Exercise vs. Diet – BowlFit Tips

We had a debate in my anatomy and physiology class one day when a question to a test asked,

“Can a type 2 diabetic reverse their condition with exercise alone?”

The answer was yes, but many class mates were up in arms because it didn’t include diet.

Here is the difference:

Changing your diet alone can and will lead to weight loss. If you are looking to lose weight 80% of that depends on diet alone. However, exercise is what changes your metabolism. Exercise improves the way your body breaks down food and utilizes it for energy. The more you exercise and build muscle the more food your body needs to supply those muscles with energy, your resting metabolic weight increases. This is why Michael Phelps can eat 10,000 calories a day and not gain weight – his body needs it to be as active as he is.

Physiologically, exercise can Trump diet but if you want improved overall health and body composition you will want to make wiser diet choices as well. To make healthy lifestyle changes both exercise and a change in diet are necessary for long term health.

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About Heather –

Heather D’Errico MS, CSCS, CFSC, LMT

Heather began BowlFit in 2013 with the hope to provide awareness to bowlers about how crucial training off the lanes truly is. She has been an avid bowler her entire life competing as a collegiate bowler for Robert Morris University, assistant coaching at the University of Central Missouri, and now head coaches at Roberts Wesleyan College in Rochester, NY.

She obtained a master’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis on exercise science and interned with the head strength coach at UCM. She became a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) through NSCA shortly after graduation and began coaching athletes at Next Level Strength and Conditioning in Fairport, NY.

In October 2015 she received her certified functional strength coach certification and then went back to school in July 2016 for massage therapy. She is now a licensed massage therapist and runs a business called Restorative Bodywork in Rochester, NY that specializes in movement therapy and sports massage.

Heather has also been competing on the PWBA tour the last 3 seasons and continues to use her experiences as a competitive and professional bowler to create programs for bowlers. She enjoys the challenges of making programs specific to each bowler as every person needs to focus on different areas for their performance goals. With that said her training motto is “do no harm” and believes each program should most importantly make a bowler FEEL better and play with minimal injuries/pain.