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Different Types of Planks

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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

Plankety, plankety, plank.

We all love Planks…right?

If not, you should.

Well, if you don’t love them, you should at least tolerate them…mildly.

The problem is that the regular plank is boring! Just the thought of holding myself in that position to make it count makes me want to take a nap!

I get comments from people on YouTube all the time about how they can hold a Plank for 3, 4 or even 5 minutes and my response is always the same…

…Why would you want to hold a Plank for that long?

Stick hot pokers in my ear, but never make me hold a Plank for 5 minutes!

So what’s a fella to do?

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How To Kick Start Your Program and Get Out Of A Weight Loss Plateau

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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011

What’s goin’ down in your neck of the woods? All’s good on this end. I did eat my lunch a bit too fast, which is never good. Seems I need to take a bit of my own advice and eat slower and not wait so damn long between meals

I initially thought about answering a few questions in this puppy, but I decided to just cover one.

There isn’t a week that goes by where I don’t receive this question, so it’s obvious that it’s a hot-button issue.

It’s all about “How to Get Out of a Weight Loss Plateau”

The most recent question came from my homeboy Shaun.

Shaun has made some pretty nice progress, but thinks he’s hit a plateau and wants to know how to kick start his weight loss again to keep on pace with his goal.

First, kudos to Shaun for noticing he’s hit a plateau and seeking help in getting things going AND a big slap on the back to him for following the Fit Dad’s plan and achieving awesome results!

This is what I told Shaun and am now telling you – and I’ll throw in a few other things as well just to cover ALL the bases. Read More→

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Fat Loss Workout Twist To Turn The Heat Up A Notch Or Two!

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Monday, January 31st, 2011

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Buenos Dias!

How’s life treating you? Life’s rockin’ and rolling around here. It’s cold, the streets are slick and evidently we’re supposed to get a crap-ton of snow.

How much is a crap-ton?

Evidently it’s a lot and I’ll be sure to let you know once I figure that out.

I wanted to share with you an exercise tip that I’ve been using to create my personal fat loss workouts, and even some of the workouts for my training clients here in the studio.

It’s a way to combine strength work, metabolic work and “burner” work all into one sweet little 7-minute circuit workout and I’ve been loving it.

I know that it’s not “pure” strength work, as I’ve been told before by the hard-core strength training Nazis, but I don’t care. I live in the real world and deal with real world issues and, like you, have limited time to devote to workouts and have to work within the parameters I’m given.

Anyway, enough of the ranting, let’s get on with it.

What I do is pick 3 exercises…just 3. Read More→

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Bodyweight Cardio Workout In 10 Minutes

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Monday, December 6th, 2010

What’s goin’ down!

I hope your week is off to an awesome start and I hope you had an awesome weekend!

Mine was pretty sweet. My wife and daughter’s birthdays were last week and today is my birthday. I turn 32 and feel pretty darn good about it. I hear some people say how they wish they could go back to their 20’s and never age beyond that decade, but I don’t agree. I liked my 20’s, but I wouldn’t want to go back to them, although my hairline was a bit lower (which is also why I’m keeping my hair long as long as I can!).

Anywho, on with the message!

Remember that quick little 10-minute bodyweight cardio workout I shared with you not too long ago?

If not, click here to check that butt-kickin workout video out.

I have another one of those little devils…err… I mean sweet bodyweight workouts, for you!

Same concept – quick, intense bodyweight workout that you can do anywhere and virtually any time.

I’m going to touch on this after the video, but whenever you do a 10-minute workout such as the bodyweight cardio I’m going to show you, you must focus and pay attention to what you’re doing. It sounds overly simplistic, and maybe even stupid, but trust me when I say it’s not. It’s a common problem and can make or break your results.

To check it out, watch the Bodyweight Cardio Workout below…

Also, don’t forget to focus on your muscles while doing these workouts. I know that may sound weird, but it’s important. I work with people every day here in my studio and one of the most common problems I see is people not “focusing.” They go through the motions and hope to be done – don’t be that person. This bodyweight workout is quick and is meant to work your entire body, burn lots of calories and crank your metabolism…but you have to do the work – you can’t just go through the motions.

Focus on what you’re doing.

Focus on the muscles worked.

