The Fitness Journal

Loosing bodyfat is not only good for you, it is good for the environment. Research from the UK is indicating that the increasingly obese world population is a contributing factor to global warming. They are saying that obese and overweight people use more fuel to transport them and to transport the food that they consume.

In another study researchers suggest that because thinner people consume less and are likely to walk more rather than being so reliant on cars, the demands placed on agriculture and fuel by a thinner population are less. They concluded the reduction in car use would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution.

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Wayne

Cross training in the martial arts or boxing can help you develop speed, strength, and power, agility, flexibility and cardiovascular and muscular endurance. You need to be aware that different arts will focus more on different elements of fitness. It is important to find something you like but some of my favourites for a physically demanding workout include Thai boxing, boxing and grappling. Grappling with a partner or working the heavy bag or Thai pads can be some of the most physically demanding activities that you can do.

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One of the problems of the huge availability of information available on training and program design is that some people get so focused on developing the ultimate program that they don’t actually get out and train. In the short term, don’t worry if you don’t have the best program. As long as you are training with good form, with good intensity and your training sessions are not too long, results will come your way. In the longer term, if this is a problem facing you, have an exercise physiologist or personal trainer design your program for you.

Remember that I am available for program design and online personal training services.

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Wayne

Nutrition Tip #1
Eat Pasta… Carefully
by Dr. John Berardi

As a God-fearing Italian, I have to admit that I love pasta. But, as a gut-fearing weight lifter and athlete, I definitely have to choose the lower GI, nutrient dense whole-wheat variety. During training phases that require or allow for higher carbohydrate intake (higher volume training) I’ll eat one whole-wheat pasta meal per day. During other phases (like where I’m trying to lose fat), the pasta stays on the shelf in favor of a higher lean protein, good fat, and fruit and veggie intake.

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Following on my last post on functional training, if  you are training for improved sports performance and functional strength, you should be incorporating unilateral training in your programs.

Incorporating unilateral exercises in your program is a great way to increase your size and strength and to improve your ability to apply it in the real world. It also a great way to increase the variety in your training. For most people leg training is where unilateral training will be the biggest change because dumbbell training gives the upper body an element of unilateral work.

Most resistance training for the legs is based around working from a balanced parallel stance e.g. standard squats and deadlifts. In the real world how often do you actually use this position? I would suggest that it is not very often.

Although you won’t be able to use as much resistance in your training, lunges, step-ups, Bulgarian split squats and one leg Romanian deadlifts are great exercises to add to your programs. They will help you build your functional size and strength plus they will add another dimension to your workouts.

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Wayne