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The Muscle Building Fat Burning Video Blog #122 |
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What's on my mind today? Day 835 Tomorrow (Sunday) is the start of a new training cycle for me. I am experimenting with higher volume training, but nothing insane. I still get in and out of the gym in 45 minutes and I still push myself to my limits. I am also going through a major cut and this time I am doing it right. Listen to my video where I discuss what I finally realized is my major problem. Leave me a comment describing your top fitness struggle. The best comment submitted by February 12, 2010 will win a copy of Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health by Gary Taubes. Be sure to include your email address in the comment so I can contact you for your address to send you the prize. If you don’t win the prize, click the image of the book below and buy a copy. You won’t regret it!
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Archives for February 2010
Learn Your Lesson
Life is a series of lessons that, if followed, will lead you down a path towards new and interesting learning opportunities. The key here is to pay attention to what you are being taught. This particularly applies to fitness pursuits.
Individual Needs Vary
We are all different. What works for me might not work for you. This is why following plans from the champions in the latest Muscle & Fitness just doesn’t work for 99% of the people. This is why it is important that you pay attention to the lessons your body teaches you as you progress through a training program. Keep careful records of what works and what does not work. Always track the things you try. This information will be extremely useful in future programs you design for yourself.
Creativity for Future Needs
Tracking the things you do with your training will enable you to get more and more creative with your training in the future. Cardio before weight training or cardio after weight training – you will have the answer for you and that’s all you need. It doesn’t matter if one works better than the other for me because you are designing training programs for you. Take what you learn and get creative. This will keep you engaged with your workout plan and that will keep you consistent. Consistency is the only way to reach your goals.
Experiment of One
Everything you do is part of the Experiment of One. You are finding out what your limits are and how to push yourself there. You are determining what food helps you towards your goals and what food takes you off track. You are finding out just how hard you can work. All of these are extremely useful pieces of information that can be used to guide you in your future fitness endeavors. Take the time to conduct a proper Experiment of One and you will be amazed at how well you know your own body in the end. You won’t really need a personal trainer for anything more than motivation and accountability. You will instinctively know the right path to take for your own needs. Learn your lesson and learn it well—you will not be disappointed.
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Workout for Mental Health
For today's topic I wanted to talk about exercise and how working out will help your moods and mental state. I came across this article from the American College of Sports Medicine. The article talks about boosting your mood through exercise. Please have a read.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151571.php
A lot of us will arrive at the gym stressed or anxious about things going on outside the gym. The gym is a perfect place to allow the stressors of life to flow away, at least for an hour. The one aspect of a difficult workout is that it forces you to focus on your activity and what you are doing. This allows your brain to take a rest and allow the physical part of you to take over. I realize that we all have stressors in our lives. Life, in general is very busy now. And I am sure there are days when the last thing you want to do is come into the gym. But, it is the best thing you could do. No matter how you feel, you should make every attempt to get in your workout. Free your mind and strengthen your body. You will be so glad you did and feel so much better.
In 1997, I lost my first husband to brain cancer. For two years prior to that he fought a valiant battle through surgery, radiation and eventual recovery, only to have the cancer return. No one goes through this battle alone, and there were so many times when the last thing I wanted to do was go workout. But, I needed a physical release. It was vital that I maintained my own health throughout his ordeal so I would be able to take care of him.
So, I rarely missed workouts during that time. Not all workouts were great; some were downright pathetic but at least I got in there. It was the best thing I could have done. That 60 minutes of workout time allowed me to rest my thoughts, workout as hard as I could that day and leave feeling re-energized and more able to handle the stressors that life throws at us.
So, the next time you are feeling that you just can't bring yourself to workout, do it. You will be so glad that you did.
Till next time,
Narina
