In review of last night’s talk at my clinic I will use the information for The Secrets to Fat Loss Part II. In Part III I am planning to unveil many more secrets that can be used to help lose body fat, get healthier and stay that way for ever.
It was a much better than expected attendance. I am very thankful and appreciative to all of those who showed up. Hope you enjoyed. I received a lot of positive feedback and we are planning for future events revolving around similar topic so stay tuned.
I started out with my interests in nutrition, weight loss and exercise when I started to participate in wrestling in 9th grade. I was a slightly overweight football player. My senior year of football I weighed about 225 pounds playing fullback and inside linebacker. Within 5-6 weeks I had to drop my weight to 189 pounds to compete in wrestling. They didn’t have the 215 pound weight class in PA back then. It was rough! Thanks to my mother, who provided me with nutritional supplements, I survived. My last few years of high school provided me with the revelation that how you prepared would parallel how you performed. I soon realized that nutrition played a huge role. Fast forward 15 years or so and I am still very concerned with Human Performance and how our nutrition can effect it. I had to learn things the long and hard way. But you don't!
One main difference is now I am no longer a meat head football, wrestler, maniac!Well maybe a little but I have my Doctorate in physical therapy. That makes me like a filet mignon meat head as my cousin Tyrell likes to remind me. Lol! I am no longer worried about myself as much as I am with helping athletes perform and everyone else get as much quality out of there life as possible. There isn’t much difference between performance and sickness, they are on the same spectrum at opposite ends. Unfortunately most practitioners work with either one or the other. I have been lucky to be this hybrid type practitioner that is bridging the gap between performance and sickness.
My approach utilizes a fusion of exercise science, physical therapy, sports nutrition, and medicine. I have acquired a wealth of knowledge and now it is my moral obligation to society to give the best information possible regarding these categories and synthesize it in a way people can understand and apply it to their own lives on a daily basis.
I started the slide show with this picture.
Simply because people are not born knowing how to exercise. They need a guide. Exercise Science, physical therapy and human performance is a very difficult topic to understand and requires high levels of education. Not everyone has this education, yet everyone needs to know how to eat and how to move their bodies to get specific training results as well as improved health.
If you want to get the best results or training effect, you need the right exercise prescription. We all see people going to the gym that never change and never get results. Many of these people give up on exercise and say it doesn't work. Nothing works if you don't have the right prescription. An exercise prescription or routine specific for cardiovascular benefits will not give a person the body they want with lots of lean muscle and little body fat. Many people are trying to lose fat and are only doing what it takes to give them some heart health benefits, which doesn't take much. Losing body fat however requires a different approach. Lowering blood sugar and increasing insulin sensitivity, also require a different specific approach. Our PT's understand this because we are trained in both performance and helping people when they are sick. You have to know both ends to get the full picture.
Obviously, the methods people are using in the gyms and weight loss centers/programs are not working.
Why am I so concerned about this topic? How bad is our current state? 75% of our health care dollars are spent on chronic preventable diseases. Although we have a war on cancer for 50 years and a war on everything else, our health continues to decline and our rates of chronic disease have reached epidemic proportions.
The Ancient Romans and Greeks had it right(see how ripped King Leonidas is!). They did not have a microscope. The invention of the microscope and the ability to identify how chemicals effected living organisms on the cellular level and beyond may have been the catalyst of the sickness epidemic of widespread chronic disease we see today. Yes it gave Doctors the ability to save lives. It also gave the pharmaceutical industry a way to get people hooked on quick fixes, drugs! In King Leonidas' days people had to know what foods to eat and how to exercise. They couldn't rely on a pill or surgery when they had a problem. It was over. So they were preventative. Funny how they had it right 2000 years ago. I blame air conditioning. We are too comfortable! Lol!
The American College of Sports Medicine is now campaigning that exercise is medicine. I always say exercise is hygiene but that is an argument for a different day. If exercise is medicine, people need a program that is run by a licensed medical practitioner. The practitioner of choice for any type of exercise. A PT. At Revolution Physical Therapy we are defining a new type of physical therapist. A physical therapist that can not only focus on rehab but enhancement as well.
The babyboomers are making a huge impact on society. They are very aware of the struggles they may face financially secondary to the economic collapse a few years back. Many are not aware that most of the economic hardships retirees face today are medical expenses from chronic, however preventable, diseases. If you live past 50 in the U.S.(this eliminates all of the infant mortality rates and many motor vehicle accidents) you are likely to live to 90. Most people do not realize that and are not planning for a life 25 years past retirement age.
We must educate our aging population that it doesn't have to be this way. We can enjoy retirement in our Golden Years. Their isn't much Golden about nursing homes, becoming a pin cushion, nor medical bills stacked up breaking your bank. The only way to go into a battle with the potential for success is to prepare, be as strong as possible and have access to every resource at our disposal.
Since WWII we have moved from a society of scarcity abundance and opportunity the likes the world has never seen or dealt with before. Decisions are based upon capital and financial gains not moral or ethical scrutiny as they were in the generation of millenia past. We have not handled this responsibility of abundance very well. It is much like when professional athletes make millions of dollars and then act like jackwagons.
We have seen advancements in every avenue from technology. Most of us didn't have a computer 10 years ago, let alone a small computer with internet access we carry in our pockets. I am appreciative of technology and I thank Verizon, Microsoft etc. However we progressed in every avenue except for the health of our people. why do we keep get more sick if we have all of this amazing medical technology and pharmaceuticals?
We have to make a stand. We have control. We can make a difference. We must take the reigns on our future. No one will do this for us. There is however one small problem. People are getting very rich off of the misfortunes of others. Instead of removing the problem. we tax people more and make it accessible on every corner, i.e cigarettes. Oh yea that will fix the problem.
MAckavelli’s Law of Reform:
There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. Every Major reform will create winners and losers. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit from the old order and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order.
I need Help. I need support! I am vowing to help make a difference!
We live in a very scary and dangerous environment full of hidden killers. As mentioned in part one, insulin can be attributed to the reason we gain weight. Sugar is a toxic substance and slowly kills us over time like drinking a drop of Drano every day. Sugar is everywhere. A substance we were never meant to consume is lurking on every street corner. We need more awareness of how to navigate ourselves through this environment and I am here to be your guide.
Many more people are seeking wellness today. Many understand that getting older does not have to mean getting sicker! Interestingly wellness is a term that describes the pursuit of self-actualization, not the same as these companies promoting wellness through pampering massages and nutrient supplements. Wellness is self development. Wellness is between our ears.
Wellness is about being a better you. If each and everyone one of us can begin to strive for true wellness, the world will start to become a better place. Don't do what everyone else does. Don't be fooled by companies that are trying to influence you to buy something and get addicted to something that is actually killing you!
Start an information diet and be careful what you consume. When it comes to information consumption who you are is truly what you eat! You are what you eat literally as well. Your body gets its life form its chemical make up. No batteries included. No wall chargers. No cords or plugs. What you eat determines your structural make up and ultimately how much energy you have. Low energy levels are not normal. It is a sign of disease.
I will post more of the specifics in Part III. Hopefully, you will still be following.
In part III I will cover topics such as
- What is metabolic syndrome?
- Dehydration is directly related to fat gain
- The way to start using Insulin to help you lose fat and gain more lean muscle
- Tricks to losing fat and keeping it off
- How to get stronger, leaner and more muscular at the same time
Thanks for continuing to follow me and my efforts. I am looking forward to helping you and providing you with the best information that could help save our quality of life. Hope all is well with all of you. Please stay tuned.
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