Before you watch this, see if you can guess how many burpees I completed in total, in all 5 stores before being kicked out…
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Imagine doing this?
Bonus Burpees for your entertainment and to provoke the thoughts you are already having…
(Awesome song in the video is called ‘This House is a Circus’ by the Acrtic Monkeys, one of my favorite bands. Thanks guys!)
(Full competition video coming to you on Sunday 6th May, 2012)
“Many factors contribute to rising obesity rates. Among them: The abundance of low-priced, high-calorie processed foods and sugary drinks. Incessant food marketing to drive people to eat more, even when they are full” Harvard (2012)
Is it ‘good’ that McDonalds, Cadbury & Coca-Cola have been allowed to be the 3 main sponsors of the Olympics when these 3 companies will collectively own an ugly statistic for their part in making the nation (the world) fatter?
I mean ‘fatter’ in the context of illness (heart disease, cancer, diabetes, infertility, stroke… etc etc). It’s deadly sponsorship. Just like smoking was promoted in the 50′s, products that the likes of Coca Cola, McDonalds and Cadbury are selling kill people. Sounds harsh, just look at Mexico! (CNN, 2011)
‘Deadly Olympic Sponsorship’
According to the NHS “In obese adults over 40 years of age, obesity can shorten life expectancy by 6-7 years” That’s around 10% of your life. Think how excited you get when you see a 10% discount on a product you want to buy?
And, this does not even touch on the hot topic of quality of life. It’s a fact that child obesity rates in the UK are increasing with 3 in 10 children classified as obese (FitPro, 2012).
The British government stated goals to bring the obesity rate back to levels we had in the year 2000, yet there is something stinky going on with the sponsorship of the 2012 Olympics. (Guardian, 2009).
“The Foresight report, a scientific report used to guide government policy, has predicted that by 2025, nearly half of men and over a third of women will be obese” (NHS, 2012)
What’s my point?
In an ideal world, companies like those mentioned above would not exist. Though they do. The next best thing would be for them to not be granted sponsorship rights (just like cigarette companies). So with that in mind…
Obviously a significant amount of money is needed to fund an event like the Olympics though perhaps there should be some kind of sponsorship ‘offset’. Kind of like a ‘carbon offset’. For example, Cadbury, Mc Donald’s and Coca-Cola produce unnecessary products, hence they have to pay a premium for sponsorship. And, as a gesture, perhaps they could pay money to the NHS to help pay for the problems they are contributing towards. And, exposure opportunities could be created for smaller brands who actually produce products that are beneficial to humans. Perhaps for free or greatly discounted.
‘Food’ for thought…
References:
CNN, 2011 “Mexico’s other enemy: Obesity rates triple in last 3 decades”, http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-04/world/mexico.obesity_1_obesity-rates-obese-people-junk-food?_s=PM:WORLD
FitPro Magazine ”Achieving weight loss through Group X” April / May 2012 Edition
Guardian, 2009 “Government in £275m anti-obesity drive” http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/02/change4life-obesity
NHS “Obesity – Introduction” http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Obesity/Pages/Introduction.aspx
This is a special video because it has loads of different exercises from the CrossFit national open (Medellin), EXCLUSIVE interviews with some of Colombia’s Olympic Weightlifting team who will be in London this summer, interviews with some participants and of course lots of me talking about the experience while sweating and gasping for breath…
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This is an account of the most intense day of training I’ve ever endured (And I only actually trained for a total of around 20 minutes over 2 CrossFit WODs – ‘Workout Of the Day’).
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A massive thanks to Fuerza Crossfit in Medellin for training me for this competition and for giving me an insight into the world of CrossFit. I’m hooked! And very excited for tomorrow’s workout of ‘Angie’ which is 100 Pull-ups; 100 Push-ups; 100 Sit-ups; 100 Squats. For Time.
My take on CrossFit is that it is awesome. It is safe if you do it safely. Your coach is the one that is responsible for making sure your technique is right though at the end of the day it is your responsibility to make sure you have the right coach. Do research, ask people you know and trust to give their opinion on your coach and form. It’s important because CrossFit is intense, in fact, in my opinion any training you’re doing for fat loss or to improve your physical ability should be intense so make sure you’re doing it safely.
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Burn Fat
The list of ways to burn fat is endless and bloggers like me are verbose and self indulge in unnecessary nonsense so I thought I’d blast out a few very simple pointers for you (before I get into the verbose and more detailed version that is). Ready?
1) Do high intensity interval training. (HIIT, Tabata & more) Large movements like burpees (awesome!) and squats will be more effective.
2) Reduce or eliminate refined sugar from your diet. Sugar converts into stored fat very easily.
3) Do weight training (girls, get over it, it’s highly unlikely that you will become a giant man-women with the kind of training you’re going to do.)
4) Do something you love with people you love doing it with. Then it will last. (hmmm that’s a pretty good message for life as well as fat burning…)
5) Eat more good fat (almonds, avocados, extra V olive oil – research more for yourself). Good fat is excellent, refined sugar (& artificial sweeteners) are the devil*.
6) Repeat ’1′ above 3 to 7 times per week, apply 2 above 6 days per week, repeat 3 above 2 to 7 times per week.
