Record To Double Your Fitness Results
Fitness Newsletter July 10th. 2008, 11:28am
WELLNESS WORD NEWSLETTER
July 10, 2008
** Make sure you listen to today’s 6 minute podcast found below, and then leave a comment. This audio has the potential to more than DOUBLE your fitness, bodybuilding, and weight loss results! Do you already do this? I want your option on this.**
Back To Recording After the Independence Day Holiday
I hope everyone in the states had a great 4th of July! If you are overseas I, also, hope you had a nice weekend. Whoever game up with the name “4th of July?” Why don’t we just call the day Independence Day. It is sad to say some Americans have no idea what Independence Day is all about. Some just think it is a day off from work to eat, drink, and watch fireworks.
Anyway, my family had a nice day. Yes, I worked in the morning. When don’t I work? Then we watched a parade, barbarqued, and witnessed the fireworks. Pretty typical, except for work.
Lately, I have been recording HOURS of audio for my new personal training business product. Therefore, I haven’t had much time to do video. However, I will surprise you, and put a video together soon.
This morning I put together a very powerful audio for you. Would you like to more than DOUBLE your fat loss, fitness, or bodybuilding program results? I thought you would be interested! Just listen to this short, but powerful 6 minute audio found below to see how you can quickly, and easily double your fitness and fat loss program results. I also share a very powerful, FREE, resource with you.
So let’s get on with the show!
Can Recording And Tracking Actually Double Your Fat Loss And Fitness Results?
* Go ahead and comment regarding this topic. Do you think this can double your fitness program results, or is this recording stuff just smoke?
Wellness Word Subscriber Questions Of The Week
Q - What is the best way to get the fat off from specific areas (face, stomach, neck…)?
A - This is a very common question, and is often misunderstood. What you are referring to is spot reducing. Please understand you can not spot reduce. What I mean by this is you can’t target a certain area, and fat will just melt off that particular area. Fat comes off througout the whole body, not just a particular area.
The best way to reduce the fat in those areas is to reduce your overall body fat in your entire body. As you reduce your body fat, those specific areas will shrink as well.
The secret formula is strength training + cardio training + calorie reduction (portion control) + consistency.
Good luck!
Q - I’ve been an active fitness enthusiast since a crush injury to my ankle ended my football career in 1986. Much older now, I am currently recovering from a fifth metatarsal fracture (Jones fracture) and carpal tunnel syndrome. I’ve had difficulty getting back into the serious training I’ve always enjoyed due to a busy but rewarding career and new additions to my family. I have recently been released from my orthopeadic surgeon for all activities. I am trying to get back into more advanced cardio to shed the body fat I aquired due to 6 months in a fracture boot. I have sustained quite a bit of muscle atrophy in my glutes and quads. I typically cycle on a road bike for an hour and thirty minutes in a range of 15 to 20 miles an hour. I really miss the size I had in my quads, although my hamstrings have always been a genetic gift. I would like to read what you would recommend to give my quads the jump start they really need. Any advice would be appreciated.
A - Your talking to the right person regarding quads. I love training the quads, my most genetically gifted muscle group. Initally, just by walking around after weeks in a boot, your quad size will come back. If you want to really increase your quads, I recommend doing a superset of leg extensions followed by leg press, or leg squat, all to fatigue.
I’m not sure if you have access to gym equipment. If you don’t you can increase your quad size by doing leg squats at home. Grab two dumbells, and squat down to a chair. You can also get ankle weights, and do lying leg raises bringing one leg parallel to the other bent knee. You are lying on your back, one leg bent, and the other leg extends in alignment with the other knee.
Another good exercise to do is what I call “wall sets.” You can isometrically squat down on a wall and hold it at the 90 degree mark for as long as you can.
Make sure you start out slowly on all the exercises, and progress up. Remember, you have been inactive for some time. It is all about progression.
Good luck!
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If you have a fitness, or bodybuilding related question post them at ASK JIM O’CONNOR. Your questions will be answered in future editions of Wellness Word Newsletter. Thank you for your questions! Keep them coming!
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Remember, go ahead and feel free to TALK BACK! I’m listening….
July 10th, 2008 at 11:43 am
The fantastic resource I mentioned in the audio is found at http://www.gyminee.com. Has anyone used this?
July 12th, 2008 at 3:21 am
I’m a little low-tech so use paper to track both me & my clients. I’ve found with both myself & others that tracking workouts is vital to progress & those who also take the time, even to just jot down what they ate without detail, still appear to improve more than those that ‘wing it’.
I haven’t used gyminee, but for those into higher tech methods I imagine it will work quite well. I do know a few guys who use databases to write up their workouts & diets & seem to do really well using that method.
July 12th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
You are right on Pete! It really doesn’t matter how you record your data as long as you do it. The database idea is also interesting.
Jim