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Old 11-06-2006, 02:46 PM
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Default Howto increase your energy level

Hi all,

I am interested in all the ways that worked for you to increase your energy level. What activities(regular or sporadic) or what changes what have you done in your life to have more energy in everything you do ?

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This may be an obvious one (e.g. "The sky is blue!") but taking a multi-vitamin certainly can help with energy levels.

Most people do not have a diverse enough diet to get all of the nutrients needed for daily efficiency.
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Go to the gym every day (except weekends), eat clean (more fruits and veggies). Get enough sleep (depends on a person).
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Default Energy

Your energy level is dependent on your metabolism. Read Dr. Hyman's Ultrametabolism on ways to increase your own metabolism. It is one of the best books I have ever read.
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Hello, Dan.

The following link describes a very effective way to quickly increase your energy levels along with diagrams. It works wonders when you're tired or feeling a bit off:

Increase your energy levels in 1 minute.

I hope you find it as useful as much as I do.
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Like others have stated...

1. Exercise, weights (olympic style weightlifting) couple with some form of cardio (sprinting or jogging).
2. Clean up your diet and find foods that agree with you. Ie, with some people diary products destroy them.
3. Learn effective sstress management techniques
4. Sleep
5. Enjoy life
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Besides the other great advice everyone else is giving you, I also found waking up at the same time every day (weekends, included) to be a great way for me to find consistant energy. And doing a bit of excersize at the beginning of hte day helps me to get lots of motivation and momentum going for the rest of hte day.
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Go to the gym every day (except weekends), eat clean (more fruits and veggies). Get enough sleep (depends on a person).
Why skip weekends?
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Why skip weekends?
Your body needs to recuperate.
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Doing things that makes you happy. Keeping your life in a good track.
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Hey I personally find that taking a 20 minute nap every time you are even the slightest bit tired is killer. Sometimes I will get in this bad zone where I am tired and I am sitting on my computer just zoning out and I end up wasting hours at a time. Now I try to take naps to avoid feeling tired like that.

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Default I had major increases in energy

These are the SIMPLE changes that I made that improved my energy levels by a huge margin. I use the tips on a daily basis:
  • VITAMINS: I recommend taking a multivatmin, fish oil, vitamin C, B12, folic acid, flaxseed oil everyday.
  • WORKOUT DAILY: I recommend working out in a different way, 6 days a week. Be it plyometrics, cardio, or powerlifting.
  • DIET: You do not need wheat products. Remove them completely from your diet. Focus on six small meals a day. Eat FRESH and clean foods like fish, fruits, veggies.
  • SLEEP/REST: You gotta recover after those workouts so take time to rest and sleep. Let yourself relax.
  • ATTITUDE: Have a positive outlook. Always look on the bright side of things. Make your workout and meals enjoyable. Add some spice to your life to make it fun!
I wish you the best and don't hesitate to PM me with questions. I've got a lot more tips.
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I got an email from one of the newsletters that I'm signed up with and it was promoting this product which I've personally never tried but just thought you might wanna check it out at Incredible Health Now! Like I said, I've never tried it so you'll have to go with your judgement, but hey, maybe its worth something?
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Don't forget your 64 ounces of water every day. I'm surprised no one else caught that one yet!

PapaBruno, you recommend no wheat products at all? That's interesting, I haven't heard that before--what are you getting that from?

I agree with you and songwriter that optimism and fun in life can increase energy level. For me, when I stopped doing primarily boring things and started doing primarily interesting and meaningful things, it made a bigger impact on my energy level that any other change I've ever made.

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I'd read Mind Boosters. It has loads of useful info on supplements that increase energy and other things, such as mental focus.
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