Diet and Nutrition
By Sharael Feist
July 23, 1999
First, learn how to eat properly to ensure that you get the necessary nutrition. Check out enutrition.com for information about sports nutrition, weight management, natural remedies, and vitamins and supplements. You can also buy products such as vitamins, protein supplements, or diet aides.
If you’re trying to lose weight, visit cyberdiet.com. It has a seven day diet plan to get you started. You can make a custom eating plan that suits your tastes and special requirements– including vegetarian or diabetes-friendly diets. No more sitting at your computer munching on potato chips and drinking endless cups of coffee. While you’re surfing these sites you’ll want to make sure you’re eating healthy snacks.
Fitness Facts
Getting fit includes exercise as well as nutrition. Learn how frequently you need to work up a sweat and which type of exercise best fits your lifestyle.
The World Guide to Health and Fitness is a great starting point. It covers topics such as anatomy, strength training, cardiovascular exercise, eating well, and sports nutrition. It also links to fitness information about mountain biking, wilderness, and technology.
If you don’t have time to run five miles a day or go for a strenuous daylong hike, having access to a gym is a time-saving way to pump some iron and get fit. The Fitness Zone has a Gyms Locator that can help you find a gym near you. When you locate a health club in your area, see whether it provides Netpulse stations. These allow you to surf the Internet, check your e-mail, watch TV, or listen to CDs while using stationery bikes, stairmasters, or climbing machines.
Summer Sports
Whether it’s surfing, mountain biking, beach volleyball, or scuba diving, sports are a great way to have fun while exercising. Before you start strenous exercise in the summer heat or winter chill, read how to get in shape without getting injured.
To find out what sports activites are in your area, try CitySearch.com. Click on your city and then on the sports section. There you’ll find guides to different recreational sports in your city. For extreme sports lovers, check out MountainZone.com. It lists information on mountain biking, snowboarding, hiking, skiing, and climbing.
S-T-R-E-T-C-H
While surfing your favorite sports and fitness sites and important thing to remember is to s-t-r-e-t-c-h. Sitting at a computer for hours on end can make your muscles stiff. For some stretching exercises to do while at your computer visit Stretching.com. Also, be sure to drink plenty of water to increase your circulation.
If you want to really get limber and relax, try some yoga. (Do this at home so people at your office don’t look at you funny.). Go to the Yoga Site for directions on how to do some yoga stretches.