Pre-workout snacks, previous meals, daily routine, and training mindset: why is it important to develop specific habits once you start pushing your body past its limits? The direct answer to this is pretty intuitive and also quite simple: once you start working on improving your body, your body will also develop different needs and requirements to stay healthy, regenerate, and even grow anew.
In this article you will find practical tips, insight, and recipes that you can try and be on the look out, as you start your intuitive fitness journey.
Intuitive nutrition and Workout: Why is it so important?
Have you ever asked yourself “why do I work out?” Is it to stay in shape, regain health, acquire new strength? It can be motivating to suddenly start integrating exercises either because they make you feel more productive, or you might have found out about a new routine online and you just can’t wait to try it out, but what is the best option for you?
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Defining the specific goals of your training routine should have a direct impact on how you choose to organize and select exercises, intensity, recurrence, and the associated nutrition plan.
Strengthen your intuition for better results:
Intuitive training is about letting your system tell you what it needs, which can happen progressively, as you use your training schedule to also reconnect with your body, nervous system, and sense of pleasure. It can be difficult at first, especially if you feel discomfort when it comes to trusting your intuition (find resources to fine-tune your meditation practices here), but one thing that can help is remembering that the long-term goal is to make your practice smoother, less and less burdensome, and fully independent from strict calendars, sense of guilt, and, more importantly, external validation.
- Define your goals clearly: this can’t be about “getting in shape” when you don’t have a clear idea of what “getting in shape” should mean to you specifically. Do you need to tackle surcharged areas? Strengthen your posture? Re-balance your proportions? The answer to it might likely come from your ongoing issues and weaknesses, and assessing them on your own before confirming with a specialist can tell you a lot about how well you already know your needs.
- Practice embodiment: excessive and forceful training can mess up your hormonal balance, cardiac rhythm, sleeping schedule, sense of pleasure, and more. For longer lasting results, as well as side effects prevention, try alternating periods of intense training with embodiment practices (click here for video examples of embodiment practices).
- Let your meals change: even though the ideal scenario is to eat whatever you want and look exactly the way you want, regardless of the goal, if a change is what you want, then change is what you should embrace. Take into consideration that starting a new workout program can also challenge subconscious blockages and patterns about food. Be nice to yourself as you gain knowledge through your practice.
Snacks that never miss
As we could see, the way you’re feeding your body throughout the entire day should take into consideration your specific training needs, and that will differ from one person to another. Nevertheless, certain ingredients are just better than others when we consider the direct preparation before an intense sweating session.
Fruits, vegetables, and water will boost you and keep you hydrated enough to put your body in place and ready to receive the heavier nutrients right after. Get creative with smoothies, or stay practical with organic fruits you can just toss in your bag, and remember that the more organic, the better.
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