Has he a point, are we exercizing incorrectly?

Kewreeuss

I cut this from a website because I'm not good at condensing things. Of course it's selling a book, but is what it says true?


Here are the 6 WORST things you can do if you want to ignite your body's own fat-burning furnace and get lean, strong & totally ripped in less time:


Mistake #1: Doing isolated exercises
Doing isolated exercises like bicep curls and tricep kick-backs will not get you any significant results. These one-muscle-at-a-time moves simply don't stimulate enough muscle fibers to build lean muscle or expend enough energy to maximize your calorie burn.
If you want to build lean muscle while burning fat so you can get serious definition, you need to perform exercises that stimulate as many muscles and expend as much energy as possible at the same time. Using these types of exercises (which I'll reveal on the next page) will dramatically accelerate your results.


Mistake #2: Working out with machines
Fancy machines may make the gym look high-end, but truthfully, about the only thing they're good for is for sitting down while you tie your shoes or catch your breath! The problem is this: Machines alter the way your body naturally moves and restrict your range of motion. This severely limits your ability to fully activate all of your muscles fibers -- that means less fat burning and less muscle definition. Worse yet, machines can cause excessive strain on your joints, leading to nagging injuries down the road.
If you want fast results, it's critical that you incorporate exercises that allow your body to move naturally with full range of motion so you can skyrocket your metabolism and tone your entire physique. In minute, I'll explain the 6 primary movements that are the foundation of these full-body exercises...and I'll also fill you in on the best types of weights to use for your workouts.


Mistake #3: Doing long bouts of cardio
Look, you need to do cardio if you want to lose weight and burn fat...BUT there's a right way and a wrong way to do your cardio workouts. If you've been pounding the pavement or the treadmill with nothing to show for it (except sore joints and a pair of stinky worn out sneakers), you already know it takes a lot of effort to get minimal results.
In this article, I'm going to reveal the most effective way to pump up your cardio routine that will get you insane results in half the time of your regular cardio workout -- without causing unnecessary stress on your joints. Seriously, don't skip this article because once you learn this simple trick, you'll kick yourself for not doing it all along.


Mistake #4: Doing crunches and sit-ups to get 6-pack abs
If you want washboard abs, doing traditional ab exercises like crunches and sit-ups WILL NOT get you a six pack. In fact, doing any exercises that target your abs won't get you a six pack either! These so-called "ab" exercises are a complete waste of time. They don't make your abs get any more defined and they definitely don't burn any fat.
The key to getting sculpted abs is to burn off that stubborn layer of belly fat that's hiding them! In the next few minutes, I'll show you how to burn away the "ab flab" while stimulating all 6 of your abdominal muscles at the same time so you can finally carve out your six pack abs.


Mistake #5: Repeating the same workout routines over and over
Repeating the same workouts over and over is a surefire way to STOP getting results. We're creatures of habit and we tend to stick to things we're familiar with and good at. But when it comes to your workouts, if you want to keep making progress and keep seeing changes in your body, you've got to start switching things up.
You see, your body has an amazingly ability to adapt quickly and when it does, that's when you hit the dreaded plateau and you stop making progress. On the next page, I'm going to tell you exactly how often you need to change up your workout routine so you can keep your body guessing to accelerate the results process.


Mistake #6: Doing long workouts
Longer workouts do NOT equal better or faster results. If you've been slaving away at the gym and your body isn't visibly changing, you can't do more of the same thing and expect a different result.
When it comes to getting lean and fit, your body responds to quality over quantity. I'm going to tell you the #1 way to super-charge your workouts -- this simple, yet overlooked method is the single fastest way to getting lean and ripped while cutting your workout time almost in half. No joke - this technique will open up a can of whoop-ass on your workout!

Stop

Burkatron

Who's he?
Have you read the stickies at the top of the page? Or any topics on here? All of that has been said over and over again in 1 form or another!
It's not 100% correct, all those things he's mentioned has their place in training!

Kewreeuss

Yes, I read some of the stickies. I didn't read all though, I could spend a day on them. I have short attention span and with information overload the brain stops computing.
The thing about this is that the information is all in one place in small doses, so it has instant effect.
So, rather than buy this guy's book( Shin Ohtake) off the net can someone recommend me something I can pick up in Hodges Figgis.
I have been 6 months in the gym, gone down almost a clothing size, lost no weight practically and need to perhaps change the way I do things, no?
However, re weight loss, haven't adjusted my diet much because we eat food in our house, don't drink, dont smoke, home made desserts and puds, chocolate being only shop bought vice. That means no Tayto either.
Will start food diary again and cut out the apple tarts and fairy cakes and see what happens.

Edwardius

How many thousand people have written that exact same "no nonsense" article? It's almost in the same vein as the "listen up ladies, you won't get bulky if you lift weights"

*I'm just pissed off I didn't get massive arms from all those squats

Mellor

1. Compound lifts are better than isolation lifts
2. Free weights are better than machines
3. Cardio, intervals and weights is better than steady state cardio alone
4. Crunches don't amke you skinny

The first four points can be reduced to the above. And its is incredibly basic stuff. This is a relevation to anyone, and is availible free all over the internet.

• Change every few weeks
• Don't do long workouts.

These two are everywhere online, but they are overstated imo.
You aren't going to stop making progress if you don't change every months. elite athlets have to careful cycle their programing, this doesn't apply to 995 of people.

Workout length is not holding anyone back.

