Who Are You Listening To?
Just a quick note today as I’m heading to NYC tomorrow and will be running around like a chicken with its head cut off today 
There are 2 types of people who sell fitness products.
Those who don’t care about you and simply want to make as much money as they possibly can, and those who genuinely care about each and every person who purchases their product.
And who you’re buying from I believe makes a big difference.
If you’re buying products from someone who doesn’t care about you, chances are you’re never going to get any extra support beyond the product you bought.
If you get a program from someone who truly cares about you, they’ll do everything in their power to help you out if you have any questions.
Now you’re probably thinking that I wrote this post so you’d think I was trying to get you to believe that I’m the good guy and everyone else is the bad guy, but that’s not the case.
There are many other great programs out there. Some of them will personally respond back to you and try to help you out while others are simply too busy and, even though they might WANT to help, they might find it a little too hard because they’d be spending all day just writing emails back and forth.
But I ALWAYS recommend getting to know a person before buying a product for them. Don’t get something from someone you don’t know – even if it’s me that you don’t know yet. You want to make sure they have your best interest in mind first.
Then, if you need help after going through the program, you’ll know you can get it.
Because sometimes the difference between success and failure in a weight loss program isn’t how good the program is, it’s the support you get AFTER the program that counts.
So just make sure that whenever you get something fitness related, make sure the seller of it is a genuinely good person and has your best interest at heart. That way if you have questions, you’ll know you can just ask and be helped!
A Little Hump Day Fun
Yesterday I was talking to one of my buddies from college helping him out with a little supplement trouble he was having (he thought creatine was bad for you so I enlightened him) and he sent me a link to an AWESOME video.
The reason I’m giving you this video is actually two-fold.
#1 – You’re going to laugh your head off. I personally try to get a minimum of 1-2 REALLY good laughs in every single day of my life. No matter what kind of day you’re having, if you can find the time to watch or listen to something really funny – do it. It’s going to make your day go much quicker and laughing, as we know, has TONS of great health benefits.
#2 – Well…it’s a young fat kid in a shirt that says “stud muffin” wearing tighty-whitey’s showing us his workout routine he does to “stay in shape”. What more can you ask for?
Watch this and let me know what you think – and notice that this video’s been watched over 900,000 times already!
Enjoy!
We Love You Mothers!
I just want to write a really quick post today to tell all the Mothers reading this HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!
I hope you have an absolutely incredible day. Unfortunately days like this only come around once a year so make sure you make the most out of it and do something that’s really fun for you.
I’m taking my Mom up to a local state park along with the rest of my family and a few other friends of ours to do some grilling, drinking, “park” games, maybe a little fishing, and maybe some paddleboats.
But I just want you to realize that if it’s your day today, you should consider yourself incredibly lucky. In fact, you should consider your children a miracle.
Do you know how many things have to be perfect in order for a healthy child to be born?
Alot!
So don’t take it for granted that you can call yourself a Mother today. Go tell you children how much you truly love them and let them know that they mean the world to you.
And sons/daughters…do something special for your Mom. As soon as I’m done writing this I’ll be making my mother a homemade Mothers Day card like I used to when I was a little kid (she loves stuff like that).
Surprise her and make her feel special – and above all – tell her you love her!
Happy Mothers Day!
The P.O.G.S. Formula For Maximum Fat Burning And Muscle Building Results
I recently was sitting around brainstorming and all of a sudden an idea popped into my head.
“I should write about what makes a workout program successful!”
So for the next few minutes I started brainstorming. A bunch of ideas ran through my mind, but only 4 ended up being what I thought were the most important aspects of a successful workout program.
What are they? Turns out, they spell out POGS. Remember the pogs game that used to be around probably a good 10-15 years ago with the little circle cardboard-like chips where you stacked up the pogs, then took a “slammer” and tried to knock as many over as you can?
Here’s a link to refresh your memory – Pogs (opens in a new window)
**Note: I used to be a master at that game. My friends and I used to bet each other our stacks of pogs to the winner – and let’s just say by the time I was done I had dozens of huge stacks of them **
Anyway, let me lay out the top 4 criteria for a successful workout program!
Personalized – Every successful workout program must be personalized. I see tons of weight loss programs out there giving out workout templates and sample workouts…but there’s no way for them to be personalized! Some people do give various workouts according to fitness level which is better, but each workout needs to be designed specifically for YOU. It has to take into account your age, weight, fitness level, injuries, goals, and various other factors.
