Do The Workout Gizmos WORK?
While watching a movie on TV last night with the kiddies (unfortunately it was NOT recorded), we got hammered with advertisements for the Bowflex, for Nutrisystem and for several other gimics that promise everything for very little. Do you want to look like you just got off the magazine cover for Men’s Health? Then I recommend you use the Bowflex in your garage because according to the advertisement that is exactly the results you will get. And what about Nutrisystem? For a small weekly fee you can buy all their food (yes that would be processed not quite sure if it is REAL food) but low in calories and guess what? You will lose weight just like the folks hawking it on TV like Marie Osmond! It’s all baloney! And that’s what I told my kids.
But what about the gadgets like Slendertone? You know the one that fits about your waist and sends currents to your abs and gives you a six pack in a few short weeks. Or the new one on TV, another that we had the pleasure of watching, the Shake Weight – the one that is shaped like a dumbell and vibrates and miraculously you will have nice full muscles all over your body if your a man and have a very toned tush and abs if your a woman! Again I say hogwash. Garbage! Believe me the kids now know too! They had to listen to me talking (OK maybe yelling) to the TV…first because the ads just never seemed to stop and then because they seemed to be all about losing weight and well I just don’t like all the propaganda! People need to get educated and learn how their bodies work.
So my question to you is HOW COULD YOU REALLY THINK THEY WILL/WOULD WORK? Is it just wishful thinking? Like something for very little? Or do you think you can get your abs out by just putting a belt on and the fat will just disappear? Or a beautiful, fit healthy body justing holding a dumbell that vibrates? So let’s get back to the basics again. How does someone go about losing abdominal fat? In fact how does someone go about losing fat?
I’m going to put this as simply as possible here. If you’ve been reading my blogs at all you are sure to recognize that there are really only a few things neccesary to get fit. Unfortunately they DO REQUIRE WORK! I know, I know and I know again. WORK can be a dirty word sometimes BUT if you really, really, really want to get healthy and fit (and possibly have a flat belly) then I suggest you get to WORK. Stop wasting your time and money on stuff that is NOT going to do the job for you in JUST FIVE SHORT MINUTES A DAY. So here goes….
You have to learn how to fuel your body. That means EAT. FEED the body. Yes eat food to feed the body all the nutrients it needs everyday to do the healing and growing that it is suppose to do. For many, many women I know this is also like a dirty word. BUT eating healthy food through out the day is necessary. TO fuel your body and to get your metabolism going. So eat the right foods no junk here and not a TON of healthy food either. If you don’t know how, when, how much and what that means FIND OUT! You know we actually help our clients with this step and I am sure we can help you too…..
You have to weight train. Resistance train. Strength train, use bands…whatever as long as your causing your muscles to adapt to resistance. Should do this 2-3 times a week. Again if you don’t know how….find out how. Most gyms have Body Pump classes and of course there is always personal trainer’s available with great private studios. Hint, Hint!
And then there is the cardio exercise. I do believe this is probably everyone’s favorite step. Most of you I know reading this LOVE the cardio and could be called cardio Queens. Believe CARDIO before all else. Like lets eat just once today and I will cardio for 2-3 hours and…and…and, well why aren’t I getting a flat belly? How come I still have flabby arms, flabby butt, and flabby belly? How can it be? Been there and done it! Well not the excessive cardio but the one meal a day!!!! That was me all through my teens and twenties. Until I learned what my body needed from me. Until I learned that IT MUST HAVE FOOD THAT IS HEALTHY REGULARLY. That after 30 it was vital to my tush to weight train.
And there you go. The basics of getting a healthy and fit body. Of course this is just the basics. There is more to it. But these can be some first steps on your road to having a healthy and fit body. If you been working out (used loosely to describe burning calories while moving your body) and you have NOT achieved your goal then I suggest you sit down and figure out what exactly it is your shooting for and also write down what you NEED to do daily to get you to where you want to go. And get help if you KNOW you just cannot do it alone. Some of us have food addictions (sugar anyone) or other issues with food, drinks or drugs and just need more support. A great online community that me and my husband (and many clients) have joined is Transformation.com. It’s an online social community for people to interact, develop friendships and work through some stuff on their road to health and fitness. It is an excellent site that I highly recommend. So go ahead, get involved, who knows you could end up with that nice flat belly, tight butt or firm arms you’ve been looking for for the last ten years.
Always interested in YOUR feedback so don’t be shy…
God Bless You,
Evey
