I want to exercise along with my juice cleanse!

Making the decision to partake of a commitment like a juice cleanse often comes as part of a wider decision to clean up a lifestyle and become generally healthier. Perhaps you’ve got too fat for your own comfort, or the doctor has advised a change in habits to improve your general wellbeing. Maybe you’ve had a shock that has made you look at your own lifestyle and see there are changes you want to make or perhaps you’ve seen a new regime working well for a friend or colleague and would like to grab some of that new energy and vitality for yourself.

When it is time to make a change there is a great temptation to try to do everything. Once you’ve decided to go for a juice cleanse, you might want to launch yourself at it completely and tackle all the elements of your lifestyle in one huge swoop. It is easy to make a commitment to turning over a new leaf and rather harder to carry it through if we put ourselves under too much pressure all at once.
If you’ve got yourself prepared for your cleanse and are all ready to go, you may be eyeing up a flabby middle or sluggish legs and thinking now would be a great time to start some exercise. If you’ve been detoxing for a while and are feeling great, the opportunity to start toning up your new body will be hard to resist.

The great news is that exercising while on a detox is okay, provided you follow some simple rules to take care of yourself and give the best chance of success:-
• Take it steady. Your body is already working hard on the detox so don’t overdo exercise and risk falling off the juicing wagon.
• Hydrate. Make sure you drink plenty of water to keep your body functioning well and allow your juice cleanse to keep up the good work.
• Be sensible. If you push yourself too hard with high impact exercise while on a juice diet, you will run out of calories and your body will struggle to function. Add extra juices in to replace calories and avoid exercise that damages muscles, which need protein to repair.

The best option is to try light exercise during your juice cleanse such as walking, yoga, stretches or perhaps gentle swimming. Exercise and breaking into a light sweat is a great way encourage your body to eliminate toxins and getting moving will encourage the digestive system to empty by promoting good bowel function.

Remember, your juice detox is the start of the new you; give it the best chance of success by focusing on completing the programme and support it with exercise as you get used to your new body and its needs.

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