Often – You obviously can’t workout once a week and get in great shape. I believe the minimum should be 3x per week. I personally workout 5 times per week. Although 6 or 7 days per week isn’t necessarily “bad” (it depends on your intensity levels), my workouts are very intense so I need those 2 days of rest. For people who do workouts aimed more towards simply staying healthy and do activities like walking – 6 or 7 days is fine.
Goal Oriented – You must always be working towards some kind of goal. The goal obviously depends on YOU. As I talk about in this blog post about having purpose in your workouts, you should always be working towards 1 major goal and 2 smaller goals.
Short – In my opinion, any workout over 45 minutes is TOO LONG. I personally don’t even like going to 45. A few weeks ago I got into a jogging kick and would run for 45 minutes, but after about 2 weeks of that it got too boring. I suggest trying to up the intensity and aim for 30-40 minutes for most people. That’s not to say that 45 minutes is “bad”, although you do start releasing more cortisol which is a stress hormone.
So the next time you’re figuring out a new workout program for yourself, just follow the P.O.G.S. formula and you’ll instantly be able to create a program that works FOR YOU!
Or…you can just sign up for my monthly online personal training program over at www.JeremyReevesCoaching.com and let me make the workout programs based on what YOU want
Why Slow, Traditional Cardio Is NOT Dead
What’s better for YOU – slow traditional cardio, or high intensity training such as high intensity interval training?
The answer really isn’t as clear cut as most people make it seem in my opinion. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me but from the studies I’ve read about high intensity training, I don’t think it’s the “miracle” most people make it out to be.
**Disclaimer: I’m NOT saying I don’t think it’s awesome. I do HIIT for about 90% of my workouts, but I’ll get to my reasoning in a minute**
On this subject there seems to be 2 major groups.
Group A: The Slow Cardio Group – This tends to be old-school bodybuilders who think the way they’ve been doing it for so long is the ONLY way to do it. They think high intensity training is useless and some even think it over-trains your body.
Group B: The High Intensity Group – These people think high intensity is the ONLY way to go. They think traditional slow cardio is useless and doesn’t burn nearly as many calories as people think it does. They think there are almost no benefits to it and that everybody should be doing high intensity instead.
So who’s right?
In my opinion….neither.
When it comes to fitness, there is no “one size fits all”. While I tend to do high intensity much more than low intensity, it’s not because I think I’m burning extra calories.
So why do I do it?
Because it’s more fun!
This might sound a little distorted, but I love the feeling of kind of hanging on my last ounce of energy to push through my last few exercises. I love feeling like my muscles are on fire and having them quiver at the end of a really hard workout – hardly allowing me to walk up the steps.
But obviously, most people aren’t crazy like I am. Most people are “normal” and don’t like those kinds of feelings. And for mid-old aged people (i.e. anybody over 40 – even though you’re really not old so don’t think you are) I think a lot of times doing the majority of your workouts in a slower fashion is better.
Now this isn’t to say you should never do high intensity. I think if you’re able to (e.g. if you don’t have any heart problems), you should. Your body needs to feel alive again.
The reason I say this is because as the “cycle of life” goes further down the path for you, I think the natural course of exercising leads you into moving from hardcore workouts into more internal or “softer” workouts.
This means going from sprints to walking, jogging slowly and doing internal martial arts like tai-chi.
Where I’m Going With All This
I think the main problem people have is that they that everything has to be done a certain way. Well, it doesn’t! Do what YOU like to do. I don’t care what other people are saying. If you’re doing something that works, keep doing it. Obviously if it’s not doing anything to help your goals you should switch it, but if you’re getting results than simply keep going with it.
And if that means doing slow cardio….then by all means go ahead.
Because in my opinion, the main difference between low and high intensity exercising is simply a matter of time. You can get roughly the same workout in 20 minutes as you could in 40-45 minutes by doing really high intensity work, but if you have extra time that day and don’t mind spending it working out – who cares?
It all comes back to doing what you like to do, and what’s going to keep you doing that for a long period of time.
Bottom Line: Forget about how many extra calories high intensity interval training burns. If you hate doing it, don’t do it. Because eventually you’ll burn yourself out and quit – so what’s the point? Do what you love to do and you’ll stick with exercising for a lot longer.
Do you agree with this post? Leave me a comment below and let me know your thoughts!
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