world-class fitness in 100 words
Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch and no sugar. Keep intake to levels that will support exercise but not body fat. Practice and train major lifts: Deadlift, clean, squat, presses, C&J, and snatch. Similarly, master the basics of gymnastics: pull-ups, dips, rope climb, push-ups, sit-ups, presses to handstand, pirouettes, flips, splits, and holds. Bike, run, swim, row, etc, hard and fast. Five or six days per week mix these elements in as many combinations and patterns as creativity will allow. Routine is the enemy. Keep workouts short and intense. Regularly learn and play new sports.
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health is wealth
I was reading Dean Karnazes' latest blog post: Health is wealth and although he's talking about the US - it's just as applicable here in Australia...
"The economic downturn is forcing people to re-evaluate priorities. The age of materialism is coming under increasing scrutiny, if by nothing else than necessity. People simply don’t have the means to fund excessive indulgences the way they once may have. So what now?
Evidence shows that a growing number of people are now putting more value on health and physical well being. (OK, maybe not hard evidence, but I asked a couple of friends and that is what they told me.) If the rising number of participants in athletic events such as 10-Ks and marathons is any indication, some might say this trend started a while ago. No doubt the economic crisis is forcing the issue. Maybe this is just the type of rescue plan (er…stimulus package) the country needs. Anything that gets Joe Plumber off the couch and exercising is a good thing, right..."
yay, I'm in Men's Health
A while back I wrote into Men's Health to see if I could win some gear in their Gutless Wonder competition.
Well go grab yourself a copy of October's Australian Men's Health and check out page 46 (in the Compass section...) because yours truly's in it. Yay!
Unfortunately it's got a pic of Craig Lowndes on the Front (I was actually really hoping for someone like Eric Bana... but I guess you can't have it all? WT?)
With photos and everything it's pretty much got the original letter that I sent in it's entirety. For the original letter check out an older post: Gutless Wonder
I've managed to drop a couple of kilos since then and I'm now hovering around 82KG. The combination of consistent running and a vego diet has seen an additional reduction in abdominal fat - So if you really want to loose it - start running and get in control of your eating habits :)