'Secrets of a Trainer' - Oct. 12th, 2006
Here is this week's live issue of 'Secrets of a Trainer'.
Published by Joey Atlas - The Fitness Shaman
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Special Note - I received an email yesterday from someone claiming that I need to rethink 'The Blow-Torch Diet', "I hate to rain on your parade." "Here are all the reasons why its not good.", "Here is why it doesn't work for me.", etc, etc...
- Next week I will share the email via this newsletter & illustrate all the examples of how myths & misperceptions can really screw up alot of people (which is why so many people are still out of shape in this world) - Stay Tuned.
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==>> Joey's Painful Experience as a Cult Member
As I've mentioned in previous issues of this newsletter - I competed in a series of bodybuilding competitions from my late teens into my early twenties. I did what evey body else did - worked out alot (too much) and planned my days (& my life) around working out and bodybuilding.
If you've ever been exposed to this 'crowd' or have been a part of it (some of you reading this may be in that crowd right now) - you know how much of your life it can consume. I define it as a Cult. The bodybuilding industry (and all of its followers) is a subculture - it is a 'cult'.
In my younger years, I never gave any forethought (not sure if that is a word - but I know there are a handful of you who read my newsletters specifically looking for my errors to send back to me - THANSK!) about how I'd be able to spend 2 and a half hours in the gym 6 days a week (there are people that do alot more than this!).
Also, I accepted the aches and pains that came with my workouts as part of the territory - and sometimes they were BAD and unrelenting. But I wouldn't dare miss a workout out of fear of losing one ounce of muscle mass (stupid).
I also spent too much (way too much) money on 'muscle builders' - such as powders, pills and other 'proprietary' formulas (very stupid).
I ate too much, too often. The bodybuilding subculture has been 'trained' to consume high calorie diets to 'enhace musscle growth & prevent musscle breakdown - this gives the supplement marketers reason to market meal replacement formulas, bars and shakes, etc - - see the connection : workout out alot more & eat alot more to build more muscle - sounds logical but its not.
What it means is this: Workout alot more (much more than you need to) so that when you are taking in all the extra calories that we are selling you in the form of magic musscle builders you don't get too fatt (some of these mispellings are intentional so your newsletter doesn't get stopped by the email filters.)
Anyway - without getting too far of base here...
As I got on with my life - starting my training business, getting married, having kids - the challenge of devoting so much time to my workouts began to take its toll on my emotions. I just couldnt stick to 'my routine' - and never gave thought to how I should adjust it to blend with my new life - I just didnt think another way would work for me. The cult I had been a part of for so long was really hurting me now.
I went thru ups and downs - but I didn't give up. After all, fitness was (and still is) my specialty. The biggest obstacles and problems I had to overcome were the ones in my head. Not scheduling conflicts, not time demands of business, not family resonsiblities and obligations - none of these superficial elements prevented me from maintaining a healthy level of personal fitness success.
It was the myths and misperceptions created by the Cult - the bodybuilding subculture, that molded my mindset which prevented me from being able to even comprehend the possibility of 'a better way for me' (and for so many others).
I get emails on a regular basis from people who are trying to make the same 'transition' - but they face alot of conflict from different life areas. This will be a subject addressed in more detail in the near future. For fitness pros - this type of info is extremely helpful when working with your fitness clients.
I've run out of space and time (for now, anyway) - & this issue probably evokes alot of questions and thoughts - which is the whole point of this in the first place because without thought comes no action.
Last note - I am seriously contemplating integrating The Blow-Torch Diet book into a well rounded fitness book titled 'The Fitness Code' - it will be much more than just the 30 BT Diet plan (which can be followed for life). The book will be a symbol of the Joey Atlas methods and fitnes philosophy, etc.
Please feel free to post your comments right here on the Official Joey Atlas Blog.
Don't Be Like Everybody Else... Be Fit !
