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What can you do when you're bored?

2012-01-09T19:10:00.000-08:00

Well, I can think of a few things:

1) Focus on those side projects that have been coming to the surface of your mind and being pushed aside by your daily life

2) Assess your current financial, social, and personal life areas. Are you where you want to be in those areas? If not, do you know where you want to be in those areas? If not, what can you start doing tomorrow to build the kind of life you want in those specific areas?

3) Give thanks for everything you have right now. Thank your heart and lungs for all the things they do for you, like pump blood and transport oxygen to your brain and your other organs.

There's a start for you. Can you expand this list?

Amir C.

Outstretch Mr. Fantastic in 10 minutes or less!!!

2011-12-17T07:59:00.000-08:00

If you're lower back is tight and you want to improve your ability to touch your toes and also improve your ability to move better in daily life, then you owe it to yourself watch this video NOW and do the stretches therein. Let me know if anything here helps you move better.

""I'm sick and tired of WAITING!!!"

2011-12-07T16:12:00.001-08:00

How many times have heard that before?

How many times have you said that yourself?

I know that I say that quite frequently, especially in the past few months.

However, as I was sitting at my desk, thinking about how boring my current circumstances are, something said to me:

" Well stop waiting and do something!!!"

Call it my higher self, my unconscious mind, whatever, but it a ton of sense. Its like someone slapped me in the face and woke me up.

Even though sitting around and waiting may appear to be doing nothing, we are in fact doing something:

We're waiting!!!

We live in a physical universe where everything is subject to change, at every monent. Nothing is static or unmoving. Sure, we can maintain a state for a period of time, but once we stop applying our energy and attention to it, then it starts to wane. It's called " the law of diminishing returns".

If you'll notice the word "waiting", you'll notice that its a verb. Which implies doing, which implies action, which further proves the point that even in so called "doing nothing", we are still doing?

If your confused by the above, then it ok to feel good about being confused. You can feel good about being confused because there's some part of you that fully understands what I'm saying, and the more you go back and read the above statement, the quicker you'll start to realize consciously how much sense this all makes...

Now, one must beg the question:

What are you "sick and tired" of waiting for?

In other words, what is it that you are not doing?

Are you WAITING for someone to give you a better job?

Are you WAITING for your circumstances to change?

I think, By Now, you're starting to see that my point is this:

Stop waiting.

Start doing.

You only have one life. There's only so much a person can do in a day, but...

Do something.

Ac Fitness Solutions

At the end of the day, we are lazy.

2011-12-02T11:21:00.000-08:00

It hit me while i was looking for spanish villas to buy.

Now...

The website for this particular place is very well put together. I'm not a design nerd or anything like that, but i can definitely appreciate things that are put together well.

Anyway, what really got me going about this website was the fact that every few seconds the page pulls up a different villa for you to look at. So, instead of going searching for a villa, the page will bring these awesome bills to you, so to speak...

Anyway, you may be wondering to yourself now: what does this have to do with people and getting in shape?

Well, if you, like me, are a Fitness professional, then this is something that you absolutely want to pay attention to.

The easier that you can help a client become more fit in the quickest amount of time, the more they will want to compensate you.

When you really think about it, it makes perfect sense.

We live in a society of instant gratification. We want what we want right NOW.

Which sounds better to you:

" I can help you lose 10 pounds in 4 weeks" or " I can help you lose 10 pounds in 2 months"?

I guess it depends on your own specific deadlines, but for the most part, the first statement sounds better now, doesn't it?

Anyway, keep that in mind when you're working with clients. Even if you're not a fitness professional, you can apply the instant gratification principle to your own business and earn more money.

Find a way to help people achieve their goals quicker than ever before and the world will build a golden stair case leading to your front door.

If you're thinking about the New Year and searching for a safe way to lose that extra weight, then you owe it to yourself to check out my new book:

"Secrets of super fast weight loss!!" IT'S ON SALE RIGHT NOW!!!

Go here and claim your copy right now:

http://www.acfitnesssolutions.com

Amir

Finish this sentence now:

2011-12-01T12:20:00.001-08:00

If I don't lose this extra weight this month, I'll...

Just thought that I would get you started. That's how things work in this world: we have to apply force to generate movement. Once we generate movement, the inital force will provide the inertia and momentum necessary to carry things on until that initial force- energy is used up.

If you're the type of person who sits are around waits for good things to fall into your lap, then you have to stop that type of thinking( unless of course you are the type of person that seems to attract good situations, then please ignore this and leave me a note with detailed instructions on how I can make that happen!).

We are human beings with bodies and we have physical bodies for a reason: so we can MAKE our dreams a reality. Notice how I underlined the word "make"? We have the power to create and build the lives that we want. We can shape and mold everything to meet or needs.

The hot chick at your job that you've been dying to talk to isn't gonna come up to and slide her hands gently dow your pants now( don't say you have never imagined that, because 99 percent of all guys alive today have done that. I just visualized five minutes ago...). Before any of that fun stuff can happen, you have to TALK TO HER.

You have to create that oppurtunity. You have to talk to her and get her attention. She has to know that you exist.

Anyway..

Making waves can be used in any context. The world is waiting on you to take it over.

But you have to make the first move.

Amir

It doesnt matter how many times you get it wrong... its the one time you get it right that counts!!!

2011-12-01T09:46:00.001-08:00

Case in point:

There is a specifc breathing pattern commonly used by yoga practitioners to provide a natural burst of energy, with the awesome side effect of toning up your abs and strengthening your lungs.

It's called " the breath of fire" and it packs a punch, so much so that many people advise that you don't do it before bedtime, as it may keep you awake.

Anywho...

The instructions for this breathing pattern can be confusing, espeically if you don't have a small knowledge of anatomy. Specifically, you need to know that there is a set of abs that most people are not aware of or just plain neglect because they can't see them. Can you blame them? After all, we live in a culture that is based on a culture that prized aesthics over many things, namely the ancient greeks. The abdominal development of our predecessors is something to be envied, with the exception of the dragon himself: Bruce Lee.

Anywho, this second set of non-visible ab muscles is responsible for keeping your spine and straight, and helping us exhale air powerfully and explosively.

Now... What does these secret ab muscle have to do with the breath of fire?

Well...

After having done it wrong for quite sometime, and having now a basic knowledge of anatomy, I can perform the exercise properly and reap the benefits thereof.

You may be wondering: what changed for me?

Well, I switched my focus, for one. Instead of focusing on pulling in my abdominal muscles to produce the powerful, rapid exhalations necessary... I switched my focus to exhaling powerful.

Now... These may seem like the same thing, but if you looka t those two statements again, you'll see that they are totally different.

What's the difference?

Focus!!!

a break from work doesnt mean a break from staying in shape...

2011-11-26T08:44:00.001-08:00

Being a personal trainer, I have first hand experience with the healing benefits of regular moderate exercise. All you need is 20 minutes a day of steady activity to stay in shape and stay lean.

I'm not a fanatic buy any means, but...

I take working out very seriously. I treat each training session as a chance to uncover my weak points and train them to be my strongest assets.

Anyway....

I was out partying with my nephew and nieces and I asked my nephew if he was going to work out tomorrow(today). His answer:

"I'm on vacation.. I'm not doing nothin!!!"

Don't you know how hard I wanted to slap his big shiny earring out of his ear?!!?!?

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Why the hell would anyone want to take a break from exercising?

Regular exercisers know how good it feels to work out. You know how good you feel after breaking a mild sweat.

Did you know that your skin is the biggest organ on your body.

Did you know that most of the toxins that we eliminate are expelled through the pores of our skin?

When you look at those two benefits of exercise, it does make sense to me that a person would take a break from their program.

Of course, if you are sick or you have an injury, then of course, take a break and reduce your activity level. You don't have to stop completely.

Did you know that ancient greek doctors prescribed light exercise as a form of "medicine"?

Can you say... Tangent?!?!?

Anyway..

You can still maintain your physique with moderate exercise, no matter where you vacation.

All you need are:
1) Resistance, which can be provided with your own bodyweight.
2) A flight stairs or a city block, so you can go for a power walk or jog( sprinting is best for increase oxygen uptake).
3) Room so you can stretch all your muscles after your workout.

And..viola!!

You have a complete workout in 15 minutes or less!! While you're on vacation!!

BOOM!!!

Amir

An easy process to stop smoking FOREVER!!!

2011-11-24T20:20:00.000-08:00

Yes: there is a simple method to stop smoking forever, in about 3 weeks or less.

You may have already discovered this technique in your quest to stop the smoking habit.

Well firstly, you have to realize that it is a habit, just all other habits that we have:

We brush our teeth, we eat when we're hungry, we sleep when we are tired ( if the circumstance permit, but that doesn't always sop us now, does it?)

All habits can be squashed and replaced by new, better habits.

Firstly, use some common sense:

What are the triggers that cause you to smoke? What has to happen for you to reach into your shirt pocket and "light one up"?

If you can eliminate some of those triggers, then you make it that much easier to stop smoking now.

In addition, use some more common sense: If you continue to smoke like you do now, what will your life be like?

What will your clothes smell like?

How much money will you WASTE on cigarettes that you could be putting into a retirement fund?

Can you SEE how common sense can be a good thing?

Before you can stop smoking forever right now.... you have to imagine a future in which you are some free.

You have to imagine what it would be like to smell really good... instead of smelling like smoke and ass.... er ash.....

What would your life be like if you didn't smoke anymore?

A)Would your teeth be cleaner and whiter than they are right now?

B)Would your skin be smoother?

C)Would you be able to walk a flight of stairs without be winded?

D)Would you not have that smokers cough or horrible breath?

Since we're asking questions now, let's ask a better one:

What would have to happen for you for to throw away all your cigarettes right now and never smoke one again for the rest of your life?

What if you could find a better way to relax your nerves... a FREE way to do so?

If you could get a piece of paper and a pen and right out all the reasons that you have for not smoking anymore, what would you right?

How many reasons do you think that you could come up with now?

I bet you have reasons already and you are probably going to start thinking about all those reasons in a few moments from now....

What would it be like if every time you reach for a cigarette, you started to feel sick to your stomach... and every time you even looked at a cigarette, you started to feel queasy inside your stomach... you know that feeling you get when you feel like your going to throw up...

What would it be like if you got that that THROW UP feeling every time you looked a cigarette? What if you though about puke and vomit every time you light up a cigarette?

Just some food for thought...

When you really stop and think about it now... quitting smoking forever isn't the hard. In fact, you'll find that it's the easiest thing you'll ever do in your life.

Can you remember a time when you gave up a habit that you KNEW was bad for you? Or maybe you can remember a time when you gave up a person who was bad for you?

As Henry Ford said:

Whether you think you can do a thing or you think you can't... you're right."

Powerful words, right?

Now...

I'm not saying that as you're laying in bed tonight and drifting off to sleep, you'll lay there decide to sit smoking forever. I'm not saying that as you lay in bed tonight, you'll make a mental picture of a cigarette and make that cigarette turn black and white in your mind now.... i'm not saying that you draw a big red xxx through that black and white cigarette....

But who knows?

You may fall asleep tomorrow night and suddenly realize that you hadn't had a single cigarette the entire day...

Would that be amazing?

Change your anger into Jet fuel.....

2011-11-24T19:44:00.000-08:00

It's okay to be angry. It's a natural human response, give to us by god to protect us.

Have you ever been in a situation where someone did something that caused you to feel disrespected and you got so angry that you had to do something about it?

9 times out of 10 in a situation like that, someone violated one of your values, something that you hold sacred and your response to that was to become angry.

They disrespected you and unwittingly activated the yang forces inside of you, the sleeping dragon inside of us all.... the ferocious tiger that lays in the cave deep inside us, relaxing, until some is dumb enough to awaken it.

A lot of people find it surprising when it happens, probably because they weren't even aware that they had such a thing snide of them.

I find it very interesting that something like that can happen.

Anyway, Speaking of sleeping tigers and Dragons....

If you're not happy with where you are right now, and deep down inside you now feel that you deserve better...

Wake up your tiger. Rouse Your dragon.

Ride them to your goals and desires. Ride them into your perfect future.

Anger is like a shot of rocket fuel that energizes you.

Now, a lot of you jedis out there may be thinking " but Amir...Anger leads to the dark side!!!"

My answer to you is this:

It can. Being angry and not expressing it or expelling it can lead you to the dark side.

It's your intent that is more important than anything.

If you intend to hurt people then that can be a bad thing.

If you intend to use your anger to push yourself to new levels of excellence and power and to better yourself, then it's perfectly ok.

Can you see the difference between the two now....

Start to think of all the ways you can use your anger and dissatisfaction with your current lifestyle to step up into the lifestyle that you truly want...

Have fun with this!!!

Amir

Whether your poison is calisthenics or weights, you still have to stretch

2011-11-02T16:40:00.001-07:00

True story.

Overly worked muscles can lead to injury and can even be the difference between life and death.

It should really be common sense, but apparently its not.

Whether your doing a leg press on the smith machine or doing hindu squats, you're still causing the muscles to tense up and contract.

To make a long story short, anytime a muscle contracts, it goes from lengthened to shortened.

This shortening process is crucial for generating tension, which helps us display strength.

Anywhoo...

A muscle that is already tightened(shortened) cannot generate the proper tension to generate muscular force.

Why is this important?

Its important because you might go to bench 300 pounds like you normally do, and you might not be able to get the weight up because your chesticles are overly contracted and already tightened.

So you can bench 300 pounds for 5 reps.... What's next?

2011-10-22T09:00:00.000-07:00

Okay...

So..... you've demonstrated that your muscles have the ability to squat/ bench press double your bodyweight....

What's your next move?

Here's a suggestion:

Wouldn't it be awesome if you could take all that raw power that you have... and turn it into explosive power?

Wouldn't it be awesome to be strong AND fast?

Now, you're probably wondering how you can start to do that...

Well, here's another suggestion:

Plyometric( explosive) training.

Take a break from the heavy squats and the heavy bench and instead...

Do some explosive pushups and some explosive jumps.

All you need is 2 sets of each, 10 reps or as many as you do. Take a break, and repeat.

In about 10- 15 minutes you can get a total boy workout and develop explosive power.

Isn't that awesome?

Amir Campbell

How can you develop explosive leg power while at work? Here's How!!!

2011-10-22T08:47:00.000-07:00

Here's a common scenario ( not at all):

You're at work and you start wondering to yourself:

" I wanna box squat, but I can't right now. What can I do right now to simulate the box squat?"

Well...

Let me ask you this:

Do you sit in a office chair for your job?

If you do, then you can use your chair to simulate the getting up and sit down involved in the box squat.

Its really simple, and the idea just suddenly came to me, even though I've been doing it for months now without consiously realizing.

Before I detail the method, I'm gonna tell you a little bit about the box squat and the benefit you get from performing it:

The box squat is a squat that you start from a sitting position. From the sitting position, with the barbell properly secured across your shoulders and your abs BOTH drawn in AND braced, your going to:

1)Make sure your eyes are looking straight ahead and a little above level.

2) Take a deep breath and stand up

3) Gently sit down.

4) Repeat.

Long story short: the box squat can be used to develop a bigger squat and more power from varying ROM's ( ranges of motion). Let me put it into laymen's terms:

How much of an advantage do you have over the athlete who can only maximally contract his quads and hamstrings from the top of a squat, when u can fully contract EXPLOSIVELY from the bottom of a squat???

Do you think that you can run faster and jump higher than that athlete?

Uh.... Yeah!!!

Now.

The real beauty of the box squat is that the lower the seat, the more power you can develop from a deeper position.

This is where your chair comes in...

1)Set your chair to the lowest position possible.

2) You're going to perform a squat with just your bodyweight.

3) You'll notice that performing a squat from this position is much more challenging than performing a similar bodyweight squat from the standing position. The difference in difficulty is the result of the starting ROM's (Range of Motions) for each squat.

With the Box Squat, you're starting lower. With a standard Bodyweight squat, you're starting higher and coming down to a lower position.

Essentially, what you're doing is a negative contraction. In other words, you're starting the movement from a dead start.

Practice the office squat for a bit before you use a athletic box, at which point you can add a bar and consequently, plates to that bar. The additions you choose depend on your personal goals.

The thing about the office/ chair squat is that you have to be honest with yourself or more specifically, it FORCES you to face your weak point and fix it.

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

If you are TRULY dedicated to being fit for the rest of your life, then buy your own damn equipment

2011-10-03T14:51:00.000-07:00

It's a simple as that.

Don't fall into the mindset of "need a gym membership to stay motivated".

If that works for you and you have the money to spend, then more power to you.

I'm not knocking gym memberships at all. There are some very awesome gyms that really take care of their members for the money they pay each month.

I know many people that love going to the gym because when they see other people working out, they feel more competitive.

That's okay.

But...

What happens when it's 2 below outside... for the entire winter?

What do you do then?

How is that gym membership gonna help you out then?

It's probably can't. And I doubt that the Personal Trainers for those clubs will drive out to your house in the blinding snow. I, on the other hand will...

Now...

Investing in some weights and a good, sturdy exercise mat is an investment that will last a LIFETIME.

Having a good pair of weights means that weather is no longer a valid excuse to not stay in shape.

Having a good exercise mat means that you can stay flexible and fluid all year 'round.

The maximum amount of money that you will have to spend is $100.00 US. With this amount of money, you can get a good pair of new 10lbs. and 20lbs. dumbbells. You can get a good exercise mat for about 20 dollars or less.

