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Staying on track of your mealplan can be SO hard to do nowadays, especially with so many convenient restaurants lurking you in with mouth-watering foods.
(Even though sometimes the actual food looks nothing like the pictures)
I myself used to be a total sucker for anything that had to do with Mexican Fast Food. I lived in Amsterdam for 13 years, but when I would go on vacation to USA the first thing on my to-do list was to visit Taco Bell.
Hey, Michael here and I want to tell you something real quick that most tend to forget.
See, anno July 2010.. Fit Body Boot Camp is turning into the hottest bootcamp in town (whether you’re in Culver City or Santa Fe Springs). But none of this could have EVER happened, had it not been for YOU!
Yes, YOU!
That’s why every morning I wake up TOOTALLY grateful for all our kick-ass clients who come to our bootcamps. Every single one of you is a rockstar. Like, a real rockstar.
And I think it’s this feeling of gratitude that makes a huge difference. It’s so important to realize all the stuff you have in your life sometimes.
At the risk of sounding woo-woo again ->
If you live in an attitude of gratitude, you will receive what you want.
The way this works is that once you KNOW what you want, and you live in a happy (grateful) mental state… the universe will practically realign itself towards your wants.
Continue Reading 7 Things I’m grateful for
I visited our Culver City bootcamp location yesterday, and as I drove home I listened to this book called “As a man thinketh” by James Allen. In it he talks about how to use your thoughts to get whatever it is you want in life.
Really good stuff, and stuff you can actually use with your fitness goals.
Here’s the thing -> Most people assume that what you think can be kept ‘secret’… like nobody will ever know what your deepest thoughts are… and you will never notice anything really change because of your thoughts…
But this is NOT true…
When you alter your thoughts – you’ll be astonished on how fast it affects you. The truth is that, what you think… will crystalize into a habit…and then that habit… will create a circumstance.
So last weekend I celebrated my birthday in Las Vegas with my Mom. This may sound like a bad place to take your Mom to… but then mine is a little bit of a party animal.
(In fact, she won over $700 on a penny machine – watch the last part of the video below to see how she does it)
And since all my clients asked me the same questions about my trip…
(are you going to drink in Vegas? Are you going to eat bad in Vegas? Surely you’re not going to work out in Vegas? Are you going to pump your fist in Vegas??)
.. I decided to document everything I did on the video below (…most of it)
Guys,
Here’s a Q & A session with an AMAZING doctor who has successfully debunked a lot of bad information we’ve been getting about health…
Q: I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it… Don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that’s like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.
Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine. That means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!
Continue Reading FBBC interviews a real doctor to debunk all the fitness myths
If you glanced at the title of this article, you might have cringed. When it comes to fitness, nutrition, weight loss, and overall health, many of us have trouble areas. There are some individuals who have a glass of red wine with dinner every night. Others skip the drinking completely on the weekdays, then start throwing a few back on Thursday or Friday night, and keep it up until Sunday.
Still others won’t drink for two to three weeks, then have a weekend binge of a few dozen drinks or so (you know who you are!)
Finally, while there are scores of individuals out there who don’t drink any alcohol at all and really won’t find this article personally useful, I encourage you (if you are one of those people) to read it anyways, and share the information with someone you think it might help.
Continue Reading I want to lose weight – Should I cut out the alcohol?
This article is dedicated to those who are mentally preparing themselves to get in shape. You want to begin eating right and exercising, you no longer accept to be tired and listless…but where do you start? Especially if there are so many facts thrown at you nowadays. Some people tell you to go lightweight on the ab-machine, others mention that they lost 50 lbs by eating grapefruit. Girls say that lifting weights makes them bulky, guys claim if the ‘bar ain’t bendin, you’re just pretendin’.
All in all, it seems like every single person has their own view on ‘how to do it’. So starting off an exercise program can be scary at first, you run the risk of confusion with so many fitness myths out there. Besides that, in health (and life in general) you only develop yourself if you leave your comfort zones. And starting up an exercising routine may be uncomfortable at first.
All of this is really no problem, I personally used to be out of shape myself and now as a personal trainer I view every ‘beginner’ as courageous and intelligent as they are taking responsibility for their own health. So just to help you out a little, let me debunk the 10 most common fitness myths that I hear on a daily basis:
#1 MYTH: Women will get big if they weight train.
This won’t happen…
…This will
Fact:
A woman has approximately one-third the testosterone compared to a man, so putting on a ton of muscle is not going to happen. The women you see in the magazines who look big and manly are on steroids, growth hormones, etc. You may look bulky if you’re carrying excessive body fat and building muscle. However, if you’re reducing body fat, you’ll eventually be able to see those lean, defined muscles.
New Years is coming, and many are planning to get on the most exclusive diets, or at least change their eating habits. I always like to take it step by step, so I’ll see it as a great accomplishment if I can discourage you from junkfood through my following points:
Tip 1
Mexican fast-food places often serve chicken that would not be qualified for sale in grocery stores.
Continue Reading Twelve ‘little-known’ nutrition tips to kick off the blog
