30 Day Challenge: iFast

by Bob Garon on September 1, 2010

September 1st means a brand new 30 Day Challenge. I gave you a break during August, but am ready to launch one that I’ve had close to my heart for a while and am super excited to share with you. I’m calling it the “iFast Challenge“. This is a Step Outside Your Comfort Zone challenge so be ready for that and heck that’s really what a challenge is all about. It’s those who push all the way through till the end who experience the BEST benefits(see below). I tell my Kettlebell Kampers all the time: we’re working for the entire minute not 56, 58, or 59 seconds, but the whole minute is what gives us the best results physically and mentally. The same is true for other things… apply that here. Welcome to iFast.

Benefits Of iFast [click to continue…]

General Kettlebell Training Styles

by Bob Garon on August 25, 2010

With Kettlebell Training there are two main styles. Both Hard Style(brought to popularity by Pavel Tsatsouline’s RKC program & Dragon Door) and Girevoy Sport have their place. There is no right or wrong method as many have argued in the past. One is the actual authentic methods used by Russians and one is well… another way of doing things. Denis Kanygin said “Hardstyle is a stripped down version of original kettlebell technique.” I really like that and it certainly makes sense when visually and physically comparing the two technique styles.

If one would do things hard style for years and ongoing years they would not be able to maintain that practice due to the abuse on the body; however with G.S. a practitioner can maintain that from cradle to the grave. I have seen more and more of the former, and some still current, inner circle hardstyle folks employ the coaching of Girevoy Sport style practitioners so that they too can preserve themselves along their Kettlebell fitness journeys.

Kettlebell Sport style training flows much better with human mechanics so that the body gets stronger naturally instead of brutally placing unnecessary force upon joints, the spine, and soft tissue. Thankfully for people like Valery Fedorenko of the American Kettlebell Club, Steve Cotter, Ken Blackburn, (both of the International Kettlebell & Fitness Federation) and others who have been virally bringing this message of Kettlebell Training to the masses.

Anti-Inflammatory Pyramid

by Bob Garon on August 23, 2010

This was sent to me by a client and I really like it. It’s demonstrates what the progressions of foods to eat in order to both increase and decrease inflammation in your body. When you eat foods near the top your body becomes acidic and inflammation increases. Regular consumption of foods near the base keep your body alkaline and healthy. Anti-inflammatory foods are very important for overall recovery, well-being, and longevity.

Download a copy for yourself here: anti inflam pyramid

Mini Paleo Meat Balls

by Bob Garon on August 21, 2010

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Shame On Shrek! Killer At Large

by Bob Garon on August 20, 2010

This is an except out of the movie “Killer At Large“. I VERY highly recommend the movie. It directly addresses obesity and childhood obesity.

Time Waster & Excuses

by Bob Garon on August 16, 2010

One of my friends just sent this to me and I really think it applies here.

I was just thinking how silly it is that I don’t think I have 20 minutes to exercise. Think of all the ways we waste 20 minutes during our day…. Chatting with someone who isn’t even good for us….looking at a magazine….wondering aimlessly what to do next….eating when we shouldn’t be….wasting time on negative thinking….watching mind-rot on TV….. — We say these things are relaxing, but what do they really give us! No, the truth is we’re addicted to not taking care of ourselves, and it would be just as easy to develop an addiction to some positive way of relaxing – like exercise! It may be hard at first, but after the habit is in place, it will be as easy to exercise as it was to plonk ourselves down in front of the TV.

Ok so many of us here already do exercise, and do so with the Kettlebells, BUT my point is that there is more time in our day than we’d probably like to think. If we really time managed well rather than doing the things that don’t matter and eat up our time then we’d actually be able to make a difference in out own lives.

Food Fight OR Chemical Warfare?

by Bob Garon on August 15, 2010

Originally this post started off on Facebook as a simply mention, then rant, then migrated over here to my blog because I felt more people should be reached and that I hope you will be so motivated for a diet cleaning.

This is VERY interesting. Here’s our discussion:

Me: They gave out Jello Pudding Cups to all the kids at church today and Brayden didn’t accept it. He went around telling all the kids it was sugars, chemicals, and that it would make them sick. I’m a proud Papa. :)
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Then a couple friends mentioned that he’ll have some explaining to do when the other kids get served processed crap for lunch in school and he brings real food with him.

I said: Good! And I’m sure they’ll want some of his when he’s eating sushi, zucchini/ squash spaghetti and grass fed meat balls, grain-free pizza, vegetable casserole, and lots and lots more with so many colors a rainbow would be jealous. :)
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Then a Facebook Friend actually asked, probably joking of course due to the nature of our discussion, if he could have the pudding cup that was intended to go to Brayden.

I said: NO you can’t have the one they were going to give him. I don’t poison my friends. In fact my 5 year old niece was there and had one in her hand when she came out. I swiped it out of her hands, passed it off to Brayden and he went and tossed it in the trash. We then told her that we don’t eat things like that unless you don’t care about getting sick, gaining fat on our tummies, and dying sooner than we should.

She, like most everyone else who consumes such food-like substances, was so fixated on “but I like it and it’s yummy” that she was upset. TOO BAD!!! I see myself as a hero for her today because that’s one less bit of crap that will be going into her body.

Brooke YOU ARE WELCOME!
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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
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Some of my Facebook Friends then commented on how Brayden’s lunch sounds soooo good and that they wish that more schools would serve healthier choices to the kids. Well here’s the bottom line: Processed food-like substances is super cheap. Plain and simply why they do it… and frankly it’s too bad that it has to be like that. Every day, every meal, every bit is poisoning whoever consumes it, but all they care about is filling bellies as inexpensively as they could.
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In case you are wondering just why I am so fanatical about what goes into my son’s, my own, and my wife’s body; here are the ingredients for that particular product:

Skim[pasteurized] Milk, Water, Sugar, Modified Food Starch, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, contains Less than 1% of Cornstarch, Salt, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate (for Smooth Texture)Sodium Alginate, Calcium Phosphate, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Artificial Color, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D.

Let me as you, anything in there jump out at you and MAKE you want to eat that “yummy” LOOKING Jello pudding cup? Hmmm… really?
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Nothing will happen unless people become educated on exactly what we are putting in our bodies.

There’s a quick and easy litmus test that I like to use: If you cannot go out and hunt it, gather it, pick it, and with minimal processing consume it then don’t eat it.

The ONLY way this will work to tell them that we don’t want this poison is that we must fight the corn and soy lobbyists in Washington. YES it does go that direction whether you want to believe it or not. Will it ever end?

Another one of my Facebook friends posted this the other day and it really is scary to see the direction big food industry is and is continuing to go.

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