Question 1

is the new facebook challenge a good fitness plan and way to lose weight?

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GE/Olympic Challenge: To get adequate nutrition and activity daily, facebook members were introduced to multiple challenges https://apps.Facebook.Com/healthyshare they are fine but limited in terms of information, and patients should visit several sites. The cdc http://www.Cdc.Gov/nccdphp/dnpao/index.Html and american college of sports medicine are sources of credible noncommercial information on fitness, nutrition.

Question 2

what are some guidelines to evaluate the safety and efficacy of s new fitness plan?

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Results: What is your goal? What is the fitness plan? Does it meet your needs? Is t affordable? Evaluate the trainer. Don't push too hard.
The body changes/heals in 90 day cycles so see what results you have obtained in that time...Assuming you have been compliant.
Anything that raises a red flag to you...Pay attention.

Question 3

what's optimal  fitness?

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Goal Dependent: At the risk of sounding evasive.... Fitness "for what?" to run a marathon, bench press your body weight, lower your cholesterol by 50%, shed 20# of fat, add 20# of muscle? These goals require vastly different routines to optimize your chances of achieving them. Figure that out first and we can go from there!

Question 4

what's health vs fitness?

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Good question: Health is overall wellbeing of body/mind. Fitness usually seems to apply to the ability of physical action. A 53 year old man i knew was the "fittest" guy in those terms. He dropped dead while referreing basket ball, so he obviously was not healthy. Body chemistry is maintained by good diet, the fuel that cells have to burn in order to furnish the required energy for their function.

Question 5

what are the fitness tips?

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Consistency, For One: Use proper form (always), allow for adequate recovery time (rest), do only what you enjoy (makes consistency easier), vary your routines (prevents adaptation and promotes growth), eat several (5) clean, balanced meals throughout the day, drink as much h2o as you can, begin your day with a large dose of protein (if not medically contraindicated), manage and minimize your stress. And, have fun!

Question 6

what's a good fitness plan?

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Comprehensive: This includes effective and healthy diet, good work and sleep habits, and exercise designed to maintain cardiovascular tone and encourage muscular strength and tone.  It is best designed with the help of your family doctor, a nutritionist and a physical therapist or exercise therapist.

Question 7

how do develop body fitness?

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Exercise and diet: Eat a good sensible diet and exercise in a balanced way both cardio and weights at least 3 times a week for an hour and drink plenty of water and you will be well on you way( assuming you have eliminated all those bad habits!).

Question 8

i need a good diet for fitness?

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Diet recommendation: diet recommendations are highly individualized and labor intensive. We would need to speak about your goals.

Question 9

how could we improve our fitness?

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Current thinking...: is that you should do a mixture of 2:1 resistance training: cardio.  Assuming you are healthy you should aim for high intensity resistance training where you are barely able to complete your last set of a given exercise.  Ideal cardio would be high intensity interval training, where short bursts of ~30 seconds maximal effort are combined with recovery periods of 90-120 seconds.

Question 10

advice to reach my fitness goals?

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I'm sure plenty: Of docs on this site would be willing to help out.  But remember, a question like this is difficult to answer in these

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