Hold it. You may be exercising and eating all wrong.
You may have been led to believe a lot of very stupid and untrue things about what it takes to get fit.
Things like:
• Running several miles per day is the key to getting fit.
• Doing a ton of long, slow distance (LSD) is absolutely necessary.
• Lifting the heaviest weights you possibly can will turn you into a human fire plug.
• Eating five or six times per day will crank up your metabolism.
• Training one part of your body today and another part tomorrow will prevent overtraining.
• Only working out 2-3 times per week is the fastest way to make progress.
My friend, there are pieces of truth in all these lies.
For example:
Long-slow cardio may make you feel good – but if you want to “STEP UP” your metabolism, you’re far better off doing a very hard, very vigorous workout that calls upon all your physical and mental reserves. You’re better off with a short workout that will never get easy – no matter how often you do it.
Consider the sprinter. He does not do long distance cardio. Yet his body is lean, muscular and powerful.
It is rare to find a long distance cardio person who is well muscled.
He may be lean, but there’s no power.
Not only that, but after a period of time – the long cardio workout person may end up suffering from hip, knee, ankle and lower back pain.
Why?
All the pounding on the joints. It takes a tremendous toll on the body.
Instead of the long, slow, dull approach to fitness, consider the following 5 ways to a Metabolism Makeover.
1. Begin doing vigorous full body body weight exercises that force you to lose control of your breathing. If you aren’t getting out of breath when you train, your system is NOT being forced to adapt and change. The harder you are breathing, the more shock to the system. The more “shock” there is – the greater the shake-up in your metabolism. The exercises in
Combat Conditioning cause this to happen and that is why they those who use them fit FAST.
2. Instead of running or bicycling several miles per day for cardio exercise – train like a cheetah. Run as hard as you can, at full blast, for as long as you can. Run with all your might. When finished you’ll be gasping for oxygen. And this gasping is what turns on the fat burning furnace within.
In Combat Conditioning you’ll find sprint workouts you can follow that will turn you into a lean, powerful prey-catching cheetah within 90 days.
3. Practice deep breathing. The deeper you breathe the more oxygen in your system. The more oxygen in your system, the faster your metabolism. Don’t just get your deep breathing from vigorous exercise. Get if from the act of deep breathing itself – done all day long.
4. Eat plenty of fiber rich, water-content foods while avoiding starchy foods most of time.
5. Change the mental picture you have of yourself. As you see yourself in your mind’s eye – so you become.
Follow this approach to getting fit fast and you’ll catch the eyes of everyone when you walk down the street. Others will instantly sense that something is different about you. And you’ll know why.
Matt Furey