You can work every single muscle group in your body with a pair of dumbbells. You can work multiple muscle groups at the same time. The more active muscle tissue you have, the more fat you can burn.

With a good exercise mat to work on, you can stretch out every muscle in your body and maintain your flexibility forever.

This One Time investment will bring you strength and flexibility for many years to come.

I have to warn you though:

Once you discover how EASY it is to stay in shape and once you discover how STRONG you are, then you may find yourself buying heavier weights...

You may find yourself buying books on health and fitness...

You may be surprised to find yourself designing your own exercise program based on your own specific needs and desires.

Once you realize how quickly you can get into shape, you might start to become addicted.

Invest in yourself and you will feel so great-full that you did.

Amir C.

Why you should lift/push your 1 rep max frequently

2011-10-02T08:13:00.000-07:00

Ya gotta love the 1r ( One rep max).

In simple terms, the one rep max is your muscles ability to push the maximum amount of weight possible. It's tests/demonstrates your muscles ability to recruit as many muscle fibers as possible to move the intended weight.

Aside from being an excellent way to determine a effective intensity to use during your training sessions, it acts as a gauge of your potential.

There is a deeper spiritual meaning the 1 rep max:

I find it to be a expression of the power that you can unleash in your daily life. Its also a gauge, it can be increased, if that what you want.

How to energize yourself and stay energized for hours!!!

2011-09-24T17:03:00.001-07:00

Here's a common scenario:

You're at work and your bored out of your mind. The only thing you can think about is what you'll be doing tonight. No matter what it is that comes to your mind, it has to be better than what your"re doing right now.

Does this feel familiar to you?

Well, if you're reading this while you're at work, then you know exactly what I'm talking about.

Now.

Every problem has a solution. More specifically, when you take a piece of paper, sit down, and write out your problem on a piece of paper and look it at, you'll notice that the solution is contained in the "problem".

In this particular situation, it might not be so easy to change your job like you go upstairs and change your underwear. My advice in a situation like this is:

Focus on the career that you truly want and decide that you want it more than anything. This something that you can sit down tonight and figure it out. In the meanwhile...

Let's pretend that you really love your job. Let's pretend now that this is the only thing that you can find right now.

Hey.... It happens.

I bet you're dying to learn my simple little process for energizing yourself and staying energized for hours so that not only do you enjoy your job, but you can actually start to appreciate it more and more everyday.

Now.

If you follow this blog, then you know that I talk a lot about the mind/body connection. In case you don't follow this blog now, you should feel really ashamed. All the info here is free. Not only is all this information totally free, but it can be worth thousands of dollars to you, IF you take the time to write out some of the processes I talk about and ask yourself:

How can I apply these techniques at my job?

Now.

The first thing we have to do is neutralize your current crappy state.

Notice what happens when you think back to monday and remember what happened on monday that was really funny. It doesn't matter if nothing happened on monday that was funny. Your mind will automatically find something that you thought was funny.

As you think back and remember everything that happened this week, you'll notice that you may start to smile to yourself. You may even feel the urge to laugh. Its okay to relax and alloiw yourself to do that.

Now.

Your prolly starting to feel much better than you did a moment ago. That's means it's working.

I'm reminded of that scene from the movie "silence of the lambs" where the main antagonist, Wild bill, is forcing his young captive to do as he wishes:

"It puts the lotion on its skin... It does what its told..."

Too funny.

Now.

You've changed your state and you're starting to feel refreshed.

How can we feel even better now?

You can take five deep breaths. Many times throughout your day, you may have noticed that you yawn more and more. You may or may not realize this, but yawning is a message from your body demanding more oxygen.

Now, what do you do when someone demands something from you? Well, if you like the them, you SUPPLY!!!

So you're going to supply yourself with oxygen and consequently...

More energy.

To breath properly and oxygenate your blood and your brain, you're going to:

1) Relax and sit upright. No slouching.

2) Exhale a little bit, pulling in your belly button as you do so.

3) Inhale to the count of four. Your can use your pulse as a timer. So, you can inhale for 4 counts of your pulse.

4) You're going to hold your breath for 4 pulses.

5) Now, your going to release the breath through your mouth for 8 counts/pulses.

6) Repeat as long as you like

7) Each 4-4-8 counts as a complete breath. You can do 10-20 complete breaths to energize yourself.

Now.

These are 2 simple ways that you can energize yourself and feel better and stronger.

How can YOU use these 2 simple techniques in your daily life? I use them EVERYDAY, because they are so simple.

Start using them RIGHT NOW, right after you leave this page, and start to reap the benefits of increased energy.

Amir C

Are YOU keeping your life in the proper perspective?

2011-09-23T08:28:00.000-07:00

Well?

Are you?

You may be wondering what I mean by that...

Here's what I mean:

Are you keeping your most important goals and outcomes in the forefront of your mind?

Do you realize that your current job/ source of income is not an end in itself, but only a means to an end?

If not, then you may be wasting your time and energy.

I believe that we should get rid of the things that are unnecessary in our lives, because they drain us and put an extra load on us, causing us to use up precious energy that can be better utilized elsewhere... like doing the things that we WANT to do Vs doing the things that we allowed life to choose for us.

If you're not aware of this, then please pay very close attention to words that are coming directly after these:

You can BUILD THE LIFE YOU WANT or...

You can life a life of default.

"Being rich" is a common goal for everyone ( myself included) and too frequently, we lose sight of the PURPOSE of being wealthy and abundant.

The main purpose of having lots of money is to allow us to do all the things that we truly WANT to do.

Like I mentioned before, your career/job is only a means to an end. When something better comes along, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and your DREAMS to go after it...

Now.

This is why it's important to keep your goals and outcomes on the forefront of your mind.

This is why it's important to constantly assess your circumstances and notice how close or how far away your form reaching your goals.

We live in a society where it's all too easy to become distracted by the environment around us.

It's all too easy for a person to let that Beer commercial influence the type of lifestyle that a person "chooses" to live. Except, in a situation like that, you are not truly choosing your own ideal life, now, are you?

The moral of this post is:

Keep your life in the proper perspective. When you're losing your focus, concentrate on and review your desired outcomes. Notice if your desire to achieve and experience those outcomes has changed our not.

And constantly, constantly, constantly ask yourself:

"Is this the life I want?" Is everything the way I want it to be right now?"

id it's not, then get to work and figure out what it is EXACTLY that will satisfy you and fulfill you.

Sincerely

Amir C.

BulletProof Abs Complex

2011-09-01T08:44:00.001-07:00

Can you really develop more FOCUS and CLARITY by changing the way you exercise?

2011-08-09T20:35:00.000-07:00

You sure as hell can, thanks to a little phenomenon known as the Mind Body Connection.

Simply stated, your thoughts and feelings influence your physiological systems ( heart rate, breathing, pulse, glandular secretions, etc.)

This is more commonly seen in the Fight Or Flight reflex. Whenever we perceive a threat, real OR imagined, our breathing, heart rate, pulse, all speed up (due to the release of adrenaline into your blood stream) to help us meet the demands (imagined or real).

This reflex is good when we need to fight for our lives. However, this can become a problem when the FOF reflex is triggered for simple things, like being cut off in traffic, or being late to work. The presence of adrenaline in our system over a long period of time will weaken the immune system, leaving us vunerable to all sorts of diseases.

Stress is the cause of 99.9% of all disease. Here, let me say that again because it is so important for you to allow that to sink into your head:

99% of all disease is STRESS RELATED.

Having said that, it's common sense that you next logical thought will be:

If 99% of all illness is stress related, then all I need to do is find a way to deal with the stress that I experience in my daily life.

The answer to that is:

YES.

There are many ways to change the way that you deal with those little situations in life that stress you out.

There's Behavior Modification.

There's Hypnosis.

There's deep breathing techniques that you can do so that you can activate the Relaxation Response, natures's gift to mankind.

There's Accupressure.

There's Mental rehearsal, in which you relax... and YOU choose the way you want to respond to the situations that stress you out. It's very effective when done properly.

So, we have the FOF reflex and the Relaxation Response. The Relaxation Response is characterized by the following changes in our physiology:

1) Blood pressure decreases
2) Pulse rate decreases
3) Breathing rate decreases and becomes deeper
4) Brainwave activity slows down dramatically
5) physical relaxation of the body occurs

Normally, these two responses/reflexes are unconscious and automatic. However, with training ( behavior modification for example), you can take control of these normally automatic reflexes...

And activate them whenever you like, anywhere you like.

Now before you read on, stop for a moment, and think about biting into a juicy lemon.

Imagine yourself holding a bright yellow lemon in your hand. You can feel the lemon in your hand now. As you bring it your mouth and take a big bite out of it.

Did you notice what happened? If you started to salivate a little bit, then you now have a "taste" of how much control we have over our physiological processes, in this case, your salivary glands.

Or how about this: Think about a food that you just can't stand. What's a food that you find absolutely disgusting and gag inducing? Now, as you think about that food, imagine taking a bite of it. Imagine swallowing that food.

Did you notice your reactions?

Now...

What does all this talk about the Mind-body connection have to do with working out in a way that will help you develop more focus and concentration?

Well..

Unless you're lifting a extremely heavy weight, which demands you total focus on the present moment, many people will curl/bench/squat extremely fast, in an effort to get in as many reps as possible before their muscles start to tire.

When you take the time to lift slower... to take the time to notice the tension in your arms as you curl... to notice the tension in your legs as you attempt to stand up with the bar across your shoulders...

You start to develop Present Moment Awareness.

You start to Focus on the the here and now.

As you start to be more aware of all the sensations and feelings that are going through you as you lift/ run, you start to develop the ability to focus on the tasks on your daily life more and more.

Present Moment Awareness is a Behavior, one that you can start to develop right now.

Once you have the behavior installed into your neurology by constant repetition, which can be seconds at a time throughout your day, then you will have that useful behavior available to you for the REST OF YOUR LIFE.

Cool, right?

So, in your daily life, as you go about your daily routine, start to remember to Be in the present moment. Focus on the sounds and sights around you. You don't have to set aside 30 mins. to an hour a day to practice this.

I personally think that's a waste of time. If you have the time to do that, then more power to you.

Slow down, and pay attention to the reports coming from your senses:

Take a sniff. What can you smell?

Look around you now: What colors and objects can you see?

Feel the object nearest you with your hands. What does it feel like?

Listen to the sounds around you: What sounds do you hear now?

Can you taste anything? What did you recently eat?

Pay attention to your breathing: are you breathing fast? Are your breathing slowly? Are you barely breathing? If you are, then take control over your breathing and start to breath in... and breathe out...

Developing Present Moment Awareness is simple and you can develop the behavior in SECONDS each day.

Have fun,

Amir C.

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Have Fun!!!

What does the Yellow Emperor say about working out in the summer time?

2011-07-22T10:02:00.000-07:00

In case the title was a bit... confusing, I'll clarify a bit.

Long, long ago, back in ancient china...

There lived a man who went by the name of "The yellow Emperor". I'm not sure why he was called that exactly, but long story short:

He's credited with creating the system of acupuncture treatment, which is the use of tiny needles to influence the tiny electromagnetic lines of energy that run through out the body, called meridians.

Anyway, he stated that for a person to live a long and healthy life, we must live in harmony with the seasons.

Now.

What does it mean to live in harmony with the seasons?

Well....

The ancient chinese sages noticed that the energy levels of man seemed to change and mimic the five seasons. In other words:

Winter: A time for scaling back activity and regeneration( Hibernation)

Spring: the time when things are blossoming and growing

Summer: Everything is reaching full maturity; activity is at it's peak; the days are long, and the energy in the atmosphere is highest.

Indian Summer: Things start to cool down, the days start to get shorter

Fall: Things are coming to an end, the trees are turning from green to brown, it's a time of dying.

You can remember all this really neat stuff later, but for now, what you really want to focus on is what the Yellow Emperor has to say about working about in the summer.

Without getting too complicated, Summertime is connected with the Fire element, which is connected with the heart. According to the Yellow Emperor, it's during these 3 months of summer that the heart is at it's strongest.

It's during this time that you want to work out, to take advantage of the high energy streaming from the sun to bolster your own energy levels to help you lose excess weight and get stronger.

Another awesome thing about the heat is that is causes you to relax, which in turn improves circulation, which in turn helps all those nutrients from that health food that your eating get to where they need to get to to keep you healthy.

Setting aside all this good stuff about exercising in the heat:

1) Stay hydrated!!!
2) If possible, find a nice shaded spot to workout in!!!
3) Listen to your body and know your limits!!!
4) Children should be kept cool if they are working out in the heat, especially because they sweat very little and as such, don't have the ability to cool off as well as we adults do.

The ancient Chinese sages (doctors) devised a whole system of treatment based on the five seasons and the principles of Yin ( contracting, moving inward, cool lie the moon) and Yang ( expansive, moving outward, hot like the sun).

If you're interested in learning more about treatment using the 5 seasons, then head to the library and spend some time reading the book:

"The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine"

It takes a little study and re-reading to understand what they are talking about, but you'll find that it's well worth the effort.

Sincerely,

Amir C.

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Which is better: Calisthenics or Weights? Click here for the answer to this age old question

2011-07-21T08:31:00.000-07:00

Here's the answer:

The answer is:

Both.... and neither.

As you keep in mind that we live in a world full of people with different preferences and inclinations. a person likes what they like.

I happen to like both calisthenics and weights, so I train with both forms of resistance.

At the end of the day, however, you are using resistance.

There are certain movements that you can't perform with dumbbells in your hand, yet you can easily do without dumbbells in your hands ie A burpee with a jump.

There are certain things that you can do with dumbbells that you CANNOT do with empty hands. Ie A deadlift.

Both have their place in your quest for muscles that gobble up fat.

Have Fun

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You are going to die.

2011-07-12T20:33:00.000-07:00

It's true.

I'm going to die.

You're going to die.

It's only a matter of time.

It could be sudden.

It could be slow and agonizing.

So.

If death is inevitable...

Doesn't it make sense that we should spend our days indulging in every single pleasure that spins around inside us?

Now.

Everything has a "beginning" and an "end".

Our life is everything in between those two moments.

I don't know about you, but....

I want every moment in between those two "milestones" to be AWESOME.

When I close my eyes for the last time, I want to close them with a smile and a tear in my eye, feeling grateful for the life I've lived, surrounded by the smiling faces of my many young girlfriends ( all of legal age)....

Now.

The question a smart person, Like Yourself, should be asking themselves is:

"Am I living the life that I want to live?"

"Is my life awesome the way it is right now?"

If it is, then very good.

If not, then...

Take a good, long, look at your life right now...

Take the time to do "inventory":

Where am I right now?

Where do I want to be?

How can I get to where I want to be?

I'm just saying....

Now.

What was does all this talk about death and dying have to do with being in shape and earning lots of money?

Or...

Better asked:

If there was a connection between death and dying, being in awesome shape, and earning lots of money, what would that connection be?

Amir

Can being healthy and fit really help you improve your chances of getting that career you want?

2011-07-11T09:12:00.000-07:00

Aside from having the proper training ( the experience will come) for the career you want, i think it does.

When you're healthy and fit, you feel "larger than life".

You feel like you can handle anything that comes your way.

You're confidence is sky high - you're walking on air. You're floating on a peaceful stream, looking up at the blue sky and big white puffy clouds...

Now.

When you're fit, you look at your environment in a way that's much more different than someone who isn't so fit.

When you're fit, you are the MASTER of your environment. There's nothing you can't climb. There is no place that you can go or be.

When you feel good, the people around you feel good. Feelings are contagious, for the most part ( until you learn to keep your emotional equilibrium and maintain your poise when everyone else around you is going ape shit...)

Now.

What the hell does being fit and healthy have to do with getting the career that you want?

Well....

Think about it for a moment:

Don't YOU like to be around the person that's brimming over with energy?

High energy = High potential for earning power.

The healthy man/woman can work more and consequently, earn more.

Don't you want to be that healthy man/woman that can earn more?

I wonder if you realize the TRUE implications of being healthy and fit...

Buy the Whey:

if you're reading this right now, and you happen to be eating, stop for a moment, and ask yourself:

How much protein is is this food i'm eating right now?

Amir

Can you handle the burpee?

2011-07-11T04:35:00.000-07:00

Burpees are a simple and inexpensive ( read: free) way to get into amazing shape in a short period of time.

When you do burpees regularly, you strengthen:

Your heart
Your lungs
Your arms
Your Legs
Your abs

This variation of the burpee includes a jump, so you get plyometric( explosive) training as well.

And remember:

IT'S FREE

You can create a workout designed around the burpee, varying the number and rest period between sets.

You can also slow it down and get some good isometric training for your abs.

Have fun:)

Can you really get a awesome workout with a dirty ass tire?

2011-07-10T19:21:00.000-07:00

This video answers the question:

Stay tuned, because I'll be getting some used tractor tires....

Fun stuff:)

Amir

How to energize yourself in the morning and breeze through the day!!!

2011-06-08T04:28:00.000-07:00

This is a video of me playing around. I usually do a more targeted series of movements to get my body energized.

Your mind and your body are inextricably linked: when you cause a change in one, you cause a change in the other.

Watch the video now and take what you want to help you in your daily life.

Sincerely,

Amir C

Get stronger legs and Powerful lungs today!!!

