The Skinny on the Wii Fit

I'll admit that I'm not one of the biggest tech geek (I'm still confused on what kind of iPod I should buy) but i have seen the big craze that seems to have hit the world and that is the Nintendo Wii. Along with the Wii, there's a "game" called the Wii Fit (Sorry, I know I sound like I'm explaining this to people that don't know this but it's really more of an explanation for myself for future reference...).

This article goes through and talks about how basically, it's not really working on getting people and families fit, although there's a study being conducted to verify whether that's actually the case.

But here's my favorite line of the article:

Still, it seems a little disingenuous for Nintendo to heavily market a fitness tool that's sitting in more than a million American living rooms collecting dust.

Why is that so "disingenuous?" If anything, that's the genius of it. People buy something fitness related, use it two times, and then lose interest. That's what 90% of the market is all about. Think of all the treadmills out there sitting in people's homes that have been used a half dozen times, and now it's used as a tool to hang clothes.

The vast majority of fitness plans, diet plans, fitness equipment, are designed to fail (well, except mine of course...).

There's nothing disingenuous about it, it's just what the vast majority of the industry is designed around.

LOOKING FORWARD

Right now I'm trying out a new interval workout that I built and so far, I'm hating it (read this post to understand what i mean by that..). So keep an eye out in the next few weeks for me to talk about it and lay out exactly what I'm doing.

Everyone have a nice weekend!

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Why You Should Hate Intervals

I get questions a lot asking how fast should you begin running, cycling, etc., on the high part of an interval.

Just to recap on what intervals are and why they are so important for fat loss, here was Part I, Part II, and Part III of a series I did a long time ago in a galaxy far far away...

The simple answer is this: as hard as you can. Pretend someone is chasing you...with a knife....up the stairs...you fall and get back up....then you turn around and ask "What do you want??!!" Oh, sorry, that was just the theme to about 1,532 horror movies out there...

But seriously, it's about running for your life.

When I talk to people that have done these kind of workouts after I explain them, I ask how they liked it and the normal answer I get is "I like them." Unfortunately, that's the wrong answer. You should not like intervals. Remember this statement: If you don't hate intervals, then you're not doing them right. You need to hate them. You need to look at that treadmill before you get on it and the hair should stand up on your arm.

But realize, THEY WORK. You will hate them, but you will love the results you get by hating them.

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Now the 20 Most Unhealthiest Drinks

Poor Baskin Robbins. First they get the top spot for having the worst food in America that I posted here the other day, and now they get the worst rated drink in America in this article.

I guess I've been out of the loop for awhile in the "normal unhealthy" food world but, I didn't even know they made some of those things in that list.

So I'm going to be mister obvious here....if you want to lose weight....don't eat or drink anything on those two lists....Ya, I know....It doesn't take a CSCS to figure that out.

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What Kind of Class do YOU want?

So I'm doing some major revamps of my fitness business this year and have a TON of ideas of the kinds of group classes that I can offer. But, why should I do all the thinking? YOU know what kind of class you'd like so let's hear it.

Maybe you and some of your co-workers have an interest in fitness but don't know where to start and you'd like for there to be a class right there on your worksite.

Maybe you're going to have a baby (or you just had one) and you'd like to do your best to stay in shape while pregnant (or lose those pounds after you have the baby).

Maybe you have kids that aren't the most active and you'd like for them to get into some kind of fitness routine to get them away from that Xbox.

There's really an infinite number of options out there and with the economic hard times that are upon us, it doesn't have to be expensive.

So go ahead and shoot me an e-mail at mike@leanbodyfitness.com and let me know a suggestion on what you think I can offer you to help you with your fitness goals.

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20 Worst Foods in America

This article has some of the most disgusting sounding foods I think I've ever read about. Okay sure, maybe there's a large chuck (no pun intended) of the population that is drooling over it, but, look at those calories...especially the #1 worst food in America.

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The Blog is Back!!

Yup, it's been forever since I wrote on this. But new material will be starting back up the week of February 2nd so make sure to check for updates then!

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Substitute Beverage Ideas

This article has some good substitutions for drinks for those people that just can't handle the thought of going from a flavorful, high calorie drink to.....water.

But, make sure not to get to excited about the Krispy Kreme Very Berry Chiller being "good." It's still got 290 calories with most of that being sugar. But I guess when looking at lesser of two evils when comparing it to that Starbucks thing, it's not so bad (but it's still not good!).

But I'm still holding to my original position that you can't go wrong just drinking water.

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