Getting In Shape - 5 Easy Steps to Starting and Maintaining a Safe, Healthy Exercise Routine Fitness...

1. Getting In Shape - 5 Easy Steps to Starting and Maintaining
a Safe, Healthy Exercise Routine Fitness Articles By
Antibody, Inc.
Getting In Shape - 5 Easy Steps to Starting and Maintaining a Safe, Healthy Exercise Routine
Fitness Articles By Antibody, Inc.
Self Inventory - Seems as though everyone at the gym, out on the track, in the spinning/aerobics
class are all trying to get in shape. The real question is get in shape for what? What does "getting in
shape" actually mean? Actually, getting or being in shape means different things for different
people...different athletes. For the 40 something beginner it can mean just feeling better, feeling
stronger or getting good physical conditioning by taking a slow steady approach to exercise. For the
60 something beginner it might mean being able to walk up the stairs. For the Olympic 100 meter
sprinter it might mean running a 9.7 second race, for the Weightlifter it may be bench pressing 700
pounds in competition, for the NFL football player it may be torturing your body running endless
hills, "gassers" and lifting in the off season so that you can dominate the fourth quarter of a game in
January.
The one thing common to all these different athletes is they all rely on having an exercise plan to
match the goals of their physical activity. All these individuals can reach their goals by using some
general physical conditioning and some more specialized physical conditioning. The general physical
conditioning is intended to provide balanced physical training in endurance, strength, speed,
flexibility, and other basic factors of fitness, where the specialized physical conditioning
concentrates on exercises which are more specific to the particular sport or activity. Some
athletes/novices only want general physical conditioning while the combination or general and
specialized physical conditioning is imperative to the world class athlete. Let's look at some
important aspects of "getting in shape".
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