Physical fitness isn’t just for body builders or people who have countless hours to spend at the gym. Fitness is a state of having your body at an optimum level of health. You can do this without killing yourself at the gym or eating next to nothing. This article will show you ways that you can start being more fit today.

When working out, make sure you take your time and focus on doing any and all exercises properly. Even if you can’t do as many or goes as long as you could if you were using short cuts, you’ll get much better results by doing fewer perfect form exercises. Not to mention that by using short cuts or improper form you could end up injuring yourself

To get the most benefit out of your strength training, incorporate stretches into your routine. At least one scientific study suggests that if you pause after training your muscles and spend 20-30 seconds stretching out whatever muscle (or set of muscles) it is you’ve been working, this will increase your strength.

Challenge yourself. Increase the amount of exercise that you do every day or every other day. You will eventually hit a plateau in your exercise routine and not be doing yourself any good when you get used to what you do normally. They always say ‘no pain, no gain’.

To save your knees, change your running shoes as needed. Shoes last about five-hundred miles. As soon as you buy them, label them with an expiration date. Divide five-hundred by your average weekly miles run, to figure out how many weeks your shoes should last. Changing out your shoes will help you to avoid possible injuries.

You can be fit if you want to. There is no reason for you have to spend all of your time trying to do it. Simple changes to your daily life can make all the difference in the world. This article has shown you lots of ways that you can start to get more fit right away.