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When Is the Right Time?

June 3, 2010 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT 1 Comment

Starting a fitness program? Have you decided when your new nutrition approach should be implemented? I'm sure you or someone you know has been guilty of this. At some point you've heard or uttered the phrase “I plan to start working out when…”. Why must you wait? Will the time ever really be right for you to start that weight training program? Just like you should never let giving up be an option, you should never be indecisive about starting your program.

Putting off your workouts because of illness or injury is one thing, but waiting until the time is right is just wrong. If you're not ready to start now, what makes you think you will be ready to start later? What if I told you that you should just get started? Would you believe me? Remember, there are major benefits to your metabolism.

That's right. I said just get started. Once you get started the habit building can begin. You will see your results faster which will keep you on track. It is just top easy to continually push off the start of a fitness program. Weight training requires consistency and you will never achieve that if you don't get started. The first step is to get into the gym and do your first workout.

I speak from experience. I have, at times, realized that I needed to make changes on a Wednesday, but waited until Sunday to implement them. That never makes me feel right. The times that I see the need for change and then get started that day are the times I do the best work and give the best effort. There is just something about not procrastinating that gets me pumped up!

You can also create accountability through others. I personally maintain an accountability blog. This keeps me focused and I tend to get started on changes much faster.

What are you waiting for? Do your planning and then get started on that plan right away. Step up to the plate today! Do not delay any longer. You will be glad you got started.

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Hearty News

June 1, 2010 By Narina 2 Comments

The heart – often talked about in both medical and romantic terms.  The heart is a muscle that is responsible for pumping blood full of oxygen to the rest of our bodies to provide that essential element to our survival.  But, did you know the heart is a muscle – capable of getting stronger and more powerful?  But, we can also die from a broken heart – not just in the romantic terms but in medical terms as well.

If you want to live a long time and enjoy all the joys that life has to offer, you need to pay attention to your heart.  And if you want to age well and be able to enjoy life to its fullest, you must exercise on a regular basis.  The heart as well as all the muscles of our body responds best to consistent and regular exercise.  Don't think weekend warrior because that is actually doing more harm than good.  Think more moderate exercise stretched throughout your week.  You body and especially your heart will thank you.  So just how does the heart benefit from exercise?  A normal heart is a strong muscular pump that during a lifetime will beat more than 2.5 billion times.  The average heart rate of an adult is 70 beats per minute.

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When we exercise, the heart responds to this exercise by getting stronger.    Just like your biceps or leg muscles get stronger when you exercise, the heart responds the same way.  During exercise the blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body can increase tremendously.  With a stronger heart muscle, it is now capable of meeting the needs of the hungry exercising muscles.   The increased flow of blood to the body is achieved by two methods – the rate by which the heart beats will increase and the amount of blood that it pumps each beat will also increase.  Because exercising increases the heart muscle's strength it will push out more blood.

Also as the heart becomes stronger in its ability to pump more blood with each beat, it will have to beat less when in a resting state.  This is why endurance athletes have a low resting heart rate.  Their heart muscles are so strong from the demands of their sport and in some athletes the resting heart rate will be in as low as 30-40 beats per minute.  This adds up over the course of a life span.  During exercise the oxygen needed by the heart muscle itself also increases.  But, the heart is an amazing organ in design.  Our bodies contain tiny little organs throughout that are often call the “furnaces of the cell” because these little organs provide energy to the muscles through complex chemical reactions that take place constantly.  The heart muscle contains a larger number of these little organs called mitochondria.  More than the rest of our muscles and this means the heart is not as easily fatigued as muscles throughout the rest of our body.

Our heart can also be affected by (or broken) by several medical conditions (obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, hardening of the arteries), poor diet and lack of exercise.  If you want to live a long and productive life, able to enjoy activities and family then it is essential you take care of your heart.  Moderate exercise, proper diet and maintaining a healthy weight will keep your heart beating for a long time to come.

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Till next time,
Narina
http://victoriawellness.com

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Recognition

May 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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What's on my mind today?

