Fitness Tips Fot Teens

Most teens, unfortunately, know nothing about teen health and teen fitness, and it shows in gyms across the country. Teens are showing up to the gym to workout, but we will not address the issues of teen health and teen fitness until we alter their workouts.

Here are quick tips to improve teen fitness, teen health and college fitness:

1- Rest less and workout more. Its tough for teens to lose weight while they are resting five mintues between sets. You need to get up and workout more. Do a set of jumping jacks between sets, itll work! Thatll help out teen health and college health.

2- Lift weights to lose weight. Teen health is terrible because they, especially females, waste their time on the treadmills and elliptical. College health would greatly improve with shorter workouts with lifting more weights, and teen fitness wouldnt be such an issue if teens lifted.

3- When doing cardio, do it right. Long distance running or walking will not improve teem health. In fact, there have been studies done to prove that adding aerobic training to a workout showed nothing that dieting alone wouldnt help. Do a short run (less than a minute) followed by a shorter walk. Thatll greatly help teen fitness and college health. Itll help lose weight!

4- Dont isolate muscles. Teen health, teen fitness and college health will not improve unless they learn to workout right. Bicep curls will not improve teen health and teen fitness. Neither will triceps kickbacks or sit ups help out college health.

5- For college health, try to stay active. Easier said than done, but college health is just as big of a concern as teen health and teen fitness. Stay active. Go to the gym more. Remember, if you were an athlete last year, and now you do nothing, your college health will deteriorate.

Start small.

Nobody expects you to run 10 miles or bench-press 200lbs on your first day. You need to work up to these things. In fact, if you do too much too quickly you're likely to either burn out or seriously injure yourself. Walking is good.

Do both cardio and weights.

Many teens do one or the other, but for faster results, you should do both cardio and weight training. Don't worry girls...you won't bulk up like a body builder. You will simply be healthy and strong.

Muscles need time to repair.

You should not exercise the same group of muscles two days in a row...this includes abs! Your muscles need time to repair and grow stronger. Give them a break.

Start with breakfast

Too many kids are starting their day by skipping breakfast. It has been proven that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Challenge your teens to start their day off right by eating a healthy, filling breakfast.

Drink lots of water

Your teens body needs at least 6 cups of water per day. Instead of buying canned sodas or other sweetened drinks, buy bottled water and try to encourage them to drink it.

Get physical

Again, technology has become an ingrained part of childrens lives. Encourage your teen to get off the couch and get moving. Any form of exercise is better than none. Remember, it doesnt have to be strenuous to count as exercise.

No more Prepackaged snacks

Popular snacks are loaded with sugar, carbohydrates, fat, and salt. Instead of providing your teen with these sweet and salty snacks, give them healthy alternatives of fresh fruit and vegetables.