a dire need for stress!!!

When it comes to fullfilling ones own potential, we need essential stress to to quicken these latent traits.

The mind, emotions, social self, heart, lungs, muscles and creative intuition all require regular imput of "varied and spontaneous" signals. To those who arent used to this sort of exercise it is really a "stress" and we tend to fear the sort of change that accompanies not only getting off the couch by experienceing new people and places or taking a bit of exercise in pleasing setttings but also getting on the couch and instead of the same old routine - doing a bit of reading. Sometimes we need to step back a moment to see what could be lacking.
Expose yourself!
"Shiken haramitsu daiko myo": Every experience is sacred and broadens the ability to take more from every experience

is lost weight fat weight?

Fat Loss Vs Weight Loss

The problem with many fad diets is that they are set up to produce weight loss but not necessarily a great deal of fat loss.
A diet that is too restrictive and leaves you feeling hungry much of the time, will probably deplete your carbohydrate stores. Every gram of carbohydrate is stored with four grams of water, so you can clearly see how many diets simply result in fluid loss. The scales may please you, but your body wont look any more fit or feel any better - fluid loss is short-lived.

Our ethical programming is dead wrong!!! "stress"

I know I get weird looks when I tell a modern American (U.S. Citizen) that one needs stress in their life, but it is true and the evidence is overwhelming if you are looking for it. We quickly go "downhill" if we do not move and stress our bones and muscles. We need simple weight bearing exercises to keep bones solid and to keep muscle from turning into flacid mush! We need socialization and various stimuli on a regular basis or our personality turns into a overreactive or even worse and under reactive set of default patterns. Mental, emotional and physical attributes deteriorate without proper stress to their various processes.
So, with that said: what do we do that is natural to homosapien to keep resilient?
Hiking with friends, take in the view, acheive new signals to feed your hungry neurological system.
Read a book, no really, your lingual circuits will dumb down!
Walk up and down hills, hang from a tree!
Learn to play again... its pretty damn sad if you cant think of ways to enjoy moving about and around and in circles, then kick something, then swing on something else, then walk through unknown terrain just for the sake of curiosity, then throw some tree droppings and pick some something out of the ground.
If you live in a city and cannot stretch out and away then get a gym membership and learn new exercises(and dont let an anal personal trainer tell you one thing is so superior to another that you should only do one thing - constantly learn new movements).
BTW: most cities have early morning walking clubs... it is important to get to know others who give a darn about moving. It seems that we have a deeply ingrained ethic that tells us that being lazy all day is some sort of reward that is favored after working for someone else (or a paycheck). I am telling you right now, that some of our so tightly honored modern and ancient inhereited ethics are dead wrong! Science is on my side and so is empiricism and even the major religions, so dont pull up your defences.
Humans are strong and fun when they shrug in the face of "stress". Meditate on this if the word "stress" automatically gives you a negative impression. There is good stress and bad stress. Good stress can give you anxiety, but even anxiety is important to encounter for homosapien! Stress is important, if you dont get it then call me 573.818.9199, my name is Steve.
If you have givin up on life and think that avoiding stress is what you choose, then dont bother calling because you have made your choice and I respect that. We need variety, so thanks for contributing - although there seems to be an abundance of those who favor torpor. If you can make an art out of it, then best of luck!

http://www.trainers1on1.com/using%20the%20decline%20bench%202007.wmv
Steve's latest short video on uses for the decline bench.

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high protein snack recepies

1) Bodybuilder Bon Bons
Take a whole jar of all-natural peanut butter and hand mix it with eight tablespoons of flax meal and three scoops chocolate protein powder.
The easiest way to do it is to just dump all the ingredients into a big bowl and mash 'em together with your grubby paws. Roll the "dough" into balls, wrap in Saran Wrap or foil, and freeze. Makes around 37 balls.
These suckers are portable, healthy and easy to prepare.

2) High-Protein Pancakes
Ingredients:
Bisquick Heart Smart baking mix or Aunt Jemima whole wheat pancake mix
Fat-free Calorie Countdown milk or skim milk
1 omega-3 enriched egg or 1 serving of Egg Beaters
Low-Carb protein powder
Pam cooking spray
Milled Flax seeds (optional)
Follow directions on the baking mix box, but skip the recommended oil and toss in some milled flax instead, plus a scoop or two of protein powder. Optional use of strawberry flavored powder then add some frozen mixed berries to the batter as it cooks.

Gravity based resistance training

This is an earlier 'Apple' article.

Vampires: the squat motion achieves well rounded work on the major leg muscles, but we perform vampires to work the muscles on the front of the hip and the large leg muscle known as the rectus femoris that keeps our leg lifting muscles strong and protect the spine.

Side downward dog bends: When it comes to the muscles around the waist and the side of the hips, this gets the job done. This movement will guarantee a good quality fatigue instead of leaving you wondering if you are even stressing the muscles properly for the time you might spend talking yourself into getting on the floor in the first place.

v-leg lifts: Do not let the neck flop back, and feel the weight of the legs on the abs while rising up without curving the middle or lower back. If you begin to feel spine strain then bend your knees more to take the leg weight off the front part of the core. When the abs fatigue the spine will begin to bend and take more weight – learn to identify when the abs are fatigued and then rest.

front squats: If one has not been exposed to correct squatting form – the motion is not only harmful but not very likely to integrate all the major leg muscles. To keep the knees strong without stressing them too much, we need to sit back with the weight over the heels, not the toes. Balance will be an issue at first, but after a few tries a person can learn to progressively give good stress to the leg muscles and increase the comfort zone of our knee bending hip sitting squat motion.

[main body]
To train the body for optimum performance and calorie burning we need to integrate several muscles at once. One can use their own body weight with the right type of movement to maximize muscle involvement. It is also important to maintain our weight bearing mobility with compound (using muscle groups instead of a single muscle emphasis) movements that increases bone density and muscle tissue as we age or recover from injuries.