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Four Steps To Triple Your Energy
Tired? Tired of being tired? You aren't alone. There are few
human qualities more highly sought than energy. It determines
our ability to enjoy life, to attract mates, to finish projects,
to protect our families, to shape our bodies effectively, and so
much more.
While there are endless specific suggestions about herbs,
exercises, meditations, supplements, rest patterns and so forth
that I could mention, the most important and over-arching
components are relatively simple, and available to anyone with
the willingness to begin.
Basically, your energy level will be controlled by three
physical and one psychological factor.
A) Fitness. There are a variety of different things that
contribute to the quality called "fitness," but a few of them
are specific to energy level.
1) Cardio-vascular fitness. A dead minimum of twenty minutes
three times a week, just to stay in the game. If you want to
create a swift, powerful change, try forty minutes four times a
week. Walking is sufficiently intense, if you stay in the
"aerobic zone" which can be described as a level of exertion
where you can't sing, but you can still talk!
2) Body-mass index. Unneeded weight is like a sack of wet cement
strapped to your back. It eats up energy like crazy. Regardless
of what anyone says or implies, there is only one basic way to
lose fat: to change the ratio of calories consumed to calories
burned. In general, this requires discipline on BOTH ends. Fat
loss is a two-headed snake. If you diet but don't exercise, your
metabolism can slow down to a crawl, denying you success. And if
you exercise but don't eat sensibly, well, a pound of fat has
about 3500 calories. An hour of running only burns about 350
calories. Do the math.
3) Flexibility. Often overlooked in the search for energy,
flexibility is a measurement of tension in the body. A stiff
body is like a car with its brakes on. Think how much gas your
car would waste!! That gas is your energy, when you carry
unnecessary tension. Most stretching activities are less a
matter of "lengthening" muscles, tendons, or ligaments than
learning how to communicate with your body, to learn how to
breathe into tension.
4) Strength. Contrary to popular belief, strength is more in the
mind than the body. It is a matter of leverage, concentration,
and controlled excitation even more than it is the "size" of the
muscles involved. On a physiological level, it is a matter of
the percentage of your muscle fibers you can recruit at a given
moment. Weight training, or body-weight exercises like Hindu
Pushups and Hindu Squats, are great ways to increase strength,
which makes physical tasks much easier and less fatiguing.
B) Controlling food intake. A critical factor. Note that I
didn't say "diet." At this point, we all pretty much understand
that diets don't work--that any eating plan intended to have
long term benefits must represent
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a change in lifestyle. A few
pointers:
1) 3:2:1 ratio of fresh fruits and vegetables to complex
carbohydrates to lean proteins. Note that this ratio works for
people who are ACTIVE--they need the carbs. If you are trying to
lose fat, or are relatively inactive, try reversing the ratio of
protein and carbs.
2) Drink more water. The classic recommendation of eight glasses
a day is debated, but the truth is that a lot of hunger and
fatigue is actually dehydration in disguise. Note: this means
water, not beer, soda, or even milk, all of which contain
various nutrients or chemicals which actually require water to
process through the body. In other words, they use up as much
water as they give you.
3) Eat six small meals a day. This helps keep your bloodsugar
levels even, which will keep your energy from crashing in the
afternoon.
4) Eat today for how you want to FEEL tomorrow. Not for
emotional reasons, or just for taste.
C) Rest. As a culture, we aren't getting enough sleep. The
human body seems to need 7-9 hours of sleep a night, and if
you're getting less or more than this, you may be having stress
reactions, and compromising your health as a result.
1)Find out what your ideal sleep pattern is, and stick to it.
2)Try to get to sleep before midnight. Folk wisdom says that
every hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours after.
3)Take naps during the day. A quick power nap for 10-20 minutes
can renew your energy like magic.
4)Make your bedroom a place of rest, healing and recreation.
Keep your stress in another room of the house. Your sleeping
place should be a womb of comfort and pleasure, specifically
designed to lull you into the depths of dreamland.
D) Focus. In some ways, the most important tool for increasing
energy. You need to know EXACTLY what you will do with the
energy when you have it. This means written goals, clearly
delineated. It means being task-oriented, believing that if you
can do A,B, and C, there will be pleasure and satisfaction on
the other end. I know people who are AFRAID to have more energy,
because they think their kids, mates, or boss will just exploit
them further. You have to have PERMISSION to be energetic,
alive, and sensually involved with life.
But if you will give yourself this permission, if on a daily
basis you will move your body, eat responsibly, rest
intelligently and write out your goals and steps to achieving
them, you will begin to take control of your body/mind's
energy-generation apparatus, and you'll be shocked at the energy
that will flood your life. It is your birthright. Own it!
About the author:
A NY Times bestselling author with three million words in print,
two black belts, a 19-year old daughter and a 2-year old son,
Steven Barnes understands energy. Learn more about his "Five
Minute Miracle" exercise system at: www.lifewrite.com
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