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A Different New Year’s Resolution Weight loss is always in the top 3 of New Year’s resolution, why because most people fail to keep there resolution after the first 6 to 8 weeks. Having weight loss as your only goal will set you up for failure. Those who achieve their desired weight loss in the first 3 months will also likely gain their weight back. It is easy for fitness instructors to have clients increase their intensity during training and drastically cut calories for a 6 weeks causing quick weight loss. That is why you will see many advertising how to jump start the New Year with a new you. The difficulties come with trying to maintain a healthy weight. That is why I proposal a new resolution, become more active in your life. Set a goal of achieving one of your life dreams. Try exploring the for a few days; go paddling in the BWCA for one week. When you set these as your goals, it will become easier to workout and train for your adventures. I guarantee that by exploring the outdoors you will lose weight and become healthier. Even when you are out paddling on one of our city lakes, or snow shoeing in one of our parks; you are working out. So drop the old resolution of losing weight and set a new resolution of achieving one of your life’s dreams of adventure. The dreams could be as simple as going to a state park camping with your family or as large as trekking to along the Inca trail. The fun part is the smaller adventures always lead to planning larger ones. So stop starting the same old resolution each New Year and start planning and enjoying a new resolution every year. Kelly R Murphy KRM Adventure Training.

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Weight Loss, Healthy and Lasting

Weight Loss: Healthy and Lasting Many people will try to lose weight thru fad diets and intense fitness programs, only to drop out and fail. They will make the three most common mistakes in achieving a healthy and l ting weight. Most will start out by exercising to intensely without proper rest and recovery, and they will also dramatically cut their calorie intake. Those that do make their goal weight will start to see their weight start to slowly increase again, lacking the motivation to maintain their weight. We will discuss how to exercise at the proper levels, planning rest and recovery, when to decrease and increase calorie intake and how to find the proper motivation to maintain a healthy and lasting weight. When starting a fitness program the most important piece of gear you should invest in would be a heart rate monitor. Heart rate zone training keeps you from overtraining so you will not be dreading you next run, but looking foreword to the training. Even the most season people I train are always surprised by how inaccurate their perception of how quickly the reach a certain level of heart rate. In heart rate zone training there are 5 different zones to be in while training, most people will be training in zones 2, 3, and 4. Your fitness level will determine what zone you will be training in. Most will start by training constantly in level 3 for 2 to 4 weeks. After creating an aerobic base, you could then start an interval training program, switching in and out of zones 3 and 4 during a workout session. During the interval training you will be stressing you body in different ways so that it will increase your metabolism. With the higher metabolism you will be burning fat instead of storing the fat. Your body will be gaining lean muscle tissue, while losing fat. You will notice clothes fitting looser and an increase in energy, without seeing much weight loss yet. as

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Altitude Illness

Altitude Illness Many times at my work I meet customers preparing to go hiking at higher altitudes. During our conversations altitude illness usually comes up, most will have heard of altitude illness, but not know much about the condition. This is always a surprise to me, knowing that trekking at high altitude can be dangerous enough to kill a person. Anyone who is planning to hike above 7000ft, should do research on how to try and prevent altitude illness, and recognizing the symptoms. Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the most common form of altitude illness. In its mild form it may feel like a hangover, with headache, nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite, dizziness, sleeplessness and fatigue. High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) results from an accumulation of fluid that comes from the blood and leaks into the oxygen-exchanging air sacs of the lungs. Lack of oxygen in the air coupled with high pressure in the arteries supplying the lungs promotes this condition, and it is exacerbated by cold, exercise, and dehydration. A person with HAPE will not be able to catch their breath and not be able to speak in full sentences. High altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is related to sever AMS, HACE is believed to be caused by swelling in the brain, as the organ gets waterlogged from dilation of its oxygen-starved blood vessels. HACE may occur at 10,000ft and has a high mortality rate if untreated. Altitude illness can be avoided by ascending slowly and by raising the sleeping elevation gradually. How fast is slow enough is an individual phenomenon, and the rate that works for an individual on one trip may not work on the next. When traveling above 10,000ft try not to raise your sleeping altitude more then 1000ft a night. It would be even better to climb a little higher then the 1000ft, and then descend to the proper sleeping level. Staying hydrated also helps prevent altitude illness. High altitude is a dry environment; by increasing your water intake is a vital factor in promoting your well being. Three Rules to Avoid Dying of Altitude Illness: 1. Learn the early symptoms of altitude illness and be willing to recognize when you- and others-have them. 2 .Never ascend to sleep at a higher altitude with any symptoms of altitude illness. Anyone with symptoms of altitude illness who ascends will get worse. 3. Descend if your symptoms are getting worse while resting at the same altitude. Kelly R Murphy KrmAdventureTraining.com

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