Have you tried diet after diet with no success? Or maybe, you’ve been exercising non stop and not really seeing any changes or have reached a plateau? There is a very good reason for that… maybe, just maybe, you haven’t yet made the connection between strong nutrition and exercise!
I’ll let you on the best secret… we always hear about it, but somehow, we tend to discount it…
It’s about doing BOTH!!! But wait!! There are tactics to this…
Have you ever been in that place where it seems that no matter how hard your workout, the results just are not there? I want to share a secret with you. It’s not always about how hard you work, most often, it’s in the way you workout… Let me introduce you to Interval Training.
Interval training is the new way of training.. or is it? The truth is that athletes have been accessing interval training for performance.. only to realize that not only are the benefits adding power to their sport performance, it also increases their metabolic rate of burning fat. So how do we do this stuff anyway?
Interval training is about doing fast bursts of exercise, high intensity aerobic work, followed by strong anabolic strength work. As the body tries to keep up with the pace and the demands, it will kick into high gear burning more calories per workout. And because we are also accessing strength work, the body will keep burning fat for up to 48 hours. Sound to good be true? Not in the least!
It applies to us and will something different in every way. In the fitness world, it means building core strength, or building from the inside out. Your spine is your fragile protector. It’s job is to link the body together by protecting the central nervous system that runs from the brain to the sacrum. All our nerves diverge and energized from a specific points between in vertebrae joint.. It also links the body in movement. It’s engineering system is designed to let bend, rotate (to a certain extent). It’s a fine line between flexibility of movement and strength. But the spine in essence are still linked bones that need muscle to move it. Like any other bones in our body, the vertabraes are essentially inanimate unless we make it move and happens thru a command to the muscle,via the central nervous it protects, governed by the brain… it’s a link system… Very cool when you stop and think about it…
It’s funny the myths that are out there! I overhear people give their friends advice on how to loose body fat, on how to eat properly, on how to get fit.. most of it is WRONG!!!! Let’s take a look
Myth 1 – You only have to do cardio 20 mts before breakfast every day to loose body fat – FALSE
The truth is that cardio workout before breakfast is a strong tactic to burn body fat if and only if it’s done for a minimum of 45 minutes then is fueled with a protein rich meal. Your body uses it’s stored energy for the first 20 minutes then will go to the body fat as a secondary source of energy, go longer to see the benefits
Look down, what do you see? What do you want to see? Looking for that six-pack? The truth is, the six pack is there! It’s hiding under unwanted body fat!
My clients often ask me to help them shape that six-pack, then, when they start to understand what it takes to show them off, reality sets in. It’s not about those crunches, or those pilates classes. It’s about nutrition, all body exercises as well as the crunches. The abdominals have to be worked from the inside out. In other words, no amount of crunches and Russian twists will shape those muscles if they are not first steady and firm on the inside. That comes with all body strength including cardio training, balance training and strength training. Nutrition is key to putting it all together. Without strong nutrition, the muscle cannot be shaped, without a balanced diet, your metabolism slows down the fat loss process hiding that sixpack under unwanted adipose.
My advice to all those who are looking for that bikini body:
I was at a party recently, when I overheard a woman say to a group:
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‘It only takes 20 minutes of cardio every morning before breakfast to burn body fat’
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Granted, she’s fit, granted, she’s done triathlons, marathons, has done strength training… etc… but she only knows what she knows.  The key is in what she doesn’t know… As she left the party, many in this group started asking me the question: True or False?
Have you tried diet after diet with no success? Or maybe, you’ve been exercising non stop and not really seeing any changes or have reached a plateau? There is a very good reason for that… maybe, just maybe, you haven’t yet made the connection between strong nutrition and exercise!
