Build A Better Body with Water, Walking & Weights

By Gloria Kamil

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Water is essential to your physical health and appearance; muscles are water, and muscle tone can't be maintained without an adequate amount. Amazingly, you can lose 10 or more cups a day through urine, sweat, breath, and exercise— even more if you consume caffeinated and/or alcoholic beverages. Water acts as a natural lubricant for joints and a natural appetite suppressant when taken 15 – 20 minutes before meals. It is also a pain reliever and at the same time washes pollutants and waste chemicals out of your system. The amount of water you need is based upon your height and weight 50 – 75% of your body weight example; a 200 pound person should drink 100 – 150 ounces of water daily.

Walking is a friendly friend to your body is friendly to your joints and mind and sliming to your body it is the easiest and safest way to help build your foundation it is a necessity. A 45 – 60 minute walk is about 3 miles, averaging 15 – 20 minutes miles, burning 240 – 300 calories depending on your weight. The first 6 – 9 weeks of any exercise program is the make or break time. Other exercise may burn more calories being consistent and establishing a relationship with exercise should be your main objective. Remember you are building a foundation. Your walk should be vigorous enough to get your heart pumping and carry on a conversation without huffing and puffing. Walk heel to toe, chest lifted, shoulders back and tummy tuck in without your ribs protruding outward for good posture. By walking every day for a year you can drop 10 or more pounds based upon your current food choices, intake and activities remaining the same just by walking 3 miles daily

Weight training is essential it is not an option it is your strong suit in building your foundation in order for you to shape your body you have to build muscle, remember you can't build what you don't have. Look in a full-length mirror and give yourself a fat assessment evaluation. What is your body type an apple or pear do you wattle when you walk, Do you have full range of motion with your arms and legs or have the range being shorten due to excess weight and the limbs. Do you still have a neck or do your head appear to sit on your shoulders, what about your midsection fat favorite nesting ground, do you still have a waistline. Look at your body in make a decision.

Weight training in the building of muscle require time it can take anywhere from 4 – 6 months to established a solid foundation if you have very little experience or a beginner based upon your fitness level, age, and so forth. Before you can proceed to the body-shaping phase (not to be confused with bodybuilding an exaggeration of muscles development) the foundation stage of weight training is necessary and is referred to as body conditioning using weights at a lower intensity therefore acclimating the body for an increase in weight and intensity therefore shaping the muscle, which depends partially on your genetic physique. Proper form is extremely important when learning to weight train to avoid injury. Free-weights are excellent in shaping a woman body, which will allow a greater range of motion than machine weight and it build true strength because it's all you that is lifting in lowering the weight. The execution of the exercise itself should accentuate the negative the lowering portion of an exercise. Up is the positive and down is the negative and all forms of exercise. Your plan of action to build a better body is as followed;

• Drink plenty of water 50 – 75% of body weight daily in addition to any other liquid you may drink.
• Walk 45 – 60 minutes daily, clock and write down your time daily.           
• Weight train 2- 3 times a week in addition to walking and seek professional help to learn how to weight train safely and effectively

Follow this program and shed unwanted pounds and eat plenty of leafy green vegetables, lean meats and fruits and limit or eliminate high fat and process foods from your lifestyle.