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When Exercise Is An Addiction

Posted on 11 August 2009

Although far too many people in this country aren’t exercising enough, some people are exercising obsessively to the point where it is an addiction. For a person with “exercise dependency” working out has become an obsession which dominates their life much like an addiction to drugs or alcohol.

A compulsive exerciser is different from a serious athlete in three fundamental ways. The serious athlete is:

Working out towards a specific goal, event or season
Looking for performance-related results from their training (beyond weight loss/management)
Taking breaks and/or decreasing in their training when they are off-season

A compulsive exerciser is doing none of these.

Exercise addicts begin to experience symptoms of withdrawl within 24-36 hours when they are not able to exercise due to circumstance beyond their control. These symptoms include:

anxiety
irritability
nervousness
guilt

Exercise addicts are most often women between the ages of 35 and 60. Typically, these women started working out in adulthood to lose weight and get in shape. They tend to have a history of issues with low self-esteem and are perfectionistic by nature. Working out has given them a sense of power and self-confidence they hadn’t experienced before.

Sharon Stoliaroff, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist based in Chevy Chase, MD, developed this checklist to screen for addiction to exercise. Rate yourself as honestly as you can on the checklist below:

I have missed important social obligations and family events in order to exercise.

I have given up other interests, including time with friends, in order to make more time to work out.

Missing a workout makes me irritable and depressed.

I only feel content when I am exercising or within the hour after exercising.

I like exercise better than sex, good food, or a movie — in fact there’s almost nothing else that I’d rather do.

I work out even if I’m sick, injured, or exhausted. I’ll feel better when I get moving anyway.

In addition to my regular schedule, I’ll exercise more if I find extra time.

Family and friends have told me I’m too involved in exercise.

I have a history (or a family history) of anxiety or depression. Although exercise in and of itself is a positive thing, good for both body and the mind. Obsessive exercise means the individual is no longer in control of their behavior. Exercise has become a focal point of their lives to the exclusion of other things.

If you answered yes three or more of these items you may be addicted to exercise. Consider speaking with a counselor/mental health professional to make sure that exercise is just one part of a healthy, balanced life.

(survey source: Volume 18, Number 6, Running & FitNews The American Running Association)

Geralyn Coopersmith, MA, CSCS is an exercise physiologist, certified personal trainer, author of Fit + Female: The Complete Fitness and Nutrition Game Plan for Your Unique Body Type and the creator of The Best Me Ever, a comprehensive weight loss and wellness system just for women. It’s a first of its kind program designed to fit into a busy women’s life. Lose weight and look great — 90 Day Unconditional Money Back Guarantee!!

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Fitness Walking – Is Walking For Fitness Possible?

Posted on 20 March 2009

Are you looking for a way to get more fit? Perhaps you have heard that walking for fitness is a good way to start, but you may wonder if fitness walking really brings results. After all, it doesn’t seem like work so can fitness walking really work? Yes it can.

Here’s the simple fact about walking, it does what your body needs, and gets it moving.

Unfortunately, as a society we have forgotten about fitness walking. It used to be that everyone walked all the time to get from point A to point B. They were always walking for fitness while they were taking care of the things they needed to get done. But these days we drive everywhere and walk as little as possible.

If you want to regain your health without paying a fortune to be a part of a gym or for some fancy exercise class, start with the basics – walking.

Walking for fitness is possible. Let’s look at what walking does for the body. Among the things walking does for the body is gives your heart a work out so it can get healthier. It can help to lower blood pressure, and get you motivated. One of the best benefits of walking for fitness is that it can also help you lose weight.

It’s easy to add walking to your daily routine. Instead of getting in the car to visit a neighbor, walk over. If you are going to a store, park further away from the building and walk in and back. If you want to get more serious, find a park near your home and enjoy a leisurely walk around to give yourself a good workout.

Walking for fitness can also be combined with other strategies to drop those pounds and get your body in better shape, faster!

No matter how you decide to alter your lifestyle in terms of nutrition and exercise, be certain to get detox your system regularly and to get consistent exercise

Without the proper nutrition, exercise, and detoxification regimen, you may be halting your weight loss efforts before they even begin

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Relax With a Little Yoga

Posted on 26 September 2008

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The Fast & Effective Workout Series – You Are Out Of Excuses

Posted on 22 September 2008

There are two major reasons that people don’t workout.

1) They don’t have enough time in their day

2) (Somewhat related) It’s difficult to get to the gym

That’s why home gyms are so great. You aren’t traveling anywhere, just get to it — and get on with your day. Until relatively recently, home gyms were just for the rich and famous, but no more.

Today with so many wonderful training tools on the market, almost everyone can have some sort of a home gym.

Best of all these tools aren’t expensive, complicated to use – and don’t they take up a lot of space (so your gym can be stored in your closet and rolled right in to your bedroom).

My clients inevitably have lots questions about “What should I buy?” and “How do I use it“. So I’ve taken out all the guesswork. Over the next few weeks I’ll be showing you three different levels of Fast & Effective Home Workouts (Levels 1, 2 & 3). Divided into Upper Body, Lower Body and Core routines, they all use minimal equipment, take minimal time — but give you the maximal bang for your fitness buck. So now there is absolutely no excuse not to get started.

This week, I’ll show you a Level 1 Workout for Upper Body, Lower Body and Core.

This intro video to the series, details how easy it is to create your own home gym. And be sure to check out my equipment page on my TheBestMeEver.com site for links to these products from my partners at Perform Better.

Special thanks to Anthony Renna the folks at Five Iron Fitness in White Plains, NY!

Geralyn Coopersmith, MA, CSCS is an exercise physiologist, certified personal trainer and the creator of The Best Me Ever, a comprehensive weight loss and wellness system just for women. Read about her new book, fit+female, here.

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