The balance between rest, nutrition and training

14 November 2018
Certain ingredients are essential for a healthy lifestyle. One cannot do without the other and together they will make you feel great every day!
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Certain ingredients are essential for a healthy lifestyle. One cannot do without the other and together they will make you feel great every day! A healthy lifestyle consists, among other things, of eating healthy food full of good nutrients that give you energy. Alongside this, adequate exercise and sleep are essential. Everything should be nicely in balance for a healthy rhythm.

The ideal balance between exercise, sleep and nutrition
Certain ingredients are essential for a healthy lifestyle. One cannot do without the other and together they will make you feel great every day! A healthy lifestyle consists, among other things, of eating healthy food full of good nutrients that give you energy. Alongside this, adequate exercise and sleep are essential. Everything should be nicely in balance for a healthy rhythm.

Healthy living, how do you manage that?
What is healthy for one person is not necessarily what is healthy for another. For example, eating and exercise schedules may vary from one person to the next and still be just as healthy. But, we can identify an average healthy rhythm in the right proportions between food, exercise and sleep.

Exercise
Exercise is very important as it is the most effective way to produce beneficial, healthy effects for the body. It can also play an important role in the prevention of chronic diseases. The best time to exercise depends on your own preferences. Working out early in the evening can be useful so that you can get on with it straight after work and be back home for dinner. In the morning you can get off to a fresh start and keep your evenings free for any other plans. A practical and achievable exercise schedule is actually the most important thing to keep it up. And hang in there, that's what it's all about...

Healthy diet
Following a healthy diet with sufficient varied nutrients is also important. Ideally, you shouldn't eat too much just before going to bed and make sure you have a nutritious breakfast that gives you enough energy for the whole morning. Again, what you need is very personal to you. It depends, among other things, on how much exercise you do and what kind of exercise you do. If you move a lot you need different proportions of carbohydrates and proteins than if you move less.   

Adequate sleep
In addition to physical activity and nutrition, sleep is very important for a healthy lifestyle. Timing, duration and quality of sleep is essential for many aspects of health. Make sure you get enough sleep during the night and plan enough rest in your fitness schedule. By sleeping enough you give your body and your muscles time to recover and generate energy afresh.