The Secret to be Lean, Fit and Strong forever?

Would you like to have a lean, fit, strong, healthy, robust body that remains at the same weight, in the same size and the same energy level for the rest of your life? You feel terrific every day.

Don't we have options to exercise safely and long-term?

You have two options here. First, an exercise programme which requires a limited amount of time and everything you do will fit into your lifestyle (first option) versus would you like to do a complicated, boring exercise program that breaks your body up into little pieces which is time ineffective, hurts your joints, and it doesn't really work (option two).

However, you feel like you're working because you've had to exercise for a long time whenever you do your workout. And even though I'm going to tell you that it works, it won't be taking the fat off the places you think it is, and it won't be strengthening up the areas you think it is.

What if you knew many are following a wrong exercise programme!

And of course, it's a silly question to ask which option you would choose? Won't you choose the first one? However, if everybody else was doing the second one and somebody suggested that you do this exercise program because everybody else is doing it, then what would you do? It's not effective, doesn't work, it doesn't burn fat off your body, and it doesn't make you stronger. It will hurt your joints, and it will waste your time. But because it's popular, you should do it. Is that right?

You would think that person is either uneducated or has no idea what they're talking about. Unfortunately, there are lots of exercise programs that do exactly that. They waste your time; they hurt your joints. They don't work. They don't burn fat off the unique place in your body that the person has told you that it will. It could be your Personal Trainer or a gym mate who has been into physical fitness for many years.

Why is Option one more Effective, Time saving, and Safe?

And yet so many people are still exercising that way. Why? I don't know. And that's what I'm on this planet for, to make sure that it doesn't keep happening. The human body is meant to work as one single machine. Every exercise you do, the first powerful thing that it does is get your central nervous system functioning, which controls every part of your body.

The next thing exercise does; it opens up your fat cells to release fat from your body. This process happens from a powerful hormone called catecholamines when you exercise. Don't worry about the word, but when you exercise, your catecholamines open up all the cells in your body to release fat, to burn fat off every part of your body. So, the more parts of your body that you're working at once, the more hormone release you have, the more fat will come out of your fat cells.

Will you be shocked to learn the Side-effects of Exercises done in Isolation?

Any exercise that breaks your body up into little pieces such as bicep curls, leg curls, shoulder press or triceps kickbacks or abdominal crunches, or any little tiny exercise has far less effect on those catecholamines. Exercises like these performed in isolation are putting shearing forces across your joints, which might not hurt you today or tomorrow, but long-term will undoubtedly hurt you. And if you are in pain because you have sore joints, you won't get to keep exercising when you're 50, 60, 70 years of age. Would you?

So, if somebody's giving you an exercise program that breaks your body up into little pieces, it won't be burning fat off that area? Also, it won't be effective at burning fat off your whole body; instead, it will be hurting your joints. Any exercise that puts a shearing force - an uncomfortable force - across your joint rather than through your joint, will cause joint-pain.

What would help in keeping you Lean, Fit and Strong for life?

The most effective exercises are compound or functional exercises. These are the ones that work is as many muscles as possible in one exercise - running, squats and lunges, rowing exercises, chin-ups, push-ups and steps where you've got a big, massive conglomeration of muscles working together, which requires more energy.

Suppose you pick leg exercises like squats, lunges and deadlifts and even leg presses. In that case, you're not putting rotational forces or shearing forces across your joints, and you are working on various muscles of the whole body. If performed correctly with good technique, aren't these very effective and safe exercises? Don't compound exercises give you significant results, and it doesn't take too much time too? When you work on many muscles at the same time, they get tired quickly. So, won't your exercise program be much shorter, and hence, less chance of injury? Won't you be able to continue doing it for the rest of your life?

Those of you who have done push-ups know that you use your chest, shoulders, and triceps. You use your face muscles and muscles of every other part of your body to get yourself up and down off the ground, including your abdominal muscles. So, isn't it a great idea to do push-ups rather than doing triceps, shoulder, abs and chest separately? And that's how you remain lean, fit, strong and healthy for life.

What if you found out the facts rather than having a herd mentality!

So please don't get caught up in this silly broken up 'Break your body into little pieces programs' which promise that you'll burn fat off a specific area or that your strength will increase in a particular area. The human body works as one powerful machine, and you can keep it strong and healthy for the rest of your life.

Don't listen to what everybody else is doing just because everybody else is doing it. Remember that fifty million people doing a silly thing doesn't mean it's not a foolish thing. Ensure that you are working, exercising, looking after your body as one piece, getting it fit, healthy and strong, and keeping it that way for the rest of your life. Don't go on a diet. Don't do a silly exercise program, please.

Follow an exercise program that works on your entire body, cuts fat from all over and keeps you lean, healthy, fit and strong for the rest of your life. That's the basic anatomy and physiology of the human body. Isn't it all science-based?

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