Small things you can do to make your vacation healthier

Hello, One of the toughest things for most of us to do is to find time for some sort of exercise while on vacation. Below I outline some tips to hopefully make it easier.

1) Since you are on vacation try to walk as much as possible. If possible, forget transportation and take in all the sites your destination has to offer. Riding back and forth may be easier but think of all the things you may be missing. Don't forget my article on why getting 10,000 steps a day is awesome to meet your weight loss goals:
http://personal-trainer-nj.blogspot.com/2009/03/walking-as-part-of-your-fitness-goals.html
2) Try my hotel workout:
http://personal-trainer-nj.blogspot.com/2009/02/hotel-room-workouts.html.
4) Try my hotel stretching routine:
http://personal-trainer-nj.blogspot.com/2009/02/basic-stretches-to-keep-you-relaxed.html.
5) Use the stairs as much as possible in your hotel. Most times it is the quickest route to the lobby anyway.
6) Take an early morning walk with your spouse or kids.
7) If your hotel has a pool or you are by the ocean go for a swim. Swimming for a hour comes close to the calorie expenditure of jogging for the same time.
8) If your hotel has a fitness center make it a point of exercising at least once every two days. Reward yourself with a massage (f applicable) after each session.
9) Most hotels without fitness centers have agreements with local gyms to allow their guests to exercise at these gyms. Most are priced very cheap. I have used this many times myself and got to see a variety of gyms.
10) If you have kids chances are YOU will be exercising plenty depending on their age. Enjoy the time with them and be a kid yourself again.
11) Vacationing is about having fun so have those ice cream cones and hot dogs just don't over do it. Most people are satisfied with one scoop on a cone just as much as they are with three scoops.

I have only touched upon a small sprinkling of ways you can make a vacation more exercise friendly.

Another article that might help you is one the describes how my wife and I recently handled a vacation to Disney World last year:
http://personal-trainer-nj.blogspot.com/2008/07/back-from-vacation.html

Each vacation brings new and different avenues for fitness. Explore the possibilities and NEVER EVER let ANYTHING get in the way of your health.

As always - I am available for personal training either in person (if in NJ) or over the web. If you feel you have stalled in your pursuit of fitness and need some expert knowledge to get you on track reach out to me.

Regards,

Eddie Camaroto CPT

Hello, I am currently scheduling out my calendar for the rest of the 2009 year. If you are from the Central New Jersey area and would like me to talk to your organization, club, business, or get together with a group please send me a request and we can start talking about your needs and what kind of fitness-themed lecture(s) I could provide to benefit your group.

I just recently did two fitness lectures at the East Brunswick Library that were about core conditioning and functional training. They were well received and the Library has asked me back to possible do one a month.

If you never attended one of my lectures they are fun, very informative, and very hands-on.

Regards,

Eddie Camaroto CEO
Perfect You LLC

Walking as a part of your fitness goals

Today, I would like to talk about walking to increase your weight loss goals.

Benefits of walking:
1) Low impact on the joints.
2) Can be done anywhere.
3) Requires little or no equipment.
4) Grab a partner and walking becomes a socializing experience.

The general rule of thumb for walking is that walking is roughly equal to 1/2 the amount you would jog. Example: 1/2 hour of walking is equal to 1 hour of jogging.

The goal of everyone is to get 10,000 steps per day. Let me take apart why this number is so magical.
1) For every 2,000 steps you take you burn roughly 100 calories. Well 2,000 steps divided into 10,000 steps leaves you with 5 and if you take 5 and times it by 100 (calories) you get a loss of 500 calories a day!
2) You need to burn off an additional 3,500 calories to lose one pound.
3) And by taking off additional 500 calories a day for seven days - YOU LOSE one pound.

So just by making 10,000 steps a day you are going to lose a pound a week. Keep up with your fitness and proper eating and you will go far to lose the weight and increase your cardiovascular system.

To track your steps per day pick up a Pedometer. They are sold in any fitness chain (Dicks, Modells, Sports Authority, etc.) Pedometers are cheap and expensive. I got mine for $3.95 and it works perfectly.

As always - I am available for personal training either in person (if in NJ) or over the web. If you feel you have stalled in your pursuit of fitness and need some expert knowledge to get you on track reach out to me.

Regards,

Eddie Camaroto CPT

What do you want to see in this BLOG

Hello, Though I have a topic agenda for the year about what I am going to be talking about weekly - I thought I would give a shout out to get any suggestions for articles that you want. Please submit your ideas and I will do my best to write about them.

Regards,

Eddie Camaroto

Delay in postings

Sorry for the delay in my postings. In the last two weeks I have taken on 9 new clients and I have been busy setting them up and getting them going. I have also went to a new accounting program and am still in the process of porting over all the data. And got hit with jury duty. Gezzz - when it rains it pours. :)

To tighten up my time even more - I am in the process of giving two fitness lectures at my local library.

I should be back in the Blogging game next weekend.

Regards,

Eddie Camaroto