Ah, the weekend… finally!

I’m glad the weekend is here but at the same time a little sad last week is over because it was definitely an interesting week this week!!

The brilliant guys behind The Adonis Effect Workout System For Men were in town for the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) conference here in Vancouver and I was honoured to get a chance to hang out with them a couple of times.

John Barban and Brad Pilon are fascinating guys and their program “The Adonis Effect” is something I personally stand behind.

Anyway, Vancouver is a great place to get some quality sushi so I convinced them to come with me to my favourite sushi joint and once we’d had just enough sake, the conversation turned to how they came up with The Adonis Effect.

So, obviously that’s when I whipped out the camera and asked them to share some insights for you guys.

Lucky us, they agreed!!

LADIES, before you tune out right this minute, hold on a sec. Yes, its a workout system for men but there’s a REASON you need to stick around and hear about The Adonis Effect. You want the guys in your life to look great and feel great too, right? So, hang around.

Anyway, enough preamble … let’s get on with the interview, shall we?

Ok, so now that we know a little bit more about the program and the science behind the how they came up with the measurements for the Perfect Male Physique, let’s go check it out.

Like I mentioned, I’m a big believer in this system and have had a review page up for some time now. You can check out what I have to say about it here:

(Ladies, this is the page that will help explain how YOU PERSONALLY will benefit from getting the Adonis Effect for the men in your life.)

The Adonis Effect Review by Girlwithnoname

I also mentioned I’d put up a link to the Adonis Lifestyle FaceBook Fan Page.

It’s a GREAT page with LOTS of great videos about weight loss and working out, with Brad and John doing demonstrations of many VERY effective workout moves …

Do you want to know how to do certain move properly with the correct form? Or wondering what kind of workout will hit a certain body part most effectively?

Likely you’ll find it all here.

So, men AND women, go join this one and keep an eye on it. They slam up new videos several times a day. You don’t want to miss anything.

The Adonis Lifestyle Fan Page on FaceBook

and finally, you can just head directly over to The Adonis Effect website if you want to know even MORE about the system. It’s got a detailed and in-depth description of what you will get when you purchase the Adonis Effect.

The Adonis Effect

Alrighty, as usual I’ve got a great Workout Song of the Day for you.

It’s a great song for cardio because of it’s peppy beat (it’s not as great for weight training unfortunately, because it’s quite lacking in angst … and we all know how I feel about angst-riddled songs being perfect for heavy weight training).

And yes, this one has a tie-in to the post subject, too.

Let’s just say this:
Guys… once you’ve worked your way through the Adonis Effect workouts, let me know. I might just be saying this to you!! haha

Squeeze – Take Me I’m Yours

Don’t forget, if you love it and want it, Amazon knows how to set you up fast… just click on the buy button on the player widget and you’re halfway to adding it to your own workout music collection.

That’s it for today everyone. Have a fit, fun and fabulous day, and we’ll see you again soon!
Girlwithnoname

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Hi everyone!!

Well, I’m back…

…after some massive computer trauma, that is…
(I know, I know… AGAIN??! right? yep. believe it.)…

So today is a quick catch up on what the heck is going on with the computer trauma and another quick catch up on what I’m doing lately about these bum hamstrings of mine.

And THEN!!!

I figured out a cool new bodyweight move I can do here in my home workouts that actually kinda kicked my a$$ kinda hard last night (well, actually it’s great for your triceps)!!

So, I thought I’d share it with you in case you have similar limitations in your home for getting a good hit to your triceps.

So, let’s get on with it shall we?

Yah, I got carried away today… lots of things to cover and thanks to our friends at the video services who only allow 10 minute long video uploads, we’re a bit too long for one video today…

…so now for the part you’ve all been patiently waiting for my trauma catch-ups to be finished for me to get to … the actual work-out move:

And because this is a rocking bodyweight move, and we all know our friend Craig Ballantyne is the KING of the bodyweight workout, I’ve included a link here to his awesome Turbulence Training programs for anyone out there who wants to learn more cool moves like this that require little or NO equipment whatsoever.

Give it a look, you’ll learn a lot of great bodyweight moves you can do in the privacy of your own home from this guy!

