Well, here it is. I've been on and off on my blogging for the last month or so working feverishly on two new websites, and now, they are officially launched.
www.leanbodytraining.com is the first one I'm going to talk about.
Lean Body Training is going to be the HUB for all my websites as well as my new main site that is going to continually grow with a new blog, a video blog, and anything else that my brain decides to put on there. Go check it out and on the home page you'll find a FREE e-report that I wrote called The Ten Realities of Lean Body Training. It's a great read and also includes 3 FREE Fat Burning Workouts. All you have to do is fill out the form and follow the instructions from there on how to download it.
The next site is www.LBworkouts.com. This is where I'm going to house all the workouts that I build and sell. I've got two different workouts out there right now: the Lean Body Training Fitness Trail Fat Loss workouts and the Lean Body Training Home Bodyweight Fat Loss workouts. These are great workouts that are incredibly cheap (less than $8) to buy and, there's different version depending on your fitness level (beginner, intermediate, and advanced). You also get a BONUS Fat Loss Nutritional Guide with every purchase so it's really a steal to get 2 e-books that'll give you information on what to eat along with a 4-week workout.
This workout site is going to grow more substantially over time so make sure to bookmark it and check back frequently.
That's it. Those were my babies for the last month or so. If you give the workouts a whirl, don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail at mike@leanbodytraining.com (also, notice the new e-mail address) and let me know how it went.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Ligher Exericse Better for Energy?
I hate how mainstream media takes science, compacts it, and then generalizes it to the point that they miss the whole point of what they are talking about.
This article states that:
I would like to thank the author of the article for leaving out who or where this "research" came from. That make it so much easier to verify and find out the details of the study.
But, fear not, Google to the rescue.
This article goes into a little more detail.
In the study:
Okay, so we're only talking about a certain segment of society that was evaluated, and NOT just the general population.
These people didn't exercise regularly.
So to me, that answers the question right there and makes sense of the findings (which the author of the study acknowledges but the author of the original article fails to mention): If you are fatigued and don't exercise regularly, going right to moderate exercise and skipping the starting point of starting out slow could give you less benefits in overcoming fatigue feelings.
Progression is the key: If you don't exercise regularly, then start out slow, and work your way up the ladder.
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This article states that:
Research shows that a program of low intensity exercise training -- like light cycling on a stationary bike for 30 minutes three times a week -- can reduce tired-all-the-time feelings by as much as 65%. And it only takes 6 weeks of light workouts to feel pepped up. Moderate-intensity exercise programs boost energy levels, too, but not as much.
I would like to thank the author of the article for leaving out who or where this "research" came from. That make it so much easier to verify and find out the details of the study.
But, fear not, Google to the rescue.
This article goes into a little more detail.
In the study:
The researchers recruited 36 volunteers who did not exercise regularly and had reported persistent fatigue based on a commonly used health survey.
Okay, so we're only talking about a certain segment of society that was evaluated, and NOT just the general population.
These people didn't exercise regularly.
So to me, that answers the question right there and makes sense of the findings (which the author of the study acknowledges but the author of the original article fails to mention): If you are fatigued and don't exercise regularly, going right to moderate exercise and skipping the starting point of starting out slow could give you less benefits in overcoming fatigue feelings.
Progression is the key: If you don't exercise regularly, then start out slow, and work your way up the ladder.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Other Uses for Olive Oil
Just when I thought I couldn't find another reason to have a huge stash of olive oil in my house, I come across this article that gives me more reasons.
Ladies, you'll particularly like the very first one for your snoring significants.
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Ladies, you'll particularly like the very first one for your snoring significants.
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Bananas!!!!!!
I found this video on bananas and got excited (yes, I know, I live just an excruciating interesting life....).
Anyways, I've been peeling my bananas like this for at least the last 10 years and every time I do it in front of people, they normally take 2 steps back, and then ask me "uhh, what are you doing??" But, my theory has always been, monkeys peel bananas this way and since they're the experts, they should know the best way, right?
Okay, enough jabber jawing. here's a link to the video on how to CORRECTLY peel one..
Banana peel link
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Anyways, I've been peeling my bananas like this for at least the last 10 years and every time I do it in front of people, they normally take 2 steps back, and then ask me "uhh, what are you doing??" But, my theory has always been, monkeys peel bananas this way and since they're the experts, they should know the best way, right?
Okay, enough jabber jawing. here's a link to the video on how to CORRECTLY peel one..
Banana peel link
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
My Weekly Food
I was cooking up my food this week on Sunday and it looked so wonderful on the grill, I just had to take some pictures.
I'm still following the guidelines for the most part to the Paleo Diet that I mentioned in this review and I just absolutely love it. No counting calories is about as good as feeling any.