2011-05-27T09:40:00.000-07:00

If you're looking for a simple exercise that you can do to develop powerful lungs, a heart that won't quit, and legs that just won't stop, then you might want to start doing Hindu Squats today.

Did I mention that your body will MELT FAT like a torch melting a Ice Sculptor?

Enjoy!!!

Sincerely,

Amir C.

Are you feeling grateful for the body you have now?

2011-05-24T12:06:00.000-07:00

If you're not YET feeling grateful now...

Then you must.

When you imagine what life would be like if you didn't have the body that you have now...

When you really stop and think about that now...

How do you feel?

If you were to imagine yourself with one leg... If you were to imagine yourself trying to move around with one leg...

How do you feel?

If you're an athlete, you better damn well take a look at yourself and be grateful for the body you have right now...

Because You and I both KNOW that you athleticism would change DRASTICALLY.

It's perfectly okay if you want to than your body for being what it is.

It's okay to say "thank you" to your arms and legs to for all the work they've done for you up to this point.

It's okay to thank your eyes for allowing you to look out on the world around you and see all the things that you enjoy looking at...

It's okay to thank your.. "special private goodness area" for all the pleasure it's help you experience....

Can you imagine what life would be like if you DIDN'T have a "special private goodness area" ?

It would be different if you weren't born having one.. but you most likely have one( almost everyone that reads this blog has one... or both...)

Can you imagine what your life would be like if you had no arms?

If you were to close your eyes... and imagine that for a moment...

How much more do you appreciate your body now?

Amir

You do cardio everytime you walk and talk

2011-05-22T06:18:00.000-07:00

Cardiovascular exercise is designed to help us keep our lungs and heart strong.

Having a strong heart means that we can survive a heart attack.

Having strong lungs means that we can have more power and more endurance.

Having a strong heart means that you won't have a heart attack and die on top of your 22 year old lover....

Many people don't realize this, but...

Everytime you go for a walk, you're doing cardio.

Everytime you climb a flight of stairs, you're doing cardio.

Everytime you chase your little son or daughter around the yard, you're doing cardio.

Everytime you stand up, your heart rate goes up.

Cardio is the one form of exercise that we can do EVERYDAY.

Go for walk, do some jumping jacks, jump up and down on one leg.

It doesn't matter what you do:

Just DO SOMETHING to get your blood flowing and your heart beating a little faster.

Get your heart rate up - and keep it up - for a minute, and you'll get healthier and fitter FASTER than you ever dreamed possible.

Weight training is a different animal altogether and if you're going to start a weigh training program, you MUST find someone who can instruct you properly and safely.

Take care and get your heart beating faster!!!

Amir C.

Are you blaming your job for your boredom?

2011-05-21T05:47:00.000-07:00

Is it REALLY your jobs fault that you're bored?

When you really stop and think about it:

Your "job" is really a living, breathing, thing.

Your Job Environment is though.

Hey, I know exactly what it's like to be in a environment that's.... less than stimulating to put it very nicely ( I'll swear later, I promise...)

Now.

The question you have to ask yourself is:

Is there anything I can do to keep myself occupied while I'm at work?

Is there anything else that I can double check and check again?

You see, hear is the cool thing about our minds:

When we look over something over and over again, each time we tend to notice details that we missed during our first glance.

It's one of the reasons why we proofread our work, most of the time.

Now.

What kinds of things can you double check to make sure that they are perfect, or nearly so?

One thing i've noticed when I analyze very successful people is this:

They are ALWAYS double checking things. and triple checking.

Is this a habit that you think can make you a lot of money when you start to develop it?

If you remember one of my recent posts, I talk about how easy it is to form habits. I talk about the mold-ability of the human brain ( Yes, I made that word up...)

All it takes is a few repetitions of a certain action to make it a habit.

The first time is ALWAYS the hardest. Then each time afterwards starts to get easier and easier until..

It's second nature.

Can you remember a time when you were learning something new? What was that like?
Did it ever get any easier?

What's my point?

My point is that no matter where you go, you carry yourself with you.

No matter what environment you find yourself in, YOU will still be who you are.

That's just the way we were created.

Now...

Do you let your environment determine how you act and feel?

Or do you Take control... and Control the way you act and feel.

There's a MASSIVE difference here.

Take Care,

Amir C.

Imagine for a moment...

2011-05-10T16:30:00.000-07:00

Stop what you're doing right now... and close your eyes now....and pretend that you're ALREADY the perfect size and shape that you want to be....

Now...

What kind of clothes are you wearing?

What kinds of foods are you eating?

What are you having for breakfast?

How many times a day are you eating?

How many times a week do you workout?

When you look in the mirror, how does your body look? Are you ripped with muscles? Is your stomach flat and ripped?

Are you setting your daily/monthly/yearly goals each night and reviewing them at night before you go to bed so that your subconscious mind can work on them and help the materialize as you... lay in bed and fall deeply and peacefully asleep?

Now.

You may become surprised at what happens when you play the little "game" that I just provided you...

You might be even more surprised when you realize that their is a super healthy human being inside you now.... it's just waiting for you to pick up your hammer and chisel...

And let it out.

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

PS. Before you go now... ask yourself this simple question:

Is my current condition improving my life.. or making it worse? Really ask yourself that question and dwell on it...

Let's pretend for a moment....

2011-05-08T17:26:00.000-07:00

This post that you are going to read to the very end is the most important thing that you will read for this entire year...

This post is going to change your life so much in such a short time that you will find yourself feeling completely shocked and surprised... in a very good way.

You are going to stop whatever it is that you doing right now... put everything else on hold... and you're going to read every single word in this post. You are going to read this post word for word, because it will change your life... FOREVER?

You're going to read this post as if it were the most important document on the planet.... You're going to read this post as if it were the ONLY thing on the planet left for you to read now....

You will easily remember everything that you're reading here now... and you will find yourself thinking about this post as you're sitting there at work...

It will change your life for the better, on a much deeper level than you can possibly even imagine...

It's more important than your mortgage payment....

It's more important than paying back your student loans...

It's even more important than your job... believe it or don't believe it....

Now.

What would it be like if you were to... wake up tomorrow... and find yourself looking forward to working out with excitement... and enthusiasm...

What would be like if you were to... focus on all the thing you want to achieve by working out regularly...

Can you imagine what your life would be like 6 months from now if you were to exercise daily?

How much better would you feel about yourself?(how do you feel about yourself when you look in the mirror NOW?)

If there was ONE step that you can take RIGHT NOW to get into better shape, what step could you take?

Here's a really good question to ask yourself now:

What will your life be like if you don't start to exercise regularly?

Now..

I'm not saying that you have to think about exercise as you falling asleep tonight....

I'm not saying that you have to think about what type of exercise would you really enjoy doing tomorrow...

I'm not saying that as you lay in bed tonight, you will continue to think about working out and.... allow yourself to focus on all the benefits you will receive when you do start to work out...

I'm not saying that as you lay in bed tonight... you're going to suddenly feel an overpowering and incredible urge to test your body... and test your limits tomorrow...

You're going to find yourself automatically taking the stairs, and it's going to feel like the most natural thing in the world you to do...

Can you remember a time when you were so excited about something that was going to happen that you could barely control yourself?

Now... as you remember that.... you'll find yourself starting to feel this way about working out and exercising...

And it's purr-fectly natural and okay for you to totally forget what you're reading here.... because your unconscious mind remembers everything you see and here.

Have fun:)

Amir

Nothing works unless you DO IT!!!

2011-05-08T16:41:00.000-07:00

It may seem like common sense but...

You'd be surprised how many people lack common sense.

Or seem to, at least.

That really cool diet that you "thinking" about following won't work...until you DO IT.

That really expensive treadmill that's sitting in your basement now...gathering dust... won't help you lose weight and get stronger until you USE IT.

Those dumbbells that stare at you each night from their home in the corner near those dirty ass drawers that you've been "meaning" to pick up... won't help you until you USE THEM.

That workout suit that you bought to WORK OUT IN won't keep you comfortable as you WORK OUT if you don't WORK OUT!!!

Are you starting to "open your eyes" and realize what this post is about now?

In case you missed it....

NOTHING WILL WORK FOR YOU UNTIL YOU DO IT!!!!

PERIOD.

Do you have the BALLS to take the Huff and Puff Challenge?

2011-05-02T12:00:00.000-07:00

Take the challenge and tell me so:

Sincerely,

Amir C.

Standing can be a powerful ally in your weight loss quest

2011-05-02T07:39:00.000-07:00

So...

Your working a job that requires that you sit for 95% of the time you're there, which is 7 and a half hours. WOW.

Now.

This can be a major problem, especially for those of us that want to stay trim and slim. We all know( or SHOULD KNOW) that sitting and NOT being active for at least 30 minutes a day is considered Sedentary.

To make matters worse, after a long day of work ( whether or not your job is boring is your opinion), you're too tired and mentally drained to workout.

What do you do?

Well... for starters, you can....

Take advantage of the natural rise and fall in your energy levels and "ride the wave" to health and success.

You have to realize that "normally", we sleep 6 to 7 hours a night, and during that time, as you sleep and dream and your body is repairing itself, your body is getting ready for the activities of the next day...

SO.

When you wake up in the morning, you are fully refreshed and rejuvenated. Your body is ready for action.

The morning is the perfect time to exercise your body. The morning time is the perfect time to wake your up your body AND your mind.

Our ancestors were perfectly aware of the natural Rise and Fall in our energy levels, and planned their lives around this naturally occurring phenomenon.

They FELT and they NEW that "The Wave" was something to take advantage.

Can't you... FEEL the wave now?

Today... you're going to do something that will change your life and how you live your life.... FOREVER.

Today... the moment you step away from your computer... you're going to check in with your body... and notice how you're feeling now...

You're going to notice how you feel when you wake up in the morning...

and you're going to... notice how you feel when you come home at night.... as you step through your door.... you're going to notice how your arms feel.... notice how your legs feel.... and your going to...

Notice how alert you are.

Now.

As you check in with your body twice a day and... notice how your arms/legs/eyes feel, you're going to. try something different:

Before you do ANYTHING else.... you're going to:

1)Do 5 minutes of exercise.

That's it.
Then after you've done your 5 minutes, you're going to... continue your daily routine as usual.

When you wake up tomorrow morning... you're going to Feel a powerful urge to exercise your body... you're going to feel an overwhelming need to get up and move your body in all sorts of way that feel natural to you...

Now.

You're going to do this for 6 days in a row. Have you noticed that 5 times 6 = 30 (6 days x 5 minutes)?

You'll notice that your energy levels are going to be THROUGH THE ROOF.

You'll feel better and you'll stand up straight and tall, like a soldier.

You'll think clearer and you'll understand things quicker and faster than before.

Now.

You may be wondering to yourself:

" Can i really experience all these benefits from doing 5 minutes of exercise a day?"

The answer is.....

You tell me. Take the challenge and when you feel the results, let me know.

It's like this:

Our bodies are like cars. Our muscles and skeletons are the frame. Our hearts and other organs are the engine.

Now.

Let's call sleep time.... "winter". And let or bodies be the cars.

In the winter time, do you just turn on your car and drive it out like you would in the summer... OR

Do you "warm it up" and THEN head out ?

I 'm thinking that if you're smart ( which you HAVE TO be in order to have read this far), then you WARM IT UP 1st and then head out.

If your body is like a car, then doesn't it make perfect sense that you want to WARM IT UP 1ST before you step out of the house?

Amir

The Awesome... The Amazing... The Lunge!!!

2011-04-15T07:53:00.000-07:00

Here's a video I created to demonstrate the lunge, an exercise which works your quads, your thighs, your Glutes, and even your abs. You also get the benefit of training your muscles as stabilizers.

I consider this movement to be total body, and total body exercises give you benefit of saving time because you can get more work done in a shorter time.

Enjoy!!!

Sincerely,

Amir C.

Do you think it's time to reassess your workout routine?

2011-04-15T06:34:00.000-07:00

Have you ever seen that movie "lottery Ticket"? I haven't seen it myself, but I have seen the previews for the movie and there's a scene where he talks about the wife that god wants him to have and his ex-wife:

Is your current workout routine working for your right now?

Are you meeting the physically fitness goals that you set for yourself?

If you're not where you want to be physically, then it's time to think about your exercise routine.

I'm not saying that you have to go out and hire a a really good personal trainer and have assess your current workout routine and see what's working and see what can be improved on....

I'm saying that you should:

1) Look at the resistance training exercises your doing
2) reevaluate your cardio program (if any)

Before you read this entire blog post..... you should know two things:

1) Heavy weights (relatively speaking) are the only way to build muscles that incinerate fat like a furnace

2) Interval cardio training is one of the most effective ways to burn fat, next to Circuit training ( 8-9 exercise done consecutively with little to no rest).

c) Increased oxygen consumption( breathing harder and faster) increases the amount of fat that your body uses for energy.

Now.

You need to ask yourself these questions to determine whether or not your wasting your time:

1) Can I do more than 20 curls/bench presses/squats?

2) Can I walk at the same pace for 90 minutes of more?

3) At the end of a set of xxx, am I breathing deeper and faster?

If you answered "Yes" to the first 2...

YOUR ARE WASTING YOUR f@#$%%^ TIME. PERIOD.

If you've lost weight using your current routine, i'm happy for you.

BUT....

We can only grow stronger when we push our limits a bit...

If you've walking at the same intensity for weeks/months, then do yourself a huge favor and kick up the intensity for a minute...

Just one minute. Pick up the speed and STAY THERE for a minute... and afterward, go back to your nice comfy level.

Now.

After a brief rest, kick the speed up again for JUST A MINUTE.

Then relax and continue walking at your normal pace.

During that one minute push, your breathing rate should have increased dramatically.

During that time, your body is telling your fat stores to become available so that you can use it for energy.

As for resistance training...

You can only build muscle with a weight the you can move 12-15 times.

If you can bench it 20 times of more, then it's time for you to increase the weight.

Believe me... you have the strength to do it... and the endurance....

Whether or not you realize this now.... You are on the right track.

Building endurance is a necessary step to increasing your strength and ultimately, fat loss.

Now.

Having endurance is like.... having a foundation made of Stone.

Take advantage of the foundation you've developed to become stronger and faster than you've ever imagined.

Sincerely,

Amir

You can STOP punching your winter fat now...

2011-04-07T08:54:00.000-07:00

Ancient roman gladiators believed that the sun had the power to increase the size and strength muscles. Most roman house hold were built with "sunroof" to allow the sunlight to rain down on the residents.

If you're punching your gut right now, you can calm down for a minute....

It's not your fault...

If you're gonna blame anybody, then you can only blame mother nature, and the lack of sunlight that is apparent in the winter months..

If you, Like Me, live in the northern part of your country, then you know that it absolutely SUCKS when winter swings around and there is only like, 8-9 hours of daylight out of a 24 hour day...

And it's also freakin' cold!!!

Not to mention the dreaded "Winter weight Gain" effect, which is caused by the lack of sunlight...

If you don't know what I'm referring to then listen up:

The lack of sunlight during the winter months has an impact on your pituitary gland, which causes you to eat more and more.

Sunlight has a regulating effect on our appetite. When you have tons of sunlight, the sunlight hits your eyes and from there it hits your pituitary gland, which suppresses your appetite.

If you're already full, then you stay fuller longer.

Now...

I'm not saying that you'll go the entire summer and not be hungry....

What i'm saying is that you appetite will be normalized and you'll stay fuller longer....

Are you starting to see how important it is to have access to the sun?

Remember how you feel when you're sitting outside on a warm sunny day... you can feel the heat of the sun radiating all over your body.... and you just feel really good...

You can thank the sun for that.

You don't need a scientist to tell you that the sunlight cheers us up, do you?

Now...

The days are getting longer and the sun is coming out more and more....

Are YOU gonna take advantage of the natural healing powers of the sun and get into awesome shape this summer?

Sincerely,

Amir

Develop Explosive power and Balance at the SAME TIME!!!

2011-03-29T07:54:00.000-07:00

This is a demo of a exercise to help you develop explosive power and balance, so that you can be more agile and turn on a dime quickly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPORsH2h2mo

If you're an athlete, then you definitely don't want more agility and quickness...

You want to make sure that you come down on the soles of your feet, so that the force your coming down with is being conducted properly.

Don't land on your heels:)

You'll notice that there is a slight pause in between each jump, and that slight pause is the portion of the motion when you can develop better muscle stabilization.

So, it's an explosive-balance training exercise.

You get to train for 2 adaptations at the same time. If that's not a time-saver, I don't know what is.

This is totally different from a pure plyometric jump, in which you jump repeatedly with no pausing in between reps.

If this looks like like something that you want to try and add to your current routine, then go for it.

Sincerely,

Amir

Develop Explosive power and Balance at the SAME TIME!!!

2011-03-29T07:18:00.000-07:00

This is a video of me demonstrating a explosive movement that will help you develop better balance at the same time.

Sincerely,

Amir C.

Pec loading for a stronger bench press!!!

2011-03-02T10:25:00.000-08:00

Loading your muscles:

We all know that we should do it so that we'll have a much easier time with what resistance exercises we plan on doing.

Loading is essentially tensing the muscles to be worked to their max without, sort of like you would when you perform a dynamic tension exercise for your arms or for your legs.

As you should well know, time under tension is what helps muscle get stronger/exert more force ( along with manipulation of rest periods and other variables).

Now.

