Hey, we are all living in a gift called life.

While we’re here we may as well  expect to do great things.

Mediocrity is not what is intended for any of us.

BE GREAT!

“RIPP IT UP!”

Peace-

Matt

Here are 3 thoughts I always go back to when I start to veer off path  

1. Trust that GOD has incredible things in store for you.

It is in you that he has not gifted to ANYONE else. You have a gift…use it for good and share it for blessings. 

2. Clean out the junk-

What bogs you down? 

Negative thoughts?

Wrong relationships?

Poor food & drink choices?…

WE ALL know what’s holding us back from achieving what we REALLY want out of life. There are some things that we hold onto for much too long that we simply need to toss out.

Jettison the junk so you can finally get to YOUR destination.

3. Look at all of your choices as investments.

If you exercise regularly…good investment. 

If you come home from work and plop down with a beer and watch crap TV instead of spending quality time with your family…bad investment.

Nourishing your mind and body with a wholesome, nutritious meal is obviously a good investment.

We all know the choices we make today will reflect in the state of our wellbeing tomorrow.  

Good investments…Good results!  Poor Investments, oh well…  

Remember this…

Physiology does not lie.

Psychology does not lie.

Make the right choices MOST of the time and you will be on the right track to a greater, happier and results driven life.

 Always ‘hear to’ the voices in your head

There are only two

The voice that resounds with both truth and fight

Is the one you should most listen

1. In humans, insulin is the most potent hormone inhibiting lipolysis (breakdown of fat for use as energy)

2. Another function of the hormone insulin is that it INCREASES lipogenesis (the synthesis of triglycerides from glucose/sugar). Triglycerides are the storage units of fats found in adipose tissue.

QUICK TRANSLATION=As long as we eat sugar and have insulin coursing through our bodies to deliver that sugar for energy use by cells, we will NOT burn fat…PERIOD! And really this means any sugar: fruit, breads, multi grains, pastas, ice cream, soda, chips, candy…they are all dealt with basically the same way.

But something is amiss here. Are we not told by the nutrition experts via media to eat a low fat, multi-grain, moderate protein diet for good health. Yeah… yeah we most certainly are.

But, we continue to play by the nutritional guidelines and rules… and at the same time losing the battle of the bulge and, we are losing miserably. Here’s why…  

A. We eat carbohydrates=any of a class of organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, including starches and sugars  (Webster’s College Dictionary)

B. Our hypothalamus receives stimulating signals from a sudden increase in blood sugars and releases hormones that directs the organs of the body responsible for energy metabolism ( e.g. pancreas, liver, small intestine) to take this surplus of blood sugar and supply it for use  “right now” as an energy source for muscle contraction; stored in muscle for later use (glycogen); or stored as surplus energy source in the liver(also called glycogen).

It is important to note that only about 500 g (1.1 lb) of glycogen can be stored, 25% in the liver and 75% in muscle.

So, a few things to consider here: If your liver and muscles are replete with glycogen and you have sugar coursing through your circulation, there is a final resting place for the surplus…Adipose tissue or better know as FAT CELLS.

You see the regulating ”switch” for uptake of sugar into fat cells by insulin transport is almost always on. And, to make things even more interesting it is a VERY simple conversion process for adipose tissue to take  a sugar and store it as a triglyceride.

This puts the Kabosh on the whole grain, “good carb” low fat eating dogma the RDA has since the 1970’s and still to this day dispenses as the truth be told for a healthy lifestyle. 

I am going to go off tangent here, but this reminds me: Do you know how farmers get cattle big and fat and ready for slaughter so relatively quick and easy?

Grains!

What kind of grains?

 Corn! (Corn is a grain…not a vegetable) 

That’s right… Corn in feed lots…

Not sticks of fat layden butter or mounds of nuts in feed lots, but a low fat grain.

Cows have an extremely low fat diet.

So, how do they get so fat?

They have a high sugar diet that never gives their pancreas a rest because it has to constantly pump out insulin and drive all that sugar into their fat stores that course through and around their muscle. We eat that muscle as steak or burgers. That meat is considered by some nutritional purists as toxic…and really, it is. But, that is for another story…

To get back to the story here though that is exactly what we humans do everyday. We violate the rules of physiology and get tricked into a state of high grain, low fat eating and pay the price. Do you want to see a laundry list of paying the price for eating a carbohydrate based diet?  Alright, you asked for it

Contributed by Nancy Appleton, PhD
Author of the book Lick The Sugar Habit

In addition to throwing off the body’s homeostasis, excess sugar may result in a number of other significant consequences. The following is a listing of some of sugar’s metabolic consequences from a variety of medical journals and other scientific publications.

