Daily Archives: April 20, 2012

Fitness Myths – BUSTED!

Posted on April 20, 2012 | 2 Comments

Fitness Myth #1 – Doing ab work like crunches and sit-ups will eliminate belly fat. The truth is, in order to get rid of that belly fat you need a combination of strength training and cardio work. By doing only ab strengthening workouts, many believe that you target only belly regions – untrue!

Fitness Myth #2 – The longer I work out the more fit I will become. Not necessary the truth. While putting in a lot of time and effort at the gym will increase your fitness goals, overtraining can lead to the halting of muscle growth. Taking a day or so off from the gym can sometimes do more good than you think. Try incorporating cardio into your workout, instead of only muscle training.

Fitness Myth #3 - You must purchase a huge home gym or obtain a gym membership in order to stay healthy. This could not be further from the truth. Many home workouts can be done with little or no equipment. Often using your own body weight as resistance is sufficient – people sometimes think that having a gym membership makes them accountable for their fitness, and that is not a myth, but to say that you have to have one to be healthy is false.

Fitness Myth #4 – If someone is in great shape they know what they are doing! This is a huge misconception. Yes, people that are in shape can be inspring to watch and look at, do not assume they know exactly what they are doing. Do not copy workouts and weight training exercises from a random person you see. They could have no idea what they are doing and copying the move could leave you in pain and/or hurt your body.

Fitness Myth #5 – My family is overweight so I have no chance of being in shape. Yes, genetics does play a role in a persons weight. However, everyone can still make a choice to lead a healthy lifestyle, exercise frequently and try to eat sensibly.

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Katie

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The Happiness Project – Remember Love

Posted on April 20, 2012 | Leave a comment

The second chapter in The Happiness Project is based on remembering love. Author Gretchen Rubin focuses this month on her marriage and ways to bring love back in her life as well as in her marriage. One of her personal commandments is “there is only love”, and with this she sets 5 goals:

  1. Quit nagging – For those who are in relationships, all too often, we nag. Your spouse nags and you nag. Try to be more observant and appreciative of each other and what each other does.
  2. Don’t expect praise or appreciation – Do something as if it is for yourself. If you do it for other people, you end up wanting them to acknowledge it and to be grateful and to give you credit. If you do it for yourself, you don’t expect other people to react in a particular way.
  3. Fight right – Some disagreements in relationship is inevitable and sometimes even valuable. Research shows that how couples fight is more important than how much they fight. Fight right be addressing one issue at a time instead of arguing about everything little thing.
  4. No dumping – It can be easy for women to dump insecurities on their husbands expecting them to be able to understand and fix them –happy wife, happy life. However, it creates a tremendous amount of responsibility to assume that this is the answer.
  5. Give proofs of love – The more readily you respond to a spouse’s bids for attention, the stronger your marriage. But, it is easy to fall into bad habits and take each other for granted. Make the point to pay attention to your spouse

Gretchen Rubin ends this chapter by stating, “when you give up expecting a spouse to change (within reason), you lessen anger and resentment, and that creates a more loving atmosphere in a marriage”.  Remember, a 30% increase in one spouse’s happiness boosts the other spouse’s happiness!

Carolyn

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