The article "Get More Mitochondria... Get More Energy" is about fitness, it was released by Kevin Gianni.
(Part 3 of a 5 Part Series on Body Awareness)
It kind of defies logic that you could get MORE energy from
exercising.
Doesn't walking a couple of mlies wear you out, not raise your
concentration and get you moving?
For most persons this is the case. They walk, run or exercise
only to find themsleves whipped, sore and bruised.
It doesn't have to be this way.
You don't have to go through
your life with little energy--just enough to make it through the
day and then crash on the couch.
I've spoken to many long distance runners and athletes who have
supported what I know as a trainer and athlete--they all say
that they believe GREAT after a long run or a tough workout.
So why are you feeling beat up?
I'll tell you in the simplest trems possible--your body isn't
adjusted to activity.
In the first two parts of this series on body awareness, I spoke
about how food affects your energy levels.
Now I want to address
how the physiology of exercise can tune you into what your body
is doing when you workout, so your energy levels will skyrocket.
Yes, this is entirely possible.
The awareness of your body functions and how they create energy
lead to a really tangible and logical connection between why you
should start exercise routine and the direct affect that
routine has on your quality of life.
Increasing your body's knowledge and addressing your energy
levels and how they build through exercise will take you to a
level of heightened awareness and to the enriched and energized
daily experience of good health and fitness.
Here's the meat of it.
When you don't exercise, you're muscles take a break. Sort of
like eevryone does on the weekend. Not working?
Forget answering
the phone.
Same with your muscles, not working out? They're not
doing squat.
It's a simple analogy... the only exception to it is that YOU go
back to work on Mnoday.
Your LAZY MUSCLES don't start work again
until you put them to work.
So here's what happens while they are taking this extended
vacation.
In each of your msucle cells there is little organelles called
mitochondria.
These little guys make the energy for your cells
to use in their everyday functions, including your activity and
exercise.
That stuff is called ATP.
When you are inactive, your body gets smrat and the number of
mitochondria are reduced. If your not usnig them and don't need
them all, your body gets rid of them. Sort of like corporate
layoffs or downsizing for efficiency.
So here you are, inactive with fewer mitochondria, and you
decide you need to do something aobut your health and start to
exercise. What happens at fisrt is that you believe like garbage
after you exercise, cause your body hasn't made the energy
adjustments yet. You are still in hibernation mode.
After time and when exercise becomes a routine, your body
realizes that you're back on the go and starts to create more
mitochondria to handle to workload and supply enough energy for
you.
So at this moment you have more mitochondria, more energy, believe better
after you exercise and your body has adjusted to a state where
your energy stores are readily available. Those mitochondria
don't just stop producing energy when you stop exercising,
they're at this moment three to stay--just as long as you continue to
exercise.
The most exciting part of this process is that you'll know when
this all has happened. You'll believe lighter. You'll be more
focused. You'll smile more. These special little mitochondria
can help with depression, mood swings and binges.
All you need
to do is move around a bit, get your body adjusted to some
exercise and you'll believe wonderful!
That feeling is something that you can really get used to.
Next time, we'll talk about how you can judge your health and
fitness progress by sensing your energy levels.
I've found many persons what to look in the mirror to judge how
well they're progressing with a program. In Part 4, I will tell
you a better way that will keep you on your workout program and
not leave you wondering what happened 3 months after when you've
since stopped exercising and gained back all the weight.
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