http://ericcressey.blogspot.com/2008/03/herniating-disc-101-bender-ball.html

Check out this video above. If you don’t want to watch it I’ll tell
you. It’s for a new infomercial product called the Bender Ball.

Sounds fancy doesn’t it?

Until you realize it’s just a small plastic ball. Yet it’s supposed
to be the miracle that will get you into shape.

Then you take at an excerpt from a recent study:

“Repetitive flexion-extension motions with low magnitude compressive forces have been shown to be an effective mechanism for causing disc herniations.”

So really this is a disc-herniation machine. Wonderful!

Then you see it’s made by a “master trainer”. Makes you wonder about
the credibility of the fitness industry (which by the way, there was
a video on CNN this past week about that same thing.

Which you can see here if you want:
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3991584n

Video titled: “Personal Trainers Ungoverned”.

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Are you holding yourself accountable?

Well that’s kinda hard. Cause you can justify / reason away any action
you take on your own, because you do them yourself!

And who wants to contradict themselves?

In a study of beginning exercisers when people were held accountable
they were 20 times more likely to stick with their fitness plan 6
months down the road.

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Go to the above link for more info.

Often all people need to stick with their fitness plan is just social
support / accountability from friends and like minded individuals.

And while family can be a great support, I often hear from my clients
that they prefer their family members not to remind / nag them when they aren’t on track (especially a husband & wife holding each other accountable).

If you do nothing else but get a support system in place that can be
just what you need to have the discipline to stick with fitness
for more than 1 week at a time.

There was a recent report on ABC news about how people grossly
overestimate how many calories they burn. This is also true for
people underestimating how many calories they eat.

Let’s See…
Less calories burned from exercise
+ More calories from food
____________________________________
More calories that stay with you (around your body)

A quick example, this month being National Oatmeal Month, let’s use
that. When most people eat oatmeal they have a nice generous bowl,
which can add up to 400-500+ calories if you not watching.

Then add, orange juice, toast and butter and you’re nearly at 1,000.

Even if you measure out the oatmeal your likely to make a mistake.
1 serving size is 150 calories 1/2 cup. Most people I know scoop out
a heaping size which is actually nearly 1.5 times the serving size.

Even if you level out the cup to perfectly even that is still about
1.15 times the serving. You have to be about .5 inches below the actual
serving cup line.

Peanut butter is another example. I won’t even get into that one, 1
serving size is about 180 calories, you can easily double that without
thinking, just put more onto that table spoon and count it as 1 serving
size.

Okay, here’s my point, make sure you track your food and know how much
you actually eat. If you need to for the first week or two, figure out
how many calories and grams of each macronutrient are in the typical
foods that you eat.

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