Fitness For Freedom Tips

We work really hard to try and guide you and get you exercising in a way that works for you, but sometimes you just need the guidance of a professional to show you how to exercise, so today we’re going to cover what you should be looking for when trying to find the right personal trainer or coach for you.

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There are two type’s of people that say they exercise every day. The first is someone that wakes up every morning and does 100 push-ups or a 100 sit-ups or something like that, I have never met anyone like this in real life I have only seen them in movies, I’m not saying they don’t exist, I’m just saying I’ve never met them in real life. However they would be able to strength train like this for one of two reasons, one they either rotate between exercises everyday like do push-ups one day, pull-ups another day and sit-ups the next day.

The first thing I want to pick apart is this notion of good fat and bad fat, there’s really no such thing as good fat and bad fat, our body needs fat to survive, which means there are fats we should eat more of, fats we should eat less of and there is one type of fat we should never eat, so I guess this would be the bad one and it’s called trans fat. But we’ll get to that one last.

Alright I get it, sometimes vegetables can be boring, I mean how many carrot sticks and pieces of celery can we eat, we’re not rabbits. Sometimes you just might crave something that’s a bit salty or sweet and vegetables don’t cut it and that’s fine, you don’t need to eat all vegetables all the time, you just need to eat more. So here are some strategies I’ve used with clients or I myself use, to get the job done.

The Lean Start-Up by Eric Ries is a business book that I read 2 years ago, but the principles he teaches in this book can be extracted into health, wellness and fitness. Before I get into it I want to give you some background, Ries had several failed tech start-ups and this was his mind set for each company.

I’m going to start this episode with a story from my high school days, that has very little to do with fitness, but bear with me, I bring it back around.

Isometric strength training is definitely non-traditional, it is a way to strengthen your muscles without actually moving them. This means contracting or flexing your muscles without moving any part of your body.

There are a lot of people in this world and I think for the most part we are all chasing the same thing and that is to be happy and be healthy, at the end of the day if you’re both of those things you’re doing alright.

But back to your question David, if you’re building a home gym you need to look at your goals and what you already have in your house to decide what type of equipment you need. If your goal is to just be a healthier person, remain independent and make activities that require effort much easier you don’t need to purchase any equipment.

Ok, having this skin or adipose tissue that hangs over the front of your mid-section is really common after pregnancy and sometimes it can be made worse by the scar of a c-section, making it uneven. Because fat does not form the same way under scar tissue or over your muscle that has been literally cut, it can make it look even more uneven or a bit ‘extra hangy’. Even if you lose weight it still won’t be as ‘tight’ looking as the other parts of your body.