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Free Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit On UK Phone Deals!

January 24th, 2011

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Thinking of getting fit, but don’t want to spend money on gyms and fitness plans etc? Do you want to be able to get fit in the privacy of your own home? Then a fitness deal giving you a free Nintendo Wii with Wii Fit exercise program could fit the bill as the ideal solution for your problem!

Apart from the financial gains, exercising at home may also help those who don’t like to work out in public. Worried about how you look in gym clothes? For some, it can be very comforting to know that the only person who has to
be with you when you exercise at home is you. Also, when you exercise at home, you don’t need to worry about finding enough time at all.

Just set up your Wii, enter your height and let the Balance Board take your weight. Within a few short seconds, you’ll know your current Body Mass Index (BMI), a measurement used to assess your Wii Fit age. You can also take a balance test to determine how well you can maintain your left and right balance. So as you progress through the exercises, you can watch these statistics improve and easily find the motivation to practice every day. So, exercise at home… And start to have FUN while getting fit!

Just to make life even easier, here’s a great fitness deal… We have found some fantastic UK deals for you where you can get a Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit for free! Ok, it does mean you have to take out a mobile phone contract, but then, you probably do that already, and if you’re looking to change or renew your phone contract… Why not get one with a free Wii and Wii Fit?

There are pages and pages of great UK phone deals available at www.CompareThePhoneMarket.com so do yourself a favour and check them out!

Keep Fit… Get Some Nerf Guns!

October 11th, 2010

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Just had a great weekend at my pal Joe’s… with a BBQ for friends and family etc. But this is about something that I haven’t come across before… So I’ll call it “The Nerf Gun Experience“.

Joe and Tracy have a great family with 4 kids ranging from 11 to 16 years old, and over the last few years have amassed a collection of various Nerf Guns. Ok, so what? you may be thinking… Well, being in my fifties and not having my own kids, this wouldn’t be of any interest to me either… Until a few of us started playing around with these things for a while… WHAT A BLAST!

Keep fit with Nerf Guns As I said, at my age, although reasonably fit, running around playing “war games” is not something I would normally be “into”, and have not done since I was a kid… But I couldn’t believe how much fun it was, AND I lost a couple of pounds in the process!

It’s a great stress-reliever too… Get one of the top Nerf guns, Jamie (Joe’s eldest) has just got the latest Nerf Stampede ECS, and you wouldn’t believe how fast that thing fires darts! Toy guns have come a long way since I was a kid…

The “top of the range” Nerf Guns are nearly $50, but you can get “value” sets and smaller guns from about $10, and they make great Christmas or birthday presents for kids of all ages… even mine! You can also buy Nerf Guns online, and in some cases get them shipped free.

As I said before, I only came across these things by accident, but after having so much fun and losing a few pounds too, I had to pass it on… So have a look and find out what you’re missing out on… Keep fit with some Nerf Guns!

Two Simple Nutrition Fat Loss Myths

July 22nd, 2010

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By Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS. Author of the Turbulence Training programs.

Ready to crush some simple nutrition myths?

I get extreme, simple nutrition questions all the time. In fact, just yesterday I was asked about whether it was bad to eat carbohydrates and protein at the same time. I can’t stand that type of obsessive-compulsive thinking. There’s no reason to be worried about that kind of tiny detail.

So here are two nutrition myths I crushed while down in California hanging out with friends and celebrating my buddy Bedros Keuilian’s birthday down over the weekend. (By the way, by ignoring these myths, I ate amazing meals and still didn’t gain any fat!)

Simple Nutrition Myth #1) You can’t eat late at night

I blew that one out of the water on the first night I arrived. My flight from Toronto to Orange County was at 6pm Thursday. I ate before I went to the airport, and then aside from a few almonds on the plane, I didn’t eat until I arrived at 8pm California time.

So that’s 5 hours past my normal dinner time.

But “nutrition experts” are going to tell me I can’t eat now?

They are going to send me to bed without any supper?

Who do they think they are, some kind of evil villain from a Mother Goose nursery rhyme?

Some type of wicked step-mother nutrition witch, or something?

Well, I’ll have my dinner whenever I want, thank you very much. And if that means eating at 9pm, then that’s when I’ll eat.

The bottom line: It’s not WHEN you eat, it’s HOW MUCH you eat.

By the way, just to horrify these so-called nutrition experts even more, I even ordered a pizza when I ate at 9pm last Thursday. Then again, I ate dinner with Mr. Cheat Diet, Joel Marion…

Simple Nutrition Myth #2) You must use protein shakes if you want to lose fat/gain muscle

Survey says, “Wrong!”

