Dark chocolate is more than a popular Valentine’s gift. It is a tried and tested recovery food for a healthy aerobic workout. And it’s a thoughtful way to show the athlete in your life you care on Valentine’s Day.
For those who really care every day, a rigorous physical and heart health assessment can be a gift that keeps on giving. Advances in sports medicine have made it possible to check on healthy hearts and make sure they stay healthy. San Diego based Sharp Health Care has one of the best fitness testing programs. It is called “Sharp Cardiovascular Screening.” The program accepts prepaid telephone reservations at 1-800-82SHARP, making it a good choice for a last minute Valentine Gift.
There is more good heart health news that you can put to work for you and your team. My own score from last month’s “Sharp Cardiovascular Screening” is zero on a scale of 500. That means my heart is in perfect condition and I am fit to compete in any aerobic activity. The result is even better than most professional athletes tested in San Diego. This is very unusual, but it is not a coincidence. The expert advice that Sports Business Examiners get on the job helps us stay fit and healthy off duty, too. You can benefit from this experience by following these time tested tips:
1. Learn from experts. A gold medal does not depend on luck. Sports achievements are the result of hard work, dedication and a fair amount of “trial and error.” Top athletes have already learned from their own errors so if you follow their examples, you can focus on excellence.
2. Attend sports and fitness expositions and see what is new and might work for you. There have been extraordinary advances in sports science and exercise equipment design in the last few decades. That is a key reason why world records continue to be broken. Look at a few yearbook photographs from USC athletics in the 1920’s & 1930’s, or even 1999. From precision weight pneumatic resistance equipment to NASA designed devices for exercise in outer space, today’s fitness devotees have many times more choices than the top athletes of the last century.
3. Include gym routines and aerobic training as part of your athletic regimen. Divers use very different muscles for triple summersaults than baseball outfielders. (When was the last time you saw an outfielder do a triple summersault?) But all work out alongside other athletes and fitness devotees in well equipped gyms. This approach is similar to building a strong foundation for a new building. The form and function of the buildings are different, but they all benefit from a strong foundation. And they get out of shape like the Leaning Tower of Pisa if they do not have a strong foundation.
4. Watch sports you like. You do not burn a lot of calories as a spectator, but you get to adopt and internalize the best practices of the athletes you observe.
5. Keep a fitness diary. Writing down details about your gym routines and recreational sports schedule reminds you that fitness is serious business. And if your sports results or your “Sharp Cardiovascular Screening” show that some changes could be beneficial, you can go back over your fitness diary and look at what components need to be fine tuned. Your fitness diary can also become a way to make more money for your recreational sports budget and a premium gym membership. Examiner.com is adding more sports experts all the time. Writing about fitness for yourself is good for your health, but writing and getting paid for it is even better!
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