Vomit

Kewreeuss wrote: »

I cut this from a website because I'm not good at condensing things. Of course it's selling a book, but is what it says true?


Here are the 6 WORST things you can do if you want to ignite your body's own fat-burning furnace and get lean, strong & totally ripped in less time:


Mistake #1: Doing isolated exercises
Doing isolated exercises like bicep curls and tricep kick-backs will not get you any significant results. These one-muscle-at-a-time moves simply don't stimulate enough muscle fibers to build lean muscle or expend enough energy to maximize your calorie burn.
If you want to build lean muscle while burning fat so you can get serious definition, you need to perform exercises that stimulate as many muscles and expend as much energy as possible at the same time. Using these types of exercises (which I'll reveal on the next page) will dramatically accelerate your results.


Mistake #2: Working out with machines
Fancy machines may make the gym look high-end, but truthfully, about the only thing they're good for is for sitting down while you tie your shoes or catch your breath! The problem is this: Machines alter the way your body naturally moves and restrict your range of motion. This severely limits your ability to fully activate all of your muscles fibers -- that means less fat burning and less muscle definition. Worse yet, machines can cause excessive strain on your joints, leading to nagging injuries down the road.
If you want fast results, it's critical that you incorporate exercises that allow your body to move naturally with full range of motion so you can skyrocket your metabolism and tone your entire physique. In minute, I'll explain the 6 primary movements that are the foundation of these full-body exercises...and I'll also fill you in on the best types of weights to use for your workouts.


Mistake #3: Doing long bouts of cardio
Look, you need to do cardio if you want to lose weight and burn fat...BUT there's a right way and a wrong way to do your cardio workouts. If you've been pounding the pavement or the treadmill with nothing to show for it (except sore joints and a pair of stinky worn out sneakers), you already know it takes a lot of effort to get minimal results.
In this article, I'm going to reveal the most effective way to pump up your cardio routine that will get you insane results in half the time of your regular cardio workout -- without causing unnecessary stress on your joints. Seriously, don't skip this article because once you learn this simple trick, you'll kick yourself for not doing it all along.


Mistake #4: Doing crunches and sit-ups to get 6-pack abs
If you want washboard abs, doing traditional ab exercises like crunches and sit-ups WILL NOT get you a six pack. In fact, doing any exercises that target your abs won't get you a six pack either! These so-called "ab" exercises are a complete waste of time. They don't make your abs get any more defined and they definitely don't burn any fat.
The key to getting sculpted abs is to burn off that stubborn layer of belly fat that's hiding them! In the next few minutes, I'll show you how to burn away the "ab flab" while stimulating all 6 of your abdominal muscles at the same time so you can finally carve out your six pack abs.


Mistake #5: Repeating the same workout routines over and over
Repeating the same workouts over and over is a surefire way to STOP getting results. We're creatures of habit and we tend to stick to things we're familiar with and good at. But when it comes to your workouts, if you want to keep making progress and keep seeing changes in your body, you've got to start switching things up.
You see, your body has an amazingly ability to adapt quickly and when it does, that's when you hit the dreaded plateau and you stop making progress. On the next page, I'm going to tell you exactly how often you need to change up your workout routine so you can keep your body guessing to accelerate the results process.


Mistake #6: Doing long workouts
Longer workouts do NOT equal better or faster results. If you've been slaving away at the gym and your body isn't visibly changing, you can't do more of the same thing and expect a different result.
When it comes to getting lean and fit, your body responds to quality over quantity. I'm going to tell you the #1 way to super-charge your workouts -- this simple, yet overlooked method is the single fastest way to getting lean and ripped while cutting your workout time almost in half. No joke - this technique will open up a can of whoop-ass on your workout!

Stop

1. Yes, compound exercises are better generally, but there's nothing wrong with adding some isolation movements if you feel certain muscles just aren't being worked out enough. Everyone's body is different and responds differently to training. I disagree with certain hard and fast rules that apply to 'everyone'.

2. Limiting your range of motion can be a GOOD thing, especially if doing lots of weight. I personally use free weights most of the time, but when I first started out my form was bad and it's a good thing the weights weren't too heavy. Rotator cuff injuries can hinder you for a long time. All the time I see guys with free weights which are way too heavy for them, hoisting them up with terrible form.

4. Having a strong core is essential to all sports. You're right that doing ab exercises won't give you a 6 pack, but you shouldn't neglect them.

5. Nothing wrong with doing the same exercises. The changes you want to see are in strength, and while doing something different might instinctively seem to be the right thing to do, it won't help overcome the plateau you're bound to hit. Muscles do not have brains and are incapable of 'guessing'.

6. I'd agree with this one - doing excessively long workouts is going to be counter-productive to most people, unless steroids are involved.

Mellor

Vomit wrote: »

2. Limiting your range of motion can be a GOOD thing, especially if doing lots of weight. I personally use free weights most of the time, but when I first started out my form was bad and it's a good thing the weights weren't too heavy. Rotator cuff injuries can hinder you for a long time. All the time I see guys with free weights which are way too heavy for them, hoisting them up with terrible form.

I agree that using too heavy weights with bad form is a bad thing.
But I don't see why thats means that limiting your range of motion is a good thing. Two different issue surely.

Satanta

Mellor wrote: »

I agree that using too heavy weights with bad form is a bad thing.
But I don't see why thats means that limiting your range of motion is a good thing. Two different issue surely.

+1

Not able to do full range of motion with good form... reduce the weight you are trying to move.