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The perfect online fitness diary

February 26th, 2009 by Henrik Flensborg

In preparation for what will be my massive health and fitness transformation of 2009 I’ve begun looking for a fitness diary.

I’m looking for one that will help me

  • Enter meals – including nutritional information
  • Enter my mountainbike trips
  • Enter my runs – including interval training
  • Enter other types of cardiovascular exercises
  • Enter weight training data – exercise/sets/reps/cycles/weight
  • Enter track-worthy data such as weight, resting heart rate, cholesterol numbers, blood sugar levels, body fat percentages, VO2MAX, hours of sleep and different circumsizes
  • Enter moods, energy levels and training intensity
  • Add pictures to get a visual track of how I’m progressing

If you know of one such online finess and health diary then I’d love to hear about it.

Body Transformation Insider

February 26th, 2009 by Henrik Flensborg

A few days ago a bunch of fitness/diet gurus/experts/authors put together a little give-away and I got my hands on alot of different downloads – and I’ll be looking at the contributions from Joel Marion today.

Joel who’s the 2001 Grand Champion in the Men Age 18-25 Body for Life Challenge made the following titles available:

  • Rapid Fat Loss Training
  • Fat Loss Secrets Exposed
  • Illustrated Exercise Library

Rapid Fat Loss Training is a 4-day-per-week training program Joel created for one of his clients who in 8 weeks lost 27 lbs.

The program only talks about the actual training program so you’ll have to look elsewhere for a diet/meal plan to go with the training.

Fat Loss Secrets Exposed is the second part of the free give-away and it talks about some of the myths that’s circulating when it comes to fat loss.

I wouldn’t exactly call them myths or fat loss secrets because a lot of it is what I would call common sense and well known facts, but #3 “MIRROR YOUR METABOLISM” was new to me.

The best advice to take from it which foods you shouldn’t mix in one meal.

The Illustrated Exercise Library is actually the most valuable part of this give-away.

As someone just starting to read about weight training and bodybuilding I find too many programs to be complete jibberish because they throw around all these fancy names for all the different exercises, but never actually show, illustrate or instruct how to do each individual exercise.

The Illustrated Exercise Library shows all the different exercises so you actually know what the programs are talking about. Sure will come in handy the first times you visit a gym…

So, all in all a good read and I know I’ll be referring back to the Illustrated Exercise Library a lot.

Procrastination: THE Results Killer!

February 25th, 2009 by Henrik Flensborg

Michael McKinney have an excellent article about procrastination with roots in Tony Jeary’s Strategic Acceleration: Succeed at the Speed of Life.

When we look at the work before us, it’s easy to procrastinate. Jeary suggest we are focusing on the wrong thing. “To avoid procrastination and get faster results,” he writes, “focus on starting instead of finishing, then adjust as you go.”

The article distinguises between good and bad procrastination and have a list of 5 typical ways procrastinators validate their postponing of things.

An excellent read no matter which area of your life you’re procrastinating in.

Probiotic cheese

February 23rd, 2009 by Henrik Flensborg

Came across this piece of information about probiotic cheese: http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Industry/Give-probiotic-cheese-a-chance-says-probiotic-big-cheese

I didn’t know this, but apparently yoghurt, drinkable yoghurt and supplements aren’t the only probiotic products out there – there’s also probiotic cheese available.

The biggest reason why probiotic cheese is relatively unknown is that the producers isn’t driving the message home as strongly as Danone for instance is doing with their probiotic drinkable yoghurts.

Do you know of any other probiotic foods?

I’m tempted to buy No-Nonsense Muscle Building

February 19th, 2009 by Henrik Flensborg

I’ve never been one to pursue a body builder figure, but this past week I’ve been doing a lot of reading, listening and watching to Vince DelMonte and his No-Nonsense Muscle Building and Your Six-Pack Quest.

And I’m more and more tempted to buy the No-Nonsense Muscle Building program (or package rather since there’s a truckload of additional bonus materials).

I’ve lost 13 kilo since just after X-mas when I started riding my mountainbike (including my first Master Cleanse Diet) and this week the whole family have begun eating a lot healthier than what we used to do.

My stomach is visibly smaller and my jeans have a “loose fit” now, but I’m feeling there’s something missing.

It seems to me to be a shame to not go all the way and make sure that not only will I get to 80 kilo, eat healthier and have exercise as an integrated part of my life, but also to transform my body physically not only to what it looked like when I was a teenager, but even better.

Maybe it’s a mid-life crisis, but there’s something appealing about sculpting my body at the age of 40 that I’ve never felt before.

A few days ago I sent Vince an email because I wanted to know his take on mixing his muscle building program with my own mountainbike training – would one suffer, would they both suffer of would it actually be beneficial to integrate the two. Yesterday I got a reply back assuring me that it was possible and on how to integrate the two.

One great thing about starting lifting weights is that my new job where I started this January have its own fitness center 2 minutes from my office – so I don’t have to invest in a lof of body building equipment or spend time getting to and from the gym.

Two challenges stand between me and a much more sculpted me – do I have what it takes to follow such a program and will I be able to convince my wife that it’s a good idea.

It’s no good if I think it’s a brilliant idea to become really attractive looking but my wife think it’s a load of bull and that she would rather spend that extra hour together with me in the mornings.

So, until I get my hands on Vince’s program I’ll just have to settle with all the neat free stuff I can get from his sites – and he’s got quite a good selection.