1. Sugar can suppress your immune system and impair your defenses against infectious disease.^1,2
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes chromium and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium. ^3,4,5,6
3. Sugar can cause can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline, hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.^7,8
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in total cholesterol, triglycerides and bad cholesterol and a decrease in good cholesterol.^9,10,11,12
5. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function.¹³
6. Sugar feeds cancer cells and has been connected with the development of cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, rectum, pancreas, biliary tract, lung, gallbladder and stomach.^{14,15,16,17,18,19,20}
7. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose and can cause reactive hypoglycemia.^21,22
8. Sugar can weaken eyesight.²³
9. Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract including: an acidic digestive tract, indigestion, malabsorption in patients with functional bowel disease, increased risk of Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis.^{24,25,26,27,28}
10. Sugar can cause premature aging.²⁹
11. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.³⁰
12. Sugar can cause your saliva to become acidic, tooth decay, and periodontal disease.^31,32,33
13. Sugar contributes to obesity.³⁴
14. Sugar can cause autoimmune diseases such as: arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis.^35,36,37
15. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).³⁸
16. Sugar can cause gallstones.³⁹
17. Sugar can cause appendicitis.⁴⁰
18. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.⁴¹
19. Sugar can cause varicose veins.⁴²
20. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.⁴³
21. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.⁴⁴
22. Sugar can cause a decrease in your insulin sensitivity thereby causing an abnormally high insulin levels and eventually diabetes.^45,46,47
23. Sugar can lower your Vitamin E levels.⁴⁸
24. Sugar can increase your systolic blood pressure.⁴⁹
25. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.⁵⁰
26. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar molecules attaching to and thereby damaging proteins in the body).⁵¹
27. Sugar can interfere with your absorption of protein.⁵²
28. Sugar causes food allergies.⁵³
29. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.⁵⁴
30. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.⁵⁵
31. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.^56,57
32. Sugar can impair the structure of your DNA.⁵⁸
33. Sugar can change the structure of protein and cause a permanent alteration of the way the proteins act in your body.^59,60
34. Sugar can make your skin age by changing the structure of collagen.⁶¹
35. Sugar can cause cataracts and nearsightedness.^62,63
36. Sugar can cause emphysema.⁶⁴
37. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in your body.⁶⁵
38. Sugar lowers the ability of enzymes to function.⁶⁶
39. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease.⁶⁷
40. Sugar can increase the size of your liver by making your liver cells divide and it can increase the amount of liver fat.^68,69
41. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney such as the formation of kidney stones.^70,71
42. Sugar can damage your pancreas.⁷²
43. Sugar can increase your body’s fluid retention.⁷³
44. Sugar is enemy #1 of your bowel movement.⁷⁴
45. Sugar can compromise the lining of your capillaries.⁷⁵
46. Sugar can make your tendons more brittle.⁷⁶
47. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraines.⁷⁷
48. Sugar can reduce the learning capacity, adversely affect school children’s grades and cause learning disorders.^78,79
49. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves which can alter your mind’s ability to think clearly.⁸⁰
50. Sugar can cause depression.⁸¹
51. Sugar can increase your risk of gout.⁸²
52. Sugar can increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease.⁸³
53. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalances such as: increasing estrogen in men, exacerbating PMS, and decreasing growth hormone.^84,85,86,87
54. Sugar can lead to dizziness.⁸⁸
55. Diets high in sugar will increase free radicals and oxidative stress.⁸⁹
56. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.⁹⁰
57. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration and is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.^91,92
58. Sugar is an addictive substance.⁹³
59. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.⁹⁴
60. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.⁹⁵
61. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.⁹⁶
62. Your body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.⁹⁷
63. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.⁹⁸
64. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).⁹⁹
65. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.¹⁰⁰
66. Sugar can slow down the ability of your adrenal glands to function.¹⁰¹
67. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.¹⁰²
68. I.V.s (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to your brain.¹⁰³
69. Sugar increases your risk of polio.¹⁰⁴
70. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.¹⁰⁵
71. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.¹⁰⁶
72. In intensive care units: Limiting sugar saves lives.¹⁰⁷
73. Sugar may induce cell death.¹⁰⁸
74. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44 percent drop in antisocial behavior.¹⁰⁹
75. Sugar dehydrates newborns.¹¹⁰
76. Sugar can cause gum disease.¹¹¹

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Now for the $64,000 question.

How do we get rid of fat and get strong for LIFE?

Easy. There are two ”choices” we can make right now to get on the fast track to a fat free and strong life- 

1. Eat lean, grass fed meat when you can, free range chicken and eggs, wild caught fish, local grown and/or organic fruits and vegetables, raw nuts and seeds, water.  

