Firewood for fitness
Planning on picking up the pace tomorrow? Eat food that will help keep you going dynamic. For breakfast, give out for a high-carbohydrate meal—one similar to what you'll be eating on race day, so you can find out what foods digest chief(for you!). Try a whole-grain English muffin or a bagel with peanut butter or a low-fat cream cheese. Then, have a well-rounded meal post-workout to help with recovery. Andrew Kastor's favorite? One to two slices French toast with a side of fruit. "The protein-to-carbohydrate rate is ideal for enhancing my recovery," he says. We like that it's super-yummy, too.
Shake your trick slight
Sick of that oval or bike or workout DVD? That means it's time to mix up your routine! Our favorite way: Break a sweat by going and shaking. Simply make a playlist with your favorite "cut a rug" tunes ("Girls Just Want to Have Fun"? "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"?), then turn up the size, and start breach it down. For even more fun, invite some girl pals over and get grooving (and laughing). The best part is that you'll each burn about 200 to 600 calories per hour. Now that's something to shimmy about!
Quiet those part stitches
You know it: a acute pain just under the thorax grate that always look at to pop up when you're working out your solid. It's called the side stitch, and it can be a major raid—especially when it keeps you from fulfilling a workout. To ease the ache (so you can get on with your run), take your fist and press it beneath your rib cage while taking deep breaths from your belly for about 10 steps. In about 30 seconds, the pain should subside, so you can get on back to (fitness) work.
Slather up!
Part Five
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