It's the end of March already?!?!

Ok so I just looked at my calender and realized the day. It's the end of March and week 3 of my challenge. Ok, kind of scared since next week will show my results for the past month. So far, they aren't looking so good.

Here is my Wednesday work-out tip. Oddly enough you might think that this is common sense, but I realized yesterday, it's really not. BREATHING!!! With exercise it doesn't matter how many reps you do, or laps, or push-ups or whatever your torture that day is, if you do not have steady breathing your exercises fail.

Here is the proper technique for exercising. When you are putting the effort into an exercise breathe out for 3 seconds, when you are working with the slack breathe in for 3 seconds. Example, when you are doing a sit-up breathe out when you come up and breathe in when you go to the ground. Same goes for weights, push-ups, machines, essentially everything but running.

Why the 3 seconds you might ask? The reason for this is because most people hurry through an exercise to say they did it and to expect the results fast. Newsflash, doesn't work that way.

When you rush through your exercise you are hurting a few things. You are hurting your lungs, blood pressure levels, body section that you are working on and a little known fact your brain. When an exercise is rushed the force from the push causes an increase in lung pressure, and a rise in your blood pressure. It also causes oxygen to not get to your brain, which leaves you light headed, and the area you are working on can have torn ligaments, strained tendons or even worse it can cause a fracture in the bone.

This is why the 3 seconds. It allows for your body to go through the motion of the exercise, the muscle group is able to contract properly, and you get the correct amount for oxygen. Also when breathing out when the force is hard it helps get through the movement that is requiring the force, making it so much easier.

Okay guys, so I will give you some more tidbits tomorrow.