2024 Wellness Guidebook

PERSONAL TRAINING Working out with a personal trainer offers numerous benefits. Members who train with a personal trainer experience notable improvements in lean body mass and overall fitness. Additionally, they enjoy increased energy levels, better health, enhanced self-confidence in exercising, and improved life satisfaction. The primary advantages of hiring a personal trainer lie in the areas of accountability and motivation. Ultimately, the main objective is to effectively achieve a healthier life and live the life one deserves.

STRETCHING Stretching is important because it keeps the muscles flexible, strong and healthy, allowing us to maintain a range of motion in our joints. Without stretching, the muscles can shorten and become tight, resulting in weakness and limited extension during physical activity. Stretching offers several benefits, including improved performance in physical activities, decreased risk of injuries, enhanced joint mobility, increased muscle blood flow, and improved ability to perform daily activities. Doctors suggest that each one of us should stretch one day a week for every decade of life. To ensure safe stretching, it is important to remember not to consider it a warm-up, strive for symmetry, focus on major muscle groups, avoid bouncing, hold stretches for 30 to 60 seconds, avoid aiming for pain, make stretches sports-specific and maintain a consistent stretching routine. Additionally, individuals with chronic conditions or injuries may need to adjust their stretching techniques accordingly.

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