HEALTH AND TRAINING TIPS
Keep healthy, safe and on track with your challenges
If you’re just starting out, there are a few things you need to consider before you get going, such as which exercises are best for you, how much time you spend training and how to maintain fitness.
50 Challenges fitness and nutrition expert, Florentia Anastasiou of New Generation Personal Training, shares her tips for going from nothing to something.
THE IMPORTANCE OF SETTING SMALL GOALS IN FITNESS
You may be inspired by 50 Challenges to set yourself a big goal: to run your first marathon, to cycle your first 50-mile race or to swim a mile. Keeping your eye on your long-term prize is, of course, important if you’re serious about achieving it; but to ensure success, it’s just as important to set yourself smaller milestones to help keep you on track.
WHAT IS HIIT TRAINING AND HOW CAN IT HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR CHALLENGES?
You may have set yourself a challenge of competing in a long-distance cycling race or running 5k in under 20 minutes, but that doesn’t mean that all your training should be cycling or pounding the pavements. The most successful training regimes include a variety of disciplines to build up key muscle groups and strength to support your overall goal. A very effective – and time effective – technique that can support all physical goals is HIIT training.
WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO RECOVER FROM AN INJURY?
Suffering from an injury can be incredibly frustrating if you’ve just started getting closer to achieving your goals. Ideally, you should ease yourself into any training, but even with the most gradual training plans, injuries do happen. Our guide will help you recover effectively so you can get back on track with your challenges.
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