June 08
Q. You spoke of being muscular, lean and healthy, so how do I go about achieving those 3 things being 37 yrs old and out of shape?
A. Well as I discussed it takes a lot of hard work to achieve that type of fitness model physique but as always there are exceptions to the rule. As George Bernard Shaw said; “Youth is wasted on the Young”, in this case meaning most young people that are active will sport very lean, muscular bodies accompanied by six packs.
Then there are the genetically blessed, some people can eat badly, drink badly and stay lean and muscular without doing much of anything even after passing that golden demographic of 18-24 yrs old. Then there are the rest of us that after passing those years have to work harder as we age.
Now to get to the question at hand, in order to re-shape your body whatever your individual goal is you must employ three principles; Cardiovascular Endurance Training, which are movements that are aerobic in nature such as brisk walking, jogging, running, biking, swimming, try to stick to activities that are rhythmic in nature for this specific purpose.
Resistance Training, the most common being weight training of some sort or resistant bands, weights, kettlebells, heavy rocks, whatever objects you want to use that is provide resistance will work.
The third principle is Nutrition, this of course being the hardest of the three for most of people not just here in our country but the world. It is another point to show people are basically the same all over the world, we all have problems eating correctly in the face of being tempted by the Corporate World of fast, easy and unhealthy foods.
For the quest of losing bodyfat, creating more muscle, re-shaping the flab to fabulous you must use all three principles together for a consistent period of time. The timeline is not that like you see on the infomercials, 60 seconds, 3 days, or 2 weeks. Unfortunately it will take a little more time on your part, depending on your starting point and what you are trying to achieve. However, if losing weight happens to be one of those goals then shoot for 1- 1.5 lb per week as the ideal goal and if you lose more than that amount great but if not stay the course and let your body do its work.
These principles are time tested and approved; they have worked for me and my clients for many years and will continue to work long after all the hype and sizzle of trends and fad products looking to seduce you with false hopes.
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