Turbulence Training by Craig Ballantyne

And as always, here’s a fantastic Workout Song of the Day… and also as usual, I found a way to tie it in to today’s post:

I’m frustrated, people!!

Frustrated by the computer issues, frustrated with my hamstring issues… just plain frustrated. So, James tells us how it feels to be Born Of Frustration!! Ha!

It’s also a fantastic weight training song, because poor James is just chock full of angst and emotion in this song. I love how I can translate that feeling in the song into strength in my workouts.

Give it a listen, the do like me: Just give ‘er!! LOL

James – Born of Frustration

Don’t forget, if you love it too (and have some FRUSTRATION to work out like I do), go grab this song cheap over at Amazon by clicking on the buy button on the player widget. They’ll set you up FAST (and did I mention? CHEAP!… only 99 cents for an mp3).

That’s it for today. Enjoy your new workout song, new home workout bodyweight workout move from me and your new Turbulence Training book from Craig !!!

Have a fit, fun and fabulous day, and we’ll see you again soon!
Girlwithnoname

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CARDIO!! What the heck IS it anyway?

Ok you guys, I have a pet peeve to share with you today.

I keep reading the sales copy for fitness books who all say “don’t do cardio” and “cardio is unnecessary” and “instead of cardio, lose weight with MY program, goodbye cardio” and then once I’m reading the actual book turns out they are touting a form of cardio anyway.

So I ask again: What the hell IS cardio? And why does there seem to be so much confusion out there about it?

Well, here’s your answer:

Like I said make sure you check out Mike Geary’s fantastic fitness eBook The Truth About Six Pack Abs … he really DOES know what he’s talking about and he has lots of great cardio workouts, tricks and tips, too.

Get Truth About Six Pack Abs by Mike Geary

And now it’s time for today’s Workout Song of the Day.

I bet you’ve already guessed that today’s song will be great for cardio right? HAHA!! Of course you did, because now you’ve got my number!! LOL

However, I did you one better! I found one with the word “RUN” in the title!!

So … get running!

Or biking.

Or swimming.

Or walking!!!

Jeez, even get weight training (in the way that gets your heart-rate up, of course).

Just get moving and get your cardio workout done, y’hear?

Sweet – Fox On The Run

Don’t forget, if you want to run to Fox on the Run too, hop over to Amazon through the Buy Button on the Player Widget and they’ll set you up with the mp3 in a click of your mouse or two.

That’s it for today everyone!! Enjoy your Cardio, however you choose to get it!

Have a fit, fun and fantastic day!
Girlwithnoname

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Do you eat pomegranates very often?

No?

Pomegranates are super healthy and full of anti-oxidants, and you SHOULD eat them… a LOT!

So … WHY don’t you eat them?

Is it because they are a PAIN IN THE BUTT to peel?

Yah, that used to be MY excuse too …

… until I discovered this secret trick. Now I eat them all the time and it barely takes me any time or effort to get into them and extract the yummy goodness!

So, without further ado, HERE is how to peel a pomegranate:

EASY, EH??? Now get your butt to the market and stock up on pomegranates, for YOUR better health and nutrition!

And hey, since we’re on the topic of yummy and healthy foods, don’t forget my last post where I extoled the virtues of Mike Geary’s new nutrition book Fat Burning Kitchen…

…it lists all sorts of GREAT healthy foods and explicit instruction on not just eating RIGHT but avoiding all the pitfalls leading to eating WRONG… (unfortunately there’s no pomegranate peeling tricks though… you’ll have to come HERE for gems like that! haha).

So if you’re like ME and don’t like to treat YOUR body like a garbage dump and only put great, healthy and fat-burning foods into it, then Mike’s book is a must read.

Check out what I’ve got to say about it in last week’s post: Fat Burning Kitchen Review

And last but not least, here’s today’s Workout Song of the Day. Sorry to disappoint but I just couldn’t find a way to work this one in to the theme of the post. I just think it’s a great song that’s super-duper for cardio workouts. Enjoy!!

James – Sound

Don’t forget, if you love it too and want that “Sound” for your own workout collection, get it by clicking on the buy button on the player widget and Amazon will set you up immediately!

That’s all I have for today. Enjoy your pomegranates, gang!

Have a fit, fun and fantastic day!
Girlwithnoname

Hey everyone. Hope you’re all doing fantastic!!

As usual I’m in a race against time (which seems appropriate since I love running so much!!). However, I had to make time to touch base with you today because one of my very favourite fitness pros Mike Geary (author of The Truth About Six Pack Abs) now has a new book out called Fat Burning Kitchen, and I’m here to tell you the book is hands down maybe the BEST nutrition book I’ve ever read.

He covers everything from sports drinks and energy bars right down to organic food and whether or not they are necessary (from his perspective) all the time (answer: no).

He talks about packaged food, pre-made diet meals from places like Weight Watchers and Lean Cuisine, fats and oils (which are good and why, which will HARM YOU and how, plus what to cook with), butter vs. margarine, carbohydrates (should you eat high carb if you work out a lot? or low carb all the time? are carbs evil?).

What about artificial sweeteners? Good for fat loss diets? Or could they actually be harming you and working AGAINST your fat loss goals?

Vegetables, fruits and greens … meats and seafood … dairy, nuts, seeds and grains … YOU NAME IT, he talks about it in complete detail including how these foods are produced for the mass-market and how to get the healthiest benefits out of the foods you choose to eat.

It is in-depth and absolutely CHOCK FULL of information you want to know… NO, actually it’s information YOU NEED TO KNOW.

I am not over-exaggerating here. If you are interested in being a healthy human being and eating for better health and/or fat loss, then this is an absolute MUST READ.

… listen you guys, even before he wrote Fat Burning Kitchen, Mike Geary single-handedly changed the way I personally think about food, what I choose to consume and how I choose to consume it. This guy IS the … (insert complimentary naughty word here).

You really have to check this book out. I can’t recommend it highly enough.

‘Nuff said!

CHECK IT OUT HERE:

Fat Burning Kitchen by Mike Geary

Today’s Workout Song of the Day is in honour of Mike Geary’s fantastic new book “Fat Burning Kitchen” and aptly named Banquet!

The book is a veritable banquet of nutrition knowledge… and such a tasty read!! HA! Aren’t I sneaky, eh? Like how I worked the two together that way?

Anyway, now that I’m finished tooting my horn about Mike and his great book I should probably mention that the song is great for Weight Training, it’s got angst galore just pumping out of it. Give it a try, it’ll jack you up, I promise!

BLOC PARTY – Banquet

Don’t forget, if you love it and want to work out to it too, you can get it fast by clicking on the ‘Buy’ button on the player widget above and Amazon will set you up in a few clicks of your mouse!

That’s it for today everyone!! Enjoy your new book, I promise you it’s an enthralling and eye opening read!

Have a fit, fun and fantastic day! See you soon!
Girlwithnoname

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Okay you guys. Here it is.

MINDSET

Yes, I’m hammering home THIS point again.

Seriously … if you are trying to lose weight or improve your fitness level and you’re doing it by white-knuckling through all these diets and fitness routines and hating every minute of it, then you have one BIG DOWNFALL in your plan. You haven’t mastered getting the right mindset firmly implanted in your head yet … and let me tell you, that is a recipe for eventual failure.

Get Mindset, Get Fit. End of Story.

I have a couple of clients out there that really made me think hard about this one on my run today, so thank you to Robyn and Jay for inspiring this post.

Check it out here, then go get your head on straight. I mean it.

You can check out Jay’s fat loss efforts here: Flab Labs – Results By Jay

And you can follow Jay on Twitter here: @Jay_Sherman

You can check out Robyn’s blog here: Robyn’s Nesting Space

And you can follow Robyn on Twitter here: @Robyn_Nest

… and last but never least is today’s Workout Song of the Day. Yes, I found the song I was looking for.

This song is dedicated to Jay and Robyn… because, you two kids:

I LIKE YOU!

You guys have mindset all figured out, and you’re GONNA succeed, I can see it just by observing you and your behaviour. So, I really, really LIKE YOU!!

(unfortunately this particular sample sucks for the lyrics I’m referring to but if you listen to the whole song’s lyrics, you’ll understand)

Plus, for the rest of you: this is one helluva great song for running and other types of cardio. It has a GREAT beat, and fun words, just makes you want to MOVE! Go grab it for you own collection over on Amazon by clicking on the ‘Buy’ button on the player widget:

The Dandy Warhols – Bohemian Like You

So? You gonna get your head wrapped around the fact that you ARE able to be fit, you CAN do it, and you WILL do it?

Good.

NOW you’re ready to transform yourself. Get your support system in place and go work out … you’ll enjoy every minute of it, pain and all … trust me!

That’s it for today. Have a fun, fit and fantastic day, and we’ll see you again very soon!
Girlwithnoname

Hey everyone!! Okay, I went to the Vancouver Total Health Show this past weekend and took my video camera like I promised I would. Actually found a few things worthy of putting on video and sharing with you here.

I split it up into three parts because the whole thing is kind of long and thought it might be easier to digest in smaller chunks (not to mention YouTube won’t let me upload anything longer than 10 minutes!! Damn you YouTube!)

So, when I first arrived, I wandered in and found a scam almost immediately. Wow, scams really are everywhere. As well, I found some interesting stuff too, but check out this machine that’s supposed to give you an hour’s worth of working out in 10 minutes flat just by shaking the daylights out of you!! LOL

Then I found a great booth selling STEVIA, and I finally got to taste the stuff… so now I have a recommendation for you!!

Plus found some cherry syrup that I have skepticism about what they’re claiming it does, and also found some YELLOW kiwi fruits that I’m not so sure I’d eat.

Anyway, check out all the stuff I discovered here in Part One:

See what I mean about that machine? I mean really… shame on those guys, because that’s just wrong, ya know?

Anyway, on to Part Two and some more cool stuff I found while roaming around the Health Show. As usual with pretty much every Health Show, there was Soy and Soy products EVERYWHERE. Evil, EVIL stuff in my opinion, and I share my two bit opinion with you in this segment.

And, THEN I stumbled upon an Acai Berry product… and had a REALLY great time talking to these guys!! They’re product is called Monavie and while I do think their product might be a bit better nutritionally than MOST stuff out there (like those scam Acai Berry Weight Loss pills that DON’T DO ANYTHING), I kind of had fun with the first guy because he obviously had absolutely no idea what he was talking about, and couldn’t answer a single question I posed to him. It was only when his DAD (lol) overheard me grilling his son and took over that I was able to get any real information. That was fun… I really wanted to see how far I could push the son until he admitted he had no clue but his Dad saved him, lucky guy! haha

(You’ll also notice I’ve been leaving the faces out of these interviews to protect the guilty! haha)

So anyway, after getting bored of grilling the Acai guys, I moved on and found a great booth selling coconut products like Coconut Oil, which is great for cooking. I actually took a sample of the coconut lard (the oil in a firm state) and just ate it off a stick. It was really quite mild tasting, and while I don’t cook with oil myself, I’ll bet it adds a nice taste to things like stirfry. Its the best ‘good’ fat to cook with because it maintains its healthy properties and remains stable in higher heats which many oils do not, and its far healthier than crap like Canola oil or Crisco.

Then I wandered by a live talk about nutrition that I hung out and listened to for a little while.

Anyway, here’s all that in Part Two:

That’s more or less it for the live stuff I shot at the show, but I brought home some samples of a few things I’m going to try out, so thought I’d share them with you here in our final segment.

The wrap up! Part Three:

And, without further ado, here’s today’s Workout Song of the Day. This one is dedicated to all the scammers out there selling shaking machines that claim to work you out in 10 minutes flat, and the Acai berry weight loss pill scammers and all the rest.

Go make your money some other more ethical way and stop fleecing the unsuspecting, gullible public out of their hard earned cash (and aren’t WE glad we’re all smarter than that?)

It’s also a great song for cardio or weight training. It has a great beat and lots of angst-y emotion pouring out of it. Enjoy!

Depeche Mode – Wrong

Don’t forget, if you think it’s so wrong it’s right and you want it for your own collection, Amazon can get it for you. Just click on the Buy button on the player widget and you’ll have it in no time.

Phew, that’s it, I think I’m spent! Have a great, fun and fit day and we’ll see you again soon!
Girwithnoname