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Exercise And The Brain

Posted by admin 10 Mar, 2010

Note:  My friend and fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you.
If you ever needed another good reason to exercise, I’ve got one for you:
Exercise makes your brain bigger.
Actually this isn’t entirely accurate. To be more specific, exercise was found to increase brain size slightly, [...]

Note:  My friend and fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you.

If you ever needed another good reason to exercise, I’ve got one for you:

Exercise makes your brain bigger.

Actually this isn’t entirely accurate. To be more specific, exercise was found to increase brain size slightly, but far more important to increase “spatial reasoning.”

This is the ability to recognize patterns, remember phrases, numbers, and so-on. This was discovered by researchers at the Universities of Chicago and Pittsburgh.

It is also one of the most important factors to the prevention of Alzheimer’s and dementia.

My mom suffered with dementia the last ten years of her life. But unlike most dementia patients she was fully functional thanks to exercise. She drove and had a mind that was unbelievably sharp right up until an accident injured her beyond the ability to exercise.

After that, she mentally went downhill rapidly. Thankfully, she passed in peace… and she had ten wonderfully active years thanks to her willingness to take up weight training at the age of 71.

She eventually walked up to 3 miles per day and trained in the gym 3 days per week.

That kept her mind sharp, along with fish oil and N-Acetyl L-Carnitine, a wonderful brain nutrient.

Once again, we see the power of exercise. It increases the QUALITY of your life.

Quantity is no where near as important to me as quality.

One of the best ways to start exercising when you are over 40 is by using the routines covered in “Fit Over 40″.

This book profiles 53 different men and women, age 40 to 80, all sharing their workouts, nutrition plans, and mental empowerment techniques.

It is a MUST-HAVE for anyone wanting to begin exercising or improve their level of fitness after the age of 40.

For a free fat-burning course from Fit Over 40, go here –

— >   Free Fatburning Course

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How To Reduce Belly Fat

Posted by admin 2 Mar, 2010

[ Note:  My friend and Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. Enjoy!]
Want to be leaner?
Good deal… here’s 5 tips that will help you along…

[ Note:  My friend and Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. Enjoy!]

Want to be leaner?

Good deal… here’s 5 tips that will help you along…
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Oblique Crunch – Adominal Exercise

Posted by admin 2 Mar, 2010

The obliques crunch is a great ab exercise that targets the rectus abdominis, the external obliques and internal obliques.
How to do it:

* Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
* Slowly drop your legs to the left and let your knees rest near the floor.
* Place your fingertips to [...]

The obliques crunch is a great ab exercise that targets the rectus abdominis, the external obliques and internal obliques.

How to do it:

* Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
* Slowly drop your legs to the left and let your knees rest near the floor.
* Place your fingertips to the side of your head just behind your ears.
* Push your lower back into the floor flattening the arch and hold.
* Curl up slowly so both your shoulders lift off the floor a few inches.
* Hold for a count of 2 and return to the start position.
* Repeat for the desired number of reps and switch to the other side.

Thanks to Elizabeth Quinn, About.com Guide and sportsmedicine.about.com
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Free Fat Loss Course and Book

Posted by admin 26 Feb, 2010

Wow.  This is one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time. Fitness pro Jon Benson released a bombshell last week on the fat-burning world.
He is giving away a book’s worth of material in his free 7-Day Personal Fat Loss Certification Course.
Free… and get this:  Anyone who completes the course gets his [...]

Wow.  This is one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time. Fitness pro Jon Benson released a bombshell last week on the fat-burning world.

He is giving away a book’s worth of material in his free 7-Day Personal Fat Loss Certification Course.

Free… and get this:  Anyone who completes the course gets his book “The Radical Fatloss Blueprint” free as well.
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Half Curl Abdominal Exercise

Posted by admin 25 Feb, 2010

Everyone wants to know the same thing….what are the best ab workout exercises. If you’ve seen some of the latest posts, there are some of the best ab exercises out there…be sure to take a look.
How to Do the Half Curl Ab Exercise

* Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on [...]

