get fit

so, your a bit of a lazy bum. It's a rainy drizzly day, not exactly the kind of day that makes you want to go outside and shoot some hoops. So you decide to sit on your bum and stare at the computer for endless hours.

Been there, done that.

But what does it get you? Nothing. Unless you count lost muscles, flabby arms and legs, and wimpiness. Get out there and kick some butt. This months' featured exersize is: rollerblading.

Get startedObviously you need rollerblades, an open area, and some protection for yer bones. But that's about it. Take your blades and work your stuff. Learn some tricks, speed race, but just don't lose your teeth, k?

How muchWorking out on blades speeds by, so no worry there. Shoot for an hour, unless you become out of breath. Stick in a few crosstraining movements (ie situps, pushups) just to break it up a little bit.

Take some advice from Rosie's Chub Club: eat less and move more for the millenium.

Also, hey I recieved this in Email and we accept this sorta stuff so, away it goes:

Have you noticed how many exercise machines and workout plans are for sale these days. So many it's ridiculous! Every six months I see a new plan or "magic" workout machine. The latest one I've seen is a long plastic stick with a handle in the middle. You put both hands on the handle and then bounce your hands up and down. This starts the stick wobbling and supposedly causes resistance and tones your body. I believe it sells for about fifty dollars. For five dollars you can go buy an aluminum yard stick wrap a roll of duck tape around the middle and tape a half pound weight on each end, and wallah, you'll have the latest workout tool! You'll notice that these worthless plans and machines sell well for a while until people figure out that they really don't work or that the trendiness of them has worn off. In the middle of it all exists this book I've written. Notice that the cover doesn't say miracle diet or workout plan on it, it doesn't come with magic pills and special hypnotic tapes, but what it does come with is the answers you've been looking for to dramatically change your body right now! No bull just clean, simple, straight forward information. Information is power. The right information can make you wealthy, it can make you happy and in the case of this book, muscular! Let me give you an example of why small publications like this can be diamonds in the rough. I'm going to use my car wax company story. Say you want to purchase a wax for your car. In the store you'll notice that there are waxes with all kinds of special ingredients at all kinds of prices, each claiming to be the best. Most people like you and me buy the most popular brand. The one that you've seen on television or from a recognized company. You buy it and you have to rub it for days just to get it off. Weeks later you can hardly tell you even applied it. Just because it's on television and heavily advertised doesn't mean it's the best. One day I was in a small auto parts store and noticed some car cleaning products in generic containers from an unknown manufacturer. The price was pretty good and I decided to try their car wash and car wax. The products were simple with simple ingredients. I tried them and I was amazed at how great they worked. The car wash cleaned so well and made the water bead up and run off the car when I rinsed it. The shine alone was so great I skipped waxing my car for a long time. That was eight years ago and I still use those car cleaning products today and recommend them to everyone. Still after all these years I haven't seen one commercial or magazine ad from this company. With such great products they are still unknown. Within all the chaos of exercise plans and gimmicks lies the genuine methods for creating a great looking body. I expose these methods in this book, allowing anyone who is genetically average to dramatically change themselves. All you need for this book to work for you is an open mind, the training log, access to good food and proper exercise equipment. It's not magic to build muscle. Anyone can pick up a barbell and start lifting weights, but not too many people give consideration into training properly. People think that building muscle is a dream that stays hidden among the clouds of secrecy and that the path to that success entails buying loads of supplements, training everyday or using steroids. With all the health and exercise books, magazines and products out there, there isn't really, good information for average people. Everything about building muscle seems geared towards those genetically gifted individuals who don't need any help. Pick up any muscle magazine out there and you'll find dozens upon dozens of advertisements for supplements. This is why most of the muscle magazines are not objective sources of information. These magazines are mostly owned by supplement companies and they started the magazine as a vehicle to sell you their supplements. As a result, it's not unusual to find articles or information that is tainted so that the company benefits in the end. I do feel though - at times, the muscle magazines are excellent sources of information. They occasionally have very accurate and beneficial articles. The problem is, however, that a person trying to find definitive answers can get confused very quickly and easily get fed inaccurate information and unscientific rumors. The resulting factor is that you, get confused. In the hopes of trying to find the solution, the natural instinct is to simplify. You notice that a certain bodybuilder has a huge chest, you say to yourself, "I should follow his chest workout". If that bodybuilder uses this company's supplement, I should use it as well." Hey! You just got hustled by one of the oldest tricks in marketing. It's called bandwagon advertising or celebrity advertising. If it works for them or they use it, I will too. In the end you lose and the supplement companies win. They make money from