July, 2007

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Bad Media – BAD!

Friday, July 27th, 2007

I don’t want to get too preachy, but here goes….
Shame on the media, I mean really. It is bad enough that we are constantly inundated with updates of the Train Wreck Trio, (Lindsay, Britney & Paris), but now the images we see of the beautiful people are apparently not quite pretty enough. The first I really took note of this was not long ago when Katie Couric took the anchor spot at CBS. Some genius decided that she was not thin enough and felt the need to retouch or “Photoshop” her photo to be released to the press.

Katie Couric

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Short Circuit

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

I do a fair amount of online training these days. Many people who want to work with me simply do not live close enough to make it feasible. That is where the online training comes in. I wanted to put together a sample workout so you guys could see what I am talking about.

In my experience the fastest way to shed body fat is through circuit type training. In my gyms we use a training protocol that involves short circuits of weight training to achieve insane fat loss. With that in mind I present the following program:

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Things I Know

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Just this morning a guy walked into my gym. He lives around the corner from my West Hills location and he was interested in training. He belongs to a 24 Hour Fitness or some other big chain facility, but wanted to see some actual results. He told me he spends most of his time on the treadmill and then hits some light weights – because his goal is fat loss. I told him whether he ends up training with me or not, he needs to flip that ratio- focus on the weights and spend only a little time on cardio. He thought I was joking. He asked why, only cardio burns fat right? Well I went into my normal spiel about weights, cardio fat loss and metabolism. I gave him a brief glimpse into the Carter Fitness philosophy of fat loss. When I meet with him later this week he will get the full treatment, but it got me thinking…

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The Swim Back

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

In training, psychology can often be the most important factor. Losing your concentration or drive cam kill your progress. Getting your head set right is the best way to ensure a good workout and to ensure your ultimate success. That is not only true of fitness but in all other areas of life as well. Deep, I know so I’ll move on

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HIIT Me Baby One More Time

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

First off, I can’t believe I referenced a Britney Spears song…

In the last newsletter installment I went over why at Carter Fitness we do not use steady state cardio as a primary fat loss tool. I will not go into it in depth again, but suffice it to say that for the time you put in, the return in terms of fat loss is not all that great. If you missed it you can check out the entire article here. Then I alluded to the solution: Intervals.

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Got Time to Waste? Do Cardio!

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

Information rules the world. The more information you have the better off you are. But we run into problems when the information we get conflicts. This comes up time and time again in the health & fitness game. High carb, low carb, high reps, low reps, yes cardio, no cardio. And it goes on and on. Well that my friends is why I write these newsletters – to give you the best, most accurate and up to date information possible. You know who I am and where to find me, and hopefully you have come to trust what I tell you. Plus I back up what I say with results. So in this article I will be telling you why standard cardio is a lousy fat loss tool- and why I am right and everyone else is wrong (unless they agree with me ).

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What is Bad Nutrition

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

A colleague of mine once said you cannot “out train” bad nutrition. Truer words were never spoken, although that has not stopped some clients from trying. It has always amazed me when certain clients would hire me to help them transform their bodies, yet not follow the nutritional advice. A hard workout does not give you license to eat whatever you want. Quite the opposite – it should give you the motivation you need to feed your body the quality nutrition it deserves.

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Tabata – 4 Minutes of Fat Burning Hell

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

I had heard of this Tabata thing for a while – mentioned here and there – but I never gave it much thought. Then I tried it.

The name says it all. Wait, no it doesn’t.

The Tabata Protocol was named after Japanese research er Dr. Izumi Tabata. The workout was developed to increase the performance of Japanese speed skaters. The beauty of the protocol is its simplicity- 20 seconds of all out effort followed by 10 seconds of rest or moderate movement. Repeat that 8 times for a total of 4 minutes. Sounds easy right?

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Orlistat, Band-Aids and other BS

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

It is midnight on the 14th, and I just finished the newsletter thus this one did not get proofread. So please forgive any grammatical, spelling or “that doesn’t make sense” errors. I think you’ll still get the overall point.

My how time flys. It’s the 15th already and time for another newsletter. I have been fairly pressed for time of late (haven’t we all) so I will have to save some of the topics I wanted to talk about for another time. But there is one thing in particular that has recently pissed me off- the FDA (again).

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The Best Story I’ve Ever Heard

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

I’m a pretty tough guy. Well, maybe not, but at least I look tough. Well, maybe not. In any event, when I heard this story at my gym in North Hollywood, it took every ounce of testosterone in my exceptionally masculine body to not cry like a baby. I was told the story by one of my trainers, Brandon, who worked part time at Universal Studios in Southern California as Captain America. This was probably best story I had heard in my life, and now I will tell it to you and do my best to do it justice.

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