As a nutrition coach, certified personal trainer, and fitness enthusiast, I’ve worked with a lot of people who are interested in improving their overall health, weight and fitness level. Most commonly, people want to get fit, lose weight, and have the body they always dreamed of having.
Health and fitness (as well as some of the related subjects, like weight loss, dieting, exercise, sports, etc.) has more theories than practical answers and more fads than fact. If you don’t believe me, just pick up a copy of a current fitness magazine or book and you’ll read about competing theories that all promise maximum results with little or ZERO effort.
Once you’re finished reading, though, you’ll put the magazine or book down and you’ll realize that you’re more confused than when you first picked the book up! Should you…
Use more weight or less weight?
Do more reps or fewer reps?
Do higher intensity or lower intensity?
Do more cardio than resistance training?
Do more resistance training than cardio?
Use machines or free weights?
Train every day or once a week?
Eat more carbohydrates or less?
Sleep more than I is now or less?
Do 1 hour of fitness a day or just ten minutes?
And the list goes on and on and on and on!
With so many competing theories, it’s hard for people to know which one is the right one to do. So, I decided to put together a complete personal health and fitness plan that will actually help people to build muscle, burn fat, and lose weight to get into the best shape of their lives with sound, proven, cutting edge fitness, nutrition and health techniques.
I literally went back to basics on this and tried to pare away all of the nonsense that you read about so often. As I developed this plan, I continually asked myself, “Is this step truly necessary? Is there a better way? Is anything missing?” so that when I finished, I firmly believed that it was the most comprehensive personal health and fitness plan available today.
But that’s not all I did. I realize that you don’t have 24 hours a day to devote to health and fitness. Although a life that is healthy and fit requires healthy and fit decisions to be made 24 hours a day, you’re not going to work out 12 hours a day and you’re not going to spend the other 12 hours preparing healthy food.
So, as I developed this health and personal fitness plan, I also continually asked myself, “Is this practical? Is it manageable? Is it overwhelming or is it ‘do-able’? Can it be integrated into everyone’s lives?” By the time I was done I was convinced that I had a practical and realistic health and personal fitness plan that anyone could incorporate into their lives.
