Ultimate Fitness
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Happy Monday! We are pushing the limits in our final weeks of the Summer FITcamp program. Today, in our inter-club competition Lida showed the best time. ... She held a plank for 3 minutes with perfect form! How long can you hold a plank? Congrats Lida!

You don’t have to strain your neck or legs (I.e. hip flexors) when you work on your mid section. TRX is one of those tools that come in handy when we want to isolate ABS. Focus on what matters and repeat

You don’t have to be bulky to be fit!

Some tips to keep going and to stay FOCUSED: * Stressed? If you're feeling stressed, move yourself PHYSICALLY out of your environment. Change your energy and change your life! DON'T sit there staring at the screen. Step away from the computer and go for a walk, listen to music, workout, or meditate.... * Clear Your Mind. With all of the chaos, disorder and uncertainty, more than ever you need to be calm and clear your mind, and think for YOURSELF. Meditate, pray, breathe, do whatever works for you, but spend some time in silence daily and breathe. (minimum of 5 minutes). * WORKOUT. Enough said. * MEDIA DETOX: there's a difference between INFORMATION vs CONSUMPTION. * GRATITUDE: First thing in the morning and last thing before bed. * Morning Ritual: Don't skip it. Make sure you start your day with something that sets your day up for success! * Get INSPIRED & Remember Your WHY. Read your goal statement daily, read books, watch videos, call people you love, have conversations with your amazing friends ... do whatever you need to do to keep focused on your goals.

Excessive intake of some nutrients can actually impair immune function. It is true that various nutrients are essential to proper immune function. If you are malnourished, your ability to resist infection will almost certainly be impaired. Eating a healthy and balanced diet can help ensure that you are getting all the protein, vitamins, and minerals you need for your immune systemand all your other biological systemsto function properly. But doubling or tripling up on the r...ecommended amount of foods or nutrients doesn’t necessarily make your immune system function more properly. In fact, overloading the body with too much vitamin A or zinc (two of the most touted immune-boosting nutrients) can actually impair your immune response. The human immune system is not a single biological function. It’s a vast array of cellular and chemical responses that take place in tissues and organs throughout the body, in response to a wide array of threats. Turning up the volume on every channel at once won’t make any one channel more effective. It might even diminish the effectiveness of the overall response. Inflammation, for example, is one of the body’s immune responses. In the right place, at the right time, inflammation is a good thing. Too much inflammation at the wrong time becomes a problem. Allergies and auto-immune disorders are both examples of conditions where one of the immune response is turned up too high. The solution in these cases is not to boost the immune response but to lower the volume on certain channels. That means: frequent hand-washing, not touching your face, and staying away from sick people is, by far, your best defense against infectious disease. Chronic stress can increase the body’s susceptibility to infection too. (And, by the way, lack of sleep is experienced by your body as stress!) Exercise, time in nature, and random acts of kindness also can make you stronger, happier, healthier, and more resilient. So be sure to keep those on the menu, as well. source:

Fiber. How much you’re eating in the average day? As per current guidelines we should eat 20-30g of fiber every day but most of don't. With supermarket shelves packed with processed foods, our diets have become quite fiber poor. So, why is fiber so important ? First of all, It helps to slow your digestion down and move food through your digestive tract more easily. In a nutshell, you’re less likely to be constipated, and more likely to absorb the nutrients, which is always a... good thing! As a bonus, fiber also helps to keep blood sugar levels in check and keeps your skin and heart healthy. What should you be eating to get these benefits? If you think whole grains are the best source of fiber, think again! Vegetables are the perfect source of fiber, especially leafy greens and they’re easier to digest too. Some greens are packed with fiber, including the humble pea. Just one cup of cooked peas gives you 27% of your daily fiber intake. That’s not the only reason to add peas to your diet though. They’re also full of vitamin C, vitamin K (for blood clotting and healthy bones) and folate, and also contain two key phytonutrients in the form of lutein and zeaxanthin. You may not have heard of those last two before but they’re really important for keeping your eyes healthy, especially as you get older. Collard greens are a less obvious way to boost your fiber intake. Cook a cup of these greens and you’ll get around 8g of fiber. That’s around a quarter of your recommended fiber intake just in one cup! You’ll also get a healthy dose of vitamin C, folate, vitamin E and even calcium. Here are a few ideas to get you started today on adding peas and collard greens to your daily diet: Peas make a great addition to soups but you can get much more creative than this. Peas are actually a lot more versatile than many people think: Add them to soups, frittatas, a side to your meal with a little mint, pizza toppings, currys..there is no end to how you can use these nutritious bombs. They are also make great snacks oven baked spiced peas are a perfect example of this. #Healthyfood#yycfitness #russiancalgary #калгари #ultimatefitnessyyc