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Are you having a hard time getting rid of fat around the midsection? Does it seem like no matter what you do, the stomach is where your body stores fat? Is there anything you can do about it?
You’ve had a long day, you’re thoroughly exhausted and can’t wait to get in bed. You climb in, get comfortable and 40 minutes later you’re still lying there, not able to sleep. Your brain will not stop. So far you’ve thought about what you need to get at the store tomorrow, the email you have to send to your team in the morning, and why the toaster always burns one side of the bread.
Think about the applications to your life: you suddenly remember you missed a deadline, you forgot to follow-up with someone, your child just threw up on the floor, or you’re stuck in traffic. Think about what happens to your heart rate. You feel that little shot of adrenaline? The stress response has just been activated. There are an endless amount of little things that trigger the flight or flight response all day long — it doesn’t have to be a major stressor! What’s your response to these stressors? Do you fight? Do you flee? Not likely. What happens to the stress hormones? Do they get burned off? No — they continue to course through the body. Do you get the release of the feel good hormones? Not unless you get some intense physical activity.
PowerHouse Hit the Deck™ has been skillfully designed to give you both a cardiovascular and resistance training workout at the same time. From a cardiovascular perspective, you can get the heart rate up and challenge the cardiovascular system every day, though 1-2 days of recovery…
Interval training is a very effective way to improve fitness, build energy capacity, increase ability to tolerate stress, and teach the body to recover from stress more efficiently. Interval training can be defined as repeated bouts of high-intensity exercise with intermittent recovery periods. This allows for a higher total volume of high-intensity work.
Perhaps the biggest challenge of travel is the disruption of your routine. This change can have negative effects on your sleep patterns, diet, energy, stress level and elimination schedule. The closer you can keep things to how you would do them at home, the better you will feel. The following information will address several simple things you can do to stay healthy on the road…
