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"How
To Get Fit And Slash Your Health Insurance
Costs"
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by: Neil
Stelling
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Okay, before we start, let me explain the purpose
of this
article. I want you to get so healthy, you'll
never need
to make a health insurance claim. You'll save
money by
increased fitness. You'll save money with a long
no-claims
insurance history. And you'll look and feel much
better.
There's three sides to your maximum health and
fitness.
Diet, and Exercise. But that's only two ! Let me
split
Exercise into Aerobic exercise and Aneorobic
exercise.
Get all three right. Get the right balance. And
you'll
get as fit and healthy as your body and genetics
will
allow.
Whole forests of paper have been filled with
advice on each
of these fitness factors. Just go into your local
bookstore, and see shelves of diet advice. Shelves
of
exercise advice.
Funny how so much contradicts itself, especially
for diet
e.g right next to each other on the shelf, you'll
find a
book advocating low carbs & low fat; another
saying high
fat is okay if you keep the carbs low. Yet another
focuses
on high protein, and says carbs don't matter...
* Diet
Let me give you this simple diet advice. Stick to
low fat,
low carbs and high protein. Many medical and
weight loss
studies over the last 10-20 years prove this
approach.
Many other diet myths come from way back in time,
and look
just plain wrong when analyzed with modern
methods.
* Aerobic Exercise
Couch potatoes don't realize how easily they can
start
feeling fit and healthy. Just walk somewhere 3-4
times per
week, for around 20 minutes each time.
Ideally, do some more demanding aerobic exercise.
I do a
lot of cycling, because it's great low-impact
exercise.
And I get to see beautiful scenery while I ride.
Running provides even more intensive aerobic
exercise, but
careful of your joints. Maybe you prefer hiking,
to see
the local countryside ? Or take up a sport like
rowing or
tennis. You also get to meet new friends by taking
up
exercise as a sport.
* Anaerobic Exercise
Many people work on their diet. Many people take
aerobic
exercise. But many people ignore anaerobic
exercise, or
weight training.
What makes weight training so important ?
As you get older, muscle mass decreases. Muscle
burns fat.
So as you lose muscle, it gets harder to keep the
fat off.
Equally important, weight training can reshape
your body.
No matter how much aerobic exercise you do, you'll
still be
a pear shape (a smaller pear shape) if you started
out a
pear shape.
Using weights you can flatten your stomach, tone
your
thighs, bulk up your chest and shoulders, and
reshape your
body any way you want.
Weight training is incredibly beneficial to your
general
skeleton strength and conditioning. Older women
can reduce
the effects of osteoporosis, and older men can
maintain
their strength and agility.
This short article can do nothing more than
provide an
introduction to the three keys to your health.
Follow
these and you shouldn't need to make a health
insurance
claim.
Slash your health insurance costs with a long
no-claims
bonus. Slash your health insurance costs with any
insurer
who rates your fitness.
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