http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUTJQIBI1oA&NR
A confident young overweight women in this video is talking about being fat and the reasons why its ok to be fat.
I have a little issue with this.
With the large link between overweight people and High blood pressure, Strokes, Heart Attacks, Diabetes, High Cholesterol, Angina, Kidney Stones, Erectile Difficulty, Osteoarthritis, and more its clear to most there is a link.
The two highest killers today (CVD and Cancer) are linked to obesity.
Here in Canada, our lovely taxes are paying for you fat ass to goto the hospital because you cant put down the fork and workout.
"Im to busy, diets dont work"
Ive set my alarm at 5am for several months just to hit the gym. Others are there,. Ive had to turn down a delicious donut now and again. Diets are a simple relationship of caloric expenditure. If you cant figure that out, learn how to.
You can tell a smoker right to their face "Those a bad for you, your chance of cancer is much higher for doing that " and you'll get a shrug. Tell fatty over there that double bacon burger is going to increase their risk of cancer, you'll get tears.
"People should like me for who I am inside"
Good theory. But, visions equal of Chris Farley as a Chippendale's dancer bouncing his gut are the first think that appears in most peoples mind after seeing a big fatty. Your working from a negative here pal. If I can overcome the laughing inside, ill give you a chance. If.
Sometimes you may have to give a little to get a lot back. The willpower of some people is downright pathetic. If your ignoring all of these things, your just looking past the inevitable fact that your likely going to shorten your lifespan. Those twinkies better be worth it, fatty.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
The greatest personal trainer of all time.
Yesterday I was waiting to use one of the three power racks available at the gym to do a few sets of squats.
In rack 1: We got the curler. Bar with 2 dimes on it and an enthused skinny kid.
In rack 2: There is a reserved sign on the rack, and a swiss ball sitting inside of it with nobody to be seen.
In rack 3: Someone doing deadlifts in the rack.. No big deal, right? It can be when there is an actual deadlift platform less then 5 feet away. Rackpulls are one thing, but these were from the floor.
As I'm reading my training log to see what numbers I have to beat, the curler finishes and I get a rack. I start squatting, working my way up slowly in weight. After I hit a heavy set of five I finish off with a 20-rep widowmaker. I finish the last rep (somehow) and rack the bar, instantly I'm on the floor gasping for air.
Then I witness the unthinkable, that rack with the swiss ball in it, a personal trainer has a 20lbs overweight girl doing BB curls, while kneeling on the ball. I look over, still out of breath, sweat is dripping off of me, my once light shirt is now very dark. The look the personal trainer gives to me is priceless, I need to bring a camera to the gym for moments like this. I smile.
The trainer (also overweight) looks at me up and down.. And says;
"That movement can be very hard on the joints, I could show you some safer ones"
All I could come up with was
"...Not hard on my joints"
I feel sorry for the people duped into paying these people. If I wanted to get advice from overweight people with no clue in regards to real weight lifting, ill go to the frozen foods section in walmart. But to you miss "Ace certified" trainer, go away. What this girl needs is challenging routine and a killer diet. What she doesn't need is what shes getting.. At who knows what price.
In rack 1: We got the curler. Bar with 2 dimes on it and an enthused skinny kid.
In rack 2: There is a reserved sign on the rack, and a swiss ball sitting inside of it with nobody to be seen.
In rack 3: Someone doing deadlifts in the rack.. No big deal, right? It can be when there is an actual deadlift platform less then 5 feet away. Rackpulls are one thing, but these were from the floor.
As I'm reading my training log to see what numbers I have to beat, the curler finishes and I get a rack. I start squatting, working my way up slowly in weight. After I hit a heavy set of five I finish off with a 20-rep widowmaker. I finish the last rep (somehow) and rack the bar, instantly I'm on the floor gasping for air.
Then I witness the unthinkable, that rack with the swiss ball in it, a personal trainer has a 20lbs overweight girl doing BB curls, while kneeling on the ball. I look over, still out of breath, sweat is dripping off of me, my once light shirt is now very dark. The look the personal trainer gives to me is priceless, I need to bring a camera to the gym for moments like this. I smile.
The trainer (also overweight) looks at me up and down.. And says;
"That movement can be very hard on the joints, I could show you some safer ones"
All I could come up with was
"...Not hard on my joints"
I feel sorry for the people duped into paying these people. If I wanted to get advice from overweight people with no clue in regards to real weight lifting, ill go to the frozen foods section in walmart. But to you miss "Ace certified" trainer, go away. What this girl needs is challenging routine and a killer diet. What she doesn't need is what shes getting.. At who knows what price.
The 90/10 % diet rule
"Eat clean 90% of the time.."
Ok, the rule is fine, for some.
How many people actually follow it, or just shrug things off as it being 10%? Soon enough instead of having 1 cheat meal every 2 days (seems like alot) your following a 85/15, or worse. I bet that 10% cheat meal sends people into a binge too.
"10% is nothing in the big picture"
Do you want 10% less bodyfat? 10% more muscle? 10% more energy?
Well maybe you should give it more near 100% effort.
Shit happens, shit does not happen every 2 days. Shit happens maybe twice a month if you are prepared.
That being said, if it is working for you, fine, that's fantastic I'm glad you found that you can do that. But if your following your diet 90% of the time, and your looking in the mirror and seeing things you don't want to, maybe you need to give it 100%.
Someone bugged me about this today. Someone who is not reaching their goals, someone who is constantly bitter about their self, someone who is close to me.
Ok, the rule is fine, for some.
How many people actually follow it, or just shrug things off as it being 10%? Soon enough instead of having 1 cheat meal every 2 days (seems like alot) your following a 85/15, or worse. I bet that 10% cheat meal sends people into a binge too.
"10% is nothing in the big picture"
Do you want 10% less bodyfat? 10% more muscle? 10% more energy?
Well maybe you should give it more near 100% effort.
Shit happens, shit does not happen every 2 days. Shit happens maybe twice a month if you are prepared.
That being said, if it is working for you, fine, that's fantastic I'm glad you found that you can do that. But if your following your diet 90% of the time, and your looking in the mirror and seeing things you don't want to, maybe you need to give it 100%.
Someone bugged me about this today. Someone who is not reaching their goals, someone who is constantly bitter about their self, someone who is close to me.
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