Everyone wants to know the same thing….what are the best ab workout exercises. If you’ve seen some of the latest posts, there are some of the best ab exercises out there…be sure to take a look.

How to Do the Half Curl Ab Exercise

* Lie on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor.
* Place your palms on your thighs
* Contract your abdominal muscles and curl up until your fingertips reach your knees.
* Breathe out as you curl up.
* Slowly lower to the start position.
* Breathe in as you lower.
* Tip: Don’t tuck your chin to your chest and keep your head up.

Thanks to Elizabeth Quinn, About.com Guide and sportsmedicine.about.com

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How To Get Rid Of Arm Flab

Posted by admin 20 Feb, 2010

[ Editor's Note:  Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. ]
Got arm flab?
Know someone who does?
Some women I know with a healthy sense of humor refer to it as “their wings” because their arm flab flaps when they walk or jog.
It’s time [...]

[ Editor's Note:  Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. ]

Got arm flab?

Know someone who does?

Some women I know with a healthy sense of humor refer to it as “their wings” because their arm flab flaps when they walk or jog.

It’s time to get rid of your wings ladies…

… and guys, listen up:  You are not immune to arm flab. Even if your don’t have any, the tips I’m about to give will help you build stronger arms.

Before I go any further, I have to tell you about Marty Web.

Marty looked like … well, your typical 59-year-old housewife. Actually she looked a bit worse.

She was a good 80 pounds over her ideal bodyweight. And she had her wings…

… big time wings. Loads of arm flab.

That was at age 59.

At age 61… wow. Different story.

Marty transformed her body to such a degree that even I could have never guessed she was an OUNCE overweight!

Her story and 52 others just like her, male and female, are in my first book — and my best-seller Fit Over 40.

I’d like you to read more about it here –

http://www.fitover40.com/go/privacy1 <— cure for arm flab

Marty replaced her “wings” with toned, beautiful arms. And you can too.

She has two pages in Fit Over 40… too much to cover in an email… but here’s the basics to get you started:

1. You have to get your nutrition down pat. Most people think that the flab on their arms (or anywhere for that matter) can be solved by “turning it into muscle.”

This is not true folks. Fat does not turn into “anything”. It is used for energy. Period.

Muscle is muscle. Fat is fat.

You must use low-insulin nutrition like I recommend in all my books, including Fit Over 40, to lower your bodyfat. For ladies, the back-of-the-arm bodyfat is often the last bit to go.

But I promise — it will go. I can go for anyone. Marty Web and dozens of other ladies in Fit Over 40 prove that in living color… and they share how they did it.

Low-insulin nutrition means eating more protein-rich foods, foods that are not processed, and plenty of tasty veggies. But it does not mean you cannot have your pizza and burgers here and there. I do every week and my bodyfat is low.

2. You must train your triceps. The back of the arm is made of three muscles called the “triceps”. You have a long head, a medial head and a lateral head that form the triceps muscle group.

If you cannot access a gym, you can do plain-old pushups to work all three heads of the triceps. Here’s a few tips. First, if you cannot do a pushup with your legs straight, start by doing them on your knees. Work up to straight-legged pushups.

Second, do one third of your reps with your hands facing away from your body, one third with your hands facing toward your body (fingers pointing toward you) and the final third with your hands in the “normal” pushup position, facing the same direction as your body. This will work the various heads nicely.

If you have access to a gym, see the exercises for the triceps found in my book Fit Over 40:

http://www.fitover40.com/go/privacy1 <— say good-bye to arm flab

3. Finally, you have to have a role model. Find someone like Marty who has lost their wings and use their success to inspire you.

Put these three things together and you too will be “grounded” — wingless, but with a lovely pair of arms that never jiggle and look fantastic.

