Mungo Jerry, Eggs, and Getting Toasted

Thank You Mungo Jerry

For your listening pleasure: 

Well, it is officially SUMMER! Just coming in from a workout with a couple of my favorite students, and it was a hot one! There is something about this time of year that brings us out of hiding and into the sunshine. Well, it only took a few minutes into the recent QUADZILLA workout for them to feel the true burn of summer :)

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I'm Not Yolking Around

In other news, a common topic I feel I keep having to explain to people is the fact that the egg is useless without the yolk. This drives me absolutely insane, as the yolk is not only the best tasting part of the egg, but it is also the most nutritious part. 

So let's take a look at the gloriousness that is the egg:

• The yolk is mostly fat. Yes, fat. Fat that is great for your brain, nervous system, and metabolism. Remember, FAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU FAT. This is also why it is ok to eat bacon. But it needs to be quality bacon. Not the slimy thin nitrate pumped pieces of "bacon" you find in your local WalFart. 

• The yolk is packed full of nutrition, including vitamins B2, B12, D and iron!

• The yolk needs the white and the whites need the yolk! The yolks help to balance the amino acids of the whites, making the protein in the egg whites more easily absorbed by our bodies.

• A large egg yolk contains about 210 milligrams of cholesterol and 5 grams of fat. However, studies (found abundantly on any study search) shown that eating one egg everyday does not heighten your potential for high blood pressure and heart diseases.

Eating only the egg white is like doing half squats... they don't count.

All this talk about eggs has made me hungry. What better around breakfast time than a few slices of good ol French Toast. French toast is a classic. It is simple. It is hard to screw up. It hits the spot and leaves you very satisfied. So here is a little sweet, simple, hard to screw up yet effective workout: TOASTED

Welcome to TOASTED

Bell Size: Men will use a 24kg bell, and women a 16kg bell (or heavier if appropriate) 

This is a simple but effective Swing/Goblet Squat ladder to be done with minimal to no rest, but QUALITY REPS is a must. Be smart, be safe. 

10 Swings / 10 Goblet Squats

9 Swings / 9 Goblet Squats

8 Swings / 8 Goblet Squats

7 Swings / 7 Goblet Squats

6 Swings / 6 Goblet Squats

5 Swings / 5 Goblet Squats

4 Swings / 4 Goblet Squats

3 Swings / 3 Goblet Squats

2 Swings / 2 Goblet Squats

1 Swings / 1 Goblet Squats

Now... here is where you get TOASTED... Make your way back up to 10/10!

1 Swings / 1 Goblet Squats

2 Swings / 2 Goblet Squats

3 Swings / 3 Goblet Squats

4 Swings / 4 Goblet Squats

5 Swings / 5 Goblet Squats

6 Swings / 6 Goblet Squats

7 Swings / 7 Goblet Squats

8 Swings / 8 Goblet Squats

9 Swings / 9 Goblet Squats

10 Swings / 10 Goblet Squats

Remember QUALITY is key. If you start to lose your form, set the bell down, take a couple of breaths, and then get right back into it. 

Enjoy :)

Stay Strong,
Kris

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QUADZILLA!

Do you think you have what it takes? Are you ready to dig deep and feel the burn?

Summer is upon us, and it's time to turn the heat up! Try this fun drill and comment below with your thoughts.


QUADZILLA

Kettlebell Size: Men use 24kg & Women use 16kg (or higher if appropriate)

This will start at 10 reps of each exercise andd ladder down to 1 rep of each. You will perform Goblet Squats and Body Weight Crawls. 

