Total Fitness For The Body You Always Wanted

Total fitness is more than just strength and conditioning... It is the combination, compromise and fluid interaction between cardiorespiratory endurance, strength, flexibility, power, speed, coordination, agility, balance, accuracy and toughness

Fitness programs are usually split up into two categories... strength and conditioning.

However... Total fitness is oh so much more than that!

Many physical fitness programs work under the assumption that fitness can be broken down into different components and trained separately.

But what happens when sport, work or life challenges you with an activity that requires the combination, compromise and fluid interaction of physical abilities?

Can a body trained in a robotic fashion function as one complete, effective unit when called upon?

Total fitness is the ability to effectively use and integrate different physical abilities into a fluid and successful completion of a task.

So how do you train for total fitness?

By participating in a physical fitness program that trains the body to work as one complete unit and that understands all physical abilities must be trained to complement the others.

By using a wide variety of training methods, stresses and intensities to blur the lines between the training of the different physical abilities... you can create total fitness for the greatest amount of physical activities under the greatest amount of circumstances.

Sometimes physical abilities unrelated to strength and conditioning are neglected from physical training programs or completely absent.

This is a big mistake... because total fitness is what will provide the greatest amount of performance improvement for skills necessary in sport, work and life.

If you are seeking functional strength, superior conditioning and fitness excellence and your workout program is broken down into isolated strength and conditioning sessions... you should look into changing your physical training protocol to include the training of other physical abilities and the interaction of all the abilities.

And for those of you that view physical training as a means to improve appearance... here is a little tip.

There is no faster way to create the body that you want than training for functional strength, superior conditioning and fitness excellence.

You cannot trick your body into looking fit without actually being fit... and even if you could, why would you want to?

Train for a body that performs as good as it looks and you will create the body you always wanted... Train for total fitness.

Article Source: http://www.articlerich.com-By: Eddie Lomax

Gym Etiquettes - Workout Ethics In Gym

Are you annoying people when you go to the gym for your workout? You may not even know that you are annoying people with your bad gym ethics. When that is the case, it is embarrassing.

Some gyms will put up a notice of what do’s and don’ts but many do not. Gym etiquette is supposed to be common sense, but we all know that common sense sometimes is not so common. If you workout regularly at the gym, you would have come across inconsiderate and annoying people. Don’t these people have common sense? Of course they do, but it either did not occur to them that they are annoying you or they are simply inconsiderate and rude.

So before you unintentionally annoy other gym users and get yelled at, here are some gym etiquettes you must know. Observe these ethics and make your gym workout be an enjoyable experience not only to you but to others too.

•Good Housekeeping – Put back the weights where they are supposed to be after using them. By not stashing them into where they belong, you not only inconvenienced others having to look for the weights, you are also creating possible accident situations where people may trip over the barbells and other weights lying cluttered all over.

•Do Not Grunt Loudly – Some people grunt loudly because they are oblivious to the fact that others may want to concentrate on their lifts and do not want to be distracted by loud grunts. Others grunt to show off usually when lifting heavy weights. Either way, it is bad ethic.

•The Smart Aleck – Do not tell other people what to do even if their lifting form is wrong unless you are asked for your opinion. Dishing out unsolicited advice will simply bruise their ego. They will just think that you are trying to show off. There is an exception though. This is when poor lifting form may lead to injuries. Even then, do so only when their set is over and not to interrupt them when they are lifting weights.

•Hygiene – Keep yourself neat and clean at all times. Do not wear the same T shirt or socks you wore at your last workout. Being in an enclosed area, you may really stink.

•Chatting And Idling About – You may go to the gym for social reasons. So you go about making friends and chatting people up. What you do not know is that many people are unlike you. They go to the gym with just one thing in mind. Have a great workout and go home. So you are taking up their time. Furthermore, your chatter will also distract and annoy other people.

•Do Not Hog – Do be aware that the gym equipments are for all to share. When resting before your next set, do not rest on the machines or sitting on the benches. Others will want to use them while you are resting between sets.

•Use Clean Towel – If you are sweating profusely, wipe your sweat. It is unhygienic to have your sweat dripping everywhere. It is even worse when you use the weight stations and leaving your puddles on benches and seats. Clean up your sweat residue on the equipments all the time.

•Creating Excessive Noise – Have you ever been irritated by loud clanging of weights when people workout? Treat the weights and machines with tender loving care. Why damage the equipments and irritating other people at the same time. If you cannot control the weights, then the weights are probably too heavy for you anyway.

Be sensitive to others and when you are annoyed by certain unethical behaviors, make a mental note not to do the same thing. If only gym etiquettes are to be observed by all gym users, our workouts will be so much more pleasantly enjoyable. So, bear in mind your gym ethics the next time you head for the gym.

Article Source: http://www.articlerich.com-By: Chris Chew