5 Heart Healthy Exercises

Easy forms of exercise to get you and your heart into shape.

As Heart Month continues on, so do our aspirations to keep your hearts healthy, PGX’ers! As we discussed earlier this month, being active and committing to regular cardiovascular workouts can help improve your heart health. However, getting going on a regular exercise routine can be a bit daunting if you don’t know where to start.

Fortunately, improving your heart health doesn’t require you to become an Olympic athlete; all it takes is some moderate exercise and the commitment to not give up! If you’re unsure of where to start in order to improve your heart health, below are five easy exercises you can do to keep your heart healthy.

Top 5 Heart Healthy Exercises

  1. Intensive walking
  2. Jogging or running
  3. Swimming
  4. Biking
  5. Circuit training

PGX Tip: Allow your body to recover post-workout by replenishing your energy with a PGX protein shake.

Stay healthy, PGX’ers!

 

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Train Like an Olympian

5 tips on how to train like an Olympic athlete.

Although standing on the Olympic podium may seem like a dream fit for only the world’s most elite athletes, there’s no reason why we can’t all take notice of how they train and find inspiration for our own fitness goals and workouts.

Below, find motivation from our top five favourite tips on how to train like an olympic athlete, inspired by an article shared by Men’s Fitness. Read the full Men’s Fitness article here.

  1. Fuel your body: Eat well and stay hydrated. For extra help in preventing sugar cravings and overeating, try adding PGX to your diet.
  2. Rest: Downtime and getting enough sleep are just as important as training. Don’t work your body too hard without giving it the proper rest it deserves.
  3. Warm-up: Be sure to warm-up your body properly and leave time in your workout for a proper cool down and recovery.
  4. Believe in yourself: Mentally prepare yourself for your goals. Write them down; find inspiration and don’t allow yourself to give up.
  5. Early bird gets the worm: Schedule your workouts for the beginning of the day before you can get too tired or distracted.

 

 

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30 Day Squat Challenge

Kick off 2014 right by adding this 30 day squat challenge to your workouts!

You know you want to get healthier this year, and heading to the gym and being active is part of that plan. But figuring out workout ideas once you’ve gotten to the gym can present a whole different kind of problem. It can be hard to pick which type of exercises you want to do and little bit daunting if the exercises you attempt are not broken down into step by step, day by day progressions. Which is why we’re thrilled to introduce to you (and challenge you!) to the below 4 week squat challenge by PopSugar.

Take each workout day by day and at the end of day 30, tell us about your results. And don’t forget, you can come try your workouts at the brand new PGX Center for free!

Do you have a great workout to share? Let us, and your fellow PGX’ers, know all about it below in the comments. Let’s get fit together!

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