How can you load up your pecs so that you have an easier time pushing that barbell up to lockout or squatting a very beautiful squat?

You can do these things by holding yourself in a position that forces the muscle(s) to tense up.

In the case of the pectoral muscles, you can get those muscles to tense up when you are in the down position of a pushup.

In the case of a squat, you can do a wall squat and hold in the down position for a couple seconds, doing that a total of 10-12 times for 10-12 reps.

So, basically, it's a dynamic isometric loading stretch....

Check out the video below for more details:

Have Fun,

Amir C.

This simple drill will warm up your hip flexors, joints, and activate your hand eye coordination!!

2011-03-02T10:07:00.000-08:00

It's funny how you can find inspiration in the strangest places...

I was walking around the house and I was picking up some little pieces of trash.

Now.

If you don't know me, then you wouldn't know that I have this little....quirk.

Basically, when I'm walking around the house and I have no socks on, I'll grab any little pieces of paper or trash with my toes and bring my toes to my hands...

I figure, I've got these huge toes so might as well use them, right?

So anyway...

I happened upon this drill while scouting for floor-trash ( shoes on though):

I came a across a plastic bag from a recent video game binge and in natural fashion, i kicked it up with my feet, but...

Instead of grabbing it, I continued to kick it up into the air with my knees flexed, kicking the bag up into the air with the top of my feet.

After a few repetitions of this, it suddenly occurred to me that my hip joints were getting warmed up and my attention was focused completely on making sure that I was able to kick the bag back into the air.

EUREKA!!!

A simple drill for warming up your hip joints AND developing hand eye coordination!!!

I'll put up a video of this, so you're gonna wanna watch this space for that...

Sincerely,

Amir

"You remind me of..."

2011-02-21T19:06:00.000-08:00

How many times a day do you find yourself thinking/ saying that?

Now...

It's natural. That's the way human beings think. We think in terms of association.

We see something outside of ourselves... and suddenly, you start to think about something else, because that object that you're seeing reminds you of something else.

It's the same thing that happens when people talk:

When I start talking about sex.... and start talking about my favorite position(s)... then you can't help but to starting thinking about YOUR favorite positions for a man/woman to be in...

When i start talking about my job, you automatically start to think about your job, right?

Now...

Are you starting to see how this works?

When we look at a person and the re-mind us of someone else.. it's like we are looking at the person in front of through the "Screen" of the person that we are re-minded of...

Isn't that amazing?

Now...

How can you use his to influence people?

Well...

I can think of a few ways you can Use This Now:

1) Talking about vacations when your with your boss
2) Talking about sex when your own a date
3)Talking about forgiveness and " looking the other way" when you're pulled over for speeding..
4).....
5)....
6)....

Can you think of all the ways you can use this nifty little principle to get more out of your life?

Have fun:)

Amir

Is your desk job making your soft and flabby?

2011-02-21T18:23:00.001-08:00

Trust me.. I know you how you feel..

My current " day job" is a desk (cubicle) job...

I know how tempting it can be to order out and have hot food delivered to your desk, so you don't even have to travel to get your food...

Can you imagine what you would like after 30 days of eating Chinese food EVERYDAY for lunch? Can you imagine how FAT you'll get when you do that? (unless you have a really amazing Personal Trainer( Like Me) who can safely guide you through A fat torching interval training session...)

So how do you keep your body in a fat burning state while your sitting on your ass all day?

Have you considered...

PACKING A F@#$$%% LUNCH?

To be fair, it's much more than "packing a lunch"...

It's WHAT you pack for lunch...

So...

Are you wondering to yourself:

"What can I pack for lunch so that i my body can burn fat while I'm sitting on my ass, troubleshooting problems, etc?"

Well, one word comes to mind:

Protein.

When you bring lean protein to work with you to eat on your lunch break...

Then you won't have to worry about where to order Chinese noodles...

And more importantly..

You won't have to worry about getting fatter and fatter as the days/months/years(?)
go by...

Instead, you can sit there and feel absolutely confident that you are doing everything you can to help your body stay lean and strong...

Think about it like this:

You going to get hungry again in a few hours, right?

So...

Why not eat something that loaded with nutrients, so that you can function at optimal efficiency, right?

By Now, you must be wondering:

"What kinds of protein can i bring to work so that I don't end up looking like Jabba the hut?"

Well...

You can bring Yogurt.

You can bring a chicken breast.

You can bring A turkey Sandwhich.

You can bring a tuna fish sandwhich, with Swiss cheese, which is loaded with Calcium.

You can bring....

The point I'm making is this:

When you are prepared ahead of time, then you can be sure that you'll leave work energized and still as slim as when you walked through the doors.

You have to become aware of the situations/circumstances that you will be in beforehand... and plan accordingly.

A good soldier knows the terrain he'll be investigating... and he brings all the necessary tools and weapons with him to help him make it through alive...

Have fun:)

If it doesn't does seem right, then it's prolly not...

2011-02-21T18:18:00.000-08:00

Your more intuitive than you could ever realize...

Right now, your feelings are giving you lots of messages... messages that you are most likely ignoring...

Your feelings are like little alarms... they let you know when your life is on the right track...

And they let you know when you've gone down the totally wrong road and you're heading toward the middle of Know-wear...

Can you stop... and remember a time when everything in your life was going perfect... and everything just "felt" right?

I''m sure you can remember that now...

Can you remember a time when things just "felt wrong"... it felt like you were going "against the current", so to speak....

It's my personal belief that every aspect of your life is supposed to be fun, every your "day job".

In case you haven't noticed it yet, there is a difference between "challenging" and "Draining".

Some jobs are best left done by a certain type of person. Some jobs will drain the life out of you, so by the time you get home to your family, you're pissed off and angry, so when you do walk through the door at night, you're family is sort "conditioned" to respond your pissed off mood....

You can off course break your state, and get your self into a more positive state by thinking about the fun times that you and your family have had through the years... but does it make sense that you have to do that every night before you walk through the door? Then to make it worse, you lie in bed at night dreading " going into the office" the next day... so how good are you going to sleep that night...

Doesn't that suck?

Then you have those kind of jobs where... you LOVE it, no matter how challenging it may be. You actually enjoy doing what you're doing... because it's something that allows you to express your natural talents...and when you step in the door at night, you are actually energized... you feel good and you have the energy to relax with your family... and when you got to sleep at night... you feel content.... and you actually look forward with a smile on your face when you think about going to work tomorrow....

Which one of those guys do you want to be?

A better question still:

Which one of those guys are YOU?

Sincerely,

Amir C.

Don't become an Ab monster....

2011-01-19T11:01:00.000-08:00

Abs are awesome.

They are nature's armor and while they CANNOT stop bullets, they do offer excellent protection against punches and kicks. They also protect your back by keeping it from sagging inward/forward.

Abs just look cool in general.

While some people neglect ab training...

Others obsess about it.

Now.

Unless your a fitness model, then you don't need to train your abs 7 days a week.

If you, Like Me, just want to have abs that look great AND functional, then you can train your abs 3 times a week and experience amazing results.

I'm putting together a short routine that will strengthen your abs and core and as a result, will enhance your performance and your strength.

Another thing that most people aren't aware of is the fact that training your abs alone will only provide you small gains in strength and performance, whereas training your core in it's entirety will increase your strength TREE- mendously.

Be on the look out for that routine.....

Amir

You gotta fuel up if you're gonna go the distance...

2011-01-18T13:29:00.000-08:00

In addition to warming up properly, you have to eat the right way to provide you body with the fuel to help you power your way through your workout.

As a general rule of thumbs, if you're going to be performing an activity that last more than 60 minutes, then you want to eat more carbs and some protein and fats, in this ratio or something similar:

70% carbs/20% protein/10% fats

You can adjust the ratio of proteins and fats as you like, but just make sure that you have tons of carbs.

Carbs are very important for many reasons, but here are two reasons that are the most important for performance and weight loss:

1) Carbs are necessary for our bodies to convert our fat stores into energy.
2) Carbs have tons of vitamins and minerals in them.

Do you realize that carbs are SO important in our daily lives that our bodies will convert carbs into fat?

Whether you're running or lifting weights, then you're going to want to make certain that you provide your body with enough carbs to help you get the job done.

How many times has this happened to you:

You're in the middle of your workout... you're goin' hard and your tossing the weights all around the room... when... all of a sudden... you start to get shaky.... your legs are starting to feel weak.... your arms are starting to give way as you're holding that 200 pound barbell over your head...

Now.

What just happened?

Your blood sugar suddenly dropped and now you're screwed, like Jenna Jameson (enter favorite porn star here...)

This shaky feeling is something that people who workout without FIRST eating something tend to experience( you workout on a totally empty stomach, then talk to me and let me know how you like it... or don't...)

Food is Fuel.

How can you fuel your activity if you don't have any food?

If you've ever seen a football(american) on television, then you'll notice that the athletes are always sipping gatorade while they are waiting their turn... Now.

I wonder why they might be sitting there sipping on Gator Juice...

It couldn't be because a pro athlete wouldn't dare run the risk of running of out energy and blowing the game and ultimately, his career... could it?

Before you workout, EAT SOMETHING.

How much should you eat?

Let our stomach be your guide?

How hungry do you FEEL now?

If you're not that hungry, then just eat a tiny bit.

If you're hungry, then eating something, as you keep in mind the above sample ratio of carbs/pros/Fats.

Once you're fueled up, warm up and go have a god workout.

Post exercise nutrition is JUST AS, if not MORE, important than Pre exercise nutrition.

If you;ve been working out for an hour or more, then you're going to want change the ratio around. this time in favor of protein.

If you don't already know this, protein is responsible for the maintenance and repair of muscles. In a activity that you've been doing for an hour or more, then chances are that your body break down some protein to help you make it through "said activity".

You want to increase your intake of protein to hel your body make the necessary repairs, and you want the carbs so that you body can rebuild your glycogen( muscle energy) stores.

Are you starting to see how proper nutrition can be the difference between greatness and...mediocrity?

Have fun playing around with the proper ratio for you. As we are all different individuals with differences in physiology, the ratio that works for me may not work for you; so you may need more protein before your workout, whereas I need tons of carbs for my workout... and the same is said for post exercise nutrition.

What ratios work best for YOU?

Drop me a line and let me know!!

Amir

You can FEEL the difference....

2011-01-18T12:27:00.000-08:00

Making healthy habits a part of your daily life is BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.

The process involves the extinction of the undesired behavior and replacing it with a more healthy, productive behavior.

For instance, if you want to stop smoking, you find another way to relax and do that until it's as normal to as smoking USED TO be.

There are many easy ways to relax naturally ( most people smoke to relax, and most other people just have some type of oral fixation where the HAVE TO have this cigarette in their mouth... read into that what you want...)

Now.

What does Behavior Modification have to do with eating healthy?

Well...

I've said before and I'll continue to say it:

You have to eliminate those unhealthy, low nutrient foods and replace them with healthy whole foods( eggs, fish, beef, poultry, fruits,legumes, vegetables,etc).

You see, your body is MUCH smarter than you can possibly imagine.

It should be, as it's had thousands (if not more)of years to evolve and grow.

The body knows what is good for it.

Much of the foods that we eat today are processed and refined, to the point where the nutrients in them have been destroyed or decreased in effectiveness, to the point where they have to be replaced.

When we make processed foods a major part of our daily diet, we deny our bodies the nutrients that it needs and a result of that is that:

Instead of reaching for a couple of apples or some strawberries or a lean cut of turkey or chicken...

Most people are conditioned to reach for a honey bun or a nutty bar or a brownie.

Don't get me wrong:

I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE SNACKS THAT I JUST MENTIONED!!! THEY ARE DELICIOUS!!!

But all thing in moderation, yes?

Now.

When you start to choose healthier snacks over not-so-healthy-but-extremely-delicious-snacks, you'll notice something amazing happening:

Your body will actually crave more of the healthy snacks!!!

You'll start to feel hungry and you'll find yourself standing at your fridge, and you'll automatically reach for that apple, because you're KNOWS that it is healthier for you!!!

YOUR BODY KNOWS THE TRUTH!!!

When you start to make healthy food choices and do regularly (for at least 30 days), you'll will start to have more energy and clarity of thought, and you'll automatically find yourself wanting to be active, and before you know it...

You're lean and your muscles are strong and powerful...

And you're clothes are falling off of you...

And people( possibly animals) are hitting on you daily...

Food is Fuel.

You truly ARE what you eat. At the end of the day, your body is a energy creating machine.. a 2 million year old alchemist that can change the food you eat into energy that you can use to conquer the world..

It as if you're body is like a nuclear reactor...

I don't know about your car, but mine only runs on gas.

If your body is your car, and you're putting sugar in the gas tank, then how FAR do you think it'll take you before...

It TOTALLY breaks down and you're stuck on the side of the road.

Making changes in your eating habits can be as simple or hard as you make it.

When you start to eat healthy and choose more fruits and veggies over honey buns and lollipops, then...

YOU CAN FEEL THE DIFFERENCE.

Now.

Notice how you feel 20 minutes after eating a apple or some other fruit (peaches are good)...

and notice how you FEEL 20 minutes after you eat your favorite not-so-healthy treat...

I'm not saying that the next time you find yourself in the supermarket, you're going to BUY APPLES AND ORANGES... and completely forget to buy those treats that you're starting to ignore right now...

And when you're sitting at home, you'll find yourself starting to crave a big... red.... juicy... apple... and you can taste the sweetness of the juice now... can't you?

I'll be proposing soon... do you think YOU can pass the test?

We'll find out, won't we?

Amir

No matter how gentle the exercise....

2011-01-18T11:31:00.000-08:00

Make sure you warm up first!!!

Many people skip the warm up, thinking that they are fine and they can just jump straight into their workout without doing it...

And many people "hit the wall" prematurely, because they didn't take the time to warm up properly and raise their body temperature and get their cardiovascular system revved up for the activity before hand.

Has that ever happened to you?

Have you ever just jumped ( or more specifically, set yourself up properly) on your bench and proceeded to bench press a certain weight without FIRST warming up?

I'm sure you've noticed a difference in performance, haven't you?

Sure, you maybe mentally prepared to exercise... but you have to prepare your physical body as well.

Performing heavy activity without first warming up your muscles and your cardiovascular system is like...

Going from 0 to 120 in two seconds: good (acceptable even) for a bugotti... Bad for your heart and your performance.

To stress the importance of warming up before you workout...

Did you know that Tai Chi practitioners warm up before they perform a set?

YES, TAI CHI PRACTITIONERS WARM UP FIRST?

Now.

If followers of such a gentle art have the common sense to warm up first, because they know that when they are warmed up, they can easily and effortlessly "hold the ball" or "Ward off"...

Then doesn't it make perfect sense that us big macho men(and women) should make sure we take 10 minutes to warm up before we jog..

And warm up before we Lift weights...

And warm up before we play tennis.

The point is this:

Warming up is a way of turning on all the physiological systems in our body and preparing ourselves to function at our best-isses.(my word... use it in front of your boss at your own peril...)

or you an think about it like this:

When you're on the bench and you about to press 200 pounds COLD, without warming up first with some light reps...

How easy do you think it's gonna be to activate all those chestical muscle and rep that weight?

You can tell me when you're in the afterlife...

Do whatever you can to warm up first. The easiest way to gauge whether or not you're warming is to determine whether or... you're warming up.

A good rule of thumb that i like to follow is to warm up to the point where the muscle group i'll be working is warm and feels worked, but not fatigued( there is a MASSIVE distinction between the two states of being).

I also warm up until i'm in a mild sweat. Then, when i'm warm, I feel extremely confident and my performance is always improved. I can definitely notice the difference.

Take a page from the book of World Class Athletes: No athlete worth his or her salt would ever jump right into training without first warming up for AT LEAST 30 minutes or more.

Warming up is that important...

And while you may not be a world class athlete (yet?), you can still apply that principle to you own training and notice the incredible leaps and bounds in your strength and agility.

SO today's lesson kids?

No matter what type of exercise you intend to do:

Whether it's burpees ( I'll be making a short video on that in the next couple of days, so be on the lookout for it...)

Whether it's yoga (YES, EVEN YOGA-ERS WARM UP. TAKE THE F@#$%%^ HINT AND DO IT!!!)

Whether it's volleyball...

Whether it's calisthenics...

Take the time to...

WARM UP.

Have fun:)

Amir

Single sets are the easiest way to get into shape!!!

2011-01-01T15:30:00.000-08:00

If you, Like Me, like to exercise but not ALL the time, then you know how hard it can be to just get up and do it.

Now.

Being a Certified Personal Trainer, I talk with many people that WANT to get into shape, but they don't like to work out.

They just don't feel motivated.

I can totally understand that feeling... when you really want to get something done, but you don't have the energy to Take the First Step and make the first move.

It's a new year and you create a new you... the "you" that you've always wanted to be.

Th easiest way to build a habit of exercising daily and getting into better shape is to do Single sets.

A single set of any movement is just what the name says:

You perform a single set of any exercise/movement.

Let's say for example you want to tone up your legs and you don't feel like doing 3 or 4 sets of lunges.

What the solution?

Do a single set of lunges and then put the weights DOWN.

Notice how you feel after you've done that set.

Now, if you feel like you can do another set, then go ahead and do another set.

Simple, right?

Here's the really awesome thing about this:

You can feel go about doing only the first set and nothing more, because you've actually exercised your muscles!!

The key is taking it one small chunk at a time.

