Wanted...Volunteers for new Rapid Weight Loss Program

Wanted.......

Volunteers for new Rapid Weight Loss Program

I've just put the finishing touches on my 12 week rapid weight loss program and am looking for 20 North Devon residents to test drive it for FREE (with one small catch) I’m taking on 20 FREE clients to be my walking, talking “human Billboards” for my new weight loss boot camp.

Well, not exactly free, your job is to get stronger, leaner and sexier, and then tell everyone about my boot camp. Here’s how you can qualify to be one of the first 20.

1. You must promise to have a positive attitude and work your butt off at my boot camp!

2. You must promise to show up at least 3x’s per week to my boot camp!

3. You must not be a past or current member of any of my training programs!

4. You must promise to refer me 1 boot camp client per month (No exceptions!)

I only have 20 slots to fill, so please DO NOT respond to this ad and take someone’s spot if you can’t meet my qualifications.

Ok Marc, I'm in! Now, what do I do next?

The next step is to reply to this ad with your Name, address, phone number and email

But hurry, I’m going to post this ad all over the internet, and I’m only taking the first 20!

In 12 weeks from now you’ll be 3 month3 older and possible 3-7 Lbs heaver – Or you could be 15-30Lbs lighter, 10x’s stronger and closer to feeling and looking your very best ever!

If you qualify, be sure to make the smart decision and call me on 07834284706 with your name, address and phone number…

You’ll be so glad you did!

Marc Kent
Personal Trainer
Sports Therapist
http://www.marc-kent.com/

PS. the rapid fat loss boot camp starts on Monday 15th June at 6.30am sharp, only serious applicants need apply. Closing date for registration is 5.00pm on Friday 12th June 2009

Four Tips to Avoid the Dangers of Diets

As a Personal Trainer its my duty to tell you the truth about health and fitness. From losing weight and toning up, to nutritional advice for weight loss and weight gain. Now with summer fast approaching and the rush to get a beach ready body in record time many people turn to starving themselves in the hope of shifting the pounds. Im sorry to have to yell this to you but "STARVATION DIETS DO NOT WORK, SO DON'T BOTHER!"

If you are wanting to lose weight fast and attempt to do so by drastically reducing your calorie intake then you are asking for serious trouble. If you have been on diet after diet and still are no better off, or worse, you now weigh more than when you first went on a diet then you must realise that the diet failed you!

The sooner people come to grips with the fact losing weight for the summer, and beyond, is going to take hard work, discipline, patience and a plan based on science and not guesswork. If it was easy, everyone would have six pack abs.

As a fitness expert I seem to fight an uphill battle. Everyone wants the results, but few are willing to do the work.”

So to help make losing weight the “right way” easier and get you that beach body for the summer, I'm recommend you follow my four top tips:

1) Create a realistic plan. The focus of which should be sound nutritional habits and regular exercise.

2) It’s crucial to weight loss success not to have “trigger” foods lying around the home – the temptation is often too great. Remove from the home any junk food that will lead to eating unnecessary calories.

3) Enlist the help of a friend or colleague and encourage one another. Be sure this weight loss “buddy” is as equally as determined as you.

4) Most importantly, be realistic. The excess pounds did not appear overnight. They don’t disappear over night either.

Train Hard, Eat Smart,

Marc Kent
www.marc-kent.com

How to Eat Healthy During the Economic Crisis

During these uncertain economic times we all have to tighten our purse strings and cut out things that we don't need or can go without.


Eating healthy is often thought to be too expensive for most families budgets and with fast foods loaded with fat and sugar being within easy reach and often dirt cheap is it any wonder that during times of financial strain peoples wellbeing is often put on the back burner.


Eating cheap processed food is going to bring your fat loss and fitness progress to a screeching holt and so I've decided to give you my three top tips for eating healthy on a tight budget.

Simply by following these three tips will allow you to stretch your budget that much further allowing you to continue to eat healthy without the risk of sabotaging your fitness and fat loss plan so you can continue to burn fat and build muscle so you can get the body you desire.


Below are my three top tips to help you eat healthy on a tight budget:


1 – Choose seasonal fruits to save on money on your shopping bill. Out of season fruits can add a good chunk to any shopping bill.


2 – Buy in bulk and freeze what isn’t needed. This is easy to do with meats. For instance, bulk buying chicken breasts usually lowers the cost per pound of chicken. Freeze the rest of the chicken that isn’t going to be eaten in the next few days in individual bags and then thaw what is needed for the next meal when necessary. The same idea can be used for beef and turkey.


3 – Pay attention to sales. Many times, eating healthy can easily be accomplished just by focusing on the special offers and money off coupons.


Use these tips the next time you are in the supermarket.


Until next time.


Train Hard, Eat Smart,


Marc Kent

Personal Trainer
Sports Therapist
http://www.marc-kent.com/

Three Tips to Identify Dangerous Fad Diets

Ok, I’ve had enough! I’ve had enough of dangerous fad diets and what they can do to a persons health. With years of experience helping people to lose weight fast, I know firsthand how susceptible people can to the false claims from dangerous fad diets. With millions being spent on advertising by the diet companies its easy to see why. So I’m going to make a stand, are you with me?