Joey Atlas - The Fitness Shaman
http://www.TheFitnessShaman.com
Published by Joey Atlas - The Fitness Shaman
=======================================
Special Note - I received an email yesterday from someone claiming that I need to rethink 'The Blow-Torch Diet', "I hate to rain on your parade." "Here are all the reasons why its not good.", "Here is why it doesn't work for me.", etc, etc...
- Next week I will share the email via this newsletter & illustrate all the examples of how myths & misperceptions can really screw up alot of people (which is why so many people are still out of shape in this world) - Stay Tuned.
========================================
==>> Joey's Painful Experience as a Cult Member
As I've mentioned in previous issues of this newsletter - I competed in a series of bodybuilding competitions from my late teens into my early twenties. I did what evey body else did - worked out alot (too much) and planned my days (& my life) around working out and bodybuilding.
If you've ever been exposed to this 'crowd' or have been a part of it (some of you reading this may be in that crowd right now) - you know how much of your life it can consume. I define it as a Cult. The bodybuilding industry (and all of its followers) is a subculture - it is a 'cult'.
In my younger years, I never gave any forethought (not sure if that is a word - but I know there are a handful of you who read my newsletters specifically looking for my errors to send back to me - THANSK!) about how I'd be able to spend 2 and a half hours in the gym 6 days a week (there are people that do alot more than this!).
Also, I accepted the aches and pains that came with my workouts as part of the territory - and sometimes they were BAD and unrelenting. But I wouldn't dare miss a workout out of fear of losing one ounce of muscle mass (stupid).
I also spent too much (way too much) money on 'muscle builders' - such as powders, pills and other 'proprietary' formulas (very stupid).
I ate too much, too often. The bodybuilding subculture has been 'trained' to consume high calorie diets to 'enhace musscle growth & prevent musscle breakdown - this gives the supplement marketers reason to market meal replacement formulas, bars and shakes, etc - - see the connection : workout out alot more & eat alot more to build more muscle - sounds logical but its not.
What it means is this: Workout alot more (much more than you need to) so that when you are taking in all the extra calories that we are selling you in the form of magic musscle builders you don't get too fatt (some of these mispellings are intentional so your newsletter doesn't get stopped by the email filters.)
Anyway - without getting too far of base here...
As I got on with my life - starting my training business, getting married, having kids - the challenge of devoting so much time to my workouts began to take its toll on my emotions. I just couldnt stick to 'my routine' - and never gave thought to how I should adjust it to blend with my new life - I just didnt think another way would work for me. The cult I had been a part of for so long was really hurting me now.
I went thru ups and downs - but I didn't give up. After all, fitness was (and still is) my specialty. The biggest obstacles and problems I had to overcome were the ones in my head. Not scheduling conflicts, not time demands of business, not family resonsiblities and obligations - none of these superficial elements prevented me from maintaining a healthy level of personal fitness success.
It was the myths and misperceptions created by the Cult - the bodybuilding subculture, that molded my mindset which prevented me from being able to even comprehend the possibility of 'a better way for me' (and for so many others).
I get emails on a regular basis from people who are trying to make the same 'transition' - but they face alot of conflict from different life areas. This will be a subject addressed in more detail in the near future. For fitness pros - this type of info is extremely helpful when working with your fitness clients.
I've run out of space and time (for now, anyway) - & this issue probably evokes alot of questions and thoughts - which is the whole point of this in the first place because without thought comes no action.
Last note - I am seriously contemplating integrating The Blow-Torch Diet book into a well rounded fitness book titled 'The Fitness Code' - it will be much more than just the 30 BT Diet plan (which can be followed for life). The book will be a symbol of the Joey Atlas methods and fitnes philosophy, etc.
Please feel free to post your comments right here on the Official Joey Atlas Blog.
Don't Be Like Everybody Else... Be Fit !
Joey Atlas - The Fitness Shaman
http://www.TheFitnessShaman.com
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