10 Goblet Squats / Crawl 10 paces forward, 10 paces backward

9 Goblet Squats / Crawl 9 paces forward, 9 paces backward

8 Goblet Squats / Crawl 8 paces forward, 8 paces backward

7 Goblet Squats / Crawl 7 paces forward, 7 paces backward

6 Goblet Squats / Crawl 6 paces forward, 6 paces backward

5 Goblet Squats / Crawl 5 paces forward, 5 paces backward

4 Goblet Squats / Crawl 4 paces forward, 4 paces backward

3 Goblet Squats / Crawl 3 paces forward, 3 paces backward

2 Goblet Squats / Crawl 2 paces forward, 2 paces backward

1 Goblet Squats / Crawl 1 paces forward, 1 paces backward

No rest in between sets. Find your strength, grit, and will power to push with QUALITY reps. 

Enjoy and feel the burn! 

Stay Strong,
Kris

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The Art of Strength and the Key to its Success

There is not a person in the room that does not desire the ability to be strong. When we talk about strength at Moulton Kettlebell, we make it the center of everything. We should understand the role strength plays in our lives and how vital it is to our existence. It should not be taken lightly and should be respected.

We I speak of strength, I typically am not talking about our physical state. Although that is trainable, and we can measure changes and gains. What I want people to understand is that strength is diverse, and powerful in your lives. When you make a commitment, you follow through. That is strength. When you see a friend in need, and you arrive with a helping hand. That is strength. When your body is shaking, weak, and wanting to quit, but your mind pushes you to go further. That is strength.

You see, none of those had to do with weight, a number on a kettlebell, or how many reps you could do.

THE KEY TO STRENGTH is to understand how fragile it can be, and how hard you have to work to earn its respect. If you honor, respect, and progress your strength, it will return the favor and make itself noticeable in all areas of your life.

Any of you reading this, who want to focus more on your strength, use the tips on introspection and see what you come up with:

1. Start Journaling. Yes, like Doug Funnie, pull out your journal get the day out on paper. The mind is intended for creativity and creation, not storage. Unload the mind, and allow it to do its job. The same goes for your programs. No longer just walk into the gym and wonder what to do. Get your program on paper, and journal every workout. The best of the best do this. Why not do what they do.

2. Start Writing. This may sound redundant, but what I want you to focus on here is a single topic, thought, or event and write. This doesn't have to be read by anyone. But it will allow your mind to expand and develop in a way that it was not trainer before. Our brain and our subconscious crave knowledge, education, and language. Feed your mind, and train it to make gains. You first topic (one all of my students get): Fear.

3. Start Walking. You may think, "I run X miles per week. I workout X days per week. I am fit, and weigh X amount. So what is walking going to do?" Walking, OUTSIDE, is going to do more than just get your legs moving and act as steady state, low heart rate cardio activity. When you get outside, in the elements, in nature, your brain is like a border collie that was let off the leash. You look around, your thoughts and brain activity eliminate the stress and cortisol levels. Your free to take a breath, relax your shoulders, relax your neck, to stop crushing your brain stem. Your blood flow increases, allowing all the tense areas in your body to calm down and relax... making you MORE MOBILE AND FLEXIBLE! (and I didn't even have to tie a band around your or tie you in a pretzel!)  You mind begins to raise its levels of a very amazing hormone called Oxytocin.

Many pregnant women and Mamas are familiar with this chemical release but we all use it, and need it regularly. Oxytocin, when released makes us feel calm, relaxed, and surpresses our fight or flight responses. It is the same chemical released by human touch and why hugging feels good! After a mother deliveres her child she has a rush of this, and they immediately go skin to skin. This is where their deep connection lies. This is why the best of the best in the sales, motivation, leadership, etc world shake hands and make eye contact. That connection allows our body to release oxytocin and makes us feel good, but most of all makes us feel safe. Oxytocin immediately inhibits our cortisol levels, which have their purpose, but in our society we have a constant drip of it. When our cortisol levels raise, immune functions drop, growth stops (hair, finger nails, skin, etc). We wonder why we are so sick, balding, and fat. So... Make oxytocin important in your life.


Try these few things, don't overwhelm yourself with them, but give them a try and see what life brings you.

Stay Strong,
Kris

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Check Out This Simple Easy Oats Breakfast

Hey Guys!

