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Article Title: Busy Executives Guide to Fast Fitness
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Busy Executives Guide to Fast Fitness
Copyright © 2004 Steve Preston
Fast Fitness
http://www.fast-fitness.net
You work and work all day, leaving little time to eat much
less work out. Yet fitness is on the minds of thousands of
professionals. Fitness often comes in the form of a goal
rather than a reality for many hard working executives.
I'm here to tell you that you can realize your goals and build
a firmer, leaner physique working out in just 12 minutes per
day. In fact, you can develop a solid weight training routine
and begin realizing results in just 6 weeks flat.
The Secret of Fast Fitness
So how exactly does one get fit fast? Everyone has 12 minutes
per day. In fact, I'll bet you can find 12 minutes twice per
day. You can establish a 12 minute work out routine six days
per week. This routine should incorporate strength training
exercises and cardiovascular activity if possible.
The key is selecting four different exercises if strength
training, such as: Squats, Bench Press, Bent Rows and Barbell
Curls. Pick exercises that will work out each of the major
muscle groups in the body. You should select a weight you can
lift approximately 15 times for one repetition.
Now here's the catch to a successful work out…you must perform
each set with perfect form, and take it slow. Take a full 4
seconds when raising the weight and 4 seconds when lowering it
in order to get an effective work out. When you slow down your
movement, you take out the momentum factor. You are forcing
your muscles to move the weight, and as a result muscles get
toned much more quickly than they would otherwise.
Cardiovascular activity is also essential to fast fitness. Take
12 minutes out of your day to walk, job, and bike, climb stairs
or perform any other cardiovascular activity that will get your
heart pumping. If you're in a crowded office building, you're
likely to find stairs nearby you can climb at least a few times
per day. You'll stimulate your metabolism to function more
efficiently by doing so.
Eat Clean
You can't expect to drop pounds fast and efficiently if you
don't eat smart. Cut out all processed foods and high sugary
sweets. Some primary offenders include excess breads, pastas,
cookies, candies, sodas…you get the picture. Change your diet
so that you are consuming lots of lean proteins and complex
carbohydrates.
Also be sure to incorporate protein, carbohydrate and fat into
each of your meals. Prepare things ahead of time so you don't
have to worry about finding food at the last minute.
One of the simplest things you can do to jump start your fast
fitness program is break your meals down so that you are eating
several times per day. By doing so, you'll in essence be
telling your metabolism it needs to work faster and more
efficiently.
Fast fitness is possible, even for the busiest executive. By
taking just a few minutes out of every day, you can start making
some changes that will result in a lifetime of better fitness
and well being.
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Steve Preston, President of Fast Fitness has been training and
counseling clients for 15 years. He offers personal fitness
training, metabolic testing and customized fitness and nutrition
plans. His new guide "How to Build a Leaner, Firmer Body in Six
Weeks" teaches busy moms and executives how to drop pounds and
lose weight working out just 12 minutes per day.
http://www.12minuteworkout.com His guide offers individualized
weekly work out routines and menu plans to help make life easy.
You can read more about his guide and his other fitness guides
and services at: http://www.fast-fitness.net
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