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Minute #71 | Exercising When You’re Sick
01/10/2007
Have you ever heard anybody say, “I’m coming down with a cold, I think I’ll go to the gym and sweat it out?” I hate when they say that because it’s not good for them… or me. Over the past few days I’ve been suffering from the best excuse not to exercise… the common cold. You see, my fitness instructor friends and I learned a long time ago that when you’re sick, it’s time to rest. Here’s why. Most of us exercise to burn fat and that means aerobic exercise or “with oxygen”. That’s right… to burn fat your body must have plenty of oxygen… now follow me now because here’s where it gets complicated… and if your nose is stuffy and your lungs are tight and you can’t breathe anyway, are you going get oxygen to exercise and burn fat? NO! Another thing us professionals know is that if you push too hard while your body is sick… you’ll fall harder and take much longer to get back in the game…if you get back in the game. So what’s the fix? Use your common sense when you get a common cold, and take a break. Drink lots of water, order some chicken soup and keep an eye on those extra calories too and you’ll be back before you know it. Hey, it’s all about moving – do some now… so you can do more later.
The Motivation To Move Show #113
29/09/2007
Welcome to the world’s most popular health, fitness and motivation program. On this weeks show: * Exercising When You’re Sick * The Purpose of Food * BMR * Long Slow Burn * Body Fat Percentages
Minute #70 | Don’t Work Hard All The Time
28/09/2007
There’s a term in exercise called “Periodization”… which basically means, you don’t have to work hard all the time… and I like that way of thinking. When it comes to working out, lots of the folks I know seem to take an all or nothing approach. They’re always working harder… climbing the mountain… and they wonder why they never get to the peak. If you want results you need to train with an athlete’s mindset. And here’s what I mean by that. Professionals train for an event or a season or a game. In other words, workouts are designed to condition their bodies to climb a mountain a couple of times a year. Amatures want to climb a mountain everyday and only succeed in wearing themselves out. So here’s the fix. Just think of your workouts as a series of peaks, valleys, and flats that extend over days, weeks, months or even years… the trick is to rotate through periods of training… de-training… and maintaining. Remember… you’re training FOR the mountain… the mountain isn’t the training. Hey, it’s all about moving – do some now… so you can do more later.
Minute #69 | Variable Intensity
27/09/2007
When it comes to exercise… we all agree on one thing…. it’s hard work. But how do you adjust exercise to make sure you’re working at your level? Some folks think exercise is hard to do. Hey, that’s the point… if it were easy everybody would be doing it… and look around you… they’re not. The trick to enjoying exercise is to adapt it to your level… remember… anything is better than nothing, right? I’ve taught 10’s of thousands of folks in group fitness classes over the last decade and here’s what I tell them. Adding propulsion to any exercise movement will make it more advanced and more difficult. In an aerobic class if you jump instead march, you’re going to work harder. Want less… don’t jump. If you like kickboxing, holding your arms below your heart is easier than holding them above your heart because of gravity. The heart has to pump the blood up. I know it sounds simple… but sometimes simple works. Adjust the level of your feet or your arms higher or lower and you’ll adjust the intensity of your workout. Hey, it’s all about moving – do some now… so you can do more later.
Minute #68 | Believing In Yourself
26/09/2007
Would you believe me if I told you that your beliefs might be keeping you a little chubbier than you would like to be? The other day one of my students came to me and said… “My arms are getting fat… when I wave… they keep on waving.” Before I could respond she went on, “My mom told me it would happen when I turned 40… just like her, I guess she was right”. No she wasn’t. You just believe she was right. The truth is… over our life all of us form a belief system that is sometimes a carbon copy of what somebody else told you to believe… right or wrong. Hey, your Mom’s arms kept waving probably because she never exercised a day in her life… not because she turned 40. My Mom told me chocolate would make me fat. No… too much chocolate makes me fat. The way to lose weight and shape up is to recognize that your beliefs might not be yours. The fix? Decide what YOU believe in… like being in the best shape of your life. Hey, it’s all about moving – do some now… so you can do more later.