I came across this recipe while browsing around online looking for some inspiring foods. I know that this type of dish is not a new concoction by any means, but its resurgence is well taken. This trend of uncooked oatmeal will make your mornings easier, less stressed, and very delicious. The possibilities for this recipe are endless. Below you will find a very simple mix of blueberries and natural sweeteners, but you can virtually add whatever your taste buds will go crazy for! 

The key in this recipe is in its ingredients. The composition is great for all of your macro nutrients. Carbs, fats, and protein are present. This will start your day off with a jump-start and make sure you get to your snack/lunch without any hunger pangs. 

Dig into this delicious meal with the confidence and guilt free pleasure you deserve. It packs vital nutrients that will surely build a better you!

Blueberry Honey Oatmeal

Ingredients:

1/4 cup uncooked oats

1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk

1/4 cup of sugar free greek yogurt

1-1/2 tsp dried chia seeds (found in any grocery store now)

1 tsp milled flax seed

2 tsp local raw organic honey (also easily found in any store)

1/4 cup blueberries

Cinnamon to taste (optional)

Directions:

In a half pint jar (1 cup), or tupperware storage bowl (needs tight lid), add your oats, almond milk, chia seeds, honey, and cinnamon. Stir or shake well until combined. Remove the lid and add your blueberries or any other low glycemic fruit and stir until mixed in. Return the lid and store in the fridge over night or up to 2 days. This is deliciously served chilled. 

Take this recipe and jazz it up with your own personal favorite flavors and flare! Adding a variety of spices, fruits, and nuts you can change the way you look at breakfast!

If you are like me and enjoy a seasonal favorite, try this little piece of heaven:

Pumpkin Pie Easy Oats

Ingredients:

1/4 cup uncooked oats

1/3 cup unsweetened almond milk

1/4 cup of sugar free greek yogurt

1-1/2 tsp dried chia seeds (found in any grocery store now)

1 tsp milled flax seed

2 tsp local raw organic honey (also easily found in any store)

1/4 cup raw organic pumpkin puree

Pumpkin pie spice to taste (I use about 1 tsp)

1/2 medium apple diced (optional)

10 pecan pieces (optional, roughly a small handful)

Directions:

In a half pint jar (1 cup), or tupperware storage bowl (needs tight lid), add your oats, almond milk, chia seeds, honey, and pumpkin pie spice. Stir or shake well until combined. Remove the lid and add your pumpkin puree and stir until mixed in. Return the lid and store in the fridge over night or up to 2 days. When you eat the following morning add in your apple and pecan pieces to boost this fall flavor even more. You can add these the night before but I like the crunch of the apple and texture of the pecans. Caution: Wildly Addictive. 

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The World's Greatest Fat Loss Secret

Today kicks off our May, 30-Day FORGE Challenge! If you missed out this time around, its ok, just keep in touch with our pages to find out when the next one will begin.

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It is going to be a really really fun month that is purposely shifting our focus to aesthetics and fat loss. We are not going to play nice, we are going fuel a fire that will burn baby burn!

So, how do you create a program that in only 30 days will help a group of people melt their fat away? It's simple. If you know the secrets of the inner circle of course. And since you are reading this, you are officially in! Good news for you, huh?

There are tons of ways to really get one to lose pounds on the scale, but what we want is FAT LOSS. So here is the secret:

Hard Work.

Ah man, what a let down. He reeled me in and didn't give me a magic pill or miraculous equation that will cure my overweight flappy love handles. The truth is, it comes down to your increased energy expenditure, aka you workouts. Which for us are built around 2-days of strength training and 2-days of conditioning, and 1-day per week of mobility/flexibility training. It also comes down to, largely, and most importantly, your nutrition. In our Forge Challenge we require everyone to journal what they are eating and drinking. Each week we evaluate food logs and give feed back. You see, hard work is not only important in the physical battle of The Forge. It plays a large part in the mental side.

