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Exercise less & lose more weight (part II): The best exercises for weight loss

best_exercise_for_weight_lossBy Guy Lawrence

“If you motivate an idiot, they just do stupid things faster… Education is key!” – Unknown

Last week I told my mate he needed to exercise less to improve his health and lose more weight. If you have no idea what I’m on about, read this post first (part 1) before going on. I asked him if he liked the idea of exercising 1 hour a week instead of 1 hour a session. He did…

I’d finally started to make some inroads with his way of thinking. He could see that to gain success with weight loss, it needed to be a byproduct of living a healthy lifestyle. Not living for weight loss and hoping he’d become healthy. A subtle difference but an extremely important one.

I love exercise, I do it most days. I always look for ways at how it can be fun yet challenging, and for me it can be extremely rewarding too. But weight loss is the last thing on my mind, and I wanted to hammer it home for my mate too.

He asked me what/why exercises he should be doing and this is what I said… Continue reading

Not something you see every day

Altitude training.By Guy Lawrence

There are many different reasons that can make ones head turn whilst walking through a gym (that’s as far as I’ll go with that statement). One of the most memorable times for me was seeing someone walking on the treadmill eating an ice cream watching opera.

But Ed (pictured left) was getting more looks than I do when walking through Sydney’s Central Station with my Vibram shoes on.

Like any curious blogger, I had to confirm the method in the madness. Ed was kind enough to chat and allow me to snap a couple of pics and explain his thinking. Continue reading