This sounds ridiculously impractical and unrealistic I know. But, really these are the foods our bodies thrive and depend on for optimal health. This is not something we should waste too much time in refuting, though. It would be almost absurd if we were to contest these particular foods as not being the answer to all of our health concerns. But we are 21st century humans who want it all without leaving our certain comfort zones. And we will find it practical to disregard the truth so blatant and exposed for us and rather replace it with any of the common excuses so readily available to convenience our decadent pleasures.  That is just the way it goes, I guess.  And with that said, here is  the other choice-

2. Exercise. And not an aerobics class exercise program. The type of exercise program that your body needs, craves and will absolutely shed the fat and get you fit like no other is a program that will challenge you every time. A program like  WWW.MATTJENNINGSBOOTCAMPS.COM

Why is this an exercise program you should consider? Because WWW.MATTJENNINGSBOOTCAMPS.COM is an exercise program designed to amp up your metabolism for extreme fat loss and lean muscle building by stimulating hormones that cause  high level lipolysis (fat breakdown for use as fuel/energy), and at the same time preserves lean muscle for a beautifully sculpted body.

Hey, these are choices. And if the prior choices you have made are not getting you the results you deserve then the information provided in this post maybe the answers that have eluded you for far too long. No more excuses because you are now in the know.  And knowing and doing are two different things. But hey, you already know that.

Peace-

Matt

          Thermogenesis is an interesting topic, especially for those looking to lose a bit of the nasty stuff…

FAT! You can shed fat using a number of tools found in your training arsenal as well as your nutrition arsenal. The stand by is always reducing insulin response with lowering carb intake while introducing resistance training and some quick hit HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) ala TABATA’S.

And,If you live in the North East and you want to take advantage of a naturally intrinsic way to rev up your metabolism and thermogenesis (bodyheat production), you can attempt to take your weight training outdoors into the frigid. This sounds absurd I know, but it is effective. Think about what happens when you are submerged in a cold bath of ice. The thought of this gives you some insane shivers. This shivering is your body’s musculo skeletal system response to cold temperatures as it attempts to keep core body temp.  relatively  warm enough for survival.A simple built-in survival technique that uses muscular friction to produce heat. When your body detects significantly cold temps.  your brain sends neural signals that stimulate your adrenals to release some cool hormones, ephedrine and norepedrine, to do some interesting things. First heartrate increases as well as vaso and broncho dilation  to prepare for flight or fight movement. This is done primarily through the actions of ephedrine or adrenaline. The shivering is done through the messenger ability of (nor-ephedrine or otherwise know as nor-adrenaline), that causes stimulation at specific receptor sites at muscle cells called BETA 2 Agonists that would cause a quick, sympathetic shivering of muscle, thus producing heat. This effect definitely increases caloric output. And because of the neuro-sympathetic interrelationship between B2 and B1(B1 agonist has the effect on adipose tissue by stimulating triglyceride release and subsequent use of fatty acids for energy. Also known as lipolysis)  the notion to grab some iron and head to the “frigids” (my nick name for the freakin’ cold) and  blow out some complexes starts to make a bit of sense. Atleast to you and I anyway. The neighbors, thats another story. You will most probably not be invited to a cookout at the neighbors. But, you will be the “shredded freak” on the block. And that by itself is well worth the disparaging and “neighborly” remarks that you will personally never hear.  

Peace-Matt

So, really let me give you another list of why I train and why I am THE POSTER CHILD(Grown man actually) for exercise and smart nutrition.

(This list is not necessarily in order of importance. It is more in a chronological order)

1. Scoliosis (30+ years ago doctors thought “you’ll grow out of it”?????

2. Concussion (long fall from high places will get you every time)

3. Broken talocalcaneal joint (motocross)

4. Broken metacarpal (I hit something too hard…too hard)

5. Broken left tibia (Wrestling-Districts)

6.Broken pelvis, internal injuries 3 degree road rash to about 30% of my body (Cars will always win in contact sports with mere mortals)

7. Broken collar bone (Someone landed a cheap elbow shot to my clavicle… soccer)

8. Broken neck, broken sternum, broken cheek bone, serious heart injury from impact to steering wheel…NO SEATBELT…NOT SMART…USE YOUR SEAT BELT!

9.Shattered right tibia, fibula. You know the gruesome injury you see when detached bone and muscle is no longer covered beneath the skin…yeah, that freaky injury. COMPOUND FRACTURE=COMPOUND PAIN! Motocross. Motocross seems to pop up quite a bit on this list.

10.Broken right hip. Motocross

11. Broken left hip, 2 very deep lacerations (wait, I think I see some radius, ulna and some forearm muscle deep lacerations) + Can you say staphylococcus? How about FUNKY, UNCONTROLLABLE staph infection? (Mountain Bike CRASH!!! Funny- “CRASH” was a nickname my dad gave me about 15 years ago. Why? I do not know.)

