Long Term Exercise Options to Supplement Your Six Week Makeover

Although it is readily apparent that the Provida Michael Thurmond makeover weight loss program is far less about exercise than it is nutrition, it might be a good idea to keep mindful of both.  This is especially true of people who have finished the regimen and are slowly making their way back to regular normal living if you will.

One thing I have noticed in examining the makeover program is that it is highly rare that someone finish it and stay on it to the exacting degree asked after they are done. To many it is probably the let out of prison mentality. I know I felt it when I completed Insanity by Shaun T. I wanted nothing to do with fast hard exercise. I was tired of being tied down to schedules and daily “must-dos”.  So the point is that it is human nature to want to push everything aside for a while and do it our own way.   Realistically, we’ll all go back to many of our same habits.

Hopefully the transition will have taken place after you finish the  Provida Michael Thurmond makeover where you are operating with the fundamentals of what foods are good for you to keep weight off or to put weight on. If we learned anything from the program it is that what makes up food matters and matters in a big way towards our results.

Provida Michael Thurmond Makeover also made the point that exercise isn’t all that important.  While I believe that approach works well within the structure of the plan, I also think you have to be careful to not give up on adding new and fun exercise to your life and keeping it there. Exercise will be your hedge against the risk of weight gain and it will also be a large factor in whether or not you gain back that weight. Remember you aren’t likely going to be as super strict as you were in the program.

Consider these exercise options. I put them together knowing that if you are a graduate of the 6 week program, you probably don’t like exercise all that much. First, if you want to feel vital and young and relaxed for a long period of time, you need to focus on being less stress and tight using stretching. A good 15 minute stretching routine is actually super exercise. There are lots of them online.

The other exercise area you need to focus on is making sure you get the heart rate up. If you jog, sprint on occasion. If you bike, bike hard for 30 seconds to a minute. This engages your full lung function, clears the mind and helps you burn off excess weight faster than going one pace all the time.