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Feed Your Brain to Lose the Fat Newsletter – Issue #2
The latest issue of my newsletter is available for you guys. Here’s the table of contents with links:
- “The Top Five Reasons I HATE Doing Burpees!” By Muata Kamdibe (aka MrLowBodyFat)
- “7 Reasons Why You Can and Will Lose Weight and Reach Optimal Health Fast with Bodyweight Exercises”
- My Interview with Sandbag Training Systems creator Josh Henkin
- “Why Cardio Doesn’t Work for Fat Loss” By Craig Ballantyne
- “Five Food Rules To Break” By Alan Aragon
Be sure to come back and leave a comment about any of the articles in this month’s newsletter–thanks!!
September 29th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Muata- I definitely have a love/hate affair with burpees too! I have you to thank as I learned about this madness on your link to Ross’ page a while ago…
One thing I will say about burpees… they can be quite jarring (at least the way I do them…) as you are adding a bunch of velocity to the joints. Since my knees can get a little out of whack I like to wear neoprene knee supports, at least when I am doing burpees with already somewhat tired legs.
-Randy
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September 30th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
@Randy – Oh man, burpees really kick ass, and, just like you, I first heard about them from Ross–the madman that he is! What’s funny about burpees is that even doing them slow and focusing on doing all the movements properly is still pretty damn hard! Oh yeah, for those of us past 35, I know exactly what you mean about the joints. Don’t forget about those joint mobility exercises. Thanks for your comment …
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September 30th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
I was also wondering if you have a good strategy for breathing during burpees. I have never really been able to get a stable cadence going so I just end up doing sets that are as long as my lungs will allow.
Well okay, I’m more like 25 (!!!!), I have thought a lot about how to help my knees but I am not sure what to do. I am not that heavy (so they are not just suffering that way) and I think that mobility is not the problem… its kind of the opposite as I am prone to dislocate my knee if I load it too much (like from quick cuts in soccer).
thanks in advance,
Randy
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October 1st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
@Randy – OK Randy, I had to close the door to my office, so that passing students wouldn’t think that I’m in here losing it.
So, this is what I came up with: breathe in as you squat down; breathe out as you kick you legs back and get into a push up position; breathe in as you bring your legs back in to assume the squat position again; breathe out as you stand from the squatted position. As far as your knees are concerned, I’ve found that by doing slow to medium paced bear squats/boot strappers, as part of my daily joint mobility exercises, has really strengthened my knees. Try ‘em out, but if it hurts your knee–stop and don’t do them ….
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October 1st, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Ah! I can picture it now all I have to do is try it. Thanks a bunch man you rock!
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October 2nd, 2008 at 6:33 am
@Randy – Don’t mention it Randy; I’m glad I could help . . .
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