There has never been a scientific study showing that you’ll build muscle or burn fat better if you eat more than 1.8 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight.

That translates to LESS than one gram of protein per pound of body weight.

So yes, it’s fine to round up to one gram per pound, BUT that ONLY works if you are relatively lean.

If you are more than 20% fat, you do NOT need anywhere near one gram of protein per pound of bodyweight.

Let’s say you’re a 175 pound guy or a 145 pound woman with 20% fat.

At most, you’ll need one gram per pound of LEAN body mass (that’s your total weight minus your fat weight).

So our man would need 140 grams of protein and our female would need 115 grams of protein per day.

That is SO EASY to get through REAL FOOD that you don’t need to suck down the “swill” that nutrition stores sell you (aka – protein powder).

Just check out how much protein you get from REAL food:

* One cup of any dairy product = 8-10 grams of protein
* One ounce of meat = 7-10 grams of protein
* One ounce of fish = 6 grams of protein
* One egg = 7 grams of protein
* One cup of kidney beans or black beans = 15 grams of protein
* One tbs peanut butter = 4 grams of protein
* One slice of bread = 5 grams of protein (!)

So you see, you don’t need bad-tasting powders when you can eat real, delicious foods for all your protein needs.

Instead, keep your nutrition SIMPLE. Focus on whole, natural foods and limit high-calorie, high-sugar foods to just a couple of treats per week. Combine that with your favorite Turbulence Training workouts and you’ll lose fat fast.

11 Ways to Stay Motivated in Your Fat Loss Program

July 12th, 2010

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By Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training

Fat Loss Program Motivation

Today, we’re going to focus on something that I know a lot of men and women are struggling with – MOTIVATION for your Fat Loss Program.

So here are my top 11 inspirational tips to help motivate you to stick to your fat loss plan and transform your body & life forever.

Fat Loss Program Motivation

1. Never Give Up

If you fall off the wagon, cut your losses. Don’t let it weigh on your mind and hold you back because it’s only minor damage that can be dealt with. The important thing is to get back on track with your fat loss program, immediately. Never, ever, EVER give up. I believe in you.

2. Don’t Procrastinate

Do it now. Whether you’re thinking of cleaning out the pantry or finally starting a fat loss program, STOP procrastinating and DO IT now!

3. Identify Exactly What It Is You Want…

…then don’t let anything stand in your way of getting it. By setting specific goals along with deadlines you are providing yourself with a measuring stick.

4. Do Your Best With Everything You Have Control Over

Most people fail to control themselves, and end up only with regrets. We trade minutes of pleasure (i.e. fast food) for days, weeks, months, and years of regret.

Remember that the pleasure of eating lasts for only minutes, but you inhabit your body 24 hours per day, 7 days per week for life.

Rather than trying to “out-cardio” your bad diet, you must PLAN ahead to overcome obstacles. Otherwise, you’ll never succeed with your fat loss program.

4. Replace Bad Habits

Everyday you will be tempted to fall back on old bad habits. To make a lasting change in your health and appearance you must do everything you can to resist that. Try adding a new healthy habit each day to replace an old unhealthy habit.

5. Be Consistent With Baby Steps

The best approach is to build your life one positive step at a time and the way to do this is by taking baby steps to improvement each and every single day. Be a little better than yesterday.

6. Test

There are no failures, only good and bad tests.

You should always be trying something new, monitoring your body’s response, and deciding whether or not that food or exercise belongs in your “tool box”. Do everything you can to learn more about your body. The more you know, the faster your success will be.

7. Social Support & Role Modeling

You can’t soar with eagles if you’re hanging around turkeys.

By hanging around others who want to lose weight, you can leverage their knowledge, commitment, support, and success to push yourself harder with your fat loss program than you otherwise would be able to.

8. Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone

People will do almost anything to stay in their comfort zones.

If you want to accomplish anything, get out of your comfort zone and strive to increase order and discipline in your life.

Discipline means doing the opposite of what you feel like doing. Setting goals and deadlines are the easy roads to discipline.

9. Plan

Planning is the ultimate key to fat loss program success.

With a weekly plan of meals and fat loss workouts in place, you will be much less likely to hit a road bump that takes you down the wrong path. Try setting aside one day a week to map out your weekly itinerary and you’ll be amazed at how quickly your body transforms itself.

10. Realize YOU Are In Charge of Your Success

Og Mandino once said, “I shall shape my future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me. Or I can be lost in the maze. My choice. My responsibility. Win or lose; only I hold the key to my destiny.”

Translation – Everyone can succeed and reach their goals. It’s a just a matter of how badly you want it.

I know you want results with your fat loss program… And I know you can do it… And I’m really looking forward to your success.