How Fitness Help to Cop our Grief and Lost

When grieving, you may feel as if you are helpless. But you can take charge of your

health and participate in regular exercise, which may help you cope during the grieving process.

Remember that grief is a normal emotion, and you will heal over time.

Grief causes tremendous stress on the body. Unresolved grief can trigger depression, anxiety, substance abuse and health problems, according to HelpGuide.org. Grief may weaken your immune system and cause you to feel fatigued often. Taking care of yourself while grieving becomes especially important.

Exercise helps take your mind off your concerns. Physical activity releases endorphins, natural chemicals in your body that can help enhance your mood, decrease stress hormones and improve sleeping patterns. Aim for 30 minutes or more of exercise a day, for three to five days a week. Try to get enough sleep and eat properly as well.

Walking is one of the easiest, most convenient ways to incorporate physical activity into your daily routine. Walk outside and observe nature. Walk in the sunlight to stimulate the production of Vitamin D and increase serotonin levels in the brain. Ask a friend to join you, because you will benefit from social support at this time. Stretch before and after walking to prevent muscle cramps. Even short walks can help you feel better.

Practice deep breathing. Imagine yourself breathing in love, and breathing out sorrow. Focus on your abdomen, noticing it rise and fall. Allow yourself to experience emotion and soften your belly, rather than tensing it. Attempts to numb pain can cause tension in your body. Practice this exercise for 15 minutes a day if you can.

Performing any activity that gets your heart pumping can help improve your mental health. Like traditional physical activity then try running, jogging, swimming or cycling.

Next time I will write more about holistic living ways to cop our grief and lost…..

IN THE MEMORY OF ARINE TCHERCHIAN

J.T. Challenging and Motivating Story

J.T is 38 years old male, married, have 3 hyperactive kids and attending school. So you can imagine how stressful is his life. But with all his hectic life he was very committed client and willing to do any routine.

Because he wanted to increase his cardio, loose body fat and increase muscle strength and endurance, each time I gave him different routine (Monday work on upper body muscles, Wednesday work on lower body muscles and Friday work whole body muscles mostly Plyometric which helps preventing injuries).

When we started our training his weight was 183lb and his BMI 29, now after three month training he weights 173.4lb and his BMI is 27.2, which makes me say proudly “ I am very proud of you my client because together we reached to one of your goals and that is to lose 10lb in 3 month”

As for body measurement one of most important body part that we all have to be careful is our waist measurement which can lead us to lots of diseases . My client waist measurement at the beginning was 38 inc, now his waist is 36.8.

With weights exercises he made double progress, example: bicep pull down he use to do 40lb now he can do 80lb. Bird dog exercise he used to hold for 60sec now he can hold for 180sec. This can make me check on the second and third goal to be flexible and balanced. All this encourage him to keep consistent.

In this journey we both learned from each other. J.T. used to be closed not showing or talking about his feelings but now I feel he is so comfortable and I enjoy that. As for me I learned from my client as much as possible not to be over reacting and try to take it easy.

Thank you my dear client, I really enjoyed every single moment with you as your trainer and now I can say: WE DID IT!!