The Awesome... The Amazing... The Lunge!!!

Here's a video I created to demonstrate the lunge, an exercise which works your quads, your thighs, your Glutes, and even your abs. You also get the benefit of training your muscles as stabilizers.

I consider this movement to be total body, and total body exercises give you benefit of saving time because you can get more work done in a shorter time.


Enjoy!!!




Sincerely,

Amir C.

Do you think it's time to reassess your workout routine?

Have you ever seen that movie "lottery Ticket"? I haven't seen it myself, but I have seen the previews for the movie and there's a scene where he talks about the wife that god wants him to have and his ex-wife:

Is your current workout routine working for your right now?

Are you meeting the physically fitness goals that you set for yourself?

If you're not where you want to be physically, then it's time to think about your exercise routine.

I'm not saying that you have to go out and hire a a really good personal trainer and have assess your current workout routine and see what's working and see what can be improved on....

I'm saying that you should:

1) Look at the resistance training exercises your doing
2) reevaluate your cardio program (if any)


Before you read this entire blog post..... you should know two things:

1) Heavy weights (relatively speaking) are the only way to build muscles that incinerate fat like a furnace

2) Interval cardio training is one of the most effective ways to burn fat, next to Circuit training ( 8-9 exercise done consecutively with little to no rest).

c) Increased oxygen consumption( breathing harder and faster) increases the amount of fat that your body uses for energy.

Now.

You need to ask yourself these questions to determine whether or not your wasting your time:

1) Can I do more than 20 curls/bench presses/squats?

2) Can I walk at the same pace for 90 minutes of more?

3) At the end of a set of xxx, am I breathing deeper and faster?


If you answered "Yes" to the first 2...


YOUR ARE WASTING YOUR f@#$%%^ TIME. PERIOD.

If you've lost weight using your current routine, i'm happy for you.

BUT....

We can only grow stronger when we push our limits a bit...

If you've walking at the same intensity for weeks/months, then do yourself a huge favor and kick up the intensity for a minute...

Just one minute. Pick up the speed and STAY THERE for a minute... and afterward, go back to your nice comfy level.

Now.

After a brief rest, kick the speed up again for JUST A MINUTE.

Then relax and continue walking at your normal pace.

During that one minute push, your breathing rate should have increased dramatically.

During that time, your body is telling your fat stores to become available so that you can use it for energy.

As for resistance training...

You can only build muscle with a weight the you can move 12-15 times.

If you can bench it 20 times of more, then it's time for you to increase the weight.

Believe me... you have the strength to do it... and the endurance....

Whether or not you realize this now.... You are on the right track.

Building endurance is a necessary step to increasing your strength and ultimately, fat loss.


Now.

Having endurance is like.... having a foundation made of Stone.

Take advantage of the foundation you've developed to become stronger and faster than you've ever imagined.

Sincerely,


Amir

You can STOP punching your winter fat now...

Ancient roman gladiators believed that the sun had the power to increase the size and strength muscles. Most roman house hold were built with "sunroof" to allow the sunlight to rain down on the residents.


If you're punching your gut right now, you can calm down for a minute....


It's not your fault...

If you're gonna blame anybody, then you can only blame mother nature, and the lack of sunlight that is apparent in the winter months..

If you, Like Me, live in the northern part of your country, then you know that it absolutely SUCKS when winter swings around and there is only like, 8-9 hours of daylight out of a 24 hour day...

And it's also freakin' cold!!!


Not to mention the dreaded "Winter weight Gain" effect, which is caused by the lack of sunlight...


If you don't know what I'm referring to then listen up:

The lack of sunlight during the winter months has an impact on your pituitary gland, which causes you to eat more and more.

Sunlight has a regulating effect on our appetite. When you have tons of sunlight, the sunlight hits your eyes and from there it hits your pituitary gland, which suppresses your appetite.

If you're already full, then you stay fuller longer.

Now...

I'm not saying that you'll go the entire summer and not be hungry....

What i'm saying is that you appetite will be normalized and you'll stay fuller longer....

Are you starting to see how important it is to have access to the sun?

Remember how you feel when you're sitting outside on a warm sunny day... you can feel the heat of the sun radiating all over your body.... and you just feel really good...

You can thank the sun for that.

You don't need a scientist to tell you that the sunlight cheers us up, do you?


Now...

The days are getting longer and the sun is coming out more and more....


Are YOU gonna take advantage of the natural healing powers of the sun and get into awesome shape this summer?


Sincerely,

Amir