Zen My Fitness – Linking Muscle and Mind

Don’t Stop Moving

I’m pleased to post this guest article from David Haas who is an Advocacy Coordinator for the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance on his insights about the benefits of fitness and eating healthy during and after a diagnosis of cancer. Each different cancer has its limitations but if one can keep a healthy body, they can have a better chance to overcome this disease. 

Fitness is for Every One

“One of the newer ways of thinking about physical fitness looks at physical activity in light of the way in which humans lived thousands of years ago.  Prior to the invention of agriculture, a relatively recent phenomenon in world history, humans were hunters and gatherers who constantly foraged for basic sustenance.  Much of our genetic code was developed in that era.  While our bodies have not changed significantly in thousands of years, our lifestyles are drastically different. Read the rest of this entry »

If you like to know how to develop hot sexy legs and bottom there are two ways to go about it  (1)  is to take a short cut or (2) put in some hard work.

Most people wouldn’t prefer the hard work option but it will last a life time and the benefits are numerous.

So you can choose either:

1. Purchase Clinically Proven Slimming Shorts 

Intensive Leg Exercises - Back Squats

and pretend that you are fit and healthy and only lasts while you are wearing them.
Any excess bulges would look like two ferrets wrestling in a sack.
(Remember Reebok’s $25 million fine for their “Toning Shoes”?)

OR

2. Do this 6 week Intense Leg Training Program 
(I can guarantee this works, I use it Shsshh) Read the rest of this entry »

Food should never be boring or don’t get the guilts about having a snack, that is unhealthy not the food.

Raw Avocado-Lime Pie

If you want to try something a little different then try raw food.

You eat raw already by snacking on fruit but that can be extended to raw foods like lasagna and cheesecakes.

Here are some Benefits of a Raw Food Diet ( taken from About.com).

• Increased energy
• Clearer skin
• Weight loss
• Reduced risk of disease

The raw food diet contains fewer trans fats and saturated fat than the typical Western diet.

It is also low in sodium and sugar and high in potassium, magnesium, folate, fiber, vitamin A, and health-promoting antioxidants.

These properties are associated with a reduced risk of diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Read the rest of this entry »

At times I feel like I have reached my maximal weightlifting limit and any progression stops or only increases at a snail’s pace which you could say is a weightlifting plateau.

It's Not All About Lifting Heavier and Heavier

There are a number of causes why plateaus happen and I will identify one of the most frequently occurring causes and offer 4 methods which helps me to break through this plateau.

I don’t like to change my current workout at a whim so by using these few simple tactics gives me enough ‘kick along’ to get out of a ‘rut’ and keep my progression moving forward, whilst still being able to use my existing program.

REASONS FOR PLATEAUS Read the rest of this entry »

It's not as bad as you think!

Sounds paradoxical eating snacks and still being able to get a defined 6 pack Abs but it’s true.

And I don’t mean as a cheat meal but you can eat these daily!

OK there is a punch line, I need to be doing these few things first to be able to eat like this, the ground rules are:   …. Read more of this article

MMA or Mixed Martial Artists are some of the fittest athletes in the world.

Watchout your head is in the way!

You have to be fit to hold up your hands for 5 rounds with 1 minute rests while someone is trying to punch portholes into you.

If fat-loss is a goal and you are bored of doing endless “TV watching”  treadmills then mix it up and consider doing a good hard MMA workout as an alternative cardio routine for fatloss.

I’ll guarantee it will engage your mind rather than being placed in neutral, your athletic skills increase and you’ll find it more enjoyable and satisfying.

So Why MMA Workouts for Cardio?

  … read more at the musclehacker!

Stretching Complaints Department - Please Enter

Do you bother stretching at all? Does it really help or hinder? Can flexibility help improve your bodybuilding? … I say YES and here is why.

Firstly we are discussing static and dynamic stretching to improve flexibility. Don’t confuse stretching with warming up as they are two different animals and should be treated differently.

Poor flexibility prevents you from achieving a full range of motion. Having tight muscles gives you less muscle growth from the same strength-training effort.

How does it improve bodybuilding?

Over time we tend to become less flexible and stiffer. You might notice your range of motion start to become limited as compared to when you were younger. And performing heavy weighted exercises shorten and stiffen your muscles and connective tissues when the effort is imposed.

Find out the right way and when is it best to stretch. This is a Guest Post I did at Musclehacker.com please click here to read more

How to get 6 pack abs you probably already know is one of the most searched health topics on the Internet.

Me in Feb 2011

Checking with Google there are 5,600,000 results and this article makes 5,600,001 and when you finished reading this there will be 10 more!

There are plenty of articles that will tell you how to get a 6 pack abs but with this post I’ll simply stick to (1) objective  of real measurements … there are no magical 6 pack promises allowed on this!

If you are like me I hate spending too long at the gym (1 hour max.) so at the end I tend to rush through doing my ab routine so I can get home and do other things.

Rather than do my abs at the gym I want to identify what are the most effective exercises that can be done at home for developing a defined mid section. Read the rest of this entry »

When do we start?

I have published a guest article over on musclehacker.com  about discovering what is the best type of cardio for fat loss!

I provide a definitive answer that will work for you guaranteed.

Maybe you have heard that before but if you haven’t then the answer is (drum roll please) ….  click here  to find out at the musclehacker.com!

I wanted to find the best method to lose weight fast in a week!

How to Lose Weight Fast

Why? Just for the sake of curiosity and see what worked plus we are in Mid Winter and I always tend to put extra weight on over that period.

So I chose 3 methods but there are many more ways to lose fat however these were easy enough for me to do.

The 3 that I decided on for my weight loss experiment were:

1. Intermittent fasting during the day.

2. Eating mainly simple Carbohydrates during the day.

3. Eating mostly Proteins during the day.

But firstly I had decided on some simple rules: Read the rest of this entry »