I'm sure you've heard the cliché, "no pain, no gain". And the truth is, nothing could be further from the truth. You shouldn't have to put yourself through any pain when working towards the goal of losing weight, toning muscle and / or muscle gain. If you're feeling pain than you have not properly conditioned yourself and your body is telling your brain that you're not doing something right.
Conditioning is everything when it comes to achieving a lifestyle that propagates a healthy body weight with lots of energy to burn. Often times people think they don't have time to exercise and if they do exercise their just adding to the feeling of being tired all the time. Some even go as far as to condone smoking cigarettes as a way of maintaining a healthy body weight.
My dear friends, please join with me and lets work together to achieve a healthy lifestyle. Let me show you how you can do it and have fund doing it. The best part of my invitation is that I will show you my technique for absolutely FREE! Let's start with our goals:
What is the perfect body type?
Don't stress what you want your body to look like. This will come naturally with your lifestyle. Instead lets focus on when you were a kid, remember how much energy you use to have. As adults we forget that when it was recess time we use to hit the monkey bars and chase each other around the playground. And in the summertime when we got home the first thing we did was ride our bikes until the street lights came on. Another interesting detail is that as children we ate whatever we wanted to eat including candy, ice cream, pizza and cake.
So why didn't we gain weight as children? (Now granted there are many of us that struggled with being overweight as children however the majority of the population did not so bare with me and keep this in perspective because I'm talking about the kids that didn't struggle with weight as children.)
The answer to this question is simple, you were living an active lifestyle that kept your metabolism burning and begging you for more and more calories to burn. So, to start an active lifestyle you don't have join an expensive gym or hire an expensive trainer. All you have to do is remember and repeat some old habits. Here's how:
CALORIE BURN:
If it's been a couple of years since you been jogging and or if you've been smoking and drinking I can assure you that you will discourage yourself if you attempt to run to the end of your street and back. Your knees are weak and your back is stiff. It is pointless because you have not conditioned yourself. So in order to avoid any discomfort follow these simple steps to burn calories and condition your body.
Step One:
Get on your Bike!
Ride your bike every day or as often as possible around the neighborhood or take your bike to a scenic park and ride. Build your stamina with every excursion. Your getting your blood flowing and strengthening your knees. This is important in getting you in the "mood" to run. That's right, the mood! Mood is everything. Now that you have your bike lets go for a spin.
Jump Rope!
It's fun and you'll feel silly at first because of your lack of coordination. But stick to it and in no time you'll be jumping effortlessly to the sound of the whisping rope cutting through the air as it smacks the concrete. You're also strengthening your knees and calves in preparation for more advanced calorie burning, kick ass lifestyle changes.
Step Two:
Where is the playground?
That's right! I said, "where is the playground?". You need a playground with monkey bars, picnic tables and open space. I have found that in just about every town the best place to go are the elementary schools after hours or at the crack of dawn of course. You want to avoid mingling with the school kids.
However, this is the place where you will realize just how out of shape you are. The flip side is that you'll be encouraged to keep coming because there was a time when you ruled the playground. Good habits die hard. Although it may have been a few decades since you pranced the playground you are home nonetheless.
Go to the monkey bars, can you swing from one side to the other? Hand over hand? Probably not. Can you do some pull ups? One or two? Five or Six? Can you run from the swings to the monkey bars and back again 3 times in a row? Can you lift yourself up onto the monkey bars and hang upside down?
Do you see what I'm getting at? Here is where you will find the child inside of you that will awaken once exposed to this simple obstacle course called the playground.
Here is my training circuit for the playground: (it helps to have an iPod with the blazing tracks of
50 cent or Young Jeezy bumping in your earphones as you play)
10 Pull ups on the monkey bars
15 Inverted sit ups hanging upside down on the monkey bars
10 Pushups
10 Up and overs on the picnic table
30 Kick ups on the picnic table
1 lap full speed sprint around the playground
I repeat this circuit 3 times and then I go home and relax. You may not be able to do this or you may surpass the endurance level it requires to run through this circuit. Keep in mind the point that I'm making is that a 6 year old is going to run through the monkey bars, up the slide then run to the swings and then run to the water fountain and back again. If a six year old can do it than.....
You can finish that sentence on your own. The aforementioned training style does not require any special diet. All it needs is for you to make good use of it and have fun doing it. Live like a kid again. Why not!!??
Step 3
Eating Habits
Fried food? Hey, I'll be the first to admit that I love two over easy eggs in the morning with a little salt cured swine. Not to mention fried chicken from my mothers kitchen. But my body can pass the fat and covert the salt / sodium into electrolytes to burn. Most importantly I limit my fried food intake to eggs in the morning and 2 - 3 times per week for dinner. I compliment these fried foods with vegetables and whole grain wheat bread.
Eat your vegetables and eat as many raw foods as you can get your hands on. Stay away from the rat poison they serve at McDonalds, Wendys, Burger King and other fast food establishments. The menu at most of these places will slowly kill you with all of the toxins in the food. And if you don't believe me, get to googleing! And see for yourself.
Drink lots of water. Drinking water alone will help to detoxify your system and help you to pass unwanted waste which in turn will actually help you lose weight. If you're drinking on the weekends or once or twice during the week you will find that the alcohol is actually making you weak, stupid and fat. Do the research on it, go ahead and Google: "does alcohol make me weak" or "does alcohol make me fat" and "does alcohol make me fat". I'm telling you straight, the words I speak are true.
Now don't get me wrong, drinking in moderation has it's place in life. But if you're serious about training and improving the quality of your lifestyle, then it's time to take a break and return to the playground. Ask yourself, does my six year old drink on the playground or on the weekends?
You see how I'm connecting the dots here? The key to living longer and healthier is to keep it simple and allow yourself to enjoy the simple pleasures you once enjoyed as a child. Now this is a public service announcement telling you to ignore your day to day operations as an adult. This is an invitation to a natural high that is more addictive than any vice you may currently indulge in.
Watch my videos for more details on my playground drills and instruction. Stay tuned....
Fitness trainer Shawn Reed lifestyleweightloss.blogspot.com lifestyleweightloss.blogspot.com tells all in a simple get back to basics lifestyle fitness / weightloss program inspired by childhood playground activity. This program is for adults that want to have fun, lose weight and get in shape for free. That's right, this weightloss program is absolutely FREE! So come on and join the fun! Start losing weight today. lifestyleweightloss.blogspot.com lifestyleweightloss.blogspot.com
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