Program: Iron90 Personal Makeover; Customized heart rate training + customized meal plan
Results: -40 lbs.
Enjoyed Most: “There is a heart rate monitor built into all the cardio equipment at the gym but now I have my own and know how to use it, Now I am free to train anyplace anytime.”
Rest Step: A pace of deliberate and stress-less forward momentum with built in pauses.
He explained a hiking technique to employ when the going gets tough (i.e.: steep hill + thin air) its called the “Rest Step”. It works like this; Secure firm real estate with one foot, lock out that down leg which will rock your body forward and pause your leg turnover (thus, the rest) while keeping your momentum in a forward motion setting you up for the next purchase of firm footing.
The technique feels like dancing when you are doing it correctly. This technique made the climb seem effortless. I loved the process and when the entire team was in rhythm it actually sounds and feels like music.
As I climbed the step slope to the top of the hill, I occurred to me that this technique should be employed in other areas of my life. Rest Step: A pace of deliberate and stress-less forward momentum with built in pauses.
By 2015, four out of 10 Americans may be obese. Until last year, the author below in the link was one of them. The way he lost one-third of his weight isn’t for everyone. But unless America stops cheering The Biggest Loser and starts getting serious about preventing obesity, the country risks being overwhelmed by chronic disease and ballooning health costs.
Beating Obesity – Magazine – The Atlantic.
“The rise in obesity is associated with a rogue’s gallery of individual, social, and technological factors. The “Big Two,” as scientists call the leading factors, are reduced exercise and increased food consumption: Americans are ingesting more and more calories than they’re burning. But underlying that simple energy-in, energy-out equation is a complex, and so far inexorable, interplay between powerful physiological and societal forces.”
In order to change we must think and act greater than our past and our current condition. – Robert Vera, Co-Founder Iron90
Below is an example of change;
Beth Pfile says: Being on vacation and being sick much of the week used to be a great excuse for me to over eat and not exercise. And while I didn’t exercise nearly as much as I have been, because I really did feel terrible, I had control over the eating. (more…)
“No Pain No Gain?”
Most people wrongly believe that they will not burn fat until they are working out near the point of cardiac distress.
The fact is that harder is not better, nor will it shed that stubborn fat roll around the mid section. Here’s why: (more…)
In general maximum heart rates can vary from 160 to 220 beats per minute (BPM), depending on age and overall fitness level.
The most common formula encountered is;
- MAXIMUM HEART RATE = 220 − age
A 2002 study of 43 different formulae for HRmax (including the one above) concluded the following:
, and prescription of exercise training HR ranges) MAXIMUM HEART RATE = 205.8 − (0.685 × age)
A submax heart rate test is another method to detemine your Maximum Heart Rate. (more…)
The Evidence: Valerie N. @ the Top of North Mnt. Tower
In order to change we must;
Think and Act Greater than our past and our current condition.
On Saturday morning, March 27, 2010 Valerie woke early, drove from Mesa, AZ to Phoenix, AZ and then hiked to the summit of North Mountain.
In less than 30 days Valerie has shed 14.20 lbs. She is one of the early favorites to win the JFCS-Iron90 Weight Loss Challenge and the Grand Prize of an all-expense paid vacation to Hawaii.
Valerie has no excuses, has trading unproductive habits for productive ones, and will not be talked out of changing her life.
My definition of Genius is;
A willingness to embrace a challenge to the point of failure, to be uncomfortable within it and become better for it.
The five woman that make up the JFCS Central Phoenix Workplace Wellness Team; “Lady’s Losin’ It”, did something that none of them were really comfortable with, hiking for over 3 hours, however, they did it. They embraced the challenge….became uncomfortable to the point of near failure, scaled 2 mountains over 6 miles and are better for it…..Genius!
Victory
Iron90 Markover Results:
Program: Iron90 Customized Heart Rate Zone Training + Customized Meal Plan
Duration: 180 Days
Total Weight Loss: 60 lbs.
Enjoyed Most: “I love the Heart Rate Monitor, it lets me know how many calories I burn off and my Iron90 meal plan tells me how many I put in. The Iron90 system then automatically calculated how much fat I burned each day, its awesome!”