[vc_row margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”5″ type=”vc_default”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Happy New Year!
My family and I are back in Costa Rica after spending a few weeks in Toronto visiting family and friends.
After about 10 days of being back in Toronto (where it was -20 degrees celcius most days), I contracted a wicked flu that absolutely put me out for the remainder of the trip.
In fact, we’ve been here in Costa Rica for a week now and I’m just starting to get over the cough completely.
Turns out though a little sunshine and fresh tropical fruit was all I needed to get back into good health.[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1474099857231{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-2 vc_col-lg-8 vc_col-md-offset-2 vc_col-md-8 vc_col-sm-offset-2″][dt_fancy_separator separator_color=”accent” line_thickness=”3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1502300971067{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”]
?Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices his money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.?
? The Dalai Lama
? Donna Karan
[/vc_column_text][dt_fancy_separator separator_color=”accent” line_thickness=”3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1502301005979{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”]With it being the New Year and everyone looking start fresh, I wanted to share with you 4 things that we all should be focusing on to make sure we stay healthy for 2017.
Fact is, we’re going to train.
We both know that.
But training aside, there are other things to focus on that will accelerate our results and make our goals easier to achieve.
So over the next 4 days, I’ll share with you THE MOST IMPORTANT things ? outside of training ? to focus on and how it applies to your workouts.
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Here’s Part 1?
4 THINGS TO FOCUS ON IN THE NEW YEAR [Part 1]
RECOVERY
Over December I started a coaching group for Geoff Neupert’s Kettlebell Burn EXTREME!
The results were impressive with people dropping inches after ONLY A WEEK of doing the 6-days-per-week program.
Training 6 days per week is not for the faint of heart.
In fact, we call this a ?shock cycle? simply because your body is shocked by both the frequency and intensity of the program.
Nobody ? except for maybe professional athletes ? is supposed to be training 6 days per week.
But the program works not because of the workouts, but because of the RECOVERY built into the program.
Recovery isn’t an afterthought with Burn EXTREME!?
?It’s part of the PROGRAM.
If you don’t incorporate the recovery methods, quite simply, YOU’RE NOT DOING THE PROGRAM.
The workouts themselves are only 1/3 of the program package (the other 2/3s going to diet and recovery).
And it was the clients that followed the ENTIRE PROGRAM (not just the workouts) that saw the best results.
So regardless of what workouts you’re doing ? for suggestions on what program to follow, scroll to the bottom of the email ? you must make sure you’re recovering properly by doing one or more of the following?
getting 7-9hrs of sleep per night
taking at least ONE FULL DAY OFF per week where you do NOTHING
if you’re not getting 7-9 hours of sleep, then get a ?power nap? in
find some kind of ?rest & digest? activity (meditation, tai chi or traditional yoga is the right answer here)
-taking a cold shower (or hot-cold contrast showers) after your training or before you go to bed <= MEN: this is great for increasing testosterone levels
The important thing to remember is this?
Your workouts provide the STIMULUS for change in your body.
It is then your job to make sure that you RECOVER from your training to elicit the necessary adaptation ? getting stronger, burning fat, building muscle or a combination of all 3.
DO NOT neglect this.
Train hard, YES?. but RECOVER harder (ie make it a priority).
Have a great day,
Chris[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
