William Penn Life, 2012 (47. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
2012-06-01 / 6. szám
Moneywise Exercise Know the science, achieve the results by Adam Stone To help jump start WPA's new partnership with the YMCA, I am turning over this month's Moneywise to Adam Stone. Adam is the Wellness Director of the YMCA in Fond du Lac, Wise. While the topic ofexericse has little to do with your financial well being, it does focus on something both WPA and the YMCA believe in strongly: the overall well-being of our members. Our thanks to the local YMCA for sharing this article with us and to Debbie Wolfe, WPA's wonderful health care columnist, for being so gracious in sharing "her turf' with us this month. - JeffDeSantes Warm weather has a way of calling attention to the importance of achieving healthy fitness levels for ourselves and our families. Many of us have spent at least the better part of the previous two or three seasons making the attempt and falling short. Numerous hours in the gym yield mediocre results and plateaus causing one to feel disenchanted and accept lackluster progress. Some give up altogether. Exercise enthusiasts should not have to consider their greatest challenge remaining dedicated. They should not have to continue reluctantly going through the motions in secret frustration. The mystery surrounding fitness has already been solved through science. Training routines are rife with protocols that are not based on well-known scientific mechanisms, causing trainees to go off in the wrong direction for months or years. Well-educated fitness devotees know how to gravitate toward best practices and avoid destructive ones like overtraining, dieting, inadequate recovery and poor quality training. Understanding the science of exercise is important for every single person participating in a fitness program. All physiological functions, including those related to the body's response to exercise, are monitored and controlled by the brain. Using its neurological sensory and motor components, it orchestrates countless processes. The brain records all of its body's requirements and prioritizes the distribution of precious limited resources like protein, carbohydrate, water and all the rest. It is an unbelievably complex, highly organized and extremely effective central control in the category of miraculous. Information from the stimulus of exercise is gathered by the brain and processed, initiating adaptive changes which occur over time. These changes include stronger skeletal muscles, increased heart capacity, fat reduction and all the other improve-4 0 June 2012 0 William Penn Life