Here's what was on the grill. Steak, chicken, and pork chops:
And that was just for my lunches and breakfasts for the week.
Here's a big bowl of mixed fruit that I put together too:
And that bowl of fruit will only last 4 meals.
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I'm still following the guidelines for the most part to the Paleo Diet that I mentioned in this review and I just absolutely love it. No counting calories is about as good as feeling any.
Here's what was on the grill. Steak, chicken, and pork chops:
And that was just for my lunches and breakfasts for the week.
Here's a big bowl of mixed fruit that I put together too:
And that bowl of fruit will only last 4 meals.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Rethinking Walking for Fat Loss
Over the last couple of weekends, I've been including some very long walks in order to get myself prepared for the 60 miles of walking over the 3-day Breast Cancer walk that I'll be doing in a little over a month.
I've talked in the past about the best ways for fat loss are with a combination of strength training and intervals. But what I noticed is that after my walks, I finding that they can be a good addition to your fat loss program. But, let me stress that again: IN ADDITION to my strength and interval routines. I'm not making it my only form of exercise.
How well would it work if it was less than 10 miles? I'm not sure. I'm not even sure if I would experiment with it after I've finished the walk. If you've got a good pair of walking/running shoes, try it out on one of your off days and see how it goes. Should take you between 3-4 hours to complete.
Oh, and Scarlett the Doberman is going on these walks with me and well, let's just say she's pretty much done for the day afterwards.
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I've talked in the past about the best ways for fat loss are with a combination of strength training and intervals. But what I noticed is that after my walks, I finding that they can be a good addition to your fat loss program. But, let me stress that again: IN ADDITION to my strength and interval routines. I'm not making it my only form of exercise.
How well would it work if it was less than 10 miles? I'm not sure. I'm not even sure if I would experiment with it after I've finished the walk. If you've got a good pair of walking/running shoes, try it out on one of your off days and see how it goes. Should take you between 3-4 hours to complete.
Oh, and Scarlett the Doberman is going on these walks with me and well, let's just say she's pretty much done for the day afterwards.
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Thursday, July 2, 2009
New Diet Review - Paleo Diet
I'm always looking for new diets out there to test out and see how they work.
As I've stated in the past, I think most diets DO work, it's just a matter of sticking with it that causes people to fall off of them.
Whether it's because they don't enjoy the food, or just simply they get bored.
In the end, I think people need to find a form of dieting that works for them. Meaning, they enjoy the foods, the feeling that they get, and they consistently see results (but let's not go overboard...the beer and pizza diet just isn't going to work).
So I tried out a diet that is based on eating similar to our Paleolithic ancestors.
Essentially, Paleolithic people were those that lived before the agricultural revolution. They were the hunter-gatherers of our history.
The theory behind the diet is that the agricultural revolution only came about roughly 10,000 years ago, and for the vast majority of the human population, agriculture didn't really become a staple in how we obtained our food until as recently as a thousand years ago (and it might even be more recent than that).
But, for the prior 2.5 million years of human evolution (and through all the various human forms), we hunted and gathered our food, and this is what the human body is still designed to handle and process today.
10,000 years might sound like a long time but, in a different perspective, the human genome has only changed .04 percent in 40,000 years.
The diet argues that we've made such a "quick" change from eating foods that we obtained from hunting and gathering to foods that are domesticated and processed, that our body has not and will not for some time, adjust health-wise to them.
When looking at some of the last hunter-gatherer cultures left in the world (and there are roughly only between 10,000-20,000 such people remaining that live like this globally) they tend to be leaner, stronger and healthier (meaning, things like cancer, diabetes, etc. are near non-existent).
Overall, the eating is very simple: You eat meat, chicken, fish, game meat, vegetables (except potatoes and yams), fruits, nuts (except cashews and peanuts) and some oils (canola oil, walnut oil, olive oil). That's it. No bread, no pasta, no beans, no legumes, no processed food or meat (ham, salami or bacon), no butter, no dairy (except an egg once in a while would be okay).
Black coffee was fine, and tea was fine.
Maybe most importantly, NO SALT.
A lot of times you hear the statement "Just don't add salt to what you are eating and you'll be fine." The problem is that most of the foods out there now in the grocery stores are so packed with sodium, not adding additional salt isn't going to matter. The goal on this diet is to NOT buy foods that are already packed with salt (which basically means, stay away from foods sold in a box).
I tried eating like this for 4 weeks and I ended up losing 5 pounds and about an inch and a half around my waist. Not bad. About what I would expect for any other diet.