You are going to have cravings. You are going to think you feel hungry. You are going to want to give up and say oh well. But those are the very habits that got you to where you are today. We need to overcome those habits and fight back to gain control. It's not only you in the forge, sweating, feeling the heat. It is also your cravings, behaviors, and decisions that want to sabotage. We will fight as a team to break through and defeat these things.

I often will hear from students, "I use to drink this many sodas a day, BLAH", or "I use to hide the fact that I ate drive thru food from my family", and even "I used to be so depressed that I didn't even want to look in the mirror anymore."

Do you know why they dread the mirror and the scale? It has nothing to do with what society is doing or what our parents did to us. It comes down to our own habits and behaviors that we have created. In our upcoming book, REWIRED, we take the standard nutritional coaching model and crack it open. It is time for some introspection into our lives. It's time to dig deeper into our choices and decisions to see what makes us think. Then, we can rewire the way we think with education and motivation, to shift our entire culture from the bottom up.

But first, you have to ask yourself. Are you ready? Are you really ready? Not for the workouts, or the clean eating... but are you ready for Hard Work?

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Are You Ready to Turn Back the Clock and Look 10 Years Younger?

Do you want the edge on turning back the clock? Do you want to know how to look younger? Are you ready to look 10 years younger?

Keep reading...


Are you ready to pull your head out of your butt? Did you know that our society has made wisdom, mentoring, and being an elder a bad thing? Did you know that as you age, you are not becoming less healthy? Do you want to know what the real problem is?

Keep reading...

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH AGE. Did you know that you spend more of your life worrying about age than you do living the life in those years? True story. 60% of the time, we worry all the time. Fact. Do you want to know how to eliminate worrying?

Keep reading...

CHANGE YOUR THINKING. Yes your body will age, did you know that? There are no pills, or supplements required to help your body age. Honest. Did you know your body possess functions that keep it healthy from the inside out? Did you know our body does not need outside intervention for health? Want to know something I thought about?

Keep reading...

WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF ALL YOU HAD TO DO TO BE HEALTHY WAS TAKE A PILL AND EAT HEALTHY? How many people do you know have died after living years of an "outside-in" health paradigm? They were physically healthy, ate well, positive, but fell over dead in the midst of a regular 20 mile run. Don't you think there is more to our health?

Keep reading...

At this point you may think I am going to sell you some sort of life regenerating, missing puzzle piece, newly discovered pill, that will reverse aging, and SAVE YOUR LIFE.... but I am not. I am not here to scare you. I'm not here to give you a list of whats wrong with you so you buy something useless. No. Do you want to know why I have made you read this?


Keep reading...

It is because I want you to know that your body is exactly where it should be in life. Age should be celebrated and respected. Your health is not dependent on how many pills, vitamins, supplements, or miles you run. Everything needed to create a life full of health, love, happiness, and friendship is already inside of you. Once you change your thinking to see that your health is far deeper than the local GNC, you will truly start to feel and live "healthy".

Keep reading...

Start sharing...

No, not the post. But your knowledge, experience, compassion, and love. Share it with those around you and change the world with a single thought.

Stop reading...

Start living....

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4 Exercises for Strong, Lean, Summer Abs

Registration is now OPEN. Challenge begins MAY 1st, 2014!

Those of you who know me, know that I am in no way a part-time cosmetic trainer. We love to be strong because we know that strength is our foundation. Well, I am trying out a new program that is changing the paradigm a little bit. The month of May will kick off our 30-Day Challenge known as TheFORGE. The main objective: Destroy fat, build muscle, and nutritional guidance. We will shift from strength to more conditioning based drills, increasing metabolic exercises, and increasing energy expenditure. It is going to be hot, there pressure will be high, and TheFORGE will not be easy. It is four weeks, of five classes per week in a variety of areas including: Kettlebell, Sprints, Hardstyle Abs, Primal Move, Mobility and Flexibility. We are very excited to run this program and see the results, but it is not for the couch to 5k'r out there. This is for the serious, committed, hardworking person who is dedicated to put 110% effort for four weeks. I am not talking fitness level, I am talking commitment level.


