What is fitness?

Fitness is not about being thin, having a small waist, or having bulging muscles. It is a combination of qualities that enable us to be at our full potential in performing vigorous physical activities. Physical Fitness involves the performance of the heart, lungs, and the muscles of the body. Specifically, it takes into account our Cardio Respiratory Endurance, Muscular Strength, Muscular Endurance, and Flexibility. To some extent, Fitness also influences our mental and emotional development since what we do with our bodies also affects what we can do with our minds.

Although Physical Fitness and good health influences each other, they are not the same. Healthy people could be physically unfit due to lack of exercise. On the other hand, Physically Fit people perform their everyday tasks effortlessly.

Why fitness?

While there are lots of medical advancements that could produce your desired body and good looks to some extent, there is still no real substitute for Fitness Exercise. There are more significant benefits you can get from exercising other than improving your appearance. Fitness is your cheapest insurance:

Exercise alleviates many current health problems.

Exercise reduces the risk of developing high blood pressure, colon cancer, and diabetes. It also helps people with chronic conditions, improve stamina and muscle strength.

Exercise improves your sense of well-being.

Study after study has revealed that staying physically active not only prolongs your life, it also improves your quality of your life. Not only does it help you set off with more energy, regular physical activity also improves your quality of sleep and ability to cope with stress.

Exercise can ward off future health problems.

Exercise reduces the risk of dying from a coronary heart disease. Study shows that at least 30 minutes of daily physical activity will cut off the dismal number of people dying of cardiovascular disease and produce vast health dividends. Improved immunity to minor illness and reduced risk of injury from play and/or sports are also some of the Benefits of Exercise.

Exercise can relieve depression.

One of the best ways to chase the blues away is to exercise. Research has shown that for mild to moderate depression, regular physical activity can be as effective as psychotherapy. Exercise can also improve the appetite of those who don't feel like eating, and reduce the food cravings of those prone to overeating when stressed. And unlike many medications, exercise delivers positive side-effects.

Exercise can reveal various disorders.

Serious and recreational athletes, even casual exercisers who tend to be in tune with their bodies, often notice changes in their performance that can indicate a medical problem. The changes may be nothing, but they might pinpoint problems such as anemia and heart problems.

What happens if you are not fit?

Simple

Without a healthy body, a healthy mind cannot exist.

If you are not physically fit...You will

age faster and look older.
become obese and look fat.
have low energy levels at work and home.
have mood swings, anxiety and disturbed sleep.
contract common ailments & critical diseases faster.

Why are people finding excuses to become fit?

People are constantly finding excuses not to exercise .Some of their reasons being:

I don’t have time to exercise
I’m too Stressed
I don’t have enough money to enrol in a gym or yoga classes
I am already thin so I don’t need to exercise
I am too old to exercise
I don’t know what the right workout is for me.

Our efforts to make you Fit & Strong

Our efforts in designing a customized work out plan is to help you gain lean mass, burn fat faster, inch loss, become stronger, more confident and most importantly through right and short work out programs.

We will design a short and effective work out plan which is not about running on a treadmill or lifting weights hours together but it is a combination of STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, FLEXIBILITY AND BALANCE

Assessing your body type:-

When it comes to body type no two people can be the same. Before you start your training, it's a good idea to figure out your body type. Knowing which of the three basic (ECTOMORPH, ENDOMORPH OR A MESOMORPH) body types you have will help us to tailor your exercise plan and set realistic, attainable goals that pave the way to your success.

Assessing your Body Composition:-

It is important for us to understand your Height , Weight , BMR and BMI to design a CALORIE BURN for You.

Understanding your current workout routine.

Before designing your workout plan, it is important for us to understand your current workout routine. There are three kinds of people,The Ones

who have never worked out

who under work/over work

who do it wrong.

Personalized Fitness plan

By assessing your Screening Report, underlying Medical conditions, Life Style, Body Type, Body Composition and Current Workout routine, our fitness experts will provide you with a customized work out plan which will essentially involve

Strength training

Endurance

Flexibility and Balance

Videos

We provide you with professional workout videos to assist you with your prescribed workout plan thus enabling you to work out at the comfort of your home.

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