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The Fitness Revolution

The Fitness Revolution...if you're a regular visitor here (I hope :)), you're probably already a footsolider in the healthy lifestye army. If this is your first visit (the first of many - again with the hoping!), you're probably thinking of enlisting. You should...there's a battle coming. Don't worry, we're not storming the castle walls or battering down the drawbridge but we are fighting in the streets.

It seems that we humans have become so advanced, our food so fast, our need to have it immediately so great, that we're literally eating ourselves into such poor health its actually killing us! Obesity has become one of, if not the greatest threats to ourselves, our children, and our nation. The medical costs are staggering. The human toll is even greater.

Some of the risks of being obese:

Heart disease and stroke.

High blood pressure.

Diabetes.

Cancer.

Gallbladder disease and gallstones.

Osteoarthritis.

Gout.

Breathing problems, such as sleep apnea (when a person stops breathing for a short time during sleep) and asthma.

And childhood obesity:

Developing Type-2 Diabetes (also termed as adult-onset diabetes) due to being overweight.

High levels of cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Sleep Apnea (interruption of breath while sleeping) which may also lead to other problems like difficulty in learning and memory.

Higher risk of developing, liver diseases, orthopedic problems and asthma.

More than 70% obese adolescents retain their overweight and obese condition even during their adulthood.

This has got to stop and the end of it starts with you! Get out and spread the word. Its time to join the Fitness Revolution.  Join me!

Joe

Just Show Up

The above three words are the cornerstone of fitness. Another way to say it - CONSISTENCY! If your program, be it P90X, Insanity, Turbo Fire, etc., says do these workouts 6 days per week, do them 6 days per week! I realize that life rears its ugly head every so often and we, me included, will miss a day here and there, but for the most part you have to do it to get the results you want.

I wish it were as simple as buying the thing, rubbing the DVD's all over your body and, SHAZAM!, you're fit and ripped to shreds. Not going to happen. You have to go into the garage, or the living room, or bedroom, or where ever you have your workout area set up, push play, and do it..over and over.

Our bodies are amazing mechanisms. Unlike any other machine which depreciates and breaks down from overuse, the body becomes stronger, healthier, fitter, and just plain better the more you exercise. Even if you have a serious health issue, just a little activity improves your overall level of health.

I'm sure you all know my story, but briefly - Ulcerative Colitis, entire colon removed, insides reconstructed, bag on my side for 10 weeks, plumbing reconnected, sat around getting fat and happy untill I hit 235lbs and a 44" waist. Today, as of the last weighing - 202lbs, 35" waist, BP 120/70, resting heart rate 56. In the best shape of my life. I even have an ab! Just one!!! But its happening!

And if I can do it, anyone can. There are people out there with health issues that put me to shame. Simply inspirational people.

And it all started just by showing up.

Now...go push play!

Joe

No one is going to do it for you

I'm always surprised at some of the responses I get when I try to bring up the topic of fitness with some people.

"Oh, you have to keep doing it."
"She or he doesn't have to work out"
"It's too expensive."
"Do you find that attractive?"

It seems that most people think (or hope) all they have to do is rub the DVD's on their bodies and, presto, perfect heath, weight, abs, etc. It doesn't work that way. It takes time, effort, sweat, soreness, and even some creative cursing at the TV! I know I've called Tony Horton, Shaun T, Chalene Johnson, and Brett Hoebel every name in the book...plus a few that aren't in the book...yet.


What I'm trying to say is this - working out, eating right, fitness, etc. - is something you have to do. No one can do it for you. Believe me, if I could pay someone to workout for me and get the same benefit, I'm there. But half the battle is the journey. Remembering where you were when you started and how you are now..thats the payoff.


Sometimes when I'm out and about in my P90X hat or shirt, someone will ask, "Do you do PX90?" (yes..PX90...it's written right on my shirt P90X but its always PX90...head shaking emote inserted). I always say "yes" but I think I'm going to start saying, "Yes, I finished P90X."


I can do a week of P90X or Insanity, or a month...but the feeling of accomplishment you get when you stick with it and complete it? Yes, I finished P90X. Yes, I finished Insanity. Yes, I finished Turbo Fire, RevAbs, Slim in 6, etc.


Think about how it felt when you did that. Think about how it will feel when you do that. You.


Because no one is going to do it for you.

Joe