Day 950
Day 259 of 335
The Turbo System Day 38 of 84

Last night I got some major recognition from my wife.  She commented on how much smaller various areas of my body have become.  While that felt great to hear and was a major boost, I realized that recognition isn’t why I do this.  I do this because I truly want to be in the best shape of my life.  While I am disappointed in myself that it has taken me 950 days to truly buckle down and get serious, at least I am there both mentally and physically.  I have spent the past 2 weeks being 100% compliant to my workout and nutrition plan.  I have been working hard (as usual) and eating right (a slight change).  It has been a hard thing, but as it becomes a habit it gets easier and easier for me to do.

If you do this for recognition you are going to be disappointed.  Most people do not recognize your progress until you’ve gone a very long way.  This is because they inherently don’t want you to feel as though you are fat or out of shape, so they just say nothing at all.  Do this because you are looking to be in better shape.  Do this because you want it.

 
Find out what I'm doing to my body!

   

Today’s workout was a brutal lower body workout on the Turbo system followed by a 21 minute HIIT cardio session.  I felt strong and focused.  
 

 

Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING!

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Burn the Fat Summer Challenge

May 28, 2010 By Michael Mahony, ISSA CPT Leave a Comment

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What's on my mind today?

Day 949
Day 258 of 335
The Turbo System Day 37 of 84

As many will have heard by the time they read this post, Tom Venuto, author of Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle and The Body Fat Solution is sponsoring an awesome 98 day fat burning challenge.  You can get the details of this competition at the Burn the Fat Inner Circle community website.

I have posted my initial set of pictures (see the picture below) and have set some rather ambitious goals.  It is my mindset right now that I need to be as accountable as humanly possible.  This means taking advantage of every possible way to get some accountability.

Current Stats:

Weight: 243.8 pounds
BF %: 19.15%
LBM: 195.11 pounds
Fat: 48.69 pounds

My Goals:

Weight: 215 pounds
BF %: 8%
LBM: 197.8 pounds
Fat: 17.20 pounds

That's a loss of 31.49 pounds of body fat and a total scale weight loss of 28.8 pounds. These are very ambitious, but reachable goals.

I am still using the Turbo System to burn off the fat.  I have 51 days of that left.  I will continue with the Muscle and Strength program once I am done with Turbo.  This means that my final 47 days will be using that system.

As for nutrition, I am aiming for 2800 calories a day with a ratio of 35% carbs, 35% protein and 30% fat.  I am using a special diet plan put out by Scivation (http://scivation.com)

Please keep checking back here each day as I post my progress.  Please leave me comments as that helps maintain my accountability level.

 
Find out what I'm doing to my body!

   
Today I did 45 minutes of steady state cardio. 
 

 

Until tomorrow…GET BACK TO LIFTING!

Follow the Muscle Building Fat Burning Machine on Twitter!

 

Follow my workouts on Twitter by searching the hashtag #mjmwo

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Oldies, But Goodies

May 13, 2010 By Narina Leave a Comment

If you have ever come across the Shopping Channel you know that every time you turn around there is some new fitness gadget or  piece of equipment that is going to solve all your exercise or weight loss problems.  Now, I am not a closet Shopping Channel watcher but I have on occasion come across some incredibly silly routines or equipment.

When it comes to strength training and providing the best stimulus for the body to get stronger and move better, the old classics are still and will always remain the best.  What Are the Classics?  The classics or old standbys in any strength program are squats (and all its variations), pushing movements (bench press, push ups), pulling movements (rowing, pull ups, chins, lat pulls), deadlift (and all its variations such as Romanian deadlift, Sumo deadlift, Single Leg deadlift, Hex or Trap bar deadlift) as well as portions of the Olympics lifts (cleans, jerks, push press).

 

body weight squats                      prt_pushups                       iweight traiing           dumbbell rows        chin ups

I realize that for most these exercises are not very glamorous but as the saying goes "if it aint broke, don't fix it".  And that is so true with all the old standbys of weight training.   There is no sense in re-inventing the wheel, when we have the best tools already there.

Till next time,

Narina

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