The reason many people get turned off because they are prepared to do multiple sets.

When most people think about doing multiple sets, they automatically start to feel discouraged.

You don't have to do all those sets at once; you can do a single set of challenging reps and then see how you feel.

A good, stimulating set usually consists of 12-15 reps with a reasonably heavy weight, something that can fatigue your muscles within the given set.

Take a rest and see if you feel like you can do even more.

It's a "win-win" for you, because whether you do multiple sets or not, you've still warmed up your muscles and given them a workout.

If you love this article and you want even more awesome ways to get into amazing in a very short period of time, then you absolutely MUST check out my book, "How to be your own personal trainer!!", which is on sale right now.

By now, you must realize that being in shape is one of the master keys of having an amazing life.

Can you really enjoy dancing with that really HOT blonde chick if you're huffing and puffing after the first song?

While you really stop and think about that, do yourself a huge favor and check out the book right now.

I'm not saying that you have to go there and buy it now before I take it down forever....

But wouldn't it be nice if you could have the tools to motivate yourself any time and get into amazing shape easily and effortlessly?

Have Fun:)

Amir

PS. By now, you must be worndering what that link is for you to check out your own copy of my Never before released Personal Training book. Well... you can continue to wonder about that... or you can go here right now... and buy your copy right now:

http://www.acfitnesssolutions.com/products

Why is it that the ride home is always quicker than the ride to your destination?

2011-01-01T11:12:00.000-08:00

Have you ever really stopped to think why this is now?

I've solved that mystery... or at least, me being the slow person that I am, finally realized why:

During your ride down, the anticipation you feel is to blame. Don't you remember the feeling you get the night before christmas...

It starts to feel like time has slowed wwwwwaaaaaaayyyyy dddddoooooowwwwwwnnnnnn......

It's like.... you're walking on a road... and you can see your destination right in front of you now... it's someplace that you can't wait to be... and then suddenly your destination starts move away from you...

Well, that's what it's like when you'r heading to your destination.

However...

On the ride back home, you're more relaxed and all that excitement that that you built up by thinking about all the things that you're gonna do when you reach there..is gone.

Hopefully, that excitement is now replaced with awesome memories... and now you're on your way home... back to work... back to responsibilities... back to bills...

So... maybe that ride back

Sucks...

But....mystery solved.....

Now, the better question is:

How can we make tht ride back home as exciting and amazing as the ride TO our destination?

Stop... and really think about that for a moment....

If there was a way that you could you the time on your way back home... and create actions plans to take of important things in your life.... how would you do that?

A.

are you making this common mistake when you train your biceps.

2010-12-20T07:27:00.000-08:00

Biceps.

Guns.

Pythons.

The corny names go on add nauseum and if I didn't have to be at work in the next 40 minutes, then I'd probably add in a few more.

Despite the corny names, training your biceps properly will dramatically increase your ability to unleash your true strength potential.

Anyway, One common mistake that most people make when they perform a bicep curl is to curl the dumbbell up to a almost complete O degree angle, which looks like this:

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This is dumb. It puts pressure on the elbow joint, which over time will lead to chronic pain.

Now, why would a person do something so dumb?

Well, I guess the intention is to increase the maximum contraction of the bicep muscle.

That's not how it works.

When you squeeze the muscle past either TO or past that angle, then the bicep muscle actually RELAXES, so you don't get the benefit of increased contraction.

You don't get any benefit PERIOD.

So, how can you start to curl the dumbbell to a more efficient angle and develop more strength and keep your elbow joint working perfectly into old age ( nowadays, old age is 20 something's....)?

Well, you can start by reading the above sentence again until something Jumps out at you and you really get it and let it...sink in...

Or I can just spare the couples that you could have used to come to the logical conclusion which is in the damn sentence... and just show you...

When you curl a dumbbell, you want to curl to about a 30 - 40 degree angle, at which the bicep is forced to undergo the maximal contraction. A 40 degree angle looks like this:

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Never ever close or squeeze the elbow joint completely shut... or you'll gonna have to be doing you bicep curls in your imagination.

Use your time wisely....

2010-12-02T17:16:00.000-08:00

If you have certain goals that you want to accomplish, then you absolutely must use your time effectively.

Make every hour count.

When you stop and think about it, The average person has about 12 hours during which they are awake. Never mind the fact that we are asleep for a major part of our lives, during our subconscious minds are given free reign to help us assimilate all the experiences of the past day and repair our muscles and other organs.

Much of our daily life is spent running on auto pilot, meaning that we are slaves to our habits, whether they are productive or not so productive.

The key is to WAKE UP... Snap out of the many useless trances of the day... and get some important s@#$ done... Work on that book for an hour... go for that walk that you've been putting off for YEARS now.... Take that money you've been saving in your shoebox and put it into a Roth IRA or a CD or by bonds or an Interest bearing savings account...

Are you starting to see my point?

Do something with the time you have.

Time flows much like a river... once that stream flows over the cliff, it's gone.

Sincerely,

Amir

Have you created your new years resolutions yet??

2010-11-27T12:39:00.000-08:00

A new year is coming....

It's a going to be a time to set new goals and achieve new success...

It's that time of year when you can Let go of the past.... and Move forward to the new and exciting.

In a way, for many people, The new year is like being "born again".... it's as if you're being baptized... with a Kind and loving priest holding you gently under water as you... hold your breath.... and allow the cool, clean water to wash away all the sins of the past... and to hold onto the lessons you've learned and allow them to guide you in your daily life forever and always...

But enough of that good stuff.

One common new years resolution that most people make is that "I promise that I'm going to workout and lose weight so I can look good in my bikini/thong/butt ass naked when I'm on the beach in Hedonism..."

Many people get the ball rolling and they start their routine and they even workout regularly, until suddenly, for some mysterious reason, they fall off their routine and it suddenly slips into the background of their mind, much like when you put something up in the attic, with all the other things that tend to fade away into nothingness...

Then, the guilt feelings pop up. Suddenly, thoughts start to run through your head, like:

" I really wanted to stick with my workout routine, but I don't have the time and energy..."

Well.... After having received my personal trainer's certification in 2009 and working with family and clients, I've discovered the core underlying reasons why people fall off their exercise programs. I've addressed those issues in a very informative and fun-to-read book I'm callin...

Secrets of How to Be Your Own Personal Trainer!!!!

Imagine.... having your own Personal Trainer in the palm of your hand...

Imagine... having a personal trainer handy ANYTIME, ANYWHERE you go, even when you're on vacation and you want to stay in shape...

What would it be like if you could always have unstoppable motivation and Unlimited enthusiasm for getting and staying the shape that YOU always want to be in....

Well... if I were to tell you that your own perfect personal trainer is much closer than you can even imagine, how compelled would you be to actually pay attention and learn more?

Being a Personal Trainer, I realize the value of being healthy and fit. I realize that having a body that has lots of energy packed inside of it allows a person to enjoy life and to savor all the fun and excitement that life has to offer... Now...

I realize that many people want to be in better shape and feel better about their bodies, but they might not have the money to spend on a Personal Trainer, or they may feel that they might not have the time. These are perfectly understandable concerns.

Many Personal Trainers charge high prices for their services and for good reason: they are good at what they do and they demand adequate compensation. However....

How would you feel if I were to tell you that You can become your own Personal Trainer... and motivate yourself to reach new levels of health and wellness....

There's something that you absolutely must realize about yourself: You know yourself better than anyone on the planet. No one knows YOU better than YOU,

In my new book, "Secrets of how to become your own personal trainer!!", I teach you how to easily take advantage of your self knowledge and use it to become healthier and fitter than you have ever been in your entire life.

And what's more, you can do it for a tiny fraction of what a personal trainer may charge you to train with them. Believe me, I know what I charge for a session, and I also know how easy it is for a person to learn to work out safely and properly. Now..

The question that you absolutely must ask yourself is:

"Would I rather pay 20 dollars ONE TIME and learn how to motivate myself properly and effectively for the REST OF MY LIFE, or...

...would I rather pay up to 90 dollars PER SESSION to learn how to exercise?" You have to realize that many trainers charge MORE than that for a 1 on 1 session. If you have that type of money to spend, then more power to you...

But, in the current state of our economy, smart people will find a way to save money and get in shape at the same time. Many people are worried about where they can find extra income to take care of their families and loved ones.

You see, you can have all the equipment in the world and you can even have access to the best personal trainer on the planet, but if you constantly make excuses to miss your personal training sessions, then all that equipment and that amazing personal trainer aren't going to help you get in better shape, now, are they?

There's something that my mother always says to me and I believe that she may be tapping into some deep and ancient wisdom when she says it:

"Health is the greatest Wealth..."

This is something that I share wit family members and clients alike.

In this One of a kind, never before released book, you'll learn:

* How to choose the right kind of exercise for YOUR personality!!
* How to easily motivate yourself!!!
* A powerful and simple technique for reducing cravings that works so well that you have to be absolutely certain that you no longer want to eat this food...
* If you currently have a gym membership, then you absolutely must read this to take full advantage of it!!
* How to find your perfect personal trainer!!!
* How to create your "Encyclopedia of fitness"!!!

You'll learn all of this and so much more!!!

For the ONE TIME payment of 20 bucks, you can have the power to transform your body and develop an iron will... in the palm of your hand!!!

Just think of all the money you'll save when you can tap that immeasurable well of willpower and determination lying in side of your right now....

Order your copy Right Now and Start on the road to better health and Greater vitality!!!

To order your copy right now and guarantee that you stick to your new years resolution, go to http://www.acfitnesssolutions.com/Products.html and order your copy right now!!!

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

Are YOU making this common Thanksgiving day mistake???

2010-11-25T13:41:00.001-08:00

It's that time of the year when you get together with friends and family and gives thanks for everything that you are grateful for in your life....

It's also the time when you look at that turducken lying before you on the table.. and you give it the eye of the tiger... and you pray for mercy for the poor bastard.

If you're like most people, you usually don't eat anything for the entire day before thanksgiving dinner, which is most likely around 5pm or 6pm.

Well, here's the thing:

When you skip a meal, your appetite becomes more and more ravenous. Now, that's not usually a problem, however on thanksgiving...

It can be a major problem.

Why is it a major problem?

Well, when you think about all the things that you're going to devour, then you realize how big a problem it can be.

Keep in mind that your metabolism works the best when it has a steady supply of food throughout the entire day, usually 5 small meals a day to keep your energy levels stable and prevent that dreaded crash that everyone seems to experience.

On thanksgiving day, it's customary to eat just one huge meal and then plop back and open the belt buckles.

Now, what can you do about it?

Well...

1) You can exercise 30 minutes in the morning to prime your metabolism so that you can feel good about eating all that good food.

2)You can eat small snacks throughout the day to alleviate hunger.

3) You can remember that the main purpose of thanksgiving is to be with family and have fun.

Hope this helps you stay trim throughout this holiday season.

Sincerely,

Amir

A workout routine that you can customize right now!!!

2010-11-20T08:57:00.000-08:00

High:)

In case you don't know yet, I'm certified as a personal trainer and I love working out.

I've created a sample routine from which you can pick and choose and get into awesome shape in 20 minutes a day... or less.

You can check out it right now by going here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBxk6ppG_Jg

Many personal trainers will schedule a client for a 1 hour and have them do the same exact things that could be done in 30-40 minutes.

One example of this is Long and slow cardio. This is basically any cardio activity that you do for 60 minutes or more.

I have nothing against cardio, as there is compelling evidence that it can lower your LdL cholesterol levels, or the "bad" cholesterol.

I'm all for using your time wisely and getting the most results in the least time.

That's a topic for another article...

You can check out this sample routine by visiting my Youtube channel. If you want, take some notes and start training today.

Here's the link again just in case you missed it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBxk6ppG_Jg

Sincerely,

Amir

Haters

2010-11-15T15:22:00.000-08:00

I usually don't give this topic too much thought, as I truly believe in living a "hurtless and helpful life". I do my best to spread sunshine( among other things...) whenever I can.

But, as you may be keenly aware of there, There are those people around you that may not like your very presence.

Can you imagine a person not liking you because of who you are?

It sucks, but it happens.

In my long 28 years of life, I've learned a few things:

1)If you offend someone, whether intentionally or unintentionally, then you've got yourself an enemy.

2) No matter what you do, there are ALWAYS going to people who dislike you simply because YOU ARE YOU. Sad but true.

But here's the really awesome thing:

If someone is hating you on, then you must be doing something right.

Here's a small clip of Katt Williams, who discusses the subject with grace and humor.

Enjoy:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxxPLDZnqwA

Pushups... the possibilities are endless...

2010-11-15T14:22:00.000-08:00

I was bored one day, sitting around the house, and I mysteriously felt the urge to make a video describing the awesome benefits of push ups.

Pushups, like all body weight calisthenics, are excellent substitutes for using free weights and other equipment.

The name of the game is progression.

We have gravity as one of the variables that we can control to increase the difficulty of any bodyweight exercise.

Decline pushups are a excellent example of using gravity to increase the load on the working muscles and thus provide increased resistance without weights.

Although I don't go into decline pushups on this video, I can easily make a video for everyone whose interested in them to build a massive chest in a very short time.

Here's the video, watch it now and enjoy!!!

Secrets of rejuvenation for women

2010-11-15T10:17:00.000-08:00

For Older Women ONLY: Secrets of youthful rejuvenation!!!

Do you remember what it was like when you were young and filled with energy and you could eat everything you wanted and still stay slim and trim?

If you’re in your 40 or fifties, you may have noticed a few things about your energy levels:

1) You probably don’t have the same energy levels that you had when you were in your teens and twenties.

2) You probably have more fat on your body than you do muscle.

There are many reasons why we tend to gain excess weight as we age:

1) Bad eating habits

2) A sedentary lifestyle

3) Decline of growth hormone release

4) Eating too many sweets, which causes your body to release the HORMONE Insulin, which suppresses the release of Growth Hormone, and also ENCOURAGES the STORAGE of FAT. ( I bet you didn’t know that Insulin was a hormone, did you?) We’ll talk more about Insulin as you continue to read this article.

You have Growth Hormone (GH) to thank for that. Our bodies release GH the most when we are in our teens and twenties. When we hit our 30’s, our production of GH starts to decline a little bit each decade.

So you may be asking yourself: “What are the benefits of Growth Hormone?”

Well….

In your teens, if you were fairly active, you probably looked like this:

The woman in picture above Is “muscular” without being bulky, like a man. This is totally different from just being a “skinny chick”. You can be skinny and not have developed muscles.

Below, you’ll find another example of young women who have lean muscles and high metabolisms. Notice the development of their… glutesJ:

A typical skinny chick has this type of body:

Now, when you compare this girl’s body type to the women above, you’ll see the differences. Not bad, but she could definitely benefit from a few personal training sessions to increase her muscle mass and ignite her metabolism.

However…. Now that you’re in your 40’s and 50, you’re probably starting to look like this:

Or this:

Now, you have your declining production of GH to thank for this…metamorphosis.
Please understand this now: our abilities to store fat re a gift, because in times of famine, our bodies will liberate those fat stores and provide us with energy. In addition, fat helps insulate us and keep us warm.

But, there is such a thing as too much...

You see, when you’re young, GH is naturally and easily released by doing moderate activity. Whatever “moderate” means to you.

As we grow older, exercise doesn’t “do” what it’s supposed to. Especially in women. For women, it gets harder and harder to build lean muscles… and it’s much easier to increase fat stores.

Estrogen is the cause of fat storage. Being women, you have tons of estrogen.

Now.

There are many women that are active and in their 40’s and 50’s. That’s awesome and I respect that. However, the majority of women that exercise regularly tend to favor long and slow duration (LSD) cardio over resistance training, and when they do use free weight and barbells to train, they tend to do tons of reps to develop more “tone”.

Well, here’s the thing:

1) Long slow duration cardio causes your body to utilize Carbs, fats, AND proteins for energy to sustain the activity. Let me put it to you like this:

How many joggers have you seen are ripped, unless of course, they’re young and therefore have advantage of GH on their side?

Doing this type of cardio will definitely cause you to lose weight… but your body will end up DEVOURING everything is can get it’s hands on to sustain the activity. A general rule of thumb for any cardio is:

“ The longer it is, the easier it is…”

2) Any weight that you can lift 20 times or more easily, and thus develop “tone”, is TOO DAMN EASY. This easy weight doesn’t provide enough stimulus of your muscles to cause them to grow. One major reason, albeit ridiculous, that most women tend to train for “toning” is because they fear that they might bulk up “like a man”. That is total…

(This is Bullshit, buy the way….:)

A normal woman can’t possibly produce as much Testosterone as a normal man, so she can’t possibly end up looking like this:

Or this:

So, what’s the answer for a older woman who wants to rejuvenate her body and start building muscle like she did in her 20’s? Fear not, because science has come to the rescue, as always…

Heavy weight training and Intense cardio (short duration). It’s been scientifically proven that Heavy weight training and High Intensity Cardio can stimulate your pituitary gland to release more GH, and thus increase your ability to build muscle and burn fat.

1) When I say “heavy” weight training, don’t think that you need to train like Arnold Schwartzeneggar to see amazing results (if that’s how you want to train, then go for it:J

You do however, need to increase the size of the weight you’re using and decrease the reps.

So, let’s say for instance that you used to curling a 4 pound dumbbell 20 times with ease. What you’re going to do is STOP THAT RIGHT NOW… and you’re going to increase the size of the weight to 10-12 pounds.

