The very best thing I have done in the area of personal development so far in 2009 is to get into better shape.
I did it with one of the most popular workout programs right now, Craig Ballantyne's Turbulence Training for Fatloss.
Over the last four months I have used the program and by doing so I have reaped these pretty awesome benefits:
- I have lost 26 pounds. My belly is flat, I have lost quite a bit of body fat and 12 kilograms/26 pounds of weight since I last weighed myself in the very beginning of February (both I and friends/family were a bit shocked at how much I had lost, we were guessing that I maybe had lost half that weight over these months).
- My day to day energy has gone way up (at least doubled).
- I am stronger.
- I am more productive and find it easier than ever to be and stay positive.
What is Turbulence Training?
Turbulence Training is a program consisting of downloadable e-books, audio and social support through a online forum by fitness trainer and writer Craig Ballantyne. Craig has written for magazines like Men's Health, Men's Fitness and Oxygen and been coaching people in Turbulence Training for years.
In Turbulence Training you combine brief weight lifting workouts focused on compound exercises - movements where you use many muscle groups - with about 4-6 intervals of running, cycling or body weight circuits to burn a lot of fat while maintaining/increasing your muscle mass.
Each workout takes only about 45 intense minutes all in all - this includes warm-ups and a cool down - and you do three of those per week. You shake things up and switch workout programs every fourth week to keep your body guessing - or in turbulence - and this makes it easier to keep losing fat and to avoid plateaus in your progress.
Body weight circuits instead of regular cardio
I really don't like jogging. Or using a stationary bike. So it has been hard for me to be consistent with cardio training over the years. I have lifted weights pretty consistently but always stopped doing cardio exercise after a couple of weeks. Body weight circuits - my favourite part of Turbulence Training - do however fit me really well.
They are quick - only about 15 minutes per workout - and I can do them right here on my own floor. A bodyweight circuit is basically a number of exercises - like pushups, planks, running in place with high knees and sitting against a wall - stringed together without any rest. After you have done about 8 such exercises in a row you get to rest for just one minute.
Then you do them all over again. And after one more minute of rest then you do them one last time. So it's three circuits, with only 2 minutes of rest all together.
It is pretty intense, I am usually sweating and breathing like crazy after each workout.
I use the Deluxe version of Turbulence Training. It includes a whole lot of body weight exercises compared to the basic version of the program like for example a manual with 6 months of just bodyweight workouts.
About the Author
Writer. Likes Turbulence Training, the Thesis Theme and the Paraliminals cds (get a free Paraliminal).
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Top 5 Ways to Help You Lose Weight Effectively
If you're looking for means to start your weight loss journey, you've come to the right place. Welcome! This entire week I've been doing research to help you lose weight effectively, quickly and safely. Ok, I'm not going to waste our precious time, let me just present you with my findings.
(Not in any specific order) Ways I discovered that can help you effectively lose weight would be:
1. Eat 6 times a day - Well of course I'm not telling you to eat blissfully 6 times a day! You should plan your 6 meals. Adopting a proper diet, breaking your breakfast, lunch and dinner into 6 smaller meals has proven to be one effective technique. The simple rationale is that, by doing so, you can prevent snacking and keep your body's metabolism high (this helps you burn your fats pretty easily and quickly.)
2. Adopting a Healthy Diet - Technically everyone should adopt healthy diet. This serves as a mechanism which helps your body to maintain its figure. *NOTE: A healthy diet solely, does not lead to weight loss but it maintains your body figure. So if you think by eating less or cutting your carbohydrate content daily will help you lose weight, you're wrong! First, it's not a save technique and second, it'll effectively last for only a short while. So how can adopting a healthy diet help you effectively lose weight? Complementing a proper diet with regular exercises! (I'll talk about that in a while)
Planning a proper diet...... Hmm...I have a source in mind that can provide you a guide in designing your own personalized diet. But for your sake, I will not disclose this source till I've tested its credibility and effectiveness. No worries, I will help you find the best source of health diet guru in no time. ANYHOOS, BREAKFAST. BREAKFAST. BREAKFAST. I don't know how else do I emphasize this but proper BREAKFAST is impetus to a healthy lifestyle and an effective diet plan. Rationale: By simply ensuring you have a healthy breakfast, you can set your metabolism up for the rest of the day. It's sort of a determinant as of how much fats you're gonna loose for the day.