I did enjoy eating this way though. No counting calories was a major plus. And because it's summertime, it was great to make a massive bowl of mixed fruit with strawberries, blueberries, oranges, apples, bananas, grapes, etc every couple of days and just stuff myself.
For the meats, it wasn't as bad as I thought not being able to add a little salt to it. There's a ton of other spices that I could add to it (like garlic and onion powder but NOT garlic salt or onion salt) to really give it some flavor.
Overall I'd give the diet 2 thumbs up and it's definitely something I'm going to stick with for awhile as I really liked the way I felt eating this way. Taking out the wheat, bread, rice, etc. completely out of my eating really has helped with getting down to eating away at those last few pounds of fat I've got in various places while at the same time, continuing to get a great source of fiber, vitamins and minerals from all the vegetables and fruits I was eating.
If you're interested in reading more about this diet and what foods you can and cannot eat as well as a whole section with recipes that you can make, click on the link below for the Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain and check it out.
That's it for the week. I know I've been blogging less lately and I apologize for that. I've been working on some new projects that I'm going to be launching in the coming weeks that I'm really focused and excited about and in the end, I think you are really going to enjoy them.
Have a nice 4th of July weekend!
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As I've stated in the past, I think most diets DO work, it's just a matter of sticking with it that causes people to fall off of them.
Whether it's because they don't enjoy the food, or just simply they get bored.
In the end, I think people need to find a form of dieting that works for them. Meaning, they enjoy the foods, the feeling that they get, and they consistently see results (but let's not go overboard...the beer and pizza diet just isn't going to work).
So I tried out a diet that is based on eating similar to our Paleolithic ancestors.
Essentially, Paleolithic people were those that lived before the agricultural revolution. They were the hunter-gatherers of our history.
The theory behind the diet is that the agricultural revolution only came about roughly 10,000 years ago, and for the vast majority of the human population, agriculture didn't really become a staple in how we obtained our food until as recently as a thousand years ago (and it might even be more recent than that).
But, for the prior 2.5 million years of human evolution (and through all the various human forms), we hunted and gathered our food, and this is what the human body is still designed to handle and process today.
10,000 years might sound like a long time but, in a different perspective, the human genome has only changed .04 percent in 40,000 years.
The diet argues that we've made such a "quick" change from eating foods that we obtained from hunting and gathering to foods that are domesticated and processed, that our body has not and will not for some time, adjust health-wise to them.
When looking at some of the last hunter-gatherer cultures left in the world (and there are roughly only between 10,000-20,000 such people remaining that live like this globally) they tend to be leaner, stronger and healthier (meaning, things like cancer, diabetes, etc. are near non-existent).
Overall, the eating is very simple: You eat meat, chicken, fish, game meat, vegetables (except potatoes and yams), fruits, nuts (except cashews and peanuts) and some oils (canola oil, walnut oil, olive oil). That's it. No bread, no pasta, no beans, no legumes, no processed food or meat (ham, salami or bacon), no butter, no dairy (except an egg once in a while would be okay).
Black coffee was fine, and tea was fine.
Maybe most importantly, NO SALT.
A lot of times you hear the statement "Just don't add salt to what you are eating and you'll be fine." The problem is that most of the foods out there now in the grocery stores are so packed with sodium, not adding additional salt isn't going to matter. The goal on this diet is to NOT buy foods that are already packed with salt (which basically means, stay away from foods sold in a box).
I tried eating like this for 4 weeks and I ended up losing 5 pounds and about an inch and a half around my waist. Not bad. About what I would expect for any other diet.
I did enjoy eating this way though. No counting calories was a major plus. And because it's summertime, it was great to make a massive bowl of mixed fruit with strawberries, blueberries, oranges, apples, bananas, grapes, etc every couple of days and just stuff myself.
For the meats, it wasn't as bad as I thought not being able to add a little salt to it. There's a ton of other spices that I could add to it (like garlic and onion powder but NOT garlic salt or onion salt) to really give it some flavor.
Overall I'd give the diet 2 thumbs up and it's definitely something I'm going to stick with for awhile as I really liked the way I felt eating this way. Taking out the wheat, bread, rice, etc. completely out of my eating really has helped with getting down to eating away at those last few pounds of fat I've got in various places while at the same time, continuing to get a great source of fiber, vitamins and minerals from all the vegetables and fruits I was eating.
If you're interested in reading more about this diet and what foods you can and cannot eat as well as a whole section with recipes that you can make, click on the link below for the Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain and check it out.
That's it for the week. I know I've been blogging less lately and I apologize for that. I've been working on some new projects that I'm going to be launching in the coming weeks that I'm really focused and excited about and in the end, I think you are really going to enjoy them.
Have a nice 4th of July weekend!
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