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Christin McDowell’s 6 Step to Total Fitness Program is a program that is recommended by doctors and backed by science and easy to do! It covers all the steps to personalized fitness that will get you in shape, losing weight and more!

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If you’re making the commitment to exercise and change your body, you have to make sure you have the right game plan as easy to get really excited about changing your body and getting fitter, but it’s even easier to lose focus and get off course. This is why we’ve put so much effort into making sure you have everything you need to get on track and get your body back, or get the body you’ve always wanted.

If you’re starting your program for the first time, or have been skeptical about starting anything because you want to make sure it’s right, you need to remember that your body isn’t going to feel good when you first start. Your body is addicted to poor habits such as having a sedentary lifestyle, eating crappy food, not exercising etc. It won’t feel good to do anything else because it’s foreign and because your body is completely toxic and out of shape. With my clients I have noticed it takes about 2-3 months (if they have been sedentary) for their bodies to start working efficiently. Think of it as a broken down car that has been sitting in the junk yard for month; it’s no where near being able to run as it should, a fully equipped performance car. Your bodies take time to clean themselves out, depending on how much damage you’ve done… they need to be cleaned from the inside out. That’s why it’s so important you are eating good, quality foods, Healthy Tart style.

If you are just starting out, or have not been exercising regularly for the past month, year or so, I have designed workouts in my book to make sure you progress safely, effectively and efficiently. It is vital that you assess your Risk Factors and discern if you need a THRZ (Target Heart Rate Zone) or HRR (Heart Rate Reserve). Once you get to a better state of health and fitness, it’s not as necessary to be constantly checking your heart rate, and if you have questions, check with your doctor. I would recommend you get tri-monthly check ups on your cholesterol, blood pressure, body fat and blood sugars to track your progress and make sure you are adjusting your heart rate as necessary. Your body will naturally want to slow down if you’re going to fast, so just make sure you working out at a comfortable pace. Eventually, you will need to start incorporating more difficult workouts, and will need to increase your THRZ or HRR , that is why I have made progressive workouts:

1. Severely Overweight or Inactive
2. Beginner or Overweight
3. Intermediate
4. Advanced

I have provided you the correct 7 Day Layouts associated with each level of difficultly, with the right amount of total exercise time. If you feel it’s too much or too little, listen to your body and adjust it appropriately. You body will be the best indicator of what you are ready to do!

Your workouts should be challenging, but they also need to be fun! There are so many activities you can do outside that will interest you far more than spending labor some hours in a sweaty gym. For example: Running on trails, swimming in a lake, skiing, mountain bike riding, walking, hiking, climbing, playing sports etc. Some of the most fun workouts I have are outside, on the track. Also, you need to make sure you are changing up the modes of exercising that you do (as I have provided in the 7 Day Layouts). For example: Monday you do a land workout, Tuesday and swim workout, and Wednesday you take off. This will allow your body to recover properly, which will ultimately get you fitter faster, burn more body fat and will prevent injury, sickness or burnout.

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