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Adenovirus, Fat Burning and Obesity Help

Posted by admin 18 Feb, 2010

[ Editor's Note:  My friend fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. ]
It’s like a dream come true.
“Gaining body fat is the result  of a virus.”
Wouldn’t that be great news? Well…
Let me tell you about the AD-36 adenovirus. Adenoviruses are the same nasty bugs [...]

[ Editor's Note:  My friend fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you. ]

It’s like a dream come true.

“Gaining body fat is the result  of a virus.”

Wouldn’t that be great news? Well…

Let me tell you about the AD-36 adenovirus. Adenoviruses are the same nasty bugs that cause the common cold. We all have these viruses in various forms in our body all the time. That last bit is a critical distinction.

Remember that.

The Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana has been doing some really ground-breaking research on AD-36. AD-36 affects stem cells… more specifically fat cells, both pre-formed and post-formed. This means AD-36 can make MORE fat cells if contracted as an infant and make your fat cells larger if contracted as an adult.

Or so the theory goes. To quote the study:

“Earlier researchers have concluded that Ad-36 may be contributors to obesity by super-charging fat cells to grow and store more fat. Until now, though, those researchers thought the viruses targeted pre-fat cells (called pre-adipocytes), causing them to convert in higher numbers to fat cells and causing those fat cells to be larger. Those studies were in mice. Pasaricas work determines the virus targets stem cells in humans.”

The result?

“In one test, a third of obese people had the rare and highly contagious virus compared to just 11 percent of thinner people. Weight gain can last three months until the body has built up resistance to the bug.”

Wow. Sounds like we have a winner here. A virus that you can catch that literally makes you gain bodyfat!  All we need is…a vaccine!

Right?

Wrong.

First of all, notice that 11% of LEAN people have AD-36. And at any given time, just like a cold or a flu virus, you could contract AD-36. If your body has ‘never’ been exposed to it, you may require about 3 months to build up antibodies to ward it off.

Now, you can gain a lot of weight in 3 months… but come on. You cannot become obese in three months unless you are really, REALLY working at it.

Plus, like most viruses, you build up immunity to AD-36. Researchers do not know how long the immunity lasts, but some theorize it could last years… some even decades.

And let’s not forget those 11% who are lean and have the virus.

Why did they not all of a sudden get “sick” with body fat?

Because they are not EATING or LIVING in a way that allows them to gain body fat no matter what nasty freakin’ viruses may be floating about, that’s why.

That’s right folks:  It is always going to come down to the food we put in our body and the way we move.

Here’s another hypothesis presented by Sherry Strong, food philosopher and nutritionist:  “This could very well be the result of nature creating a mutation to encourage us to eat more due to the fact our consumption of natural, whole and organic foods is so low.”

Brilliant observation… and one tha makes complete sense. Even if a “virus” is responsible for 20% of our weightgain, what about the other 80%? We do not need a vaccine other than good food and a common sense workout plan.

Here’s the best –

http://www.7minutemuscle.com/go/privacy1 <— the “vaccine” for bodyfat

Here’s why I love this workout:

1. It’s fast. 7-14 minutes 3-5 days per week. Anyone on earth can do this.

2. The Basic Upgrade (you will see it) still comes with a copy of my book “The Every Other Day Diet.” Put the two together and you have an absolute winner of a plan that’s practical and enjoyable.

3. Plus, anyone who owns “Every Other Day Diet” gets my upcoming “Radical Fatloss Blueprint” book freee. It comes out March 1st.

That’s 3 good reasons to go here and check out 7 Minute Muscle…

http://www.7minutemuscle.com/go/privacy1 <— the “vaccine” for bodyfat

Here’s one more:

You know better.

You know that there’s never going to be a magic pill for health, vitality, energy and looking your best.

We can keep hoping… or you can take action and get what you want now.

To me, that makes more sense than AD-36 “Super-Retro Fat-burning Vaccine” to hit the marketplace in 2021.

Thanks again to Jon…he always demonstrates great ’cause and effect’.

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