Congrats to all of you ! You've really done well in terms of improving your overall fitness age.. I hope that each and everyone of you had an great life changing experience and of course, hope that it'll continue on even after the fitness challenge !
I've added some additional links to the site that you may find pretty useful...this will help you continue to maintain a healthy lifestyle post the event ! Have fun surfing these sites and please do feel free to share your learnings with the rest of the organization !
Here are some of the things that I've learned since joining the fitness challenge!
1) Overall fitness is important vs. selective fitness
As an individual, I've been pretty much focusing on cardio and what I eat, little do I realise that fitness is about other areas as well - flexibility, strength ! It all goes hand in hand in ensuring a healthier you ! A good practice is to focus on cardio and strength on alternate days, and of course, do flex training every single day !
2) Eat 5 times a day !
Not only it helps you maintain a healthy body, I found that it keeps my energy level high ! this is something that I've learned from corporate athlete training.. so how do i do this ? morning - take breakfast, normally cereals with glass of milk.. around 1030-11am, I take some nuts (cashew) about 1/4 of a cup.. then lunch (don't skip).. around 3pm i'll have a granola bar and then dinner at 7pm... that's 5 meals a day.. if you feel like snacking, no issues, just take some nuts, or even fruits
3) Drink loads of water !
Have a bottle of water with you in the office, 1 litre is good for me.. i drink it quite often.. it keeps you from dehydrating especially in our office which is normally dry.. also ! drink while you're exercising heavily ...it keeps you hydrated
4) Get some tools if you're into it seriously !
Bought a Polar Heart Monitor watch (~RM300+).. since having it, it has help me monitor my heart rate whenever I'm exercising thus giving me guidance on how much to exert myself to the extent that it helps me..a good running shoe is also important to ensure that you don't get injured. from what i was told by a shoe expert -- each pair of running shoes last ~800km. per my own calculation, if u run 5km for 3 times a day, you should change ur shoes after 1 year.
5)do activities that u enjoy that also keeps u fit
i love sports and recently running in marathons ! some of us are just not gym fans and if you force urself, it'll die soon enough. but if u do something that u like, chances r you'll do it more!!!
6) join a group or create one
it's more fun to do such activities in groups as u may realise in the recent fitness challenge..you can then hvae more laughs and also encouragement, not to forget healthy peer pressure and competition !!
7) read and always have a curious mind towards healthy living
i've thought i knew everthing i need to know to be healthy ! i was wrong when i git my first assessment results =) i've learned a lot from my fitness instructor plus read a lot from relevant sites .. as a result, i'm much more equipped to better stay healthy !!
those are my personal tips, wld love to hear from you folks! time for the final push ..all the best to all
Friday, December 28, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
Your Interim(Mid-term) Assessment
75% of you took the interim assessment (2nd assessment session) with your trainers.
The results are OUTSTANDING!!
As an organization, we reduce our fitness age by -7 years within 4 weeks!
In other words, in 4 weeks we manage to be 7 years younger. Imagine if we continue with this training and lifestyle? So, the BIG Question is; which team is leading the challenge?
Well done to all of YOU!
All teams (except 1 team) manage to reduce your team’s fitness-age. It looks like the challenge will be very stiff. Only the top 3 teams will receive a prize – but the best prize is a “fitter” you!
So, don’t waste the chance as you have 3 weeks left to go!
The results are OUTSTANDING!!
As an organization, we reduce our fitness age by -7 years within 4 weeks!
In other words, in 4 weeks we manage to be 7 years younger. Imagine if we continue with this training and lifestyle? So, the BIG Question is; which team is leading the challenge?
Well done to all of YOU!
All teams (except 1 team) manage to reduce your team’s fitness-age. It looks like the challenge will be very stiff. Only the top 3 teams will receive a prize – but the best prize is a “fitter” you!
So, don’t waste the chance as you have 3 weeks left to go!