Fitness Tips of the Week
Three American Council on Exercise-certified personal trainers who are students at Rowan and group-exercise instructors give advice on what to do to get in shape.
Consult a physician before beginning any fitness program.
Beginner
Happy Easter! Once you get through your left over candy, get it out of the house. Make little goodie bags for the other students in your child's class. Maybe go out and buy some kazoos. After you're done with that, it's time for a gut check. Make three lists:
1. What you would like to accomplish in six months?
2. Goals for this month.
3. Goals for this week.
Change happens one thing at a time and the more goals you achieve little by little, the easier it gets to accomplish those big goals. Do this every week and every month to keep yourself in check.
- Kimmi Sterner
Intermediate
A way to track your progress and advance towards your fitness goals is to WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN. Get a notebook or an app on your phone and log what you eat and your activity/workouts. Writing it down makes you see what you're doing at face value and may help to identify problems that may have been setting you back. Maybe you notice a pattern of snacking at night or that you sample a lot while you cook dinner or even maybe you realize you never do a cool down and stretch after your workout. Try it for one week, evaluate it, and then tweak the problems the following week.
- Chrissy Strow
Advanced
Summer is just around the corner and we need to fit into those bathing suits. When walking around the house add lunges to every step or walking on your toes will engage different muscles in the legs and get them ready for the summer.
- Scott Baron
