Simple Ways to Get Fit As a Teenager
Simple Ways to Get Fit As a Teenager
Your body will grow and change during your teen years. So, during this period of your life, it’s important to keep physically fit and develop healthy dietary and exercise habits. If you’d like to increase your level of fitness, start by eating a healthy diet. Try to spend less time lounging around or watching TV, and be active for at least one hour a day. If you’d like to start taking your fitness more seriously as a teen, you can even join a gym or put together an at-home workout plan.
1.Improving Your Diet
2.Stick with foods that give you a healthy, balanced diet. The first—and most important—part of staying fit as a teen is proper diet. Avoid unhealthy meals, including most processed foods and fast food. Instead, focus on eating plenty of dairy and proteins to help you grow. These can include milk, yogurt, chicken, beef, fish, and beans or tofu.
3.If you (like most teens) still live at your parents’ house, ask them to help with your diet. Ask them to buy healthy snacks and to serve non-processed, whole foods for meals.
4.Staying Active Daily
5.Be active for at least one hour every day. An hour of daily activity will help you become more fit, and cut back on negative effects from a slow-paced lifestyle. You don’t have to visit a gym or take up a sport to be active: try walking or riding your bike to a friend’s house instead of driving, or visiting a local pool and swimming after school.
Increasing your daily activity has various health benefits. One hour of daily activity on most days of the week and will reduce stress, gain energy, and reduce risk for certain diseases.
6.Putting Together a Workout Plan
Start an at-home exercise routine. Consider putting together a basic routine to boost your fitness level. Whether or not you have access to a gym, start with the basics at home: push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups and, if you have access to weights, basic squats, curls, and bench presses.If you’re not sure of where to begin—what exercises to include in your routine, what weights to lift, etc.—talk to your gym coach or check online for teen weight-training recommendations.
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