Build stamina and muscle...

There's a reason professional athletes such as NFL players and mixed martial artists can compete for long periods of times without getting.

Despite burning all that energy, they tend to not lose significant muscle mass.
Thats because high intensity exercises done in short bursts cause your body to release anabolic hormones that help burn fat and build muscle, while still strengthening your heart and lungs.

One of the best sample activity to build your wind without losing muscle is sprinting.

A good way to ease your way into sprints is :
1 min. - walk
1 min - 5 mph
1 min - walk
1min - 5.5 mph
1 min - walk
1 min. - 6mph
1 - min - walk
1 min. - 6.5 mph
1 min. - walk
1 min. - 7 mph
3 mins walk.

If you have not recovered after 1 minute of walking, allow yourself more time to catch your breathe.

After a few workouts increase intensity (mph or incline) and/or number of sprints.
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Train smart. Train hard

Stress and physical activity...

In a recent gallup poll 80% of US employees say they feel stressed on the job; nearly half of them say that they need help learning to manage stress; and 42% said that their coworkers need help managing stress.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention state unequivocally that 80% of our medical expenditures, are now stress-related.

Nearly two-thirds of adults in America are overweight ( have a Body Mass Index greater than 25).

More than 50% of do not get enough physical activity to provide health benefits, 24% are not active at all in their leisure time.

The LIfebuilder's Creed

Today is the most important day of my life.
Yesterday with its successes and victories, struggles and failures
is gone forever.
The past is the past.
Done.
Finished.

I cannot relive it. I cannot go back and change it.
But I will learn from it and improve my Today.

Today. This moment. NOW.
It is God's gift to me, and it is all that I have.

Tomorow with all its joys and sorrows, triumphs and troubles
isnt here yet.

Indeed tomorow may never come.
Therefore, I will not worry about tomorrow.

Today is what God has entrusted to me.
It is all that I have. I will do my best in it.
I will demonstrate the best of me in it-
my character, giftedness and abilities-
to my family, my friends clients and associates.

I will identify those things that are most important
to do TODAY,
and those things I will do until they are done
I will look back with satisfaction at
that which I have accomplished.

Then, only then will I plan my tomorow,
Looking to improve upon Today, with God's help.

Then I shall sleep in peace. Content