Attention Men: Trade In Your Body For A New One.

“I Was Heading Toward Disaster…”

“You may be at a turning point in your life. For me, I was heading toward disaster: overweight, stressed, a workaholic, and unhappy. I discovered Glenn and Luis Results Transformation Program at their 30 in a hurry fitness facility. I dropped 87 pounds in 8 months and continue to keep it off. My body feels strong and powerful. What is hard to explain is how this training program has increased my self-confidence and decreased my stress. I encourage you to make the commitment to yourself and call Glenn Greer and Luis Behar, your body will change and your life will be enriched by the experience.” – George

In order to achieve the results you desire you need to have 3 components that all have to work synergistically. Meaning if one component is missing, your results will be limited. The 3 components that we educate our clients on are:

Component 1 is - Supportive Nutrition.

Choose lean proteins, supportive carbs, fibrous vegetables, fruit and essential fats in your digestive tract every 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Portion amounts and even deducting some starches are all based on your activity levels, goals and metabolism. Gone are the days of thinking you need to starve yourself or throw out favorable carbs. I am seeing more and more people, lowering their complex carb intake and suffering with less energy and limited results. STOP!!!!

Muscle is metabolism. Muscle is the site where fat is burned! In order to liberate fat, function better and stronger, you have to maintain lean muscle tissue. In order to liberate fat, function better and stronger, you have to maintain lean muscle tissue. How do you do that? Eat supportively so you don't use your muscle as a source of energy (low calorie diets and low carb diets have been show to use energy from lean muscle tissue, rather then fat).

What else? How about this thing called resistance training/strength training? Study after study, shows that resistance training helps to save the muscle. And remember, muscle is the site where fat is burned! Something else to think about.

Most people do cardio in hopes of losing weight. Great! But, did you know that strength training actually elevates the metabolism longer than cardio training? In other words, your metabolism stays elevated longer when you workout with weights. You do get a direct calorie burn when performing cardio, but that is at the moment. Weight training allows you to maintain the calorie burn longer. In fact, studies have show from 12 to 48 hours.

How much you elevate your metabolism after your workout is directly related to the amount of muscle you activate at any one time. So you'll want to focus on movements that work multiple muscles, as opposed to those that attempt to isolate muscle groups. For instance, you'll experience a much greater boost in metabolism by performing 10 repetitions of the squat, compared with 10 repetitions of an isolation exercise, such as the biceps curl.

In addition, by training your whole body each session, you'll work the most muscle possible. A University of Wisconsin study found that when men performed a full-body workout involving just three big-muscle exercises -- the bench press, power clean, and squat -- their metabolisms were elevated for 39 hours afterward. What's more, they also burned a greater percentage of their calories from fat during this time, compared with men who didn't do a total-body workout. The take-home message is clear: Complete an intense full-body weight workout 3 days a week, resting a day between sessions, and you'll keep your metabolism humming along in a much higher gear at all times.

It must be performed in a gradual, progressive manner where the body is continually getting challenged. Otherwise the body adapts and your weight loss, becomes weight maintenance. Many times I have seen people on the cardio machines not coming close to challenging themselves. But, they sure can keep up to date with the latest magazine article or watch their favorite soap opera without breaking a sweat. What is my point? Doing cardio training at a very low level of intensity might be fine if you just started, or if you are coming off of an injury or sickness, but cardio training must be productive. It must be performed in a gradual, progressive manner where the body is continually getting challenged. Otherwise the body adapts and your weight loss, becomes weight maintenance.

What to do? Slowly increase your duration, your intensity (effort) and your frequency. What is your high point? What level challenges you the most? What level challenges you the least? Do you know your target heart rate zones to burn the maximum amount of calories without over doing it? You have to be able to answer these questions in order to have a productive cardio session.

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