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Is it Worth the Money?

May 8, 2009 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT 1 Comment

The Promises

Everyone has had this experience.  You check your email and there is one in particular that catches your eye.  The subject line promises to teach you everything you need to know about High Intensity Training.  You read the email and follow a link to a website that has a ton of sales pitch information.  It makes alot of different promises about what you will be able to do if you just purchase this program from them.  Some of the promises you might see:

Hard gainer tips utlizing secret Russian techniques

Grow your arms by 2 inches

Add 23 lbs. of muscle in only 11 weeks!

The list goes on and on, but you get the idea.  In addition, as you read the web page, you find that they will give you the following bonus gifts just for spending your hard earned money on their product:

Protein Shake Recipes for Hard Gainers

84 day meal plan

List of approved foods to eat while using their plan

Complete Exercise Guide (contains exercise descriptions and pictures)

Checking It Out

At this point you should be asking yourself “Do I need all of this?”  You should also be checking out the claims they are making on their site.  I just Googled “high intensity training” and came up with 4,480,000 hits.

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You will note that I have circled some incredible free resources on High Intensity Training that came up at the top of the search results.  With this information available to you for free, do you really think you will need to spend $70 on the latest program that teaches you about High Intensity Training?  How is reading this latest eBook going to help you any more than reading one of these free web resources?

Rehashed Information is Information Overload

If you click on the very first link in the search results window on Google (after searching “high intensity training”) you find that this system of training was popularized in the 1970’s by Arthur Jones.  The article goes on to discuss some great bodybuilders who have used this training system.  At the end of the article it lists several more references for High Intensity Training including a forum dedicated to the topic.  All of these resources are free.

Remember, the point here is that the program you may have received is all about rehashing information freely available to you on the internet.  If this eBook advertisement simply stated that it was an attempt to organize existing information into a format that would be useful to the reader that is one thing, but it is making claims that it has some secret information that will only be available to you if you buy the eBook.  It is at this point that your critical thinking skills need to kick in.

Who needs to pay $70 for something that is available on the internet for free?  Remember, rehashed information is information overload.  You don’t need it and you certainly won’t want to pay your hard earned money for it.

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Use the techniques you will learn from Fitness Exposé to avoid spending money you don’t need to spend.  Read through our articles and consult with our experts.  By doing so you eliminate any need to spend so much money on a fitness product that is available elsewhere for free.

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M6:D82 (D560) S.M.A.R.T. Goals: Measureable

May 8, 2009 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT Leave a Comment

The Muscle Building Fat Burning Video Blog #41
May 7, 2009

 

         

 


What's on my mind today?

As I set my goals for Mission 7 I am using the S.M.A.R.T. system.  As a review, this stands for Specific Measureable Attainable Realistic and Time-sensitive.  Today we are talking about measureable goals.

I have already committed to two goals for Mission 7:

Goal #1:  I have a body fat percentage of 12% by August 1, 2009
Goal #2:  I weigh 205 lbs. by August 1, 2009

These goals are both specific and measureable.  They are specific in that they give you exactly what the end point is going to be—12% body fat and 205 lbs. body weight.  

For a goal to be measureable there has to be some way to track it.  In the case of Goals #1 and #2, they are clearly measureable.  This leads me to my third goal for Mission 7:

Goal #3:  I measure 36 inches around my abdominal area by August 1, 2009

Can I measure this? Of course I can!  Thus, Goal #3 is a measureable goal.  This has lead me to another goal:  I will increase the size of my arms and legs.  Is this a specific and measureable goal?  It is specific because it refers to the arms and legs, but it certainly is not measureable.  Thus, I change the goal as follows:

Goal #4:  I have biceps of 18 inches and quads 28 inches by August 1, 2009

This one is extremely measureable.  All I have to do is take my starting circumference measurements and track them weekly and see if I meet the goal.

Tomorrow we will discuss attainable goals.  Please come back to read that.

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