Have you ever wondered how certain “things” just creep up on us? For example, we’re 20 then the next time you turn around you are 40! Wow, how fast was that.
I am a very analytical person by nature and tend to see things in a slower fashion due to my ability to take a progressive overload approach rather than a “all or none” style.
In the health and fitness realm I try to coach people on the same philosophy. The Progressive Overload Approach.
The proper execution of the correct health and fitness techniques and concepts will yield positive results with respect to overall health and wellness. These include the seven main pillars of health:
1. Nutrition~including supplementation
2. Resistance training or weight-training including core conditioning
3. Cardiovascular training
4. Flexibility conditioning
5. Balance~from a proprioceptive perspective
6. Sleep patterns
7. Stress management
Everyone deals with or tries to deal or cope with stress. Some people cannot deal or cope very well and never achieve their optimal level of health and fitness. Even exercise is a stress on the body. Albeit, a positive stress when not overdone, but nonetheless exercise is also a stressor. What I need you to understand is there must be a balance of stress and a method to manage the stressors in your life for you to be able to achieve your optimal physical fitness level.
See what I mean below:
This question came in as a very popular one, and frequently asked.
“What is the best way to train and loose weight? Does a straight cardio workout work best, or would more of a circuit type work out be better i.e. doing cardio for 15 mins, then doing weights for 15 mins, and then back to cardio, etc…I’m not sure which would provide quicker and better results?”
Enjoy a more fulfilling life through a healthy and fit body.
If we could all be the healthiest we could be then the energy in our daily lives would be the least of our concerns. When someone doesn’t have the energy at the end of the day or as most people complain, the middle of the afternoon, the effort needed to have social relationships is diminished or the ability to play with your children or walk the dog…..whatever needs a little energy input is compromised.
Treat your body with RESPECT. Too many of us do not respect our bodies. We take for granted that we are alive and then make our bodies try to cope with a constant bombardment of poor nutrition, unhealthy sleep patterns, alcohol, refined or processed carbohydrates and sugar overload….and that’s just a few unhealthy habits.
Listen below as I explain my take on Respecting Your Body:
The 80~20 Rule, or the 90~10 Rule, whatever the percentage is in scientific terms does not matter, it is the fact that Physical Fitness and the achievement of Optimal Health and Fitness is not all about the physiological aspects of our human body. There is the Psychological aspect and the direct usage both conscious and subconscious, of our brains.
Listen below as I explain in my second video of Tony’s 12 Philosophies of Fitness:
There is absolutely no process that does not require TIME. Everything we do takes TIME, even the nanoseconds it takes for your brain to read the word TIME, takes TIME. My point is improving your health and fitness level is not an exception. The process of becoming and staying healthy and fit must be relentlessly pursued and thought of as a never-ending approach.
Here I am showing you how I use some very simple but effective swinging and simultaneous shushing to get our 4-month old from a fussy “I don’t want to nap” state to falling asleep within 6 minutes:
