Fadi
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Okay, hands up anyone here who was a baby and a toddler once. Mmmm, everyone I see! Well that’s just great, because I want to take you back there when the fundamentals of life were mixed with fun and games. Now how many of you here remember that train, (steam train I think it was), hurtling down on those invisible tracks that were made by mum and dad, carrying a spoonful of food ready to dock at that most crucial station we call…mouth! For some it may have been an airplane coming in to land…
In any case, mum and dad knew very well that if little Johnny was to ever get big and strong, he would have to be fed, and fed properly.
Okay, fast forward 20, 30, 40 years, and little Johnny is not so little anymore. In fact, he had so many airplanes parked at his “station” that now we’re looking at a congested airport full of traffic.
Well, it’s about time some of those aircrafts were cleared off to release the congestion and make the workload just a little lighter…on everybody.
Run they say; it’s great for loosing those unwanted kilos. No no, lift weights in the gym because that’s where it’s really at I hear others shout. Still others will tell you to combine the two and possibly incooperate some sort of weight circuit type of a routine as part of your losing fat program. I say great to anything that will get you moving and expanding some calories; calories that were held on to when you became just a bit too friendly with your favourite couch…and TV series, some DVDs, and possibly a can of beer or a glass of wine too many…
Now if you decided to take the challenge of losing some unwanted fat mass, then my promise to you before we begin is this:
I require no technique of you
I require no seriousness or tense moments
I require no known exercises, routines, or programs
I require no experience in any sort of training; be it aerobics or anaerobic
I require no partners to assist in lifting your spirits…but damn it would be awesome if there were two of you…
I require a totally fun attitude
I require that I stop requiring and continue with this bloody article!
Let’s have some fun, shall we…!
I know that most of you reading these words have access to a gym or at least some weights. I will not ask you to change your program, but I will ask you to give my losing fat games a go please…you’ve got nothing to lose (except fat) and all the dopamine to gain. So let’s rock…
Week #1
After your training session has been completed, do the following:
200kg lifted and moved for a distance of 10m…that’s it! Of course, you better return the weights to their place of origin if you want to keep the gym stuff on your side.
200kg can be made of the following disks: 25kg, 20kg, 15kg, and 10kg. Now if your gym carries Olympic weightlifting disks, then it’s all the better, but if not, then your normal bodybuilding metal weight would do just fine.
The first thing is you’d want to stack all the 200kg in one spot (spot “A”), and from there lift one disk at a time and walk with it briskly whilst carrying it with both arms to spot “B”. Now usually 200kg stacked up would reach knee height.
The idea here is to be one with the disk you’re lifting. By that I mean keeping it very close to your body. Injuries occur when we attempt to lift weights that are far from our point of strength, i.e. legs and bum. Stretching the arms forward and attempting to lift a weight off the ground would eliminate most of our powerful leg and gluteal muscles, and would instead bring in shoulders, lower back, and forearms…not a good idea if you want maximum muscle efficiency/strength and minimum muscle spasm and joint injuries.
Now you can use your imagination and see how far we can build up upon this simple “transport game” of moving weights from point A to point B. Most of the muscles in the human body would be involved in such a simple lift that requires no special training except for one to keep close to the weight whilst lifting it.
Distance, weight, as well as height or placement of weights can be varied. Even some steps/stairs can be employed here for an awesome leg and glutes workout. For example: to place a 20kg disk at shoulder height level would require much more involvement form the muscles in your upper body. Similarly, if the lift was to call for placing the disk above head level, as on a shelf for example, then obviously that would really require some shoulder strength, concentration, and precision/stabiliser and core muscles/ and neuromuscular marriage!
The above is no different in principle from my all time favourite strong man’s lift: The Atlas stone lift. Except no one to my knowledge has ever lifted an atlas stone above head to place it on such a high surface.
Okay ladies and gentlemen, let us discuss the above now please. The more input you provide the more fun we can develop and have with this type of “training”. I don’t know everything, so your help and ideas would be just awesome if you wouldn’t mind sharing with our powerful Ausbb team here…your team!
I thank you for your time.
Fadi.
In any case, mum and dad knew very well that if little Johnny was to ever get big and strong, he would have to be fed, and fed properly.
Okay, fast forward 20, 30, 40 years, and little Johnny is not so little anymore. In fact, he had so many airplanes parked at his “station” that now we’re looking at a congested airport full of traffic.
Well, it’s about time some of those aircrafts were cleared off to release the congestion and make the workload just a little lighter…on everybody.
Run they say; it’s great for loosing those unwanted kilos. No no, lift weights in the gym because that’s where it’s really at I hear others shout. Still others will tell you to combine the two and possibly incooperate some sort of weight circuit type of a routine as part of your losing fat program. I say great to anything that will get you moving and expanding some calories; calories that were held on to when you became just a bit too friendly with your favourite couch…and TV series, some DVDs, and possibly a can of beer or a glass of wine too many…
Now if you decided to take the challenge of losing some unwanted fat mass, then my promise to you before we begin is this:
I require no technique of you
I require no seriousness or tense moments
I require no known exercises, routines, or programs
I require no experience in any sort of training; be it aerobics or anaerobic
I require no partners to assist in lifting your spirits…but damn it would be awesome if there were two of you…
I require a totally fun attitude
I require that I stop requiring and continue with this bloody article!
Let’s have some fun, shall we…!
I know that most of you reading these words have access to a gym or at least some weights. I will not ask you to change your program, but I will ask you to give my losing fat games a go please…you’ve got nothing to lose (except fat) and all the dopamine to gain. So let’s rock…
Week #1
After your training session has been completed, do the following:
200kg lifted and moved for a distance of 10m…that’s it! Of course, you better return the weights to their place of origin if you want to keep the gym stuff on your side.
200kg can be made of the following disks: 25kg, 20kg, 15kg, and 10kg. Now if your gym carries Olympic weightlifting disks, then it’s all the better, but if not, then your normal bodybuilding metal weight would do just fine.
The first thing is you’d want to stack all the 200kg in one spot (spot “A”), and from there lift one disk at a time and walk with it briskly whilst carrying it with both arms to spot “B”. Now usually 200kg stacked up would reach knee height.
The idea here is to be one with the disk you’re lifting. By that I mean keeping it very close to your body. Injuries occur when we attempt to lift weights that are far from our point of strength, i.e. legs and bum. Stretching the arms forward and attempting to lift a weight off the ground would eliminate most of our powerful leg and gluteal muscles, and would instead bring in shoulders, lower back, and forearms…not a good idea if you want maximum muscle efficiency/strength and minimum muscle spasm and joint injuries.
Now you can use your imagination and see how far we can build up upon this simple “transport game” of moving weights from point A to point B. Most of the muscles in the human body would be involved in such a simple lift that requires no special training except for one to keep close to the weight whilst lifting it.
Distance, weight, as well as height or placement of weights can be varied. Even some steps/stairs can be employed here for an awesome leg and glutes workout. For example: to place a 20kg disk at shoulder height level would require much more involvement form the muscles in your upper body. Similarly, if the lift was to call for placing the disk above head level, as on a shelf for example, then obviously that would really require some shoulder strength, concentration, and precision/stabiliser and core muscles/ and neuromuscular marriage!
The above is no different in principle from my all time favourite strong man’s lift: The Atlas stone lift. Except no one to my knowledge has ever lifted an atlas stone above head to place it on such a high surface.
Okay ladies and gentlemen, let us discuss the above now please. The more input you provide the more fun we can develop and have with this type of “training”. I don’t know everything, so your help and ideas would be just awesome if you wouldn’t mind sharing with our powerful Ausbb team here…your team!
I thank you for your time.
Fadi.
