Sunday, March 17, 2013

How I Stay Fit and Healthy

Resistance exercise is one of the most efficient ways to stimulate muscular and metabolic adaptation. It can transform lives, whether by reducing the risk of metabolic diseases or by helping to build the strength needed to stand up out of a wheelchair and perform the activities of daily life. 1. BUILD STRENGTH: I like compound and Olympic lifts because they target large muscle groups and fast-twitch muscle fibers ones with the greatest potential for gains in size and strength. 2. SHARPEN SKILLS - DIVERSITY: I use my skills as a physician and also as a personal trainer to design the best workout for myself based on my body type, workout time and the best ways to increase my abilities to better manage my performance and objectives. So some days, I lift free weights and add machines, swim and ride a bike. other days, I run and workout different body parts, and on other days I mix my workout regimen. 3. EAT SMART: I do not like the word diet, and I do not deprive myself. In fact, I sometimes feel that I eat like a horse and all the time. So to get me satisfied I eat Greek yogurt in between meals, and eat vegetables, fishes, chicken and avoid fried foods and high carbohydrates, and as said before, I emphasize on Mediterranean diet. 4. MOTIVATION: I have exercised sine I was 10 or 11 years old, playing volleyball and swimming on competitions; and I still train everyday, and change my routine every couple of months and combine weightlifting, swimming, running and riding my bike. But, it is in general a combination of Olympic and compound lifts, metabolic circuits, and high intensity intervals. I also relish new challenges and recently added more swimming and different styles into my routine.

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