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Stress Symptoms - How They Interfere with Fat Loss Programs and What to Do About It
By Doug Jackson
Is the same tried-and-true exercise routine that used to work wonders for you
not keeping your body in tip-top shape anymore? Have you gone on nutrition and
exercise programs that worked great for friends, family, or co-workers, but it
just didn't seem to work for you? The answer could be found in your stress level
and how your body handles stress.
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In today's high-stress world, people constantly have stress hormones over-stimulated
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In this three-part article series, I'll explain how overlooked lifestyle choices
come together to put a halt on achieving your fitness goals. In this first part
I'll explain how stress leads to some unexpected effects on our fitness level.
In part two, I'll show you what the latest research has to say about high levels
of stress, inadequate sleep, and improper nutrition create a hormonal
environment that lead us away from fitness.
In part three, I'll conclude with my recommendations for the best ways to manage
your stress level and how to make some critical adjustments in your fitness program
in periods of high stress so you continuing reaching your fitness goals.
Researchers are beginning to uncover answers to how non-exercise variables
including lack of sleep, inadequate nutrition and high stress levels can significantly
affect hormone levels that impact exercise recovery, weight management and health.
The results you receive from you're your exercise program can be affected by these
variables that people often over look. To be at the top of your game, you must be
aware of how you rate in these non-exercise variables and the best ways to manage
these variables and adjust your fitness program for optimal results.
The topic of stress has received much attention over the last several decades,
and there is much controversy over exactly what stress is. There are questions
related to good stress versus bad stress and exercise stress versus non-exercise
stress. Famed researcher Hans Selye's a definition of stress was "the
nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it to adapt, whether
that demand produces pleasure or pain."
Within the exercise domain, the interaction between exercise and stress gets
more complicated. While there are few black and whites within the complex way
our body handles stress, it's generally believed that low-intensity exercise
reduces stress, as compared with high-intensity exercise that tends to increase
the release of stress hormones.
While the body's mechanisms for coping with stress worked wonders to keep us
alive thousands of years ago, our body was not built to withstand the chronic
stressors that humans face today. In today's high-stress world, people
constantly have stress hormones over-stimulated in their bodies.
Symptoms of stress are related to many of today's health problems including CHD,
hypertension, cancer, ulcers, lower back pain and headaches. Scientific research
now suggests that an overlooked physical symptom of stress may be weight gain.
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