Once you’ve done that, you’re going to curl that weight 8-12. You’ll find that at this poundage, this is going to be a perfect number of reps.

The same goes for all the other muscles groups that you happen to work in your workout (which you should be doing, by the way). If you train in a gym and you’ve never increased the amount of weight that you bench press, then ask for one of the gym attendants to give you a spot. They’ll be happy to do it.

If you train by yourself, then increase the weight slightly until you find a weight that you can rep about 12 times safely and while maintaining proper form.

Speaking of curls, I personally feel that it’s a waste of your time and mine to “just do a set of curls”, simply because there are so many good compound exercises out there that can train many muscle groups at one time. A good example of a compound exercise is the bench press. Another perfect example of a compound exercise is the barbell squat.

Another simple reason why you want to focus on compound exercises is because the more muscles that you exercise, the more those muscles and your body demand oxygen, and them ore oxygen your body uses, the more fat you burn!!

You’d have a very hard time doing this with just curls, because curls only work the biceps and the biceps aren’t really a major muscle group, compared to the lats and the quads and the hamstrings and the pecs and the glutes.

Besides working more muscles and increasing your bodies’ ability to release growth hormone, you’ll also ignite your metabolism for hours after the session!!!

3) High intensity cardio:

High intensity cardio is any form of cardiovascular activity that causes you to breathe deeply and harder. As a general rule:

“The shorter the duration, the harder the activity…”

High Intensity cardio is any form of cardiovascular exercise that you can only sustain for 20-30 seconds. A perfect example of HIC is Sprinting. Sprinting is an all out effort that requires you to give it everything you got – and more – to reach your goal.

Interval training is an awesome way to start doing High Intensity Cardio. The gist of it is:

You go hard for a bit, and then you go easy for a bit….

The other awesome thing about HIC is that you can get much more work done in a short span of time.

Here’s something that many people don’t know about Long and Slow cardio:

Although there are many health benefits linked to cardiovascular exercise, it’s not good for fat burning!!! In fact, the increase in your metabolic activity only lasts for the DURATION of the exercise and as soon as you cool down, your metabolism goes back to the level it was BEFORE you started the activity….

4) Cut back on the sweets.

As I mentioned in the beginning of the article, eating too much sweets at one time causes your body to release massive amounts of insulin, which suppresses the release of fat burning GH and encourages the storage of fat.

Now, it’s okay to eat sweets. I love sweets. The key is to know when NOT to eat sweets.

a) It’s best to eat sweets earlier in the day, when you’re more active and more likely to burn off the calories that come with them.

b) NEVER EVER EVER eat sweets close to bedtime, for the reason I mentioned before!!!! Our bodies release GH during deep sleep, and when you eat sweets before your bedtime, then you suppress the release of the GH and encourage the release of Insulin and the storage of fat, so when your body should be rejuvenating and growing younger… This happens:

So, enjoy the sweets, but NOT before bedtime, okay? or else:

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

www.acfitnesssolutions.com

PS. Why don’t you do yourself a favor and sign up for the FREE newsletter, loaded to the brim with fitness tips and tips for better Living. You can sign up for your F.R.E.E. newsletter by going here right now:

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You can easily build Lean muscles and Burn fat when you understand....

2010-11-11T11:19:00.000-08:00

Nutrition is a science.

But... it's not a rocket science...

You see, when you understand the principles of "Macronutrients" and " Nutrient Density', then you will have a much easier time making healthy food choices.

Now, what are Macronutrients?

Macronutrients are Proteins, Carbohydrates, and Fats.

The primary role of protein is maintenance. Protein is hardly ever used for energy unless you're engaged in some activity that requires you to move continuously for a hour or more. And even iin that situation, your body will use protein LAST. Carbs and fats go first.

The primary function of Carbs and Fats are to provide you with energy. Fats are stored energy that will help you if you're ever on a dessert island and you have to go days without food.

Carbs are important for your brain and your nervous system. Carbs are also high in vitamins and minerals, for the most part.

You get your proteins from sources like chicken, beef, legumes, nuts, seeds, fish, lamb, etc.

You get your sugars and starches from Fruits, Vegetables, and Grains( Many grains have a alot of protein in them)

You get your fats from dairy and other sources. Many proteins have saturated fat in them, so there you go.

Nutrient Density is a fancy way of saying that you should choose a food with a high amount of nutrients and vitamins and minerals.

Now, what are your muscles made of?

Well...

Our muscles are about 70% water and 20% PROTEIN.

Now, let's use a little bit of inductive reasoning, shall we?

See, If muscles are made of protein, then doesn't it make sense that you can have a easier time building your muscles if you consume protein?

Is a sugary cookie going to provide the necessary building block for building new muscles?

Nope. They sure as hell taste delicious though, don't they?

Now, what's so important about understanding the basics of nutrition?

Can you build long and powerful muscles with a steady diet of cake and ice cream?

Doubt it. You sure as hell can build up on HUGE reserve of energy buy eating that stuff all the time and NOT exercising 30 minutes a day.

By "reserve", I mean a big ole' beer gut, complete with curly black hairs....

Now...

Let me be totally clear here:

I am, in no shape or form advocating a high protein diet, which places strain on the kidneys because of all the urea produced from the breakdown of proteins in the body.

The results that you can gain from are FAST, but...

They are short term and as soon as you stop eating like this, your body will put back on all the weight you lost... and more.

I'm talking about eating 5-6 balanced meals a day, each consisting of 50% protein, 30% carbs, and 20% fat. You don't have to have your meals exactly to these specifications, but you want to have your meals with this ratio or something similar.

When you eat 5-6 small meals like this, you provide your body with all the nutrients it needs to maintain(protein) and energize(carbs and fats).

Start to eat in this way and notice how much energy you have throughout the day.

Sincerely,

Amir

Are you experiencing the benefits of AGNS??

2010-11-05T13:55:00.000-07:00

AGNS has been Scientifically Validated to be a Nature's Miracle Drug".

Researchers have been experimenting with AGNS for decades now and the research is yielding some amazing findings.

100% of people that use AGNS have reported the following benefits:

Increased energy
Improved Memory
More upbeat and positive mood
Improved work performance
Clearer Skin
Improved ability to solve problems
Improved recovery from injury
Increased Sex Drive

What other drug can you think of that boasts such a high rate of success and yields this many benefits?

Not too many, I'm guessing...

In the course of experimentation, scientists have discovered a certain time frame during which AGNS seems to work most effectively.

They also discovered what happens when you DON'T get AGNS:

Increased Stress
Lower energy Levels
Decreased ability to remember facts and faces
Lower Sex Drive

Are you getting AGNS in during your day?

Are you curious about what AGNS is yet?

Well, if you;re wondering what AGNS is...

Then....

Relax:)

It's short for...

A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP!!!

Bet you didn't realize there were so many benefits associated with getting A Good Night's Sleep, Did ya?

You remember that certain time frame that I was speaking about earlier?

Well, scientific research has determined that our bodies produce many rejuvenating hormones during the hours of 9pm and 12pm.

Your body also produces GH, which is responsible for burning fat and building muscle, during the Delta stage of deep sleep.

Would you like some really simple tips to help you fall asleep EFFORTLESSLY and QUICKLY?

When you sign up for your F.R.E.E. newsletter, you'll get tips on getting a really good night's sleep. and much, much more!!!

You can sign up for your F.R.E.E. newsletter right now by going here:

Look directly to the right of your screen and fill in the form!!!

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

PS. If you ready to get into shape and you want a amazing personal training who will customize a total body fat burning routine specifically to your personality and your body type, then you owe to yourself to visit today and learn how much more I can do for you:

http://www.acfitnesssolutions.com/Personal_Training.php

Burn the human leeches from your life...

2010-11-04T13:18:00.001-07:00

Have you ever seen a leech before?

If not, you can go to this link below and check one out here:

http://archive.student.bmj.com/back_issues/0898/graphics/leechdrain.jpg

If you HAVE seen a leech before, then you know how disgusting they are.

If you know anything about leeches, then you KNOW that they suck blood.

Now.

What do leeches have to do with YOU?

Well, you may have leeches attached to you right now.

Can you imagine walking around with a human sized leech attached to you?

You may be wondering to yourself: " If there was something that huge attached to me, wouldn't I be aware of it?"

Well, Probably not.

You see, human leeches are those people that simply take and take and take and don't give back in return. They'll suck you dry and then when you have nothing left to give, they'll move on to some whose got lots of stuff so that they start the "suckfest" all over again.

Now.

You may be wondering to yourself:" what can I do to notice these huge freaking leeches so that I can avoid them at all costs?"

Well, you only have to open your eyes... and look around you.

Now.

Obviously, the leeches we're talking about might not suck blood, but they will suck other things right out of you.

Your time.

Your money.

Your good nature.

Human leeches are expert at spotting those who have a giving caring nature and sucking everything they can from them. They know exactly what they are doing. They've most likely been doing it for many years, so they've had time to "refine" their sucking abilities.

The thing about a Human leech is that they tend to "come and go". After they've sucked you dry, they'll disappear until you can regather your forces to the point of overflowing, at which point they'll magically and mysteriously appear from seemingly nowhere and WHAMMO!!!

You've been sucked dry before you even realize what's happened!!!

Isn't that aweful?

One way to avoid leeches is to notice them first. Once you notice them, then you will automatically do everything in your power to avoid them. Life is awesome like that... It's like we all have a built in "anti leech security system' that protects us from unwanted attachments.

The sad thing is that sometimes these leeches can be good friends, and it can be painful to wipe 'em off and find new non-leechy friends, but...

You have to think about yourself. It's tough, but it's got to be done if you're going to stay healthy and be successful.

So, from this point forward, you're going to be on the look out for the leeches around you...

And you're going to be on the lookout for the people that really add to your life....

And I'm pretty sure that you know exactly what to do next, don't you?

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

Why women love funny guys...

2010-11-04T09:37:00.001-07:00

It took me years to finally realize this.

I'm one of those guys who always wondered why a woman tends to choose a extremely funny guy over a guy who isn't so funny. Here's the answer that came to mind:

It's because their f@#$ING FUNNY!!!

But there's much, much, more to it than that.

Can you remember a time when you laughed so much that you lost your breath and the muscles on the back of your neck started to hurt and your stomach muscles just gave out?

Have you ever laughed so hard that your tears started to soak through to your shirt, revealing the color of you bra?

Well, if you want to look at laughter from the point of view of a scientist or neurophysician, then here's what you'll discover:

Laughter causes your brain to release endorphins, which is a chemical that causes you to feel good.

Now, when you put 1 and 1 together, you can easily understand why most women want a man that can make them laugh.

There... mystery solved. One down.... infinity to go.

If you don't consider yourself to be a funny guy, then go and learn some corny jokes. Corny jokes are paradoxical for this one reasons:

They are so unfunny that they are funny.

Have you ever heard a really corny joke? What was that like? Corny, I'd imagine. But then what happened:

As you started to replay the joke in your head, the sheer corniness of it suddenly hit you and you just had to laugh, possibly because you just couldn't believe how corny the joke was.

So, do yourself and learn some corny jokes.

Or better yet, model some really funny people and mimic their behaviors. There are tons of them out there with their own perspective of the world.

Make your boyfriends and girlfriends laugh. It's a really awesome way to clear your mind and to feel better.

Now.

Being funny is a talent that people have. Some people are born with it. Some people are born with, and everyone can develop humor.

Alot of it, really, is having to do with having a creative imagination. Alot of it, really, has to do with taking what's around you already and asking yourself:

What would my mother look like if she was white?
What would it be like if there was a deaf woman as president?
What would John Kennedy think of the current state of the economy? How would he look if he saw what was going on in the world today? What would he be saying if he were sitting in his home reading the newspaper?

It's all about using your imagination.

Much of what's funny is to take a factual event ie. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and to make it funny somehow. It's about putting your own little spin on the event.

One simple drill that you can do to is to play a little game I like to call " what if".

What you do is take a sheet of paper and you write at the top of it "what if" or "what would it be like if...". Use whichever one feels right to you.

Now go ahead and write out WHATEVER COMES TO MIND. No matter how silly it seems, write it down.

Now.

One of the purposes of this little exercise is to help you overcome that little censor that you have inside your mind. All too often, we tend to censor what we say or do, so as not to be purr-ceived in a certain way...

Well, for the duration of this exercise, you can say whatever the F@#$ you want to. Say anything and everything you've always wanted to say.

You might find that as you allow your inner most thoughts and opinions to flow out from you and on the piece of paper before you, you'll have to get a new piece of paper and start over again... That's fine. It just means that you have a lot of things on your mind.

What would it be like if your home was surrounded by a huge moat filled with alligators and vicious grey gorillas?

What would it be like if our sun was green? How would the sunset look to you?

There's also something much more important about allowing your imagination to roam free and play about as it wants to:

It allows you to easily think of what COULD BE for you own life...

What would it be like if you were making 1000 dollars a day from the comfort of your own home?

What would it be like if you were the owner of a beautiful yacht?

What would it be like if your checking was filled with money, say... 10 million dollars in available funds?

You find that as you start to imagine the possibilities and imagine what thing COULD BE like, then you'll automatically start to act funnier and say funnier things.

Sincerely,

Amir

PS Can you imagine what Marylin Monroe would look like Dancing with Maxim Smirkofysky on "Dancing with the Stars"? How would she sound giving her post dance talk with Brooke Burnes? Thin about it...

I have no idea why the hell this was so funny...

2010-11-01T09:29:00.000-07:00

I was at the post office getting stamps, for various reasons, one of which was not to return the Blonde mail order bride they sent me. I had to send he back because she wasn't talking to me... or moviing... or blinking.... or breathing.. to make matters worse.... They sent with all her clothes on!!!!!

What the Hell, dude. I didn't pay good money have RUSSIA send me a Hot dead chick with her frickin' clothes on. No F@#$in' way...

Anyway, as I was standing in line waiting to be... waited on.

Before me in the line was a nice old lady with long grey hair and a Pimp umbrella...

She was talking with the female cashier, who looked to be in her late 40's- early 50's.

They were having the most AMAZING conversation...

About stamps.

They were so deeply enthralled, and as I listened to them describe which stamps stuck to an envelope easier, I started to smile.

That smile gradually began to transform, like man to werewolf, into a grin.

That grin gradually flowed into a giggle.

The next thing I know, I'm standing there in line listening to these two ladies and i'm laughing ass off, jiggling all over the place. The lady behind me have got one hell of a show...

I'm just one of those people that you DO NOT want at a funeral, because you'll be angry at yourself for laughing at me.... It's a serious occasion, after all...

I tend to laugh at things that most other people might not find the slightest bit of humor in... scratch that:

The things that I laugh at, no other human being on the planet would find funny, unless I took the time to explain it to them. Which is why I want to learn sign language, so that I can reach a new group of people with my highly advanced sense of humor...

If you see something that seems funny to you, then laugh.

Amir

One thing you'll notice about me is that i'm...

2010-11-01T09:24:00.000-07:00

Complex. I have a WIDE and LONG list of different interests that keep me very busy.

If you try to pin me down as an Apple, then you'll be disappointed when you discover that I've decided to be an Orange for the week.

Have Fun;)

Amir

Please tell me how you REALLY feel....

2010-11-01T09:12:00.000-07:00

Would you REALLY want to know what the people around you think about you and the things you do?

It's not as hard as you might think. It just takes a little calibration on your part.

You have to get an idea of how the person normally feels, their general disposition, sunny or surly.

Once you have their baseline, you can notice any deviations with ease.

The key is to notice.

Open your eyes and your ears, and your... soul...

It surprises me that people don;t do this as often as they should.

Alot of lives can be saved when you PAY ATTENTION.

The rapist that wants to rape you is going to have a certain body language.

The boss that wants to give you that raise is going to have a certain body language.

That Victoria's secret model that you're kicking out of bed is going to have a certain body language.

You see, what people say and what they do are two totally different things.

A person may say "no", but their head is nodding "yes, I did it"

You have to realize that you are dealing with the subconscious mind at the same time. And the subconscious mind controls the body. The subconscious mind stores your memories. The subconscious mind is the storehouse of all your skills.

A person can't lie to you and get away with it unless they've been trained to do so.

The key tings that you want to pay attention to are:

1) Tone of voice, through which you can determine certainty and uncertainty, how much a person believes something, how they truly feel, etc

2) Body movements: Twitches, head nods, eyes looking in a certain direction ( eye accessing cues)

3) Posture: Let's you know how a person is feeling. Changes in posture correlate with changes in thoughts and emotions. Common sense will tell you that when people feel good, they stand up tall, and when they feel like shit, they keep their head down and limit eye contact.

There are many more indicators that will allow you to read a person like a open book with huge letters, but these are enough to get you started on the road to mastery.

The key is calibration.

Amir

What the fuck.... Black dork rant

2010-11-01T08:54:00.000-07:00

So much to share, so many places to start....

Let's start with:

1) The old slut MILF from that Tide commericial. One word:

FIND ME AND MARRY ME...

You can see her here, but DON'T fall in love with her and of course, Make sure I hit it first:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cljX9iMwgQ

2) Halloween: SERIOUSLY!?!?!?!?!??!

3) UGG boots and tights: God's gift to women of lesser shape and physical attractiveness. It's a walking hypnotic induction for visual men like me. Thank god for airbags...

