Here are 10 simple ways to increase metabolism – and become healthier, too!
1. Maximize your muscle.
Muscles are fat-burning furnaces, so be sure to do enough resistance training to build and maintain them and follow your workouts with a snack or meal balanced in protein, carbohydrates and fat.
2. Don’t forget the only cardio workout worth doing is HIGH INTENSITY!
Forget planting yourself on the treadmill. It doesn’t work! Spike your cardio with interval bursts to maximize your metabolic boost! routines. On target cardio training improves definition and blasts the fat that covers your muscles. Combining regular aerobic exercise with strength training will give you the slimming effect you’ve been going for. After all, toning without cardio is like building a house on a weak foundation.
3. Be sure to stretch.
Stretching will help your muscles work better so you can more effectively isolate your problem areas and lessen your risk for injury. A tight muscle cannot fire most efficiently, compromising your strength.
4. Focus on your assets.
Playing up your favorite body parts can boost your confidence and draw attention away from spots you want to minimize. Sculpting your shoulders, arms, chest, and back, for example, can help balance heavier hips so you look more proportionate. Plus, you’ll be firmer all over. But men, just because you like your chest and biceps big, don’t forget muscle parity and balance is your key to looking and functioning at your optimum.
5. Don’t starve yourself.
Undereating causes your metabolic rate to drop and your body to hold onto fat. To figure out how many calories you should be consuming per day, log onto your VITABOT ONLINE NUTRITION account. Your body needs to be fed to burn calories. Learn how many calories you need and then get the right distribution of fat, carbohydrates and protein for your individual needs and weight loss goals.
6. Go graze-y.
Eat 6 small meals a day to avoid blood-sugar spikes and minimize urges to binge and store more of your daily calories as fat! Eating most of your calories at one sitting will teach your body to hang onto calories as fat – because your poor body doesn’t trust when it might be fed again. Small, nutritious meals throughout the day will keep you balanced, focused and fueled.
7. Get real.
Fast food and processed meals add up to poor nutrition and polyester. Get the junk out and fuel your body with wholesome, nutritious foods, and limit your intake of refined carbs (anything sugary or white-flour based).
8. Drink more water.
Staying hydrated will help you feel full longer and keep you healthy. Keeping full on fluids helps keep your appetite at bay, your muscles functioning and your skin looking young. That and it has zero calories and is mostly FREE! Do we really have to keep selling you on this miracle????
9. Sleep tight.
Get 7-8 hours of Z’s a night. Fatigue undermines your energy, sense of well being and ability to function. We don’t want you tired when you come to workout. Your boss doesn’t want you fuzzy on the job. And besides, being tired makes us reach for quick pick me ups like sugar! Get enough sleep and have a wider base to function!
10. Control what you can.
Keep stress levels in check by managing your time, focusing on the present and not over-committing. Also realize the only real thing you can control in life is your response to others and aggravating situations. Being less attached to control takes a lot of unnecessary stress off of your shoulders.
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