Over the last several weeks, months, and in some cases, years, I have informed you on how to lose weight, get in shape, live a healthier life, have better posture, and the list goes on and on.
What I don’t think I have been good about is telling you what I BELIEVE in terms of health and fitness.
Why is this important?
Why does it matter what I believe when it comes to health and fitness?
It matters because you put your trust in me to tell you the truth and cut through all the fluff.
You put your trust in me to be honest and forthright when it comes to what works, what doesn’t and what is an outright lie where the person telling it should be taken out back and whipped for trying to steal your hard earned money and trust.
Extreme? Maybe, but it’s part of what I believe.
I believe that true health and fitness doesn’t just come from doing a workout or cutting out processed carbohydrates and adding more fruits and vegetables. It doesn’t just come from sweat pouring down your face causing sweat stains in your armpits. It doesn’t just come from knowing how to workout, what programs to follow, what programs are absolute trash and that most diet books found in book stores and on the internet are absolute garbage.
Those are all important things, but I believe in something far more important than that. Read More→
Well besides the fact that you can get A LOT done in a short period of time, which is paramount for a busy dad, busy business owner…and a guy who just doesn’t want to spend every waking moment doing fat loss workouts.
Who’d a thought? A personal trainer who doesn’t want to spend all his time doing workouts!
But it’s true. I’ve got better things to do than spend hours doing fat loss workouts and I’m willing to bet you do too.
You’ve got work requirements. You’ve got kids that need to get ready for school, lunches packed, homework that needs to be done, after school sports and activities like band or dance…man kids take up a lot of free time!
But on top of that you probably just don’t like to spend a lot of time working out. The people who enjoy doing long fat loss workouts are few and far between, so it’s probably music to your ears when I tell you that you can get fast workouts in that are just as, if not more, effective than longer workouts.
It’s just a matter of cutting out all the “isolation” movements like triceps kickbacks, crunches, torso twists, etc. and stick to movements that move a lot of muscle which means they burn a lot of fat.
That is the true key to fast workouts. Sticking with big movements and combination exercises, and cutting out the frivolous movements that do little to nothing in terms of fat loss.
But what do fast workouts look like? Do fast workouts have to look like some sort of new-age aerobics class? Read More→
Today is election day…thank the good lord almighty!
But that doesn’t mean we’re done with all the political crap.
You’re still going to hear about whose plan is better, why one person is screwing up the country, if not the world, how one party is full of [insert expletive] idiots, etc.
The one thing we’re also going to hear with more frequency is the health care debate.
Whose plan is better?
Some want to move to a socialized medicine type of society (which doesn’t work very well…sorry, it just doesn’t) and others want to keep it the way it is.
Neither are the best options, but regardless of whose options are the best there is something striking that is being left out of all this.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, is telling you what you NEED to hear. Read More→
“Why in God’s name do you create some of the workouts that you do?”
“Are you trying to kill me with this workout?”
“You’re a no good [insert naughty word here] for making me do this you know that right.”
Those are just a few of the questions and colorful comments I get from clients, both in my studio and people who have bought my Fat Loss To Go program, about some of the workouts I create and some of the exercises I make them do.
Yes, I do get cussed at and yes I like it!
But those are good questions, even with the colorful language.
Why do I create some of the workouts I do?
Is there a method to my madness? Do I just pick exercises out of thin air and group them together or is there a reason that certain exercises are grouped together in supersets or in workouts?
Believe it or not, there is a method to my madness and each and every exercise and workout has a purpose and a reason for being included.
As do the repetition numbers, number of sets and the reason I keep the rest periods so low.
Do you want to know the answer?
Too bad because it’s my personal secret…kind of like Kentucky Fried Chicken’s secret blend of herbs and spices, only without all the hormone injected chickens and deep fat fried goodness.
Kidding.
One of the reasons I create my workouts can be done so quickly is because the exercises done are big exercises. Meaning that they work lots of muscles at once, rather than one group like the machines do at health clubs.
That means that you burn a lot more calories doing it my way than you do with the health club machines. If you burn more calories doing it my way, then you also burn a lot more fat, plus you get done with your workout a lot faster.
Those are all good things in my book and I’m sure that anything that burns more fat in less time is good in your book too.
Take for instance when I pair push-ups with squats.
The push-ups, work not only your chest, but also your shoulders, triceps (back of your arms), a little bit of your upper back as well as your core/stomach/low back. Pretty good amount of muscle worked there which means a good number of calories get burned.
The squats work the front of your thighs, back of your thighs, butt, core/low back/abs. Again, a pretty good amount of muscle worked, plus those are big muscles which means you burn a lot of calories.
Plus when those two exercises are paired together you work pretty much your entire body, and when you do that for a few sets you’ve worked your entire body in around 3 or 4 minutes. Not bad, huh?
The same can be said when I pair an exercise like bent over rows which works your upper back, low back, biceps (front of your arms) and core/abs with an exercise like lunges which, just like the squats, works your entire leg, butt, and core.
Again, you work your entire body in just a few minutes, use a lot of muscle, which means you burn a lot of calories, which means you’ll burn a lot of fat.
Put those two supersets together and you have just worked just about every single muscle in your body and have burned a lot of calories and a lot of fat.
Not bad for around 10 minutes of work, huh?
Remember, muscle is the only tissue in your body that burns fat. If you work your muscles, you burn fat…period, end of discussion.
If you work a lot of muscle, you burn a lot of fat. That is exactly why exercises like crunches are almost worthless when it comes to burning stomach fat. They work very little muscle (the abs are pretty thin even though they cover a lot of space), which means they burn very few calories. Sure they strengthen your abs, but that doesn’t mean they burn a lot of fat.
If you want to burn stomach fat you’re much better off doing the full body workouts I give you in these newsletters, in my YouTube videos, and in my Fat Loss To Go program. They all focus on full body workouts, utilize full body exercises and full body abs exercises which means you get done VERY fast and burn A LOT of fat in that short period of time.
So does that explain a little why some of my workouts are so devilish?
Have a great day!
Ed
P.S. – Like I said, the workouts I design are fat burning juggernauts and will burn a lot of fat off you in a short period of time. Just stick with them and follow my nutrition advice and you’ll be well on your way to accomplishing your fat burning goals. Check out my Fat Loss To Go program here www.fatlosstogo.com
I just had an awesome workout and I’m pretty fired up.
I’m fired up because there is no better feeling than what you feel after you’ve had a good workout.
Your energy levels are through the roof.
Your body feels as though you’re doing something good, rather than killing it by sitting around doing nothing.
Your mind is “open” and free of clutter.
Your stress levels are minimized.
And if you’re like me, your creativity soars.
So that got me to thinking about you.
I’ve got something I want you to do for me this weekend. It’s not that creative or “mind-blowing”, but it’s just a small personal challenge from me to you. Read More→
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