12. Concussion. Skate board accident.

13. I love my wife and our 3 boys. I will not be crippled. I will always be strong, alive and an inspirational role model for our children. I love my life and I love what I do. I help people get strong, get healthy, stay strong, stay healthy… and it don’t get much better than that. 

So please share a bit of your life. It may inspire others.

Why Do You Train? I want to know…

I call the 12 minute workout on my bike/trainer that is set up in my studio.

Same kind of training I use to prepare me for those 50mile and century long

rides my wife and I do throughout the warmer months.

The ride is a simple 7 minutes of prep and 4 minutes of HELL!

First, I put on some cool music that I can “hammer” to.

Today  the blessed hell ride music selection was: prep 1. ANYTHING, ANYTHING - Dramarama 2. SHIMMER - Fuel

3. BREAK STUFF-Limpbizkit

 Then to hell  4. SABOTAGE-Beastie Boys 5. STUPIFY-Disturbed

(I did say music to “hammer” to; not easy listening,falling asleep on the bike music)             

If I were to describe the 4 minutes of hell it might be better to use an analogy to get

the point across: “I would rather pick a metal splinter out of my eye with a white hot tipped spear” than go on the “Blessed Hell Ride”. Well, maybe a little hyperboly  here…maybe.

After the 7 minutes of prep the ride goes something like this:  :20 seconds of “here we go…let it ripp”

:10 seconds of ”not so bad”, :20 of ride at a crazy cadence…like a locomotive going down grade, only you are

CLIMBING UP A MOUNTAIN, :10- peel off the intensity only 6 more intervals to go; :20-of body heating up about 10 degrees more than when I started . Legs?…a little on fire; :10- “man, 10 seconds is really  too short”; :20- GAME ON! You can quit if ya want…; :10- only half way done. “Who is this Izume Tabata anyway? That damn freake… sadistic… exercise scientist. Why do the Japanese hate us so much? They must”;  :20-”Fire extinguish my quads, please”…; :10-”Mommy?…help me?…mommy?”; :20-”was that my heart that just jumped out of my chest?”…”Yes. Yes, that is my heart that just jumped out of my chest. Alright… Now I’m a little worried”; :10-”Umm, is this good for me?”; :20-Out of body experience. Look at that fool peddaling that bike to nowhere. What a nut!; :10-panting like a dog; :20 LET IT RIPP…There’s the finish line…

Yeah, If you are honest and do it right It goes kind of like that. Hey, like I sometimes say”YA GOTTA TABATA”  if you want to round out your training. ”Kickin’ up the acid” (lactic acid) will keep you humble and hungry for more. MJ 

The positive spin on this would be to look at these “closed doors” as God’s way of ”setting you up” to create and become someone even greater than you  ever thought possible. 

There is ALWAYS more room for GREATNESS! Your dream is still in you. You just have to get in and DRIVE the DREAM. GET THERE…

Anonymous:

A smile costs nothing but creates much.

It enriches those who receive without impoverishing

those who give. It happens in a flash and the

memory of it sometimes lasts forever.

None are so rich they can get along

without it and none so poor but both

are richer for its benefits. It creates

happiness in the home, fosters good will

in a business and is the

countersign of friends. It is rest to the weary,

daylight to the discouraged, sunshine

to the sad and nature’s best antidote

for trouble. Yet it cannot be bought,

begged, borrowed or stolen; for it is

something that is no earthly good to

anybody until it is given away. Nobody

needs a smile so much as those

who have none left to give.  

Our middle son, who is 8 now, is an incredibly sensitive boy. He is smart in his own right, and has a laugh that simply stops you in your tracks and mesmerizes you into a world of childhood giddy.

Then, we have our third boy. Let’s just say that he has pulled some of  the dispositions characteristic of his two older brothers together, and tweaked them so as to define him.
And to try to define him would not do him justice. He will give us a “run for our money”. No doubt!

All three of our boys bring us joy…everyday! They are not perfect, and they do manage to test us from time to time. But, I have to say this; there was a time when I said that I would not let one of those single moments go when I have an opportunity to let them know how blessed I feel to know them and how proud of them I am. They give me these opportunities everyday, but it has recently occurred to me that I have not seized these moments as I thought I would.

Tonight I was training a client in my studio, and my son and wife popped their heads in to tell me some exciting news. Matt received his yellow belt in Shotokan Karate. He had this wonderful smile of pride on his face. I went up to him and said, “I knew your kata was that good that you would receive your belt. I am so proud of you. I love you my man.” He just looked at me, with this wonderful smile of pride on his face. And, right then and there I realized  that there are these special times in life that are your life… looking right back at you from a thirty year old mirror. 

 I had this wonderful smile of pride on my face…