4) Tur-duck-en: Um... if you can just *think* about eating a turkey with a duck stuffed up it's ass and NOT puke, then....

WOW. Just... WOW.

Amir

It sucks when you can't cheat on a woman and get away with it...

2010-11-01T08:17:00.000-07:00

I've been there many, many, many times.

Especially when it comes to meeting women.

Like most guys, I LOVE WOMEN. There's not a waking thought that passes through my awareness that doesn't involve a woman or three... I love women.

I'm no expert one meeting women. Far from it. I'm just a student of life and I learn A little bit each day. It's so frustrating that it's actually fun. Thankfully, I haven't been slapped. Only insulted down t the depths of my immortal soul, is all...

Like most guys, when I see a woman that I want to get to know better, I might get a little nervous, and might not even know what to say, but then again, who really knows what to say all of the time?

In my mind, the most important thing is that I can find a way to get the girl's attention and hold it for a while so that she can see how awesome and funny I really am.

I've said lots of dumb things. LOTS. I've DONE even more dumb things.

One thing that comes to mind is the time I wanted to meet this really cute cashier in a Banana Republic store. She was brunette, had dark eyes, and she was long and slender in the trunk area. The skintight purple dress that came up to her toned thighs just added to her aura....

Anyway, Being a Personal Trainer, I use this as a excuse to open a communication with her. Here's a transcript of the exchange:

Me: Excuse me...

Her: Yeah?

Me: I'm a personal Trainer and I could help but notice that you have amazing posture....

Her: Really?

Me: Yeah:)

Her: Wow.... I've been going to my chiropractor because of my scoliosis for a while now....

Me: ......

Me: Well, whatever he's doin is working out for ya...

Her: Thanks!!! I let him know:)

Anyway, the point is this...

How the F@#K was I supposed to know she had scoliosis!?!?!?!?!

Do you see where I'm going with this yet?

When there's someone that you want to meet, find ANY excuse to go up to them and start a conversation. If you take the time to sit down and calculate what you're going to say, then he/she may disappear FOREVER.

The main goal at that point is to make them AWARE that you even exist and to give them a taste of your personality.

It's like this: At any one point in time, there are literally thousands of concerns, hopes, worries, plans, etc, running through most people's heads. It's almost as if each one of us is walking around surrounded by a cloud of these thoughts, each one demanding our energy and attention.

It's like everyone is walking around in a focused trance.

"Everyone" includes that Hot thong model that works at the subway down the street....

Your mission (if you choose to accept it and you find her attractive) is to get her attention and SAY ANYTHING. It doesn't matter what you say. You will automatically know what to say, if you use your eyes and ears.

Your only mission is to break her out of her trance for the moment and get her focused on you.

There's a saying about the human mind that goes something like this:

"The mind is indivisible..."

What does this mean?

It means that we can only focus our attention on one thing at a time.

Now what does this mean for meeting the woman that you want to meet?

Well, if all of her attention is focused on you for the time being, then you're in.

It sounds simple, but it's true.

The important thing is to establish that little connection with them FIRST.

I've said some really dumb things before, thing so dumb that even my friends had to drop everything they were doing and ask themselves: " Did he really just say that?"

Part of what I say comes from the fact that much like Abe Lincoln, I find it very hard to lie, and when I am Lying, you can easily notice it and call me on it. It's a gift and a curse.

It sucks when you can't cheat on a woman and get away with it...

Her: Did you sleep with my mother and my sister yesterday?

Me: (Words) I would never do anything to hurt you....
(Body movements) Yes... but you're mother was lousy and your friend has one hell of yeast infection going on. I've never seen so many loafs of bread in my life... They were tasty, but still, too much bread for one man...

......

Don't waste time. Don't worry about looking stupid. You probably already look stupid by virtue of the way you're dressed.

Get up and say something.

Amir

Reserve your spot RIGHT NOW!!!

2010-10-24T10:43:00.001-07:00

Are you wondering to yourself:

"How am I going to stay motivated to keep in shape this winter?"

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When the first warm day of spring finally comes around the corner, you'll step outside feeling confident and powerful... and you'll look back on the winter months and you'll feel grateful that you decided to do yourself a favor and train with me...

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Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

I think I maybe an optimist...

2010-10-08T15:23:00.000-07:00

I didn't realize it until today..

I was in local print shop getting a quote for a book I'm writing called " Secrets of how to be your own personal trainer".

As I walk into the store, I notice a customer speaking with one of the associates, and I notice that the guy seems to be a pessimist...

He's talking about how "there's nothing good left in the world" and he's just "wating for the end...", whatever that means.

Now, I like to play around, so with each statement he spit out, I picked out the positive in it. Everytime I countered with a positive, he was "stunned", and he searched deep in his subconscious for a negative.

As if his pessimistic attitude wasn't bad enough, he even started to get down on... BEER!!!

This was the last f@#$% straw for me, because I love a good, tall, cold, frosty mug of beer every once in a while.

He goes: " There ain;t enough alcohol in the beer..." to which I reply:

"Yeah, but there is still some in there..."

At which point he walks out of the shop and wishes everyone a good weekend. I really do hope that guy has an amazing weekend and that he learns to see the positive aspects of his life.

If he was only aware of the fact that " the grass is always greener on the other side". At least he has a job!!!! How many of you out there are out of work? I'm in the same boat.

It's only when I got home did I realize the significance of what occurred: He couldn't bring me down!! His energy level didn't have an impact on me and I managed to brighten up his day to a degree.

I would never called myself an "optimist", but I do like to focus on the positive aspects of my life, because I'm a FIRM believer in the saying " what you focus your attentions on, expands..."

Take Care,

Amir

Women's sunglasses

2010-10-04T16:22:00.000-07:00

women's sunglasses The creators sound as though they have created something unique and special. The web page is good and i want to suggest a few things:

1) There are a lot of benefits and features attributed to the sunglasses described on the front page, but because everything is so compacted together, my eyes almost completely ignored them.

2) I would suggest that you make a separate paragraph for each separate thought that you have. You might also want to add bullet points to each specific feature. Other than those two points, the website is easy to navigate.

Cheers, Amir

women's sunglasses

What "The secret" talks about....

2010-10-03T17:16:00.000-07:00

Have you seen that movie "The Secret". It's a very good movie that talks about the power of focusing of WHAT YOU DO WANT until you get it.

If you haven't seen the movie yet, then you must have at least seen that Blonde lady with the $%^&-up hair that was on Oprah...twice in the same week....

One of the things that they talk about is "being aligned with your desire". I simply take this to mean that have to capture the FEELING of what it will be like when you've gotten what you wanted.

I was listening to some music that i used to listen to when I was in college and I realized something very important - I have a lot of awesome memories associated with some really awesome music.

I realized how deeply music is intertwined with my life - and I understand how much music is associated with the younger people today. The music that they love today is going to be the awesome memories of their future...

They'll hear a song from their past and instantly begin to think about some memory, good or bad.

Wow.

Anyway...

I drew a connection between "being in line with your desire" and a really good song: A good song sort of puts you into a certain state. You feel a certain way when you hear a certain song.

I also realize that the woman who created " the secret" actually compiled her work from a TON of other writers, and that's fine. I think the most important thing is that she was partly responsible in popularizing the necessity of focusing on what you DO WANT.

Is this possible?!?!?!?

2010-09-14T09:54:00.000-07:00

Have you ever looked directly at something and not seen it?

It amazes how much we can be awake yet NOT be be awake.

Sure, you can be walking around and talking, but are you awake?

Did you notice what your mom was wearing the last time you saw her?

How did you best friend sound the last time you saw/heard them?

It amazes me that every-time I drive down a certain road that I can notice something that I never noticed before.

Has that ever happened to you?

Can you see the difference between being "Awake" and AWAKE?

Being awake means that all of your sense are focused on the sounds, sights, feelings, and smells of the immediate environment.

If you were to take a moment and notice what you smell, what do you smell?

If you were to take a moment and notice what you see, what would you notice?

Have you ever been looking at a friend or lover and all of a sudden, you notice something that you never noticed before?

How does you shirt feel on your body?

How does your ass FEEL in your seat?

How do you feet feel?

That is what being present is all about.

Do you realize that many of the accidents that people experience is because they aren't PRESENT. For a brief moment, they couldn't "See" the driver that suddenly pulled out and nailed them.

It's always the punch that you don't "see" that knocks your ass out COLD.

Can you think of all the places that you life can improve when you're PRESENT?

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

How to Decrease Muscle Soreness and Increase your Body's ability to heal...in 5 minutes or less!!!

2010-09-05T14:32:00.000-07:00

How to Decrease Muscle sorness and Speed Up Muscle Recovery:

What happens to your body when you exercise?

A) Muscles break down
B) Muscles get tight
C) Muscle Glycogen Gets Depleted

Remember, your body is a living thing and although the effects may not be apparent immediately, just realize that changes are going on beneath the surface, and you will become aware of them in the days to follow. Your body will send you necessary signals.

There’s also something very important that you need to realize: every process that we know about – and aren’t yet aware of – is subject to various levels of intensity, usually experienced as a Low point, Peak Point, Bottom Point.

a) It’s like sprinting: when you first take off, you’re in the acceleration phase
b) You’ve hit your stride and you’re sprinting at your max speed
c) You reach the point where your legs can no longer produce the necessary force and you slow down.

It’s sort of like a line or any other shape that you want to use to represent it.

Now…

As you’re sore, you want to rate the level of soreness on a scale of 1 -10. This rating is important because when you go through the healing process, you’re going to want to refer to that rating. After you run the post exercise healing routine, then you’re going to want to rate your level of soreness again. Hopefully, it’s gone down quite a bit.

Pre exercise Preparation:

1) Stretch and Activate (Warm up) muscles that are going to be exercised BEFORE exercising:

Ie A) Bench Press - Stretch Pecs and Deltoids and warm-up the same (activate)
B) Barbell Squat: Warm Back muscles, warm up the muscles in the leg (adductors, abductors, quads, hamstrings, calves, Glutes)

2) Perform the “Cross Crawl”. The Cross Crawl is an exercise that’s designed to enhance the bodies’ ability to heal. Long story short, our bodies are used to performing activities in which our body parts cross the midline of the body. Researchers discovered that activities such as walking and swimming stimulate both the right and left hemispheres of the brain and speed up the healing process. We human beings are Contralateral, meaning that when you move your left leg, your right arm is supposed to naturally move out with with, and when you move your right leg, your right arm is supposed to naturally move out with it. However….

Notice that I said “supposed”. Sometimes, a person’s body will develop a condition that is called Homolateral. This means that when your left arm swings, your left leg swings out, and when your right leg swings out, your right arm swings out. This condition is not good.

When you are in a Homolateral condition, your immune systems’ ability to heal you is decreased by about 50 percent!!!!

Does this sound like a state that you want to be in you want to perform to your peak potential? I hope not!!!!

A simple way to switch your neurological organization from Homolateral to Contralateral is to perform the Cross Crawl. This is a perfect addition to any work out routine. The cross crawl also enhances your ability to think properly, as the movement ( and any movements that cause you to move contralaterally) stimulates both hemispheres of the brain.

To perform the Cross Crawl, you’re going to stand up and march in place. As you march in place, touch your left hand to your right knee, and your right hand to your left knee, and repeat for a minute or two. The longer you perform the exercise, the easier it becomes, to the point where you start to develop a rhythm as you’re doing it.

3) Stretch and Cool Down for about 10 minutes

4) Make sure you eat a High Carbohydrate meal with some Protein afterwards to speed up the rebuilding of muscle glycogen (fuel stores)

5) If possible, take a warm bath to increase circulation so that blood can flow more easily to the exercise muscles and speed up the repair.

Post Exercise Preparation:

***Rate your level of soreness on a scale of 1-10 before you begin and then rate it again after you’ve gone through the protocol below to notice any improvement your muscles have made***

1) Stretch Sore muscles

2) Activate Sore muscles (warm up)

3) Repeat until Muscles feel stronger and soreness is gone.

4) Make sure all of your meals contain protein to aid the rebuild of the torn down muscles. Eggs are a good source of protein if you're not allergic to them, as they have a high bioavailability, meaning that the protein in eggs is easily assimilated by your body.

5) Perform the “Cross Crawl” for a minute or two

The important thing to keep in mind is that the key to Recovery is to keep moving!!!

Keep the blood flowing!!! The soreness you experience may cause you to want to stay still or stay in bed, but DON'T!!!

Get up and get active. Of possible, go for a walk to get the blood circulating.

When you think about it, when you experience DOMS, it's similar to being injured, isn't it? You're muscles underwent trauma and as a result, are in the recovery phase.

There have been scientific studies that prove beyond doubt that inactivity leads to the weakening and loss of muscle tissue. In one such study, they imposed bed rest on healthy young men, and placed elderly men on exercise routine for 4 weeks. The results at the end of the four weeks?: The old men increased their muscle mass and endurance, while the young men experienced a 25-30 decrease in muscle strength. Isn’t that amazing? Doesn’t it make you realize that activity is the key to longevity AND recovery?

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

Sweet, sweet blog

2010-09-03T17:03:00.000-07:00

I just got back in from dropping off my niece. Her son, my great nephew ( I just call him my nephew, since I'm not big on labels and titles) had a awesome birthday today. We mushed his face in the cake and he loved it. He wanted us to do it again, but it's only funny the first time. We'll by one of those Little Debbie cakes and catch him by surprise tomorrow...

Lots of stuff running through my mind right now:

This blog for instance... I know that when i'm dead and gone, physically, this blog will still be here, a lasting record that was proof that I was here, proof that I lived....

Also thinking about being proactive and reactive. Thinking about which one I am and being glad that I know which one I am....

I'm also realizing what A rut truly is... I'm realizing how a rut is sorta like "Groundhog Day" with Bill Murray( If you haven't seen this movie, then you absolutely MUST make some time and watch this movie... and I promise you that it will open your eyes and really look at your own life).... I'm starting to realize that although some aspects of the movie aren't possible, there are some parts that ring shockingly true to life... for me at least right now....

Long story short, Bill discovers that he has to relive the same day over and over again. At first, he's loving it... he's doing all the things that A person who knows exactly what's going to happen next would do... he realizes that he can't die because the day starts over repeatedly....

This "happening" starts to lose it's novelty and he starts to hate it... he's stuck in the mother of all ruts. He realizes that he absolutely must make some changes if he wants his life to continue on it's track. He realizes that until he starts to use his knowledge of the things that are going to happen, he'll be stuck in this time loop forever....

I gotta admit that I'm feeling a little bit like Bill right now, but not in the good way....

I guess the first step to getting out of a rut is to realize that you're in a rut, don't you think?

I guess the next question to ask is " What kind of situation and circumstances do I want to be in and what can I do right now to create those circumstances?"

Amir

Hello Denmark

2010-09-02T08:10:00.000-07:00

Sweet sweet Denmark.... I was just checking out some of my blog statistics and I noticed that a majority of my page views are from... Denmark!!!! All 6 of them!!!!

If you're in the house Denmark, let me hear make some NOIIIIISSSSSSEEEEE!!!!

Denmark is one of the places that i'm going to visit when money and time become available. If you're reading this and your currently reside in Denmark, then let me know what types of things I should do and What places I can visit.

To honor you, sweet Denmark, i'm gonna make a rap for you!!! I'm gonna do my research and I'm gonna create a video, to thank all 6 of your countrymen(and women) that visited my page. However, I do have one concern....

I'm afraid that those 6 people forgot to leave comments on what they liked and didn't liked... So i can't put your names into my little masterpiece, but that's okay. I'll just call you the "Denmark 6". That sounds cool, right? Like "ocean's 12"... or Baker's Dozen...

What the weather like in Denmark? Most importantly, how much do you love Black Men? These things are important to me, because when i come there, I'm going to need at least 6 Beautiful Denmark women to accompany through town and keep my body safe....

Thank you and God Blesske...

Amir

PS. To the one person from Taiwan that checked this out, god bless you:)

The coolest Video I've seen in years

2010-09-02T07:41:00.000-07:00

I LOVE this video. The girl who stars in it is kinda a dorky, but she's extremely cute. There's a very powerful message locked deep within, and you'll have to look closely to determine... I rhymed!!!!

Long Story short: You absolutely MUST watch this video right now and enjoy it!!!

Click the link below to watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRuJhDYJMJk

I'm actually watching this video right now!!! That's how much I love it.

The band/group/singer is Shinichi Osawa, and they are ripping it up right now.

After you watch the entire video, then make a judgment. Just sit back and relax.

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

My New Widget!!!

2010-09-02T07:24:00.000-07:00

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The title clearly says it all. This is my new widget. I have no idea why I have it, but it looked cool, so i must have it.... you know how that goes.

Anyway....

Sincerely,

Amir

Taking Stalking to A whole new level... the future level....

2010-09-02T06:54:00.000-07:00

So I was just checking out blogs to follow (I didn't know that was the termed used until just now...) and I notice something very... stalkerish.

You're given the option to follow a specific blog anonymously... as in the person whose blog you’re following isn't aware that you're following them. Where have we heard that before...*cough* Law and Order...*coughs* special victims unit.

I guess I’m just confused as to why a person would feel the need to follow some one that they like... anonymously. Why just not just LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE FOLLOWING THEM, so that they can reject you, instead of you hanging on to the hope that they will accept you when they're ready...

