Fitness tips from Chris Powell

I found this on the Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition on Facebook.  I found #2 to be especially interesting.

1.
Make Fitness a Labor of Love
The key to making fitness a lifestyle is to find something you LOVE. Explore all modalities of fitness from weight lifting to cycling, basketball to badminton. Think about it like dating. There is some form of fitness out there that will be a match made in heaven for you!

2.
To Avoid the Plateau, Follow the 'Rule of 6'
Did you know that your body adapts to everything? Even working out! It actually takes about six exposures to a specific workout for your body to experience all of its benefits. To experience increased fitness and weight loss benefits you need to change things up after every six workouts!
 
3.
Use the FITT Principle
If you plateau, change ONE of the following variables to get your body losing again.


 F - FREQUENCY - Increase the Frequency (Instead of swimming for 3 days per week, increase to 4 days per week)
 I - INTENSITY - Increase the Intensity (Instead of jogging at 4.5 on the treadmill, jog at 5.0)
 T - TIME - Increase the Time (Instead of playing soccer for 45 minutes, play for 60 minutes)
 T - TYPE - Change to a different type of activity (Instead of rowing, try jumping rope or boxing)