Life is all about the peak - the peak of the mountain, the peak of the birth of a new baby, the peak of buying a house, peak performance, peak fitness. We could go on but when we are at our peak life is good and we feel good. And peak fitness is one of the most important things you can do for yourself.

We all have different physical capabilities, needs, weakness, and strengths so our participation in physical activity which leads to our peak fitness will differ among us, but what is most important is that we do our part to stay fit and thus healthier.

Fitness is personal. It really is all about what you want. Do you want to train to be an athlete, loose those few extra pounds, improve your cardio health, or maybe all of the above? Your requirements will be based on your personal need. So how does each individual achieve peak fitness?

If you are involved in a more traditional exercise program you will not necessarily achieve peak fitness because they will do nothing to change your habits.

A traditional fitness program will use your muscles in the natural way they were intended to be used so your body is already programmed for the movements that will occur. But to achieve peak fitness you must use your muscle in a way that it is not used to performing.

So to access what type of program would generate peak fitness we must first look at what movement habits are already in place. And then we must change those habits so that the muscle must work in a way that it is not accustomed to.

Your body suddenly finds itself in the zone where you can run faster, lift more weight, perform better overall because you have reached peak fitness. Suddenly you realize that it is doable and it is a reality.

Peak fitness has been around a lot longer than gyms, trainers, and the works. In the past when man would have to hunt for food, or in generations when manual labor was a huge part of society a person would seek out their peak fitness without even realizing it because of the full range of motions the body's muscles were called upon to perform.

Today many of us spend our day sitting or standing in one spot and we don't put any group of muscles through a full range of motion never mind on a regular basis. Then we head over to the gym for our regular workout and we do exercises that are repetitive which do nothing for their peak fitness.

Repetitive exercise have been the way we train for decades and yet it is actually ineffective if we are looking for peak fitness because repeating the same movement over and over and the body begins to see that as a normal movement which means the more you do it the less results you will see from it.

Not everyone desires peak fitness and sadly too many think that it means having a muscular body, maybe a 6 pack, or being able to run a marathon when in fact what it does mean is that you are a good weight with good muscle tone and that your muscle groups are able to efficiently work with whatever you through their way because they are not used to just a normal motion.

For example a runner runs exactly the same way day in and day out as he trains which then makes the movement a normal body movement which means over time the runner's training becomes less effective and peak fitness is never reached.

If you want to reach peak fitness simply work all of your muscle groups regularly but do not always work them same way. It's your health why not take control?