I think all stalking comes down to avoiding rejection. If I like a girl, I go up and talk to her. If she's not interested, then she's just not interested no matter how many drinks I buy her....

But with a stalker, I think that having that fantasy and having that closeness ( read: standing over them while they sleep) is enough to keep them happy. Like I always say, "the best stalker is the one that you never know is there until you end up marrying them, and then years later, they tell you that they were stalking you... and that you actually didn't accidentally run over your beautiful golden retriever... they killed it and put it under your rear tire so that when you came out and cried your eyes out, they could comfort you... from behind that huge ass oak tree...."

That's the thing: you never know if you're being stalked right now... as you're sitting there reading these words, there could be someone watching you right now, they know your every move.... they even know what you're thinking right now... they know what you're gonna do today... they know what you're gonna do 10 years from now....

God, silly!!!

Sincerely,

Amir

Very weird night....

2010-09-02T06:16:00.000-07:00

Last night was a extremely weird night, in terms of my dreaming.

I swear that I must have dreamed the entire 8 hours I was asleep. It felt as though i was living a totally separate life while my eyes were closed. If you ever remember our dreams, then you remember how confusing a dream can be and for some mysterious reason, I only seem to remember that last few seconds up to the point where i open my eyes. Last night was different however..

I woke up three times last night, and each wake up session was caused by something that I was seeing in my dreams. Very weird.

Have you ever had a dream that was so disturbing - or inspiring - that even though you had it many years ago, you can still remember it clearly to this day? I've had several such dreams, and I feel like they serve as messages, something that your subconscious mind knows, but that you don't realize yet... something that will be revealed later on in our life.... if we live long enough to discover the meaning of it.

I think is something very important to factor into a very unexplainable dream. The longer we live, the more we

This is some really exciting stuff, to me at least.... I can clearly remember different portions of the dream. It felt as though I was living through and entire day. I remember making plans to do things. I remember taking a shower and realizing that my bathroom window was open. I remember being in my bedroom cleaning up load of pennies and dimes and quarters from underneath my bed. I've read instances of people who spent years experiencing a dream, where they accomplished major things and even got married and died, and then they woke up.

Can you imagine yourself winning the noble peace prize, having lunch with Donald trump and oprah, and then waking up, discovering that it was just a dream?

Experts say that images in dreams are symbols and rarely literal. I'm not sure what the pennies, dimes and quarters mean. I'm not sure what the showering thing mean ( is someone somewhere trying to tell me that i'm dirty?)

I wonder where the whole deja vu thing comes into play in terms of dreams? Maybe when we experience deja vu, what's really happening is that we are remembering some future event( now, the present) that we dreamt about. When you stop and think about it, deja vu is like a "feeling", where I just KNOW that I've already done this before. I remember having that feeling when I first attended Nazareth college in 1999. I remember it very clearly: I was sitting down in my dormroom and something told me to jump up on the top bunk(my roommate at the time hadn't moved in yet, so I had the place to myself), and then suddenly, it hit me like a snowball:

"I've been here before!!!" It was very weird and disorienting.

As I said above, time will everything and put all those mysteries that you have into proper perspective. You'll look back on those "Weird" dreams and then you'll say to yourself:

"Ohh, so that's what that meant!!!!"

Good old time....

Sincerely,

Amir

Feeling hot hot hot....

2010-09-01T15:06:00.000-07:00

It is as hot as satan's man thong after a bowl of ghost peppers here...

It's 89 degrees right now and forecasters are predicting it to be 77 degrees at night... that's after the sun goes down. It's terrible for some, and awesome for some.

I'm one of those guys that loves the cold weather. I have a really strong... dislike for extremely warm weather. It's like my kryptonite; prolonged exposure to the rays of a yellow sun are devastating for me; of course, i'd trade my weakness for superman's weaknesses any day....

I can understand that children are able to enjoy the warm weather, since they sweat very little and have higher pulse rates. Plus, they're kids. But when I adults being able to lie down all day in the sun and do normal things in 90+ degree weather, I have to wonder about something:

What specific drugs are they using?
Where can I get them quickly?

Every summer causes me to realize more and more that I'm definitely a winter person. I absolutely love cool, cold weather conditions. I especially love it when it's all blizzard-y outside. There's some thing about the snow that can turn any neighborhood into something different...something more magical. It's as if the snow covers up all the details about the environment, and you start to imagine what the place would look like without all the snow.... Plus it's just cool to be able to jump off the garage roof and land safely in the huge pile of fluffy snow below... or maybe that's just me...

Anyways, in this type of weather, we tend to sweat alot. I've noticed something very interesting in regards to the perception of exertion while working out in extremely hot weather: many people feel that they actually burn more calories while working out in the blistering hot sun.

I think what's really happening is that the increased body temperature caused by the sun increases the perception of exertion during exercise: in other words, you feel like you're working harder because the sun is riding your back like a mule riding a little kitty kat...

If a person feels like they are doing more work than they really, and they are exercising, then isn't that a good thing? I think so, don't you?

Anyway, if you're one of those people that loves to play around when the sun is literally in your lap, then by all means, go for it. Just remember to drink plenty of water and apply sunscreen liberally.... that applies to people of all skin tones.

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

My recent trip To Montego Bay

2010-09-01T10:16:00.000-07:00

I'm so mad because I wasn't smart enough to bring a camera and take pictures... the only thing I have to prove that I actually took the trip is the stamp in my passport:(

For anyone that hasn't been to Montego Bay yet, or Jamaica for that matter, I feel absolutely confident in saying that when you decide to go down there and spend a week or two, it's going to be one of those things that you look back on in your life and be glad that you actually did it.

The one thing that stands out in my mind clearly is how amazingly beautiful the water is. Talk about blue... It's a vast difference from some of the beaches where i come from... Vast difference. The other awesome thing about the water is the fact that it was so warm. My nephew and I literally stayed in the water for hours and just marveled at the beauty of the surroundings. We spent alot of time hanging out at Doctor's Cave. This is a beach that's more tourist oriented, but it is amazing and you'll definitely want to spend some time there. They have some really good menu options as well. I thought the chicken fingers were amazing. They were very Juicy and spicy.

We spent much of our time hanging out at the local tourist spots, for the simple fact that even though we're Jamaican, we weren't born there and thus we weren't familiar with the area. We just reasoned that it's best to stick with what we did know. You can't go wrong with brilliant sunshine, beautiful water and amazing views of the mountains, and the simple fact that you can walk around with a beer in your hands without being harassed by the cops!!!

This one little aspect of the trip really blew my mind wide open. If you're from the states, then you know that its illegal to walk around with a alcoholic beverage that's open. In Montego Bay, walking around with Beer is as natural as seeing a kid walk around with a lopsided ice cream cone.

Another ting that really stood out to me was the fact that I felt like I really was in another world. Sure, the economy is still in development, and the place does need lots of help from more developed nations like the U.S.A., but for the most part, the people are very friendly and gracious.

Oh yeah.... WE RODE JETSKIS!!!!! eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I can't fully describe the feeling of riding a jetski at 90 miles an hour, skipping over the water like a rock, with the wind pushing my cheeks back like a bulldog.... If you go to Jamaica, you absolutely have to RIDE THE JETSKIS!!!! Plan to ride them. It's 50 bucks for a half an hour, and I felt like it was worth every single penny. The really awesome thing is that the JetSki that I was originally riding had some sort of mechanical problem, which had absolutely nothing to do with me even though I had never rode one before that moment.... So the guy who gives you the quickie lesson on JetSki riding had to give me one of the jetskis that the pros ride, so long story short, I was hallin' ass on this jetski, maxing it out at 90 miles per hour. If I had the money, I would have rode that damn jetski all day for the entire week.

Another thing you absolutely HAVE TO DO is eat lots and lots of beef patties. The ones that I get in the state are NOTHING compared to the fresh beef patties I tasted while I down there. You have to realize that many of the beef patties that we eat in the states are made in Jamaica and shipped here. Jamaica is the source. We ate beef patties from TASTEE'S, which is a franchise down there. They serve Other things, but beef patties are the centerpiece around which the franchise is built. There is nothing so sweet as to eat a beef patty that was freshly made AND that is just coming out of the oven. Okay, there are some things that are better, but few things can compare, as far as I'm concerned. Make sure you visit Tastees at least 10 time before you leave the place.

We wanted to Visit Rick's Cafe in Negril, but we got there too late and the place was rained out. We never gt a chance to go back. I was sort of relieved in a way, because my Nephew kept trying to convince me to jump off the friggin cliff. I don't have a problem with jumping off of anything; the only objection that i have is that I CAN'T FRIGGIN SWIM!!! Not yet at least, but it's something I'm working little by little, so that next year, I can easily Jump from the tree that on the edge of the cliff repeatedly.

Oh yeah, the driving. Word of caution to the wise: If you've never driven in jamaica, DON'T. To me, every time we had to travel somewhere by car, I felt as though we were on a friggin NASCAR track, and the people around us were trying to get into first place or something. It was scary. In Montego Bay, driving is a skill that you must develop before attempt to go out on the road.

As for the night life, there are tons of awesome places to check out. The amazing thing is that in Montego Bay the beaches stay open 24 hours a day. It's just that after 6pm or 7pm, the life guards go home, and if you can't swim, it's best not to venture out too far into the water, or you might wash up back on American shores.... 3 years later and bloated to the point where a person can pop you with a pin... if you get my point.

All in all, the trip was amazing and I;m grateful for the fact that I got to stay with my brother in law and his sister in the beautiful home in Montego Bay. Big shout out to sandy for her amazing cooking and amazing hospitality. She's the best host anyone body could ever ask for.

Big shout out to Mike for taking us everywhere we wanted to go. He took us out and showed where to go... and where not to go. With him to drive us around, we saved lots of money and had even more fun.

The only thing that I regret is not being able to visit Ochos Rios. I hear that the place is GORGEOUS and I can't wait to hang out there next year.

My words just don't do the place justice. I learned a couple of things from my time there:

1) Always have some sort of camera on hand
2) Do our homework so that you are aware of the prices of the things that you want to do
3) Don't spend more money than you have to. Get all the essentials while you in the states, because some of the tourist shops will charge you and arm and both your legs. After all, they are just trying to make money.

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

Build your ideal Body in your mind now....

2010-09-01T10:06:00.000-07:00

What type of arms do you want?

How do you want your Back to look?

How do you want you triceps to look?

What about your quads, hamstrings, calves and glutes?

If you cold build your perfect body how would it look? Most importantly, imagine a time in the future, maybe six months from, and you've created your perfect body. Imagine looking in the mirror and seeing your perfect stomach. How does your stomach look?

Imagine that your completely naked and your standing in front of a full length mirror. You can see your entire body. Are you happy with what you're looking at now?

Now that you have a target, it's time to do your research and discover the best way to achieve the results that you want to experience. How long do you think it'll take you to achieve that body that you want?

More importantly, are you willing to do everything in your power to SAFELY create your perfect body? This is very important. There are a million ways to pick up a broken egg; you can use a fork; you can use a broom; you can use that little suction device on the back of your vacuum cleaner; the important question is:

Which one is going to get the job done effectively?

Health, as with anything is a matter of Give and take. How much time and energy are you willing to GIVE to achieve your goal?

Have you sat down and done this yet?

2010-09-01T08:10:00.000-07:00

If you haven't already sat down with pen and paper, and made a list of all the places on the beautiful big blue bubble that you want to visit, then what the hell are you waiting for?

Do it right now. Just pretend that you have all the money and time you'll ever need. Just write out every single place that comes into your mind. Relax and let your mind go nuts.

Write out in detail what types of things you want to do when you visit these palces. After all, you don't want to just visit Montego Bay, see the airport and then get right back on the airplane and head back home, do you? Of course not. So write out all the things that you want to be doing.

Really do your homework on the places that you want to visit and ultimately, experience.

To get even more specific, write out how long you want to spend in each place. Again, i'm sure you'd love to spend an entire week in the south of France instead of just seeing it on a post card, don't you?

Finally, when you've written out where you want to go and how long you want to spend there and what you want to be doing, then put a deadline next to each travel destination. When do you want to travel to Destination xxx? This year? Next July?

If at all possible, cut out pictures from magazines and post them up some place where you can see them, so that you give your subconscious mind a target to focus on, and also to build up your desire to experience that place. It's sorta like holding a piece of steak in front of a starving dog. Can you guess which one of you is the starving dog...

The Crucial Part of this process is to do your homework on your desired destinations. You have to give your subconscious mind a target, something to focus on. You see, your subconscious mind is always working in the background, silently. Some people refer to it as GENIE that gives you everything you want... or don't want.

We each have inside of us something that has been termed a "Creative Mechanism". In simple terms, the subconscious mind has a way of making things happen, either things that we do want, or things that we don't want.

For instance, if you keep telling yourself, "I'm not gonna screw up, I'm not gonna screw up...", chances are that you will screw up. Why? Because your focus was on not screwing up.

Now, if you switch your thinking to " i'll do fine, i'll do good, i'll be calm and cool.." then that what Creative Mechanism will make happen.

Here's the proper procedure for focusing on what you do want:

1) Notice the situation as it is (ie I have a headache)
2) State what you don't want (i don't want to have a headache)
3) State what you do want ( I want to feel fine and feel relaxed and I want to feel good)

If you take this little procedure and apply it to the process of traveling anywhere you want to go, then it starts to look like this.

1) I'm stuck in xxx every winter
2) I don't want to be stuck in xxx this winter
3) I want to be surfing in Hawaii/swimming with the dolphins this winter...

Try his process out with the things and situations in your life and let me know how good it works for you.

Sincerely,

Amir

Success Secrets For Personal Trainers

2010-09-01T07:45:00.000-07:00

Success Secrets for Personal Trainers:

One habit that you want to develop is the ability to monitor your clients’ reactions to exercise with your vision. You want to relax your vision and use your peripheral vision to get a broad view of your client while they are performing a movement. When you’re focused on one spot, you’re using Foveal Vision. It’s a sort of tunnel vision, wherein which you can only see what your vision is focused. The ideal state for you to be in is what is called The Learning State. In this state of Relaxed Awareness, your vision relaxes and you can take in information using your peripheral vision.

Peripheral vision is that part of your vision that allows you to notice MOVEMENT. It’s that aspect of seeing that allows you to notice when a mouse is moving in the corner of the room you’re sitting in. When you’re training your client, you want to pick a spot on your client body to focus in on, and then gradually allow yourself to notice the movements of their body. Your peripheral vision is extremely sensitive and can pick up the slightest movements. You might be surprised when you discover that you can actually see a clients’ blood pulsing through their veins as your taking their pulse!!! Believe me, I was shocked when I first noticed it, but was no longer a mystery when I learned about the sensitivity of our peripheral Vision. When you learn to rely on your peripheral vision more and more during a session, you’ll start to notice the slightest changes in a clients’ posture as they perform an exercise. Are you aware of the fact that our conscious minds are only able to notice only about 7 bits or chunks of information at a time? The rest of the information is noticed by your subconscious mind

Know your client’s personality: This seems like a no brainer, but it becomes very important when you’re in the middle of a training session and your client starts to lose focus and starts talking about… non related session stuff to be polite.

First of all, you have to know what is motivating your client to train with you in the first place. What are the reasons your client is spending a couple of hours a week with you? In a way, you have to know their reasons as if they are your own. Make it a habit to write down their goals (which you should be doing if you’re a detailed personal trainer).

Make sure you understand your clients Motivation Sort. Are they training with you to avoid a certain state of being or are they training to attain a certain level of health. The distinction is very important. Many people are either motivated by what they want to avoid – Away From- and many people are motivated by what they want to achieve – Towards.

With a person who is motivated “Towards” something, their focus is on what they do Want.

With a person that is motivated “Away From” (or someone), their focus on what they don’t want.

When you listen to your clients speak, you’ll notice what their Motivation Sort is. The ones that “Don’t want to be fat” or “don’t want to look like that” are those who have an “Away from” Motivation sort.

In order to motivate those Away from clients, you have to remind them of what it is that they DON’T want. Once you have them focused on that, then you remind them of the actual fitness goal ie to run easier, to add more definition to their abs and legs, etc.

In order to Motivate those Towards clients, you remind them of what it is they DO want. It helps to have your client notes handy so that you can easily look at their information and remember what their motivation is in the first place.

Now…

You want to discover whether or not you’re client is Proactive or Reactive. Does your client call you and tell you they’re on the way – or do you have to call your client?

Again, understand this distinction is very important because once you become aware of your clients meta-programs, you can predict their actions, ie you can determine how they will react during training.

Please be aware that these Motivational traits are contextual – ie. Your client make be proactive in exercising with you, but they may be reactive in a work or conflict situation. The other contexts are not important. The important thing for you to realize here is that you must focus on their behavior within the training context. Makes sense?

Another important factor in the Trainer-Client relationship is the Training Environment and the affect it has on the client- and your own - ability to focus and have an productive workout.

Some people are able to focus on the task at hand no matter how much commotion is going on in the surroundings. The people are called “screeners”. They have the ability to “screen out” all stimuli that is not connected to the task at hand and get the task done. These are the people you see studying in loud and noisy places.

There are clients who may actually be distracted by all the stimuli and action in the surroundings to a high degree, to the point where they lose their focus. These people are called “Non screeners”. They absolutely have to have peace and quiet in order to get the task done.

Your task is to determine which one of the types your client is. You can determine their type by simply asking them what type of place they prefer to train