Pattern Overload

Pattern overload occurs when the body works in repetitive movements. Pattern overload can cause serious inflammation and pain in your body.

The most common repetitive movement among professionals is sitting. Sitting frequently can place stress on the body and lead to poor posture. Postural inefficiency can lead to inflammation and joint pain.

The way to prevent pattern overload is by stretching the affected muscles.

If you sit for more than half of your workday then stretch your:
*Hip flexors
*Quads
*Claves
*Chest
*Upper Traps
*Lats

You’ve been provided with a list of muscles to stretch. Stretch them during your cool down. Consider these stretches long term tools to help save your joints from trauma and inflammation.

What Great Fitness Programs All Have in Common

Successful exercise programs all have two things in common; consistency and effort. There is no substitute for hard work.

You can possess the newest, flashiest, most ergonomically correct exercise machines on the market but at the end of the day somebody still has to use them.

Follow sound exercise principles, perform the basics very well, and never let your mind tell your body what it cannot do.

Exceeding your limits, this is the foundation of growth. Do not fear exerting beyond the familiar. You will return stronger, faster, and better than before.

Athletic trainers see a direct link between effort and results; and it is as follows:

Poor effort: poor results.
Average effort: average results.
Outstanding effort: outstanding results.

Results are what you want; and results require hard work. There is no way around it.

Turn On, Tune In, Zone Out

Mainstream cardio demands that we turn on a treadmill, tune into a television program, and zone out of your mind. The goal of the “cardio theatre” is to distract you enough that you forget that you are working out.

Seldom does the “turn on, tune in, and zone out” strategy bring significant results. To maximize your results and your efficiency you must focus your mind on the task at hand; which is to execute an effective cardio program.

Great cardio programs use interval training as a tool. Interval training brings your heart rate up and down a variety of times during each workout.

Your best bet to getting interval training that is effective is to become involved in a variety of group exercise classes at your training facility.

Or you can try guided cardio workouts from a personal trainer. Go to www.cardiocoach.com and demo some of the music tracks. For less than 5$’s you’ll have a results oriented trainer in your ear guiding you through effective cardio workouts for every skill level.

Keep an open mind, and you will find what works for you.