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 Functional
strength training simply means training our bodies to
better perform the types of movements we use for
everyday life. For e.g. core muscles are often neglected
in working out but they are essential for everything we
do. They are stabilizer muscles which help keep you
upright (improved posture) and improve balance. To learn
more check out this week's article,
Make Your Workouts More Functional.
-In fitness,
Namita
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Hot Fitness Tip
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 One
simple way is to avoid injury is to maintain flexibility
and balance. Tight muscles can cause imbalances in your
body that could lead to injuries. For example, if your
quadriceps (front of the leg) are stronger than your
hamstrings (back of the leg), you risk a strain or even
a rupture of your hamstrings.
To fortify yourself even more against injuries, make
sure you incorporate regular weight training into your
weekly routine. Strengthening ALL of your muscle groups
will reduce any muscle imbalances that may cause other
muscles of your body to overcompensate for that
weakness.
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Words of Inspiration
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A little bit more
 Today
is an excellent day for small, incremental improvements.
Whatever is working for you, find a way to improve it
just a little.
There's no need to make a huge, momentous change, just a
small one, something you can do right now.
If you called just one additional potential customer
each day, over the course of the next month you would
talk to about 20 new people. If
you learned just one more new word each day, in the next
year you would increase your vocabulary by more than 300
words.
Small improvements can add up over time into big
accomplishments. Look around you. Consider the work you
do each day. Think about
how you could do it just a little bit better.
In a marathon race, each stride taken by the winner is
just a little bit longer and a little bit faster than
each stride taken by the 100th place
finisher. Yet over the course of the race, that small
difference adds up in a big way.
Do just a little bit more today, and tomorrow too, and
each day after that. Anyone can make just a small
improvement, and that can make
a big, big difference.
Note: Only WF Members will receive Motivations like this
in their e-mail box every Monday morning!
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Success Quote
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 "Each
of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our
goal in life to find it and keep it lit."
Mary Lou Retton, gold, silver and bronze
medalist in gymnastics in 1984
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Healthy Recipe
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Fruit Loaf
Makes: 6 servings
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Nutritional Information:
Per serving:
Calories: 319 cal, Carbohydrate: 70.5 g, Protein:7 g, Fat: 0.4 g.
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Ingredients:
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Strawberry crush- 50 ml.
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Chickoo - 2
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Peach - 1
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Apple - 5 gms.
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Gelatine - 10 gms.
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Sugar
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Directions:
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In a double boiler mix together gelatine, strawberry crush, sugar and 100 ml of water.
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Heat slowly and keep stirring till the mixture is free flowing and devoid of any lumps.
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Strain and keep aside to cool.
Peel, deseed and cube all the fruits.
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Fold the cut fruits in the gelatine and set in a loaf mould.
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Chill in refrigerator, de-mould, and use as required.
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Article of the Week
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 Functional
strength training simply means training our bodies to
better perform the types of movements we use for
everyday life.
When you isolate body parts, as you sometimes do with
traditional strength training, you end up training your
muscles but not your movements. One way to change that
is to look for ways to make your strength exercises more
functional.
Read more
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