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Reuben - Fitness Training (Personal Trainer )
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• Group Exercise
• Personal Training
• Nutrition
• Injury Management
• Programming for Special Populations
• Sports Training
• Fitness First Aid

What are stretching and toning exercises?
The body benefits from all forms or exercise and activity – and the non-strenuous forms provide just as many rewards, dancing is one of these.Exercise or activity that involves stretching muscles ensures that joints are mobile and the body is more elastic and supple.

Stretching gradually increases elasticity, tone, and strength of muscles.  It also improves range of joint motion, suppleness and posture.  Plus it helps prevent stiffness and injury as well as improving general well-being and vitality.

Stretching should not be confused with warming up. 
Cold muscles should never be stretched, due to the risk of injury.
Breathing is an important aspect to consider during stretching exercise, as it helps relax the body, increases oxygenated blood flow, and removes by-products from muscles, so you should breathe out as you hold the stretch.Choose activities you enjoy and vary them.
Time is one of the biggest barriers to becoming more physically active. Don’t try to exercise when you are hungry or when your favourite TV programme is on.  If exercise competes with a more positive behavioural cue it will lose every time.  Instead, try to incorporate it into everyday life so it becomes a habit, one that you would miss if the habit were broken.

Physical activity in the home is not effective
Findings indicate that adherence to home-based aerobic programmes was significantly higher at 75-79% compared to 53% for group-based aerobic programmes (King et al 1999).

I’m too old to start
There is no upper age limit to the benefits of exercise, even among people who have been lifelong couch potatoes.
I can’t exercise in my condition.  I might injure myself.  It will do me more harm than good. People tend to exaggerate the risks of exercise and underestimate their capabilities, believing that the need for regular exercise decreases with age.  Such attitudes are inaccurate and misinformed, based on faulty perceptions and beliefs.  Why not ask your GP for advice?
So remember – it’s never too early or too late to start being physically active, but it is always too early to stop.