My role as a personal trainer and weight loss expert its my duty to educate men and women to instantly recognise the three keys to alert them to a dangerous fad diet.

I believe it’s practically criminal what some of the dangerous fad diets do to a person’s metabolism. Yes, they help you lose weight fast, initially, but they can absolutely destroy a metabolism and cause dieters to gain more weight back.”

I teach my personal training and boot camp clients a much more sensible approach to losing weight fast which I believe is safer and keeps the weight off long term . You don’t need a dangerous fad diet to lose weight fast. You can achieve rapid fat loss in a very safe and healthy manner when the correct approach is taken and without the worry of piling the weight back on!

With that said, below are my top three tips for instantly recognising a dangerous fad diet:

One Ingredient Diets

Any diet that preaches eating only one ingredient – such as ice cream or grapefruit - for an extended period of time can be classified immediately as a dangerous fad diet.


Fasting

A “lose weight fast” program that advises extended periods of fasting should be avoided at all costs. By starving your self you will wreak havoc on your metabolism which in turn will cause you to burn less calories. Once you finish with the diet as you will if you are starving your self, (after all its human nature to eat to survive) the weight will pile back on due to a lower metabolic rate. Not eating is potentially the worst thing you could do if you are looking to lose weight fast.

Miraculous Claims

Let common sense prevail when it comes to investigating a fad diet. If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. Additionally, I would recommend enlisting the advice of a qualified nutritionist or fitness professional when attempting to lose weight fast.



Until next time,



Train Hard, Eat Smart,



Marc



Personal Trainer

Sports Therapist

http://www.marc-kent.com/

Four Reasons Why People Fail to Lose Weight and Keep it off

Have you lost weight in the past but failed to keep it off in the long term? Have you starved your self with diets only to have the weight pile back on faster than you lost it when your motivation for counting calories or drinking another “delicious shake” waned?



If so you are not alone. As a Personal Trainer I’ve discovered four reasons why people fail to lose weight fast and more importantly keep it off in the long term. I believe rapid fat loss and permanent fat loss is easily accomplished when you have the correct plan in place.
Below are the four reasons I’ve discovered that prevent people from losing the weight and keeping it off with my tips on overcoming these obstacles.



Lack of Support



Being surrounded by negative people or “energy vampires” as I like to call them can have a negative effect on any ones fat loss plans. Having people constantly telling you that you can’t do this or you can’t do that will have a negative effect on even the most motivated dieter.

In my opinion there are far too many people all too quick to pull the rug from under our feet and shoot us down at every opportunity because they haven’t got the determination to stick to anything they do and that is why they have never experienced success. So they automatically think because they can’t do it, nobody else can.

Ok, I went off on one for a second there! My top tip is to surround your self with a team of supportive people who will encourage you all the way.
All the latest research has shown how critical it is for dieters to have a support system in place. When times get tough and they will, people need to have a community of positive people to turn to that will help them to achieve their rapid fat loss goals.

No emphasis on lifestyle changes

A very big reason people fail to maintain their rapid fat loss for a lifetime is a complete failure to focus on lifestyle changes. Temporary fixes and fad diets need to be replaced by healthy habits and a new self image. Kent believes people put too much emphasis on the “lose weight fast” and not enough on the lifestyle changes necessary to keep the pounds from ever coming back.

Make realistic changes to your nutrition. Instead of cutting out whole food groups or thinking the answer is in some tinned concoction the diet company wants you to buy, try changing one thing at a time. I teach my clients a 90-10 nutrition rule. Eat healthy 90% or the time and allow your self a treat the remaining 10%. If you are eating 4-6 times per day as I teach that’s 3-4 treat meals per week! As you make progress you may reduce the numbers of these cheat meals but there is no real need to deprive your self of the occasion treat.

Paralysis by analysis

Too often dieters wait for the perfect time or want to have the perfect plan in place before trying to lose weight fast and keep it off. The plan only needs to be good enough to get started. Creating a weight loss plan is mandatory but not at the expense of never getting started on the road to rapid fat loss. Create a plan centred on a support community and lifestyle changes and adjust the plan as necessary. If you would like help setting and achieving goals then I recommend the Magic 100 goal achievement program. If you want a complete program on how to set and achieve goals click this link and grab it now before the price goes up tonight!

Incomplete Fat Loss Program

Finally most people fail to lose weight and keep it off because they fail to integrate exercise into their lifestyle or do the wrong type of exercise. A complete exercise program like I teach at Boot Camp should incorporate strength training, some form of high intensity interval cardio and include a flexibility program.

Until next time.

Train Hard, Eat Smart



Marc



PS. If you would like to take a FREE one-week trail at my Boot Camp please visit the website to download your FREE one week pass

Three Common Sense Fat Loss Tips

Stop Eating Salads: Three Common Sense Fat Loss Tips.

With summer fast approaching North Devon residents seeking rapid fat loss should strongly reconsider the salads they are eating for quick weight loss.

Read on to discover my 3 common sense fat loss tips that will help you avoid piling on the pounds when tucking into those yummy veggies.

Those looking to shed fat fast oftentimes don’t realise that the salads served in restaurants and fast food businesses have more fat and calories than the burgers!

With that said here’s a quick weight loss tip for you: If your salad is loaded with cheese, bacon and a high calorie dressing, you’re not making fat burning any easier for your self.

To help you get in shape for the summer I've put together these 3 simple fat loss tips that you can follow the next time you are considering ordering a salad for a quick weight loss meal:

Fat Loss Tip #1

Ask for the dressing on the side and not over your salad. Dip the tongs in the dressing before you then pick up some salad. It will give just enough of the flavour but will keep the calories under control.

Fat Loss Tip #2

Choose a salad that has grilled protein in it such as chicken or fish. The lean protein will help increase the “thermic effect” of the meal, which means the body has to burn more calories to digest the meal and in turn this will help accelerate fat loss.

Fat Loss Tip #3

Ask to "hold" the cheese and bacon bits. In place of these ask for more fibrous vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower. The increase in fibre will help burn calories as well as control any raise in blood sugars which will help tremendously with quick weight loss.

Using these three common sense fat loss tips next time you order a salad will help you shed the pounds and look your best come summer.

Train Hard, Eat Smart,

Marc

Personal Trainer
Sports Therapist
http://www.marc-kent.com/

The Best Leg Exercise Ever!

As a personal trainer and sports therapist, I get asked a lot of questions regarding “What exercises are best for ______” (fill in the blank). One of the most common areas of concerns is the lower body, specifically the butt and thighs. Today I’m going to share one of my favorite lower body exercise and all of its awesome variations. It’s called the Rear-Foot Elevated Lunge Variation or as its most commonly known, the Bulgarian Split Squat. This exercise is so effective that you’ll pretty much make your body thunder-thigh proof once you master it!

Before I get into this, one thing I definitely don’t want to do is feed into the idea of individual body part training and spot reduction on certain areas of the body. I am a big believer in total body functional training, meaning that we exercise the upper body, lower body, and core during every single training session. By training the whole body at once we maximally stimulate lean muscle gain and metabolism to promote total body fat burning in order to eliminate the body fat that is hiding those areas that people are having trouble seeing; yep the areas of stubborn fat that prevent a good body from becoming a great body. Also, a diet high in lean protein, fibre, and green veggies which is low in unnatural fats and refined sugars and starches is of course a pre-requisite if you want to see your muscles pop out in a good way. It is also important to know that you lose fat in a genetically predetermined way. You can do all the crunches and sit ups you want but without total body training, proper eating habits, and enough time to get to those stubborn fat areas you will never get rid of your gut, bingo wings, or the dreaded muffin top!

Moving onto the main event: the world’s greatest lower body exercise. My favorite leg exercises are any of the many lunge variation because I prefer single leg exercise’s over their double leg counterparts for a number of reasons. For people with back issues, single leg exercises allow them to safely perform lower body exercises without putting their lower lumbar spine at risk of hyper flexion or excessive rounding that can cause back spasms in the short run and herniated discs in the long run. Furthermore, I feel there’s often such a strength and/or flexibility imbalance between one leg and the other for most people that it’s critical to address one leg at a time to really shore up the weak links from the start.

As mentioned earlier, my favorite lunge variation is called the rear foot elevated lunge. So basically we’re going to elevate the back foot on a chair, bench, box, or any other sturdy foot support, usually about 12-18 inches high. You’ll put your front leg well in front of you in order to make sure that your front knee and ankle are lined up. In general, I tell people to exaggerate how far you put your front leg forward so that the front knee is almost slightly behind the ankle as this really helps to reduce the sheer force on the knees. Initiate the exercise by loading the front heel and dropping your hips as low as you can in a pain-free range of motion while staying really tall up top with a proud chest and shoulders back and down. Finish the rep by explosively driving through your front heel to return to the top of the movement. You can start with body weight only aiming to get the front thigh parallel to the floor or lower and then progress by adding speed of movement or by adding dumbbells. You can even incorporate some very cool combination movements with this lower body exercise like adding a curl to press at the top of the movement or even by raising dumbbells overhead to really challenge your core and single-leg balance and stability.

I have yet to find an exercise that hits the legs as hard as this bad boy does. In particular, it really helps strengthen your vastus medialis muscle, that inner quad muscle that looks like a teardrop, that’s heavily responsible for tracking your patella and keeping your knee caps in line. So if you have a history of overtraining or patella-femoral issues this exercise is phenomenal for keeping your knees as bulletproof as possible.

Also, what’s great about it too is that it provides a very good stretch for the hip flexor of your back leg, an area that is often very tight, especially for people who spend a lot of time sitting, whether that be at a desk or in the car. Any exercise that allows you to simultaneously stretch and strengthen your body is a real keeper. Don’t waste another moment with the useless adductor machine and get off your but and crank it with the world’s best lower body exercise today!

Train Hard, Eat Smart,

Marc Kent
Personal Trainer
Sports Therapist
www.marc-kent.com