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A Total Fitness Program is more than exercise and more than eating right. It is a “fitness
for life” plan that goes hand in hand with an overall healthy lifestyle. This includes
regular check-ups and exercise, now and for the rest of your life.
Your total fitness program consists of three parts:
• Aerobic exercise to burn calories.
• Strength conditioning exercises to tone and shape your muscles,
increase your metabolic rate, and strengthen your bones.
• A diet that is safe, sensible and healthy.
Today, all fitness research recommends both aerobic exercise and strength conditioning
to achieve balanced fitness. By improving your aerobic fitness you will strengthen
your heart and lungs, increase your stamina and endurance, and help with weight
loss. Strength conditioning adds lean muscle to your body, increasing your body’s
metabolism. In this process, your body burns more calories, even while you rest.
When you combine aerobic workouts with strength conditioning, as you will with
your Gazelle
™
Supra Pro, you can burn more fat and calories than with just aerobic
exercise alone.
The Gazelle
™
Supra Pro workout will help with the first two parts of your Total Fitness
Program, but you need to make healthy, low-fat eating a big priority as well.
Consult with your physician
about an eating plan that’s right for you. Healthy
eating habits and exercise will help you reach your goal. We recommend that you
follow dietary guidelines approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. These guidelines are contained in
the Food Guide Pyramid.
Fruit
Group
Vegetable
Group
Bread, Cereal, Rice
& Pasta Group
Fats, Oils,
& Sweets
Meat, Poultry,
Fish, Beans,
Eggs & Nuts
Milk,
Yogurt &
Cheese
KEY
Fat (naturally
occurring and
added)
Sugar
(added)
Starting at the base of the pyramid, you
should strive for 6 - 11 servings a day
from the Bread, Cereal, Rice and Pasta
food group. You should eat 3 - 5 serv-
ings a day from the Vegetable group,
and 2 - 4 servings from the Fruit group.
You should also eat 2 - 3 servings a day
from the Milk, Yogurt and Cheese
group, and from the Meat, Poultry,
Fish, Beans, Eggs and Nuts food
group. Lastly, use Fats, Oils and
Sweets sparingly.
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OUR TOTAL FITNESS PROGRAM