How’s your metabolism?

So, How’s that metabolism working for you?  It’s bound to happen to your friends. It’s likely to happen to your family. In fact, if you take a look around, about 95 out of every 100 people will experience the dreaded age-associated metabolic decline.

Research now shows that, on average, folks experience a 2-4% decline in their resting metabolic rate with each passing decade after the age of 25. Add to this metabolic decline a 5lb loss of muscle mass with every decade and getting older is a depressing proposition.

Read the full article by Ryan Andrews on why you should be doing High Intensity Exercise.

Exercise – the magic bullet

“The single thing that comes close to a magic bullet, in terms of its strong and universal benefits, is exercise.”  Frank Hu, epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Did you know  -  Exercise has been shown to help the following conditions:

1. heart attack
2. stroke
3. hypertension
4. diabetes
5. obesity
6. depression
7. demetia
8. osteoperosis
9. gallstones
10. diverticulitis
11. erectile dysfunction
12. rheumatoid arthritis
13. multiple sclerosis

You name it, exercise helps it.

 So, there it is.  You just got the magic bullet to better health.  Now what are you going to do?

Drink the Kool-Aid

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.”

Our warm-up is your work out.

The super-fit walk among us

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The humble push-up

As a symbol of health, nothing surpasses the humble push-up.

An enduring measure of fitness: The simple Push Up.

A link to see how many push-ups you SHOULD be able to do.

Workout: “21″

Do 21 push-ups and 1 sit up

Do 20 push-ups and 2 sit-ups

Do 19 push-ups and 3 sit-ups

Do 18 Push-ups and 4 sit-ups

Continue until you get to 1 push-up and 21 sit-ups

Have fun!

Jailhouse workout

Lil Joe is doing 5-10 for possession with intent in Upstate NY. He makes time to do his thing, how about you?

These are called “Burpees”, an exercise many American inmates/convicts use in prison for fitness and endurance. Proves the point that you don’t need to go to Gold’s, or have a whole bunch of equipment to get in a good workout. They look kind of easy don’t they? Try doing 25 of them and see how y