It has already created some buzz in the community and exciting quite a few people. So I decided to write a little bit today about getting us something that we all desire: Enter 6 Minute Abs. Okay, I'm kidding. This is not a 6-minute program. What this is is a list of four very simple and effective movements you can perform before, after, or even layered during your workouts.

***DISCLAIMER*** YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THESE EXERCISES DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT GUARANTEE A SIX-PACK. YOU MUST WORK HARD, EAT RIGHT, AND BE CONSISTENT TO SEE THE CHANGES YOU WANT.

So if you are not a big sissy and think you can handle some self control, continue reading.

4 Exercises for Strong, Lean, Summer Abs

1. Kettlebell Halo (5 sets of 5 clockwise/5 counter-clockwise reps)

Grab a kettlebell and hold it upside down, aka bottoms up. From a standing position you will tuck your hips under, eliminating any forward hip tilt (anterior pelvic tilt). Pull your shoulders away from your ears and brace your abdominals. Be sure to breathe. For some reason when you teach someone something new, they forget to breathe. Slowly take the kettlebell over your shoulder, traveling around your head and over the other shoulder return it to its starting position in front of you. This will create a "halo" path around your body.

This drill is great for a variety of reasons, most of them being very nerdy corrective exercise reasons. For you and your thinking, understand this takes a great amount of control to do correctly. These can be done from a standing or half kneeling position. If half kneeling just make sure your head, shoulders, hips, and bottom knee are in line to eliminate forward lean. Still tuck those hips, squeeze the butt, and brace your abs.

Check this video out for more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaobmOmQsnU

2. Hardstyle Plank (5 sets of 15-20 second high tension holds)

This is not your average plank. Though it may appear as so, it takes a lot more work than meets the eye. Assume your normal elbow plank position with your shoulders above your elbows and hands apart. From here bring your feet together, again tuck and eliminate any lower back swaying, aka forward hip tilt. Squeeze both fists and start to brace your abdominals. Don't forget to breathe. For the next 15-20 seconds you are going to make it feel as if you are trying to pull your elbows to your toes and your toes towards your elbows while squeezing your legs together and your fists. This will create a large amount of tension. Don't relax and let your back sway and don't allow your shoulders to drift over your hands. Stay in control, breathe and squeeze for 5 sets of 15-20 seconds.

Check this video out for more details: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TKktamzq4o

3. The "Dead Bug" Drill (5 sets of 5-10 on each side)

Not only is this great for your core and abdominals, it activates and refines your crucial cross pattern neurological pathways. This is a must do for everyone. Its difficulty lies within its simplicity. Start by laying down on your back. Take your arms and point them into the air, fingers to the ceiling. Bring your legs up pointing your toes to the ceiling as well. You want to start by lowering a single arm back towards the ground and lowering the opposite leg down towards the floor as well. Control this movement, lowering the opposite arm and leg as close to the ground as you can before returning to your starting position. After you return to your starting position, alternate to the other opposite arm and leg. You want to make sure there is no flexion in your lumbar spine and that lower back stays pressed flat to the ground.

4. Turkish Get-Ups (Layer 1 on each side throughout your workout)

A classic strength movement, and surely an amazing abdominal exercise. You can find fitness guru's all over the place slowly destroying themselves with improper turkish get-ups in which they are using a 20lb kettlebell. The point of the get-up is control, mobility, stability, breathing, and strength. Do not make this a metabolic drill, nor should you try to modify unless a qualified professional does so for you. This is an in depth movement but not impossible for you to learn. I don't care if you are 8 years old or 80 years old, this movement will help you perform, feel, and live a better life. It has so much carry over and if you do it right, with the right amount of weight, you will experience a lovely burn in the mid section.

Refer to this video for details on the form for the TGU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spqE97GXrA4

So, create an abdominal specific day or be smart and layer all these in everyday in all of your workouts. There is really no downside to focusing on the strength and stability of your abdominals and core. Try to have fun with these and remember nutrition is key.

