365 Days of Exercise
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Not sure if this incentive enough to get you off your ass, but it certainly made me feel a bit guilty!
Not sure if this incentive enough to get you off your ass, but it certainly made me feel a bit guilty!
Can't say it's causal, but there's certainly a connection!
For a boxer the diet is 45% high Fiber carbs, 40%protein and 15% fat.
According to the site, any one doing anaerobic exercise needs to eat about 6 small meals a day to keep insulin up.
Something about High Fiber Carbohydrates and slower expenditure of energy, it keeps the metabolism going. So that fat is being converted into energy even when the body is at rest.
No soda, no fast food, and finally no "bad days".
Still, it's a pretty good idea, even if it's been done a few times before. Always inspiring when somebody accomplishes something with it.
Now...who has that many boxers?
Same happened to me lol
Definetly gives inspiration for people like me who find it hard to get started; and I'm about the same physical shape as him at the beginning.
I'd try and avoid the douche haircuts though
it actually has a lot of helpful information for those who would be interested in making a similar change.
It really is amazing what eating right and spending 15 minutes each day to exercise can do.
here's the dude's website: http://www.johnstonefitness.com/
holy sheeit
from this to this
impressive indeed. i just hope he doesn't get too carried away with all that.
Would be nice to know what exactly his exercise plan was. I mean, if he spent 4 hours a day working out then these results are kind of expected. But I also know people that have simply cut out snacks and deserts from their diet, run every once in a while and do a few situps/pushups each day that have transformed in a similar fashion.
I see people doing the P90X program getting similar (or better) results in only a few months, but that does involve exercising ~1 hour per day for 6 days a week.
I'm currently doing the P90X workouts and they're amazing. Hopefully I can find a way to work the nutrition plan into it as well, but my schedule isn't kind to such things currently. Even without using the nutrition plan, I've had great results from the program.
He certainly is cut though. Its just to bad he has malignant melanoma from spending 4 hours a day in a tanning bed.
I started out with about 14 miles per day on my bike, going at about 18mph. I realised i just had no energy though, so i cut it to 7 miles but i go at about 25+mph, basically as fast as i can possibly go. After a while (a good while), you get to the point where when you don't exercise, you feel crap.
But the hard bit is the bit you see early on this guy. Takes about half of the time for you to actually see his belly disappear totally. He's still pretty trim but you can see where the belly is/was. That's where you gotta really have the conviction to carry on because it can be disheartening. Eventually, that bit that looks like belly sticking out turns into muscle when the layer of fat diminishes enough, but that's the tough bit imo. Early on you see huge changes, then the changes get a lot smaller, and i hear that a lot of people stop there. Plateau-ing or something.
Early on you see huge changes, then the changes get a lot smaller, and i hear that a lot of people stop there. Plateau-ing or something.
Yep. First 3 weeks or so is when you see your biggest muscle gains, and when you'll get you'll start to find your cardio peaks, there's more fine tuning that can go on however. I started last week, and I'm already seeing muscle gain again. 3hrs a day, every day. 2hrs of workout, plus an hour of cardio. The hard part is, once you hit that wall where you think you've hit the perfect point and plateau, you let yourself lapse. Stop going, or say 'good enough'. There's still gains to be made.
This will be my second time of regaining muscle mass, and will be twice as difficult. Just got to keep it in the back of your mind that, if you stop and don't do anything for more than about 2 weeks. All that hard work has already gone poof by 30%.
...and its fun !
if someone looks awesome and got that way by lifestyle, that impresses me. if someone gets that way by going to a gym at 6am every day, not so much. Its better than being a fatty though i guess.
Hunger is the best appetizer, but it also requires that you savor those things which are beatifully put together from a gastronomic perspective. Back to our discussion on Foie Gras; it is not the sort of thing you want at every meal, but when you have it, it is wonderful.
It is about balance... you exercise, eat reasonably most days and have something special at a restaurant or at home once in a while. To me this video is the other extreme, where you work out hours every day, don't eat anything that tastes good, and become self-obsessed with your body.
and yes, his hair does get douchier and his skin tanner...
http://www.videosift.com/video/Steroid-Side-Effect-1-The-Mind-is-the-First-Thing-to-Go-WARNING-NOT-FOR-THE-SQUEAMISH
It is about balance I feel once you end up in that obsessive mentality, you are prone to keep going to the extremes. The thing about the guy in this video is that he can't keep that up forever, eventually something has to give and it will fall apart in some way.
Not that this is the same, but it reminded me of this video:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Steroid-Side-Effect-1-The-Mind-is-the-First-Thing-to-Go-WARNING-NOT-FOR-THE-SQUEAMISH
It is about balance I feel once you end up in that obsessive mentality, you are prone to keep going to the extremes. The thing about the guy in this video is that he can't keep that up forever, eventually something has to give and it will fall apart in some way.
Yeah, that is why I was wondering what his routine was. If it is hardcore, he'll probably stop and start fading back. But if it was just a solid 15 minute work out each day with a cutback in snacks, he can keep doing it the rest of his life, should he choose to do so.
>> ^ponceleon:
Not that this is the same, but it reminded me of this video:
http://www.videosift.com/video/Steroid-Side-Effect-1-The-Mind-is-the-First-Thing-to-Go-WARNING-NOT-FOR-THE-SQUEAMISH
It is about balance I feel once you end up in that obsessive mentality, you are prone to keep going to the extremes. The thing about the guy in this video is that he can't keep that up forever, eventually something has to give and it will fall apart in some way.
Yeah, that is why I was wondering what his routine was. If it is hardcore, he'll probably stop and start fading back. But if it was just a solid 15 minute work out each day with a cutback in snacks, he can keep doing it the rest of his life, should he choose to do so.
Sorry, but no way that is a 15 minute a day workout... it is probably at LEAST at hour (though I suspect far more) plus a really nasty diet.
The magical flashy pants might qualify him as an entirely new supervillian, though.
http://www.crossfit.com
http://www.crossfit.com/mt-archive2/CFOdyssey.jpg
15 minutes a day, 3 days on, 1 day off.
There is no way to get 40+% of your calories from protein without risking kidney damage.
Citation needed.
jwray. videosift, 2009-09-22, http://www.videosift.com/video/365-Days-of-Exercise
To me this video is the other extreme, where you work out hours every day, don't eat anything that tastes good, and become self-obsessed with your body.
and yes, his hair does get douchier and his skin tanner...
Huh? How do you know he doesn't eat anything that tastes good and is self-obsessed?
I'm guess you're just making excuses for not getting in shape yourself.