Thanksgiving Day Workout

With Thanksgiving day tomorrow many gyms will be closed and it will be hard to workout. According to nydaileynews.com the average American will consume 3,500 calories in a Thanksgiving meal (http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/11/23/2010-11-23_an_average_thanksgiving_meal_comes_out_to_staggering_solid_3500_calories_health_.html). Without a workout and with a large consumption of calories this holiday can set back your fitness goals for the week. Below we have listed some things that everyone can do during Thanksgiving at will give us a great calorie burn to help offset those big calories.

1. Have a good laugh with you family (1.3 calories per minute of laughing)
2. Play touch football (471 calories for an hour)
3. Cleaning the house (204 calories per hour)
4. Baking or food prep(136 calories per hour)
5. Take a post meal walk (204 calories per hour)
6. Standing instead of sitting to watch football ( 100 more calories per hour for standing)

Enjoy the holiday but there are many things that can get us active for the day. Try to keep your goals even through the holidays.

Eat Right With The Holiday Season

Many clients come in and tell us that it is going to be a hard time to lose weight, because it is the holiday season. There are tons of party's and we tend to eat way more then we should. This is a time that can ruin the clients progress and set them back in their weight loss goal. Below we have a great article from about.com that gives people great tips on how to stay on track during the holiday season.

http://weightloss.about.com/od/holidayweight/qt/holidayhints.htm

The Truth of Candy

The holiday season gives people the chance to try some of their favorite candies in small little packages. Somehow the small packages make it feel like it is so much better for us to have. The holidays can throw our diets into a tailspin. Below we have attached an article from about.com about the calories in Candy.

http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/carbcounts/a/candycalories.htm

More Then The Scale

There are a lot of things that go into being a fit person. Many times clients come to us a start lifting weights for the first time. They initially see a small weight gain and start to get nervous that the weight lifting is making them heavier. The scale should not be the only determining factor in overall fitness, even though many times it is the only thing that we look to for success. The importance of a good fitness assessment is that it test for many different factors that make an overall fit person. Lean muscle is going to make a person heavier but over time it will speed up your metabolism and actually aid in weight loss.

Below we have attached a article from the Chicago Tribune which emphasizes the fact of not just looking at the scale. Talk to your trainer and set up a fitness assessment or a body composition test and determine your fitness level.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sc-health-1020-heiden-20101022,0,5471475.story

What Are The Benefits Of Circuit Training

Circuit training is a way to shake up your workout and get different results. We have an article from fitday.com below that will give you the benefits of circuit training. Talk to your trainer about designing a circuit that works for you!

http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/fitness/body-building/circuit-training-basics-and-benefits.html