* I don’t actually believe that sugar is the devil. Just that it is one of the leading causes of obesity in the western world. Side note: Just because you live in the east doesn’t mean that refined sugar wont make you obese – it will if you consumer enough of it.
Ask yourself, what does burning fat mean?
To me it means this: There are areas on your body that are particularly good at storing fat. You might want to have less fat in these areas and want a more toned and (though you may not know it yet) more muscular body.
(Girls relax, to actually burn fat and gain muscle to the point where you are ‘too’ muscular is highly unlikely. To keep track of this tack before, during and after photos. That is just an excuse your beautifully intricate mind is using to stop you from doing more training and eating correctly.)
More tips…
1) I repeat: do High Intensity Interval training like Tabata, Bootcamps, Crossfit. (make sure your form is right, ask your trainer to watch you carefully before going ‘all out’. see your doctor before doing this type of training)
2) Training in the morning before you eat anything (do drink some water before you train) will get your metabolism revved up for the day turning you into a fat burning machine.
3) Eating a high protein diet with lots of good fats (from the likes of avocado and almonds), and carbohydrates & fibre from Veg and fruit will help you burn fat and have more stable energy. (side note: our bodies react differently to different levels of protein, carbs and fat so listen to your body, find your tipping point where fat loss, meets stable energy and feeling awesome! You will know when you’ve found it.)
4) If you’re going to run, (unless you feel a strange urge to compete in a running race) only do it for up to 15 minutes at a time. In my experience hill sprints and sprinting on flat ground for around 20 seconds at a time then walking for 10 seconds or so is the most effective way at keeping lean muscle while burning fat and avoiding the ‘skinny’ look.
This all sounds lovely though if you hate training then you’re not going to stick at it. Yeah, maybe 6 weeks down the line you will be in awesome shape and eating the right foods though to make it last you have to enjoy the training you’re doing, so find the right trainers, the right exercise that works for you wether it’s home training videos, martial arts, bootcamps or Crossfit.
Side note: With the right trainers and education you can transform your life in as little as 6 weeks. I’ve trained with people that have done it and I’ve seen it many times.
Other info on fat burning and eating:
Im a naturalist in that I want you & me to be as healthy and fit as as possible using the most natural way of getting there.
1) Protein Shakes. My opinion on these beverages is that they are unnecessary. And the majority of them contain damaging artificial sweeteners like Aspartame and Asuflame k which have been linked to alzheimer’s disease and day to day problems like headaches and can make you crave more and more sweet things.
I do not drink protein shakes. I do not recommend people to drink protein shakes. If you feel you have to drink a protein shake (you can get whey, rice, pea, hemp proteins) my advice is to find a protein that is NOT sweet when you mix it with water then add your own banana, honey or stevia (natural sweetener) to make it taste better.
2) Pre-workout drinks. I’ve seen far too many people drinking ‘pre-workouts’. These are full of chemical artificial sweeteners and processed caffeine. Yes you will get a huge rush of energy, and yes you are putting damaging chemicals into your body. You want a rush of energy for a work out? Try this – eliminate all caffeine from your body for 30 days. Then drink 1 cup of green tea (Japanese organic Sencha is a clean mild green tea that I love, or if you’re feeling like really treating yourself go for gyokuro) pre-workout. You will be flying! You could also do the same thing though use an organic coffee.
3) A diet, your diet, is the food you’re eating. It’s a lifestyle, it’s your lifestyle, it’s the things you put in your body. A diet lasts more than 6 weeks, it’s a learning process it’s trial and error, its constantly evolving with your body as you age.
Do it, rinse, improve & repeat.
A special thanks to Metabolic Effect, Tim Ferriss, Ultimate City Bootcamps, Fuerza CrossFit, Tom Baxter and lots of other people I have forgotten.
Consult a doctor before trying any of the things I recommend because we are all different and we will all react differently depending on our current level of exercise, hormones, body fat percentage hormones and general wellbeing.
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As far as I can see, looking good and feeling AWESOME are side effects to training CrossFit and eating Paleo. It’s just happens because you’re training so intensely and eating real food.
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(I have to say, I don’t entirely agree with the part about eating cream and cheese)
I’ve been training CrossFit at Fuerza Crossfit in Medellin every day for 2 weeks now. I was sceptical at first because of the obsessive nature of the ‘sport’ (the sport of training that is) though having learned about their philosophy and actually trained CrossFit for myself now – I LOVE it!
This is a quick interview with Batu and Nega who came 2nd and 5th respectively in the Latin American CrossFit Regionals. They’re basically two of the fittest people I’ve had the privilege of meeting, and in this interview they share some of their training philosophy and eating habits.
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This is a video I thought I’d record for you to keep you motivated and excited about training and getting even fitter! I start with some info on burning fat & Tabata then we dive into some awesome core exercises for conditioning your body and burning fat!
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This shows you some of the exercises I do using the Tabata method of high intensity interval training to burn fat and condition myself.
I’ve been training since I was 13 years old and this is by Far the best training I’ve come across for fat burning!
Here is a link to the Ultimate City Bootcamps Tabata video which is for those of you that like even more details. Click here.
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