Keys to Getting Into Great Shape
Everyone wants to be healthy. For most of us, being healthy has come to simply mean not getting sick and pretty much being able to do what we want to do everyday. Such a notion may seem too simplistic, but on the face of an ever-growing number of highly-stressed individuals, it seems to work well as a general guide. If you really want to get technical about it, the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports defines total fitness as "the ability to carry out daily tasks with vigor and alertness, without undue fatigue and with ample energy to enjoy leisure time pursuits and to meet unforeseen emergencies." The American Heart Association says it's "a state of body efficiency enabling a person to exercise vigorously for a long time period without fatigue." Obviously, total fitness is more than being able to workout a couple of hours each day. It's a state of body and mind that allows an individual to function at his or her most opti...