercise and lead a healthy lifestyle is one step. Here are 5 key things you need to do to prepare you for this:

Evaluate Your Fitness Level

You might have a rough idea about how fit you are. However, you need to assess and record baseline fitness scores to get a benchmark which you can use to quantity your progress. This entails assessing your muscular and aerobic fitness, body compositions and flexibility. You can do this by recording the duration you take to walk one mile, the rate of your pulse before and after you go for the walk, the number of push-ups that you can do at a given time and how far you can stretch forward while you are seated on the floor with your legs stretched out in front of you. You should also measure your body mass index and waist diameter.

Create A fitness Program 

The second thing that you will need to do is create your fitness program. The program should fit your schedule and fitness goals. Other factors to consider when designing a fitness program are making sure that you create a balanced routine and one that is in line with your fitness goals. You should also go at your own pace and do different excises. You should also incorporate recovery time and ensure that you put everything down on paper. This way, you will be more dedicated to the program. At this point, note the diet changes that you need to make such as drinking more water and eating healthy and whole foods. See Healthy Eating Tips here.

Buy Appropriate Work Out Equipment, Attire, and Shoes

Buy shoes that match the type of excises that you plan to do. You should first try out different types of equipment at the gym before deciding to buy. If you are in Los Angeles California, you can visit us at Bespoke Cycling Studios and see the cycling equipment that you would like to buy.

Begin Your Exercise Routine

When starting out, remember to start slow and increase the intensity gradually; divide the exercise into small sessions throughout the day instead of doing it in a 30-1 hour session. You should also not be too hard on yourself; listen to your body and take a break or a day off. You should also be creative and find different ways to burn the calories such as hiking with friends or dancing. Indoor cycling is a great exercise routine, Bespoke has many professional certified Spin Instructors.

Keep Track Of Your Progress

Take a personal fitness assessment regularly, preferably at intervals of three to six months. These will help you know whether you need to intensify your workout routine or not.