LIFE HACKS: OWN YOUR LIFE
There are a few things that I have found to tremendously help my energy, focus, motivation, and creativity. They are the very benefits I promote with my clients over that of looking a certain way. The looks will come - all you have to do is stick to these principles. Be patient and gentle to yourself. Understand that you aren't perfect and you will deviate on occasion. It's ok!! Life happens. It's important to make sure that you are working towards more days of sticking to these principles than deviating from your goals. You'll become a better person from it, even if it takes a little while.
7 MOVEMENTS TO MASTER
Functional movements serve to help us survive day-to-day life. It’s the stuff we do that we don't even think of as exercise - picking up heavy boxes, pushing a couch while re-arranging the living room, even walking to the grocery store. These are great daily examples of functional movements that we can practice which can help improve our chances of not getting hurt in every day life. We all know someone who hurt their back picking up a heavy box, or doing something “they shouldn’t have.” If our bodies can perform the movement, there is a proper way to do it. Biomechanists (aka sports scientists) regularly prove this fact. That being said, if I were given the ultimatum of choosing a handful of exercises to perform for the rest of my life, the following is what I would include:
NUTRITION AND TIMING: BECOMING FAT ADAPTED
When you live your day-to-day life (i.e low intensity exercise) in a fasted state, your body relies on itself for energy, reaching for it's most abundant fuel source first, in most cases, body fat. Only when your body has started using it's own fuel source, do you start providing it with nutrients that it will better absorb.