3. Exercise - Now, if you haven't been exercising for months/years, here's a warning: NEVER start exercising intensively all of a sudden. By doing so, you're not only damaging your health but your life and that burning spirit to loose weight. This is SERIOUS! ALWAYS come out with a realistic exercise plan. You should consider building up your fitness level before proceeding to more intensive routine. For example, if you haven't been exercising for decades (please read it in a sarcastic way) try a 10 minutes walk for a start. When you think you're able to take more, increase the speed gradually and then subsequently extend the period of the walk.
4. Good support system - Now, losing weight is never an easy task. Who told you it was easy anyways? It requires courage, discipline, determination & strong will. For you to always keep you spirits high, you NEED a good supporting system. You need: - Supportive friends and families - A circle of friends and professionals to advice you and encourage you consistently. Now if you don't already have that, I have a good, solid recommendation of social networking centre for you. It's facebook. No I'm just kidding. It's actually the Fatloss InnerCircle. Here you'll make friends with many people sharing the same goal. It serves as a platform for you and the rest to share your personal experience and to encourage one another. To complement that, you'll have a group of professionals you can consistently seek help from. They have trials as well. Go check it out! - Discipline. Discipline. Discipline.
5. Consuming Weight Loss Supplements - Ok, when comes to weight loss supplements, you have to be extremely careful. All my life, I've been a research analyst and diet pills, they're one of my favorites Right now, I'm coming up with a review website studying and analyzing on weight loss supplements. Over there, you'll get to see me and my professional colleagues' views on different weight loss supplements and things we look at for comparisons. No worries, I'll give you the link once it's up and running. But for now, let me just share with you the fundamental things to look at when choosing a supplement that suits you. - Content : Natural ingredients are usually much more preferred over chemically enriched supplements, as they affect our nervous system and various fundamental organs. So if you do have kidney problems and stuff, you must watch out the kind of diet supplements you take. - Credibility : Lately, I've seen to many diet pills being promoted everywhere. NEVER fall for any trap. Before purchasing always look at the credibility. How are they recognized, whether or not they're clinically proven and so on.
Ok that's it. The FIVE ways to lose weight effectively. Remember diet supplements alone won't help. Don't expect miracle. The best proven way for an effective and safe weight loss will be complementing all five techniques. Over the weeks, I'll try to elaborate more on this five aspects. So always keep a look out.
About the Author
Syif Miller is a health research analyst in a medical company.In a recent survey she conducted, a remarkable 88.1% of the population agreed that physical appearance is an integral factor to human satisfaction. Visit her at http://www.weightloss.informativegallery.com for fresh insights on weight loss strategies and also check out weekly her produced articles at http://personalweightlossguide.blogspot.com
(Not in any specific order) Ways I discovered that can help you effectively lose weight would be:
1. Eat 6 times a day - Well of course I'm not telling you to eat blissfully 6 times a day! You should plan your 6 meals. Adopting a proper diet, breaking your breakfast, lunch and dinner into 6 smaller meals has proven to be one effective technique. The simple rationale is that, by doing so, you can prevent snacking and keep your body's metabolism high (this helps you burn your fats pretty easily and quickly.)
2. Adopting a Healthy Diet - Technically everyone should adopt healthy diet. This serves as a mechanism which helps your body to maintain its figure. *NOTE: A healthy diet solely, does not lead to weight loss but it maintains your body figure. So if you think by eating less or cutting your carbohydrate content daily will help you lose weight, you're wrong! First, it's not a save technique and second, it'll effectively last for only a short while. So how can adopting a healthy diet help you effectively lose weight? Complementing a proper diet with regular exercises! (I'll talk about that in a while)
Planning a proper diet...... Hmm...I have a source in mind that can provide you a guide in designing your own personalized diet. But for your sake, I will not disclose this source till I've tested its credibility and effectiveness. No worries, I will help you find the best source of health diet guru in no time. ANYHOOS, BREAKFAST. BREAKFAST. BREAKFAST. I don't know how else do I emphasize this but proper BREAKFAST is impetus to a healthy lifestyle and an effective diet plan. Rationale: By simply ensuring you have a healthy breakfast, you can set your metabolism up for the rest of the day. It's sort of a determinant as of how much fats you're gonna loose for the day.
3. Exercise - Now, if you haven't been exercising for months/years, here's a warning: NEVER start exercising intensively all of a sudden. By doing so, you're not only damaging your health but your life and that burning spirit to loose weight. This is SERIOUS! ALWAYS come out with a realistic exercise plan. You should consider building up your fitness level before proceeding to more intensive routine. For example, if you haven't been exercising for decades (please read it in a sarcastic way) try a 10 minutes walk for a start. When you think you're able to take more, increase the speed gradually and then subsequently extend the period of the walk.
