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Athletes and Herbal Supplements

Over the last two decades, the use of herbal supplements especially within athletes has skyrocketed. The reason for such an increase isn’t too hard to figure out. Many herbal supplements advertise exaggerated results and come off appealing to athletes of all ages. The problem is that many popular supplements don’t have the proper data to back up their claims of better performance and the benefits they claim to cause. A lot of herbal supplements can test positive for certain chemicals that are not listed on the ingredients which can cause problems with certain athletes. A lot of people believe that herbal supplements will better their performance as athletes, but more studies are needed to prove this. There may be some dangers associated with herbal supplements so more studies must be conducted to ensure the safety and benefits of these products. Younger athletes are more likely to use herbal supplements to try to increase physical performance. A lot of these herbal supplements are heavy with caffeine and if taken without the proper measures, they can pose a threat to your health. Although athletes feel that with supplements they can achieve better results, the best method to get in shape and feel strong is a balanced diet and exercise.

How can a Ketogenic Diet help me?

A low-carb, high-fat diet can offer many health benefits.

The ketogenic diet is a very low-carb, high-fat diet that shares many similarities with the Atkins and low-carb diets. It involves drastically reducing carbohydrate intake and replacing it with fat. This reduction in carbs puts your body into a metabolic state called ketosis. With a ketogenic diet, your entire body switches its fuel supply to run mostly on fat, burning fat 24-7. When insulin levels become very low, fat burning can increase dramatically. It becomes easier to access your fat stores to burn them off.  This is great if you’re trying to lose weight, but there are also other less obvious benefits, such as less hunger and a steady supply of energy. This may help keep you alert and focused.

6 Key Elements of Fitness Success

Motivation- Most of us need to be motivated to get that workout in, whether it be to get up out of bed, get it in after work or squeeze it in some other time during the day, we need to get ourselves up to the challenge

Commitment- This is probably the most important ingredient to you having success with reaching your fitness goals. if you’re not committed your success if you have any at all will sub-par at best

Consistency- Directly on the heels of commitment is consistency. If you’re consistent, you’ll see better results from your program than if your training is interrupted and you’re not following your nutritional program as directed. Day in and day out stick to your program.

Intention- DO IT LIKE YOU MEAN! I often see people train like they are just trying to get through the workout. Why? Embrace every rep, and do it perfectly look at it as one step closer to achieving the health and body you want.

Belief- You’ve tried everything, and nothing seem to work so you’ve given up, but you decide to give it one more try. If you don’t believe you’ll be successful you’ve already put yourself behind the 8 ball. Aside from having an illness or syndrome that prevents you from achieving your health and fitness goals anyone can and will achieve fitness success.

Accountability- There is a better degree of success when we take on tasks if we are held accountable, some of us are good at holding ourselves accountable some of us aren’t figure out which category you fall under and if you need that outside source to hold you accountable then find that person, if you can hold yourself accountable then you probably aren’t reading this portion of the post.

Take a look at these characteristics and see how they relate to you and your fitness journey, exercise them if your fitness plan if you aren’t and you’ll see significant value in them.