Some Tips

Ok here are some weird tips for improving your fitness and the logic behind it quoted from Mens Fitness UK.

Be less stressed 
‘To build muscle and burn fat you need to work out hard and fast because testosterone – the hormone responsible for positive body composition changes – peaks around 45 to 60 minutes into a workout,' explains Mitchell. 'After that it falls away rapidly as cortisol levels rise.’

Cortisol is the stress hormone, and elevated levels not only prevent your body from eating into its fat stores, it instructs your body to store more of the energy you consume as fat, especially around your stomach.‘So to reduce body fat and build muscle you need to train intensely for no more than an hour, keeping rest periods between exercises as short as possible,’ says Mitchell. ‘This approach will break down muscle fibres while also keeping your heart rate high to burn calories during and after your session

Did you get all that? Basically go all out for 45 to 60 minutes anything more and it gets you stressed and stops burning fat. So that being said, chill out :P. I have implemented this into my own work out previously but in my next post you will see why I go for more then 60 minutes without worrying about stress and how I do it, its not weed before you get any ideas.

Next tip

Starting the day with an ice-cold shower may not be the most appealing prospect but it will make it easier to build muscle and burn fat. That's because sticking your body under some frigid H2O increases the levels of testosterone in you blood, and elevatged levels of this hormone help you to add lean muscle mass and eradicate fat stores, as well as giving you more energy.Cold showers also strengthen your immune systems, according to the study by the Thrombosis Research Institue. Subjects who took cold showers had increased levels of virus tackling white blood cells compared with those who had hot showers.


Todays tips seem to have a pattern of "Chill the hell out". Yes the dreaded ice cold showers they aren't just for the "lonely" any more! I have tried to do this so many times and its almost impossible, but as of this week all my showers will be cold!

To my female readers this will produce the female sex hormone which will help you get a slender figure.

PS, more testosterone means more labido.

The Starting Point

This blog is a little bit late as I have already started to exercise so here is a list of what I currently do (I will later get some links to show what these moves are).

Firstly my equipment consists of:

• 2x 9kg York Dumbbells, which have a strange pattern where you grip you so every time you move them they will rip a layer of skin off your hands amazing idea!
• Work out gloves because I value my hands.
• A work out mat.
• A fold-able workout bench.

I start my exercise at 6AM and a bit because I tend to look at my alarm in disbelief for 10 minutes before accepting that it is 6AM.

• 3 sets of 50 Elevated Push Ups.
• 50 Shrugs (With Dumbbells)
• 3 sets of 50 Bicycles
• 3 sets of Calf Raise and Holds (50 seconds each, both legs)
• 4 sets of 50 Dumbbell curls (2 sets each arm)
• 4 sets of 50 Seated renegade rows (2 sets each arm)
• 2 sets of 25 Dumbbell kick backs (1 set each arm)

Now I have just started to do Dumbbell kick backs, the first time I did it I couldn't even do 10 you tend to get an alarming shooting liquid feel up you arm after 5, but keep at it and it gets easier with time.

Another new move I have added is the plank, not to be confused with the planking meme. The move looked simple enough but holding that for more then a 15 seconds and you will definitely feel your abs, hurts like hell but its good to know your abs are there...somewhere.

I must admit I have been neglecting my cardio as of late and need to get back into the routine of doing it. However as I am lacking a tredmill my running can be dependant on weather. I have set a route that is 5.6 miles to the destination and back, I choose to do it like this instead of a few laps of a shorter distance so that when I react the goal I have no choice but to run back, this really pushes me.

Sorry for the long post.

Current Links to work outs, they will require you to register but its free so do it.

Shrug http://www.mensfitness.co.uk/exercise/back/2539/shrug.html

Dumbbell Kick Back http://www.mensfitness.co.uk/exercise/arms/2260/dumbbell_kickback.html
Plank http://www.mensfitness.co.uk/exercise/abs/2449/plank.html

My Inspiration

Well the reason for me getting fit is a bit more then "to live a better life", "confidence", "get bitches".

Mine is quite simple, about 4 months ago I was on a night out with my mates and my girl friend at the time. In typical macho style me and my mates have a go on the arcade boxing machine they seem to have in every club now.

I step up and swing.....my score is a pathetic 200....a childs cough could of inflicted more damage. It gets worse. My younger brother scores a 900+ score after doing a karate kid pisstake stance voice included. To add insult to injury my girl friend at the time steps up, now this girl's wrist and fist looks like it could break any time from lack of blood flow. She scores 300...I have no idea how this happened but it was a shock to the system, I mean she must of hit it with nothing but bone but still jesus!

So I wanted to get fit and not just fit but stronger so that one day....I can out punch a girl on a arcade boxing machine like a boss.

You can stop laughing now...

The Disclaimer

Hello! This is my first post and I thought it would be best to set the record straight. I am not a personal trainer, I do not have a sporting back ground as such, if I get the name of any of the work outs wrong I am sorry, most of my tips will be taken from respected online sources for example Mens Fitness. If you have any advice or equipment you no longer need let me know and if this blog makes you for any reason loose the will to live then please continue reading :D.