THE BEST EXERCISE FOR LOSING WEIGHT!!!!

Almost everyone asks me at some point, "what is the best exercise(s) for losing weight/burning fat/toning?"

Everyone, today is your lucky day!!

The very best exercise you can do to lose weight are Fork Drops. The more you can do, the more successful you will be! Here is how it works:

Exercise: Fork Drops
Muscles Used: Phalanges Extensors, Cerebrum (will power)
Sets/Reps: As many reps following 4-6 proportionally and nutritionally appropriate meals
Instructions: Release the tightly gripped fork full of food by extending your fingers to an open palm position.

That's it folks! That's the secret. Here are a few alternative exercises if you have trouble with Fork Drops:

Exercise: Mike Boyle's "Table Push-aways"
Muscles Used: Pectorals, Anterior Deltoids, Triceps
Sets/Reps: As many reps following 4-6 proportionally and nutritionally appropriate meals
Instructions: Place hands on the side of the dinner table roughly shoulder width apart and push yourself away by contracting your pecs.

Exercise: Scott Henry's "Get-ups"
Muscles Used: Glutes, Hamstrings, Gastrocnemius, Quadriceps
Sets/Reps: As many reps following 4-6 proportionally and nutritionally appropriate meals
Instructions: In a neutral spine position, squeeze your glutes extending your hips and get up out the dinner chair.

All three of these exercises will help you lose weight and burn fat.

Seriously though, caloric intake is roughly 80-85% of changing body composition. You can lose weight, get abs, and fit into those "high school" jeans. It's about being disciplined in your nutrition. 4-6 well portioned meals a day will give you energy and control the calories.

Of course working out helps. Burning calories helps you get to optimal weight quicker. Follow a few of these tips:

1. Resistance Train

Lift weights people. Try to get full body workouts in. The more muscles you use, the more work produced, which spells burning more calories. Also, the more muscle mass you have, the more you can enjoy the guilty pleasures of life because your metabolic rate will be higher.

2. Cardio is what you make of it
Understand that there is an inverse relationship between Time and Intensity. You can jog on a treadmill for 90 minutes like a lab rat on a wheel or you can do some intervals and bust your ass for far less time. You'll burn more calories in 20 minutes of interval training, increase your work capacity, and get the hell out of the gym quicker.

3. Eat well 80% of the time
The entire point of this article is the importance of nutrition with respects to weight loss. To be really honest, you get real disciplined in nutrition and you don't even need to exercise. It will take a lot longer, but in time you would lose the lbs you want.  Calories are that important. Spread your meals, make them healthy and control your emotional involvement with food.

Be Elite my friends.

Tic Toc Shout Out - If you live in AZ

If you live in the Phoenix area and need your watched fixed, looking to buy a nice watch or are in search of a grandfather clock go to:

Clock Dr.
10610 N. 71st Place
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Scottsdale Rd. & Shea
http://www.clockdr.com/


These people were awesome. I broke my Polar FT80, which was a gift from a client. The thing is ridiculous and I feel bad that I really only use the stop watch feature. 


I went in there to have it repaired (the pin broke) and they fixed it under 5 minutes. The lady hands is to me and says, "you're all set." I reply, "what's the damage." She says, "nothing. Come back and tell your friends."


So, I am honoring my word. Very friendly people and if I ever need anything done they have my business. 


Also, this place was pretty sweet. They had a ridiculous assortment of grandfather clocks. I was afraid to touch them because breaking one would have run me 2 months salary! 


They also had this clock, which reminded me of Officer Chris "Machine" Ottoviani of the FPD. 

Good people, good service. 

Seafood Cioppino - High Protein Poor Man's Soup

Today everyone gets a taste of a simple, yet delicious soup that anyone can afford and make. It's ingredients are incredibly healthy and offer an abundance of quality protein.  I got this recipe from my Uncle Joe out in Huntington Beach, CA. Our family likes to cook "italian peasant" dishes, which just means cooking damn good food with limited ingredients our leftovers. The best part, the average person will pay $15 a plate for it at a restaurant.

First, what is Seafood Cioppino? This dish was an italian fisherman's dish originated in San Fransisco. Basically the fisherman would chop up the seafood scraps they had and make a soup. Now, it is a delicacy in a lot of italian restaurants.

Cook Time: 25 minutes top

Ingredients:
1 bag of frozen "Seafood Melody" (scallops, shrimp, octopus, clams and mussels)
4oz of fresh white fish cut into 4 pieces
3 cloves of garlic
1 tablespoon of shallots
1/2 white onion
2 cans of organic diced tomatoes
2 tablespoons of red wine
2 table spoons of extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon of chopped parsley
grated fresh parmesan reggiano
Rustic bread

Directions
In a large sauce pan, heat the olive oil on medium and add the garlic and shallots. Right before the gralic starts to brown, add the white fish and cook 1 minute on each side. Next add the defrosted bag off seafood melody and stir for 4 minutes. Occasionally flip the white fish.

Next add the chopped onion, diced tomatoes and red wine. Season with sea salt and black pepper and cover for 4 minutes.

Next, add the bread in the broiler to quickly char.

Remove the lid and add half of the grated parmesan cheese and half the parsley. Stir and cover another minute.

Serve the soup in a bowl with the crisp rustic bread and top it off the soup with some grated cheese and fresh parsley.

Serves 4+

A big bowl with 2 pieces of small bread < 450 calories. Over 20g of protein and about 10g of some of the best sources of fat you can get.

Eat Elite!