Fitness with Outlaw Fitcamp

STRESSED OUT?

SWEAT IT OUT

by Jesse J. Leyva, Owner of Jesse James Fit & Outlaw Fitcamp

Feeling stressed? You’re not alone Stress is an inevitable part of our modern existence. Whether you’re the CEO of a large company, a Kindergarten teacher or a construction worker, you have stress to deal with. We all have bills to pay, relationships to maintain and challenges to get through.

But you don’t have to let it get the best of So whether you enjoy jogging, lifting you. How can you turn your stress-filled weights, playing basketball, practicing life on its head? ballet, swimming, yoga, rowing, or boxing, With one of the best weapons against simply getting involved in your exercise of stress: exercise. choice is sure to help reduce your stress. When stress is getting you down, you Through the Brick Wall: If you are working need something to kick you out every day and not out of your funk. You need ANY AND ALL getting the stress relief something that makes you feel good. EXERCISE YOU you want then it’s time to do things a little Every time you exercise, you increase your body’s production of endorphins. PERFORM HELPS YOU FEND OFF THE EFFECTS OF different. If all you do is lift weights five days a week, you should add in tennis or racquetball In case you have forgotten, STRESS. a couple days a week. endorphins are responsible And if you’re all cardio for those good moods you get in after all the time, it may be time to get off the a race or the euphoria you feel while treadmill and grab a dumbbell or two. chomping down on a piece of chocolate. Still not working? Keep a diary of your However, before you grab a piece of progression. Write down how long and chocolate and skip the gym, remember hard you exercise, the various weights the end result of each and choose which you lift, and the steps you make toward one will help you battle stress in the long whatever health goal you set for yourself. run. (Hint: It’s not the chocolate.) Take pictures along the way as well. Then Any and all exercise you perform helps look back over your journal on occasion. you fend off the effects of stress. Seeing the progression when you feel you’re not making progress may give you the confidence you need to put stress in its place and move on.

Jesse James Fit and Outlaw FitCamp’s mission is to get each and every one of our clients the body that they desire and along with that a low stress lifestyle.

Take the stress out of planning your own workouts by joining one of our highenergy, fat-blasting exercise programs.