4. Good support system - Now, losing weight is never an easy task. Who told you it was easy anyways? It requires courage, discipline, determination & strong will. For you to always keep you spirits high, you NEED a good supporting system. You need: - Supportive friends and families - A circle of friends and professionals to advice you and encourage you consistently. Now if you don't already have that, I have a good, solid recommendation of social networking centre for you. It's facebook. No I'm just kidding. It's actually the Fatloss InnerCircle. Here you'll make friends with many people sharing the same goal. It serves as a platform for you and the rest to share your personal experience and to encourage one another. To complement that, you'll have a group of professionals you can consistently seek help from. They have trials as well. Go check it out! - Discipline. Discipline. Discipline.
5. Consuming Weight Loss Supplements - Ok, when comes to weight loss supplements, you have to be extremely careful. All my life, I've been a research analyst and diet pills, they're one of my favorites Right now, I'm coming up with a review website studying and analyzing on weight loss supplements. Over there, you'll get to see me and my professional colleagues' views on different weight loss supplements and things we look at for comparisons. No worries, I'll give you the link once it's up and running. But for now, let me just share with you the fundamental things to look at when choosing a supplement that suits you. - Content : Natural ingredients are usually much more preferred over chemically enriched supplements, as they affect our nervous system and various fundamental organs. So if you do have kidney problems and stuff, you must watch out the kind of diet supplements you take. - Credibility : Lately, I've seen to many diet pills being promoted everywhere. NEVER fall for any trap. Before purchasing always look at the credibility. How are they recognized, whether or not they're clinically proven and so on.
Ok that's it. The FIVE ways to lose weight effectively. Remember diet supplements alone won't help. Don't expect miracle. The best proven way for an effective and safe weight loss will be complementing all five techniques. Over the weeks, I'll try to elaborate more on this five aspects. So always keep a look out.
About the Author
Syif Miller is a health research analyst in a medical company.In a recent survey she conducted, a remarkable 88.1% of the population agreed that physical appearance is an integral factor to human satisfaction. Visit her at http://www.weightloss.informativegallery.com for fresh insights on weight loss strategies and also check out weekly her produced articles at http://personalweightlossguide.blogspot.com
Your Fatloss Program and Yoga
Fat loss programs and exercise sound as though they go together and indeed they do but you don't have to knock your self out to regain your strength and suppleness. Yoga is an ancient fitness art for both body and mind. While there are many forms of Yoga they all share a common heritage evolving though the centuries from the east. Yoga is non-competitive and is suitable for all ages as the gentle "asanas" (positions) promote relaxation while building strength and subtle joints. Yoga will enhance the benefits of any fat loss program as it controls and slows the metabolism to require less food and aids digestion. Fat loss and yoga will improve your posture resulting in many mild but painful skeletal problems improving or completely ceasing to exist. By choosing to follow an internet fat loss system at home means you can improve all aspects of your life by also opting for a gentle but effective on line Yoga program with equal success.
Which ever yoga form you decide upon you will find it a very pleasurable relaxing 30 minutes of your day, it is best practised in the morning before eating but can be beneficial at any time to fit in with your demanding schedule. As with any fat loss program the benefits of your Yoga will become apparent almost immediately and will increase as time advances.
You will need to practise your yoga in a suitable environment, well lit and ventilated ideally free from any distractions or disturbance, this time is me time. You will need loose comfortable clothing but no other specialist equipment is required. If you feel that this gentle spiritual fitness scheme fits into your life spend a little time researching what is available and do take notice of the testimonials posted by satisfied devotees of the satisfying addition to your life.
About the Author
.Miriam Kirk Has been associated with health and well being for many years and is now utilising her experience and knowledge in the field of personal development. go to http://www.downtoearthreviews.com
Which ever yoga form you decide upon you will find it a very pleasurable relaxing 30 minutes of your day, it is best practised in the morning before eating but can be beneficial at any time to fit in with your demanding schedule. As with any fat loss program the benefits of your Yoga will become apparent almost immediately and will increase as time advances.
You will need to practise your yoga in a suitable environment, well lit and ventilated ideally free from any distractions or disturbance, this time is me time. You will need loose comfortable clothing but no other specialist equipment is required. If you feel that this gentle spiritual fitness scheme fits into your life spend a little time researching what is available and do take notice of the testimonials posted by satisfied devotees of the satisfying addition to your life.
About the Author
.Miriam Kirk Has been associated with health and well being for many years and is now utilising her experience and knowledge in the field of personal development. go to http://www.downtoearthreviews.com
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