Are you ready to get in gear? Try the FIIT Principle.
If you have been putting off your fitness and wellness practices, let’s not procrastinate. Daily doses of fitness and wellness habits are essential to wellbeing. A healthy lifestyle is no longer a luxury, but it is necessary in today’s world. Staying fit is as simple as FIIT, a fantastic exercise prescription on which you can build an effective exercise game plan. The FITT acronym stands for frequency, intensity, time, and type, four essential principles that are building when establishing your workout agenda. Let’s break it down!
- F-Frequency—How many times a week will you commit to exercising? If you are a beginner, start by working out twice a week. Remember that three workouts a week is more of a maintenance plan, so if results are your goal, plan to work up to 4 to 5 times per week slowly.
- I-Intensity- This is how hard you work out. Suppose weight training starts with lighter weight increments and gradually increases your weights over a period. As for cardiovascular aerobic bouts, the higher the intensity, the higher your heart rate. Start by using the talk test. If you can talk when working out, you are working in a mid to low-range endurance zone.
- T- Time- This refers to how long you are working out. Start with 15-20 minutes and increase to 30 minutes of cardiovascular activity. Resistance training sessions will usually last approximately 40 to 60 minutes.
- T- Type- Define your activity- Group Fitness classes, running, cycling, swimming, dancing, pickleball, and tennis are examples of different types of activities to jump-start your regimen. Plan to change your workouts to avoid boredom and overuse injuries.
Whether you are a novice or have had to pause your workout schedule, the FIIT principle helps you define personal fitness and wellness activities to support your drive to remain healthy and happy. Find joy in your day with physical activities that are fun and motivating. You do you with FITT.