Good luck, let me know how you do!

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Three Gimmicks to Avoid and Four Steps to Reaching Your Summer Body

More and more, we are seeing a constant flood of useless fitness tools flowing into stores. I walk through and find it amusing, often picking up a gimmicky item and fumble around with it. Can someone please tell me, why they think buying a thigh master will get them the results they need? Now don't get me wrong, Suzanne Somers is doing something to look youthful, but its not the thigh master she's promoting. Also, there are a lot of great tools out there, that are practical, effective, and logical. I'm not saying everything on the market is ridiculous, just the get fit quick, celebrity endorsed, change your life with 5 mins a day, crap that fills up late night television spots.

Let's take a look at some of the bazaar stuff people will pay money for before they just get up and do some sort of movement:

1. Oh... Body by Jake. Thanks Jake, but if I wanted a bloated, old body builders physique, I would have my grandpa train me... Oh wait, he cant stand up straight any more because of "wear and tear" thanks to those workouts. Just take a look at this thing...is it some sort of sex swing? What motion am I doing, how is it benefiting me? When am I ever using this movement in life? You sit in a chair and repeat a push pull motion with your arms. All while you watch TV. Sigh. (http://moultonkettlebell.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-question-that-i-had-made-me-think.html)

2. Here is a fine example of how unnecessary this equipment can be. "The Perfect Push Up!"...Uhhh what? Is this real life? I agree that there should be modifications made to accommodate those with poor form. But this tool, is doing nothing of the sort. If you want to get fit doing push ups, and using body weight exercises, then awesome! But educate yourself on how to properly perform the exercises before you go buying something that you think is making you look like the guy in the ad.

3. This one just ices the cake! This is newer to the market, and is just as mysterious as the rest. "THE RACK!" is designed to give you a full body workout, even if you are wearing camo cargo shorts! I want you to look at your grandmas walker that guy is holding, then look at him. Do you really think curling that light weight rack will get you to where he is? If you could ask this young man, how did you obtain such a level a fitness and physique? I would guarantee he would tell you, hard work, long hours, dedication, and air tight nutrition. Do you think his response would be, "All I did was 10 mins a day on this bad boy"...absolutely not.

If you are ready to change your life, your body, and keep those changes forever...then its time to commit to the lifestyle. Create your goals, begin motivating others, and understand that we don't live forever. So why shorten that time with bad habits that ultimately leave you in front of the mirror, holding your belly, feeling depressed. Let's work together to dedicate, push, drive, never give up, to reach what we want, then share that with the people we love and respect!

So here is your plan. Four steps, movements, and exercises that will get you the summer body (aka abs) that you want so bad:

1. Drop the donut and put your hands where I can see them. If you want see a serious change in your gut and butt, then ditch the sugar. Before we get into carbs vs fats, and when to eat. Before you hire a dietician to write you a meal plan that has high failure rate. Just try to ditch any processed or added sugar in your weekly foods. Nutrition is king, and as you've heard before, "Six Packs are made in the kitchen".

2. Swing like you mean it! Kettlebell swings are not only a strength developer, but they increase power and endurance. For men, swings with a 24kg bell will get the job done, and women a 16kg bell. If you are unsure how to properly swing a kettlebell refer to strongfirst.com/instructors to locate the closes SFG instructor. But be prepared... to have a whole new outlook on strength and conditioning. The 300 swing per day routine is easily available for you online. Or look up a program by Dan John (10,000 swing challenge)

3. Pretend you're being chased. Ok, seriously. Start adding in one sprint day each week. Find a hill to run, a local track, stadium stairs, any field, and start doing fast bursts of energy expenditure. We all want to lace up and start running 5k and further. But look at the body of a long distance runner and the body of a sprinter. Which would you rather have? Start off with 10 flat sprints with even work:rest ratio, then add in hills and adjust the work:rest ratio to keep your conditioning challenged. 