your confusion. Unfortunately, this pattern does not give us any more answers, but only more questions, wasted time, frustration and empty wallets. A viscous cycle starts again. A new supplement is released, hype and rumors are started, bodybuilders endorse the product, you buy it, you read worthless training programs from those who use it and you get nowhere. We must recognize that performing other bodybuilder's programs, eating their diets and using their supplements doesn't guarantee success. What worked for another bodybuilder will not necessarily work for you. Realize that most celebrities and bodybuilders are on contract with at least one company or organization. As a result, you can expect that for the most part, a lot of what they say is what the company they work for wants them to say. Most of these bodybuilders and celebrities are more than happy to endorse these companies products for the extra money. This isn't wrong it's just the sad truth about our vane society. I'm sure you don't expect to dunk like Michael Jordan or run like Carl Lewis just by buying their shoes or drinking Gatorade. Look most of these bodybuilder's are, for the most part, taking steroids and have been training for the better part of 5-10 years. Realize that you cannot really expect to make success by simply copying what they do. Even if their programs or supplements work - it works for them. The key is finding what works for you. This book can and will work for you. It will provide you with the tools - information - that you will need to find success. The information I am presenting is based on sound scientific reasoning, research and most importantly, logic and intelligence. I'm sure you'll see that everything presented here is for a reason and is accompanied by an explanation why. However, once you have gotten the information it is up to you to decide whether or not you want to put it into practice. Nobody else can make this decision for you. Make no mistake, the willingness to take this extra step is the difference between winners and the average Joe. If you are ready to think for yourself and find your own path to success, read on. One of the best things to do before you start this program is to take a couple of snapshots of yourself, wearing the least you can. You want to be able to see most of your body. I know you won't be thrilled with these first photos. You'll probably also have to have someone take them for you and they will probably think your crazy. Try to take a shot from the front, sides and back and maybe a couple doing some poses. Once you have the photos in hand put them where you can see them everyday. These photos will serve to motivate you. Next I want you to get a post-it note and write your goals on them. Write one that says how many pounds of muscle you would like to gain, or if your overweight, how much weight you would like to lose. Place the notes at your work or someplace where you will see them everyday. The hardest thing to do is change what you are used to and I try to show you every trick to help make that change easier. Once you finish this book and have a good understanding of how to eat and train then you can begin. If you are already working out I strongly suggest that you change your methods to those presented in this book. In most cases the person who follows this information carefully and puts it to use will experience a rapid gain in strength and muscle mass, along with an increase in energy. You will start to notice changes in as little as three weeks. What costs are involved? Assuming that you have the equipment and a place to workout, nothing. I do recommend the option of supplementing and the cost for these supplements is very nominal. It is entirely up to you whether or not to use these supplements. By supplements I don't mean all the expensive pills out there just a little protein and vitamins and maybe creatine. I'll explain more about this later though. The emphasis on "balance," "proportion," and "symmetry" for the beginning bodybuilder almost always results in less than unsatisfactory gains being made. The goal ought to be safely building some muscle mass, then when one is able to move some impressive weight, one can work on the sculpting and detailing that comes from doing isolation exercises. After a year or two of doing the basic exercises and building up your size you can then move on to more isolating exercises. Though the basic compound exercises are certainly the emphasis of this program, there can be additions of small muscle exercises like barbell curls and calf raises. Injury-preventing exercises for the rotator cuff as well as grip work can also be valuable, even necessary as one surpasses 200 pounds in the Bench Press and 300 pounds in the dead lift. The basic movements are: Squats, Dead lifts, Bench Presses, Overhead Presses, Rows and Curls. Each exercise must be performed with good form and not on an injured or otherwise structurally limited body. If you have other exercises that you would like to do in addition to the ones recommended in this book, do them. Just make sure you write it down in the log book. A good rule of thumb is never to train while still feeling tired. Have one day completely free of systemic fatigue before training again. While it is still possible to have some local soreness from, say, Monday's Squat workout, you may be systemically fine and raring to go for Friday's dead lift session. When in doubt do less, not more. I have worked out the program to only exercise one body part per a week except for the calves and abdominals. If you've found this information of interest the you might be interested in reading other articles by this author. Geoffrey Blakely is the president of Metamorphasis, a website devoted to helping genetically average people lose weight and build muscle fast without drugs or supplements. You can find his new book along with other valuable information at his site:http://www.metamorphasis.com ««««