Local Columbus Fitness Bootcamp Instructor Gives 4 Tips for Dads on Father’s Day

Columbus, OH, June 21, 2009 --(PR.com)-- It’s been getting worse every year. Father’s Day is right around the corner. Not saying the actual day is bad. Just saying your dad is getting worse every year. And not necessarily your dad, but in general.

There is something called metabolic syndrome X floating around. It’s a scary condition. People with this disorder have much greater chances for type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. But that’s to be expected since the top 2 risk factors for this syndrome is fat in the stomach and insulin resistance. But other reasons for the on set of Metabolic Syndrome X can be inactivity, growing old, genetics, and hormonal imbalance.

If you have any of these symptoms of metabolic syndrome X, the most common cause for them is lack of physical activity and/or your diet sucks. ? Here are the top 3 tips that will help save Dad’s life.

Tip #1.) Lift weights with your big muscles

If you want to burn fat all over your body you need to train your big muscles with big exercises. Big muscles are your thighs, back, chest, shoulders, hips, and butt. Big exercises are squats, deadlifts, rows, overhead presses, pushups, presses, pull-ups, and swings.

Big muscles used means more weight can be used on the exercises. More weight means you’ll build bigger muscles. Bigger muscles means faster metabolism. Faster metabolism means more fat burned during the day.

Tip #2.) You will probably need some professional help and/or advice

Everybody is busy. Dad’s with kids still in the house probably even more so. You don’t have time to sift through all the information out their on fitness and nutrition. You don’t know what’s good, what’s bad, and what you need specifically.

That’s where a fitness professional will come into play. Quit being so macho, dads. It doesn’t make you less of a man to join a bootcamp or hire a personal trainer. It actually makes you smarter because you have effectively contracted out your fitness needs. Now you’ll have more time just for you, or your kids, wife, friends.

Tip #3.) Your daily nutrition plan

Nutrition made simpler. Isn’t that what everyone wants. Well, not completely. Here is the basic template. Here it is:

1. Eat breakfast everyday
2. Eat every 3 hours afterwards
3. Eat a lean protein source every time you eat
4. Eat 5 or more fruits and vegetables throughout the day
5. Focus on eating things that have only 1 ingredient
6. Drink lots of water
7. Take a multi-vitamin
8. Take a fish oil or krill oil supplement

How’s that? Nutrition simplified into 8 steps. Granted you have to fill it out to your tastes. But follow that basic template and the other rules and watch the belly fat and Metabolic Syndrome X be a distant memory, or even avoid it completely.

Happy Father’s Day.

Jason Yun is a certified sports nutritionist and personal trainer. He is the head trainer at Yun Fitness Bootcamps and helps hundreds of Columbus residents look better naked every year. To contact him about his services please call 614-432-9703 or email at JYun@yunbootcamps.com. For your free 2-week trial to his bootcamps go to http://www.yunbootcamps.com/schedule.html

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