Friday, June 6, 2008

The truth about bodybuilding and why you DON’T want to do it

When a lot of people, mainly young men, head to the gym the first thing they think of is building muscle. They think they want to look like Arnie.

Trust me- you don’t want to look like that

So they follow their trainers program for a few weeks, get bored, get on the internet and start reading . They learn about seemingly effective strategies like bulking (an overeating strategy which works - if you are on anabolic steroids. Most normal people just get fat). They start eating and lifting weights every day of the week. Sure their arms are growing but so is their gut.

The truth is most people want to achieve this;

A lean normal looking body that is functionally strong and physically appealing.


And that is not something that can be achieved by traditional body building strategies, overeating, expensive gym memberships, creatine and steroids.

This blog aims to dispel the many myths like this that exist in the fitness market and give you the tools to transform yourself into the person you want to be

Coming soon…

  • Transformer- A monthly three part guide to burning of some fat, gaining fitness and if you work hard enough finally finding those abs
  • An exclusive article, The Three Secrets of Cardio- and how to use these secrets to become a fat burning machine

For now

So right now I want you to do three things

  • Go for a run or a swim- don’t push hard just get out by yourself, put in the Ipod, and run/walk for about an hour.

  • Ok you’ve just burnt of a ton of calories, now before you go home drop into you're local grocer, find the produce aisle. Pick up some veggies and a bag of almonds.

  • Now you’re home, eating a bowl of veggies and chewing on some almonds look up a product called a Kettlebell. Its a Russian training tool that can produce amazing results. With just one 12kg kettlebell you will be able to do stage one and two of my Transformer article series- shop around and you should be able to pick one up for under 100 bucks

Need more convincing?

Check out my article, The benefits of Kettleballs. This article contains ; the reasons kettlebells are the most cost effective fitness equipment, the physical advantages of using kettlebells, and a KettleBlaster program that will increase strength and burn fat with one 12kg kettlebell.