4. Make movement your foundation. Spend one day each week focuses largely on mobility and flexibility. It is so overlooked in our routines that we don't realize the impact it makes. Start spending one day per week really overcoming shoulder, hip, ankle mobility issues, and start to train better stabilization of the shoulders, hips, spinal, knees, ankles, arches... pretty much everywhere. Otherwise we are just slowly tying ourselves into a knot. Then you really will need grandma's walker!

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A Question That I Had Made Me Think

"What would happen if you unplugged your TV and never turned it back on?"

Here we are...in the year 2014. It's truly amazing the commotion health care has caused in our country and how up in arms people are. I suppose I can be open minded and attempt to see their side of things, but at the same time, they need to take a second, stand in the mirror, and see what has caused our country to reach the state of need it is in in terms of our health.

I could go on all day on this topic, but this article specifically refers to one area of our personal lives that has seem to gotten out of control and has a huge impact. Known as the boob tube, or as I like to call it, the idiot box. This household item has skyrocketed from a "must have" item for every household, to a "must have" item for every room! The US ranks highest in the poll for the amount of time spent watching TV per week per person at 28 hours. (I have to imagine that number is lower than reality) You can do all the research you want about the poor health effects television has on our society. But honestly, isn't it easy to see? Kids are glued to the screens and adults can't seem to keep from watching a season of this show or that show. I claim to even fall victim.

The reason I wanted to write about this topic is because of this question that I thought of. The feeling I got, and the wonder of what other people felt when they thought about it intrigued me and sickened me at the same time. Think realistically to yourself when you consider the question. The question is this:

How much more time would I have, or how much stress would lower if I unplugged my TV, and never turned it back on? Does that give you any anxiety? Does it make you think about your TV habits?

You tell me. How many hours a week do you find yourself watching? What was the feeling that came over you when you considered the idea of turning off that idiot box and never turning it back on once and for all. Can you live another day without watching an overweight man over eat in an unfair match up in Man vs Food, or how would your kids ever survive without one more episode of Wiggles, Spongebob, or any other idiot cartoon out there? So don't find yourself becoming another one of those people who spend their lives "living" in front of the TV. Get outside, get moving, find something you love, more importantly don't let the "idiot box" control your life!

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THE Secret to Your Success with Weight Loss

Okay, I just reeled you in again with that title. But isn't that what every blogger, website, news site, and journalist is doing? You may not be realizing one other that you are being duped in by. It is the very industry I am working in. Health and "Fitness".

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There are trainers and "nutritionists" everywhere just eager to show you how to become a better looking version of yourself! Guess what... YOU ALREADY LOOK AMAZING. So they can sit on it. There is absolutely nothing wrong with your physical appearance. There is nothing wrong with your actions or your goals. I am even going to go as far as telling you that there is nothing wrong with the way you make choices or decisions.

I sound crazy don't I?

This may get deep, so just bare with me. The industry of "Health" is littered with money hungry folks who could truly care less about your level of health unless they are talking financial health. What they want to do is create a vortex of issues you may or may not have and create the BEST program just for you and your... problems? It could be food related, could be movement related, could be an exercise program. Sadly, this is all incorrect.

You see. We think we have gone deep enough or, as they say in the sales world, "peeled away the layers" and derived your true "Why". But what they haven't realized, is they are not even to the foundation of what makes us who we are.

So here is where I am coming from with this:

Thinking creates Choices and Decisions, which creates Actions. Those create Results because you set better Goals which then all contribute to what we call, your Culture.

It is not about changing your choices or making better decisions. It's about changing your Thinking. This is where the REWIRED book is trying to help. You will learn how to Think differently and then say to yourself:

"Oh... huh... Well, Kris when you say it like that... huh. That makes complete sense"

Thinking REWIRED means your decisions and choices will change. Your actions become positive because if you didn't know, no action, as in doing nothing, is still an action. This gives you results and a life you can respect and love. Thus building a culture that you created and live in and are proud of.

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