Work hard.

Make sense?

If you’re not “present” and thinking, concentrating and actively flexing the muscles you’re working, you won’t achieve the results you’re after…or any results you do achieve will be horrible.

You might be able to get away with going through the motions in longer workouts (although you’re still wasting your time), but with these quick workouts (that are meant to be intense), you need to focus!

So if you’re doing a push-up in your bodyweight workout, really focus on flexing your chest (pecs) as you press your body up off the floor. Focus on keeping your abs and butt muscles tight and make sure you use a proper tempo.

If you’re doing something like Mountain Climbers in your bodyweight cardio workout, focus on keeping your body in a straight line (just like push-ups), keep your abs tight and make the reps count.

See what I’m saying?

You can do quick workouts, you can use your own bodyweight, and you can still see phenomenal results, but you must FOCUS and be present. Don’t go trhough the motions hoping to be done as soon as possible.

Crank it.

Work and your body will thank you. It’ll thank you by dropping body fat like crazy!

Have an awesome day and I’ll talk to you soon!

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Fast Cardio Workout Using Bodyweight

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Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

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Hey!

Running isn’t fun. Maybe it is to you, but I really, immensely, greatly, hugely dislike it.

I think it’s boring and if I need to get from point A to point B, I’ll drive.

I know many people enjoy running and that’s cool. I also know many people who should not be running because their form is out of whack and it puts too much pressure on their knee and hip joints, not to mention their back.

So if you like running, cool. If you’re training for a half-marathon or full marathon because it’s a huge goal for you, that’s cool too.

If you just want to lose weight and get in better shape, running is overrated.

I much prefer bodyweight workouts for my cardio and they work fine and dandy.

Actually, they work better than fine and dandy, they work fantastically!

I made a little video for you showing you just that type of cardio workout and if you’d like to give it a gander, click below:

Okay, that is all!

Talk to you soon and have an awesome day!

Ed, aka “The Fit Dad”

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2 Videos Showing You Different Push-up Variations (moderate and advanced)

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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

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Hey!

I don’t think it’s a secret that I love push-ups. I love doing push-ups and I love making other people do push-ups.

They are one of the perfect exercises – whether you want to lose weight, build muscle or just get strong and healthy – they must be done!

But what happens if regular push-ups are too easy?

What should you do if the workout calls for 2 sets of 12 push-ups and that doesn’t faze you. Sure it might work you a bit, but it’s nowhere near as difficult as it used to be and you want to keep progressing…

…You want to keep getting better, keep losing weight, keep getting stronger, etc.

Should you just do more of the same?

Nah.

That’s boring. Plus it’s not really going to help that much. Just doing a couple extra push-ups won’t make that much of a difference.

What will make a difference is doing different TYPES of push-ups.

Whether that be something more “Moderate” in intensity or stepping up to something a little more “Advanced.”

There are loads of different push-up variations and I made a couple videos for you showing you 3 different Moderate-level push-ups and 3 different Advanced-level push-ups.

Actually, I gave you a couple tweaks on some of them, so it’s more like 4 or 5 different types of push-ups in each video.

What can I say? I’m a giver

Okay, enough of the jibber-jabber, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty.

To check the video out for the Moderate Push-ups, watch below…

To check the video out for the Advanced Push-ups, watch below…

Okay, that’s all I have for you today!

Be back soon with more awesomeness!

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Fast Workouts In 4-Minutes!

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Sunday, October 17th, 2010

Hey! What’s goin’ down? I trust your day is off to an awesomely and unbelievable start! I know mine is.

Ya know, I love fast workouts…to be more specific, I love 4-minute workouts.

I love them in a hotel.

I love 4-minute workouts in a bedroom.

I love them in my training studio.

I love fast workouts in a hallway.

I love them on a plane (which makes for some funny looks).

I even love 4-minute workouts in my backyard.

To show you just how much I love these extra special workouts, I have made a bunch of videos detailing some killer 4-minute fat blasting workouts just for you!

