7 Simple Exercise Modifications That Can Boost Results

7 Simple Exercise Modifications That Can Boost Results
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Joseph Mercola
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To optimize your fitness, you really want to develop a comprehensive approach to exercise. 

Ideally, you need to do a variety of exercises and avoid doing the same ones all the time as this will lead to a relative tolerance; you will not provide your body with the variety of stresses it needs to continuously adapt, improve, and grow stronger.

The basic idea is that you need to provide your muscles with a wide variety of exercises to keep building them. As a general rule, I recommend including aerobic and anaerobic high intensity exercisesstrength trainingcore exercises, and stretching

Low impact exercises like yoga also have their place, and I highly recommend walking more each day—ideally somewhere between 7,000 and 10,000 steps each day. This is not your exercise, but non-exercise movement that you also need to stay healthy.

Switch up your routine simply by slightly tweaking how you perform an exercise.
Joseph Mercola
Joseph Mercola
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Dr. Joseph Mercola is the founder of Mercola.com. An osteopathic physician, best-selling author, and recipient of multiple awards in the field of natural health, his primary vision is to change the modern health paradigm by providing people with a valuable resource to help them take control of their health.
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