Friday Health Tip - Toxic Barrier

Did you know that portions of the unhealthy foods and chemicals that we ingest get stored in our intestinal track and build up into a toxic barrier that literally keeps our bodies from absorbing nutrients? This is one of the reasons why we eat too much - our body is telling us that we're hungry because it is literally not getting the food that we put into our mouths!

Author's Note: There are several ways to deal with this issue - some more pleasant than others! None that will be discussed this early in the morning on a Friday! :)

Aaron M. Potts
Tahiti Trim Plan 40
Certified Success Group Leader

Wednesday Health Tip - Green Things

Did you know that not all vegetables are created equal? There are "starchy" vegetables that can contain a lot of carbohydrates, such as potatoes and peas, and there are fibrous vegetables that you can pretty much eat as many as you want, and these include broccoli, cucumbers, cauliflower, mushrooms, spinach, zucchini, and several others.

Authors Note: When I was a kid, I used to hate cooked vegetables. I would tell my Mom while she was cooking, "I don't want any green things!!" Finally, one day she got fed up with me whining, dumped my entire plate of food on my head, and said, "I didn't give you any !%#^$&# green things!!"

Aaron M. Potts
Tahiti Trim Plan 40
Certified Success Group Leader

Monday Health Tip - Calcium

Did you know that most women - especially those over 30 - are at risk for osteoporosis and bone fractures because they do not consume enough calcium?

Author's Note: Calcium comes from dairy products and high-quality supplements - NOT from late-night cow tipping! Just so you know...

Aaron M. Potts
TTP40 Certified Success Group Leader

Thursday Health Tip

Did you know that if you take in the exact same number of calories, but you spread them out over 5 small meals instead of 3 big ones, that you will start to lose weight because of the affect this has on your metabolism?

Author's Note: Coffee does NOT count as breakfast, a "meal" will never include the term "drive thru", and a Screwdriver made with Vodka and Orange Juice does not - unfortunately - count as an appropriate serving of fruit! :)

Aaron M. Potts
First Coast Wellness
http://www.firstcoastwellness.net

Changing the World

My wife Amy and I have just returned from the 10th Anniversary International Leadership Conference for Tahitian Noni International, and to say that we were impressed would be an understatement. There are no words that can accurately describe what we saw, or what the experience did to us, so I won't even cheapen it by trying to explain here.

However, I do want to extend an invitation to YOU - the reader of this message - to give yourself 5 minutes right now to think about your place in the world, and if it is really where you want to be.

If it is, then great! You are in a position to now learn how to start helping others. If, however, you are not where you want to be, then that is great, too, because you are in a position to learn how to help yourself AND others - at the same time.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to make a true impact on the world? I don't mean just helping an old lady across the street - I'm talking about a REAL difference in the way our world turns.

If there was a way for you to make your own life a better place to be than it has ever been, and at the same time help modify the very landscape of the human condition, would you do it?

If you could lose weight or improve your health in ways that you have probably never even imagined, while also helping to shape and improve the economy of an entire country, would you do it?

If you could be a part of the biggest lifestyle improvement revolution ever known to mankind, yet at the same time still retain whatever lifestyle it is that you want, would you do it?

If there was a system that would allow you to earn as much money as you wanted, but at the same time help you to learn the value of giving back to the world, would you learn that system?

Have you ever wanted to improve your life while being a part of something truly special?

If you answered yes to any or all of those questions, then I have news for you:

Your time is now.

Give yourself permission RIGHT NOW to open your eyes and your mind so that you can decide for yourself if it is truly possible to improve your life while also helping others.

By the way, if you think that your life is "just fine" and you don't need any help, do yourself a favor and start being honest with yourself. Unless your health is perfect, your finances are taken care of for the rest of your life - and the lives of your children - and you have absolutely nothing that you want to work towards, then your life is not "just fine".

Oh, and one more thing.

Don't die wondering what it would have been like to live the life that you wanted - rather than just the one that you were given.

Think about it.

Contact me directly for more information. I will give you the factual details about Tahitian Noni International, and then you can decide for yourself if you want to help us change the world.

Aaron M. Potts
http://www.tni.com/aaronandamy
info@fitnessdestinations.com
904-699-9917

The Wellness Revolution

What IS the Wellness Revolution, anyway? Find out some startling facts, but at the same time find out how YOU are in a surprising (and potentially profitable) position to do something about it!

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Leave the gym behind! Are you one of those people who will only workout if they can get to a very specific gym, at a very specific time of day, and do a very specific type of training? If you are, then this tip is for you!

Although the gym is a great place to train, and the workouts that you do may be effective, you are setting yourself up for failure if you can only workout given a very specific set of circumstances.

What happens if you can't get to the gym for some reason? What if your picture-perfect workout program is disrupted because of a crowd, or because part of the gym is being remodeled? What if your favorite aerobics class gets cancelled? What if you are simply late, and your entire workout schedule is thrown off track?

These are just a few examples of how relying on an iron-clad workout program will set you up to fail if things don't go exactly like they are supposed to. In addition, your body will get used to your "perfect" program, and you'll be back at square 1 before you know it. Leave the gym behind and find other ways to get some exercise!

Fitness Destinations recommends http://www.recreation.gov to find the best places in your area to get outside and play!

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Got Cancer?

Today's Fitness Tip isn't so much a tip as it is a fact that should motivate you to get off your butt and go exercise!

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Got Cancer?

Today's Fitness Tip isn't so much a tip as it is a fact that should motivate you to get off your butt and go exercise!

From an article in the November 2005 edition of Personal Fitness Professional magazine:

"The American Cancer Society estimates that about 30% of cancer deaths are due to poor nutrition, excess weight and lack of exercise."

30 PERCENT!!

Why are you still sitting here reading this??