Fast Workouts In 4-Minutes

Or even click here for another super-duper fast workout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQRS6reJcDg

Maybe click here for a 4-Minute Abs Workout to crank your stomach and core: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W4xTHu26TE

And certainly click here for yet another fantastically quick home workout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBbS5WtpplE

You can do these as a stand-alone workout for 4-minutes (plus a quick warm-up) if you’re pressed for time. You can combine 2 of them, or even 3 and create one nasty fat blasting workout.

There’s really no end to the creativity you can have when doing 4-minute workouts.

You could even combine one with one of my 10-minute workouts and create…a 14-minute workout! Yes, I do math sometimes too.

Actually one of my favorite ways to combine workouts is to do a 10-minute workout, rest for a minute, and then grab either an arms workout or 4-minute abs workout, or both, as an “add-on.” It almost creates a puzzle effect where it lets you pick and choose different combinations of workouts, put them together into a wicked full-body workout and be on with your merry ways.

So if your day only allows for 4-12 minutes, you can get something done and if your day allows for 20 minutes, you can create fast workouts in that way as well.

See what I’m saying?

That should be enough to get you started for today!

Have an awesome day!

And Remember…

Be A Superhero Today!

P.S. – One of the bonuses with the new and improved version of Fat Loss To Go is a couple workout programs devoted to 4-minute workouts. One is called 4-Minute Fat Loss Workouts and the other is called 4-Minute Abs Workouts. Both of those programs are jam-packed with fast workouts you can do from anywhere…which means no gym membership, and no expensive equipment to buy.

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Home Workout Video And Throwin’ Parents In A Lake

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Monday, October 11th, 2010

What’s goin’ on?

Did you have an awesome weekend? I know I did. I got to watch a little football, hang out with the family, chill out and just be awesome (that’s taken from my buddy Brad Pilon).

As I sat down to write to you I thought of something that happened a couple weeks ago while on a mini-vacation/business thingy out in Colorado (we’ll get to the home workout video in a minute). There was a playground about a block from the condo we were staying (which also happened to be on a gorgeous lake) and Maren wanted to play there on a regular basis.

lovely parenting

On our last day she made a friend and played with her for a while, but then something happened.

I’m sure it’s happened to you as well…

They got into a little fight. It started out innocently enough – kids being selfish – but progressed and the other little girl got a little nasty and her parents weren’t going to do anything about it (I don’t even know if they paid attention to her at all while we were there), so we decided to just leave.

I smiled and aided Andrea in consoling our heart-broken little girl – this REALLY upset her and she was NOT happy with the other little girl (and she let us know how really, really pissed she was) – but what I really wanted to do was toss the girl’s parents into the lake.

A little over-aggressive thought process? A little. Justifiable? I think so!

Why did I get off onto this little tangent?

I have no idea.

My real reason for emailing you was to share another awesome 10-minute workout video with you!

Watch the video below to check it out and give it a go!

Super-Awesome Home Workout Video

If you didn’t get last week’s 10-minute workout video, click here to give it a try.

I also wanted to share an article I found with you. It’s about a process many processed food manufacturers use to strip every last bit of meat off the bone. It’s pretty stinkin’ disgusting, but I think you need to know this information to illustrate that processed food manufacturers are not out for your benefit and shouldn’t always be trusted.

To check that little doozy out, click here.

And for clarification, McDonald’s does not use this process on their Chicken McNuggets. Does that mean you should eat them? Hells to the no, but it’s a common misconception that McD’s uses this process. If memory serves they used to use it until people got so outraged that they quit. Foods must be marked as using this process so they can’t really pull the wool over your eyes.

My main reason for giving you the link to that article is to give you one more reason to quit eating processed foods, stop eating fast food and start eating more real food, and of course doing workouts from home (like the home workout video I showed you earlier ).

One more thing about doing your workouts from home and we’ll be outtie.

A common question I receive has to do with workout timing. Folks want to know if there’s an ideal time to train from home and the answer is no. Whatever time works best for you, and that you’ll stick to on a consistent basis, is cool. If evening fits your schedule, do it then. If the lunchhour works better, do it then.

I’m a bit partial to the early morning workouts because it removes any excuses later on, but that doesn’t mean it’s a magical time of day. You doing the workout is all that matters.

Coolio?

Oh hell, I have to give you just one more home workout video Click here for that vid.

Okey dokey, that’s all I have for you today!

Talk to you soon!

The Fit Dad