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Always practice perfect form! Whenever you are exercising, there is a very specific way to do each and every exercise. Do things right to maximize results, and minimize injury!

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Always practice perfect form!

Whenever you are exercising, there is a very specific way to do each and every exercise. Doing the exercise in the prescribed manner ensures 2 things:

1) That you get the most possible benefit from the activity. If you are going to take the time and expend the energy to exercise, then do it right. Using sloppy form just robs the targeted muscles of the stimulus that you are trying to deliver to them, and can ultimately waste your valuable exercise time.

2) That you don't get injured while you workout. Even seasoned exercise veterans are still subject to a muscle pull or strain, a torn ligament, a torn rotator cuff, etc. One of the best reasons for exercise is to prevent these type of injuries, but by spending a lot of time working out, some of us forget that we are still susceptible, and we allow our form or exercise speed to suffer. This results in exactly the kind of injury that we are trying to avoid!

Always practice picture-perfect form whenever you exercise, and do all exercises with a full range of motion, and at the proper speed. Don't waste your time, or get hurt in the process!

For the most complete (to date) database of exercises, complete with animated graphics that show the movements, and text instructions on how to do them, become a member or a client of Fitness Generator. Whether you are a personal trainer or if you are just trying to exercise in a proper and effective manner, Fitness Generator has categorized exercises to keep you or your clients on track. Additionally, Fitness Destinations maintains a list of Online Personal Trainers who utilize this software.

Practice "HIIT", the acronym for High Intensity Interval Training to get more out of your cardiovascular training, but in less time!


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"HIIT"

Practice "HIIT", the acronym for High Intensity Interval Training. The basic idea is to do your cardiovascular training in 2 different zones. Zone #1 is your "cruising speed", which is the speed and/or resistance that keeps you inside your Target Heart Rate Zone. Zone #2 is significantly more intense, cranking your heart rate to well above the THR, approaching or surpassing 80% of your Maximum Heart Rate.

The concept is pretty simple. No matter what form of cardiovascular training you are doing, you spend the first 5 minutes or so cranking up the intensity so that you are at your cruising speed of approximately 70% of your maximum heart rate. Once there, every 1 to 4 minutes, crank the speed or resistance up to a much higher level, to at least 80% to 85% of your max.

When cruising at the higher level of intensity, this is known as the "interval", hence the name High Intensity Interval Training. Perform your interval for 1 to 2 minutes, after which you should be VERY ready to slow things back down to your cruising speed. Once you are back to cruising speed, go another 1 to 4 minutes, then repeat the whole process.

This type of training confuses your body about how to keep up with the energy demand, which keeps it from slipping into a comfortable rythym. You will burn more calories this way, burn through more bodyfat in a shorter amount of time, crank your metabolism up significantly higher, and improve the maximum cardiac output of your heart, all at the same time! If you are looking for a way to shorten your workouts, but lose weight more quickly, HIIT is the way to go!

Make sure you are staying in the 70% to 85% target heart rate zone with a low-cost, easy to use Polar Heart Rate Monitor.

Breathe hard! Or, get your heart rate up - however you want to phrase it! The point is that no serious, long-term fitness progress ever came out of "taking a stroll" on the treadmill, or by meandering around your neighborhood after dinner.

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Breathe hard!

Or, get your heart rate up - however you want to phrase it! The point is that no serious, long-term fitness progress ever came out of "taking a stroll" on the treadmill, or by meandering around your neighborhood after dinner.

Although it is true that ANY exercise is better than NO exercise, if you truly want to melt off excess bodyweight and bodyfat, you are going to have to crank that heart rate up to about 70% of your maximum level several times each week, and consider taking it even further than that once you are conditioned for it.

To figure out your max heart rate, subtract your age from 220. For example, if you are 40, your maximum heart rate is 180 (220-40).

Monitor your heart rate with a low-cost, easy to use Polar Heart Rate Monitor.

Get out and PLAY! People are so hung up on the "latest exercise programs" that they forget that the mission is to simply expend energy. No one ever said that you had to expend energy in the gym, or by pounding the pavement in your neighborhood!


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Get out and PLAY!

People are so hung up on the "latest exercise programs" that they forget that the mission is to simply expend energy. No one ever said that you had to expend energy in the gym, or by pounding the pavement in your neighborhood!

Structured sports such as football, volleyball, tennis and similar activities are all great ways to burn off some extra calories. Or, to make it even more interesting, put together a little outdoor fitness session for you and some of your friends. Using nothing but bodyweight and a little bit of imagination, there is no end to the fun that you can have running, jumping, catching, pushing, pulling, hopping, sprinting, lunging, squatting, etc. The list is endless!

If you want to add a little bit of resistance, grab a 6 or 8 pound Medicine Ball and toss that thing around for awhile. If your arms don't get a good workout doing that, then you are doing it wrong!

A picture speaks a thousand words, and that is a very true statement when it comes to fitness! Having a motivating picture of yourself can literally mean the difference between success and failure in your weight loss endeavors.


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A picture speaks a thousand words!

A picture speaks a thousand words, and that is a very true statement when it comes to fitness! Having a motivating picture of yourself can literally mean the difference between success and failure in your weight loss endeavors.

Here is a quick tip on using a photo to keep you highly motivated. Don't use a picture of the way that you USED to look, or even a mental picture of what you WANT to look like. Get a picture of you that you hate because it shows you when you were seriously out of shape, or at a point in your life when you had very little energy, or self esteem.

Take that bad picture of yourself and post it where you will see it on a daily basis! Don't strive to be someone in a 10-year old high school picture, or in the "perfect" picture that you have of yourself in your head. Strive to NOT be the person in your "bad" picture!

Set and measure your goals! If you don't know specifically where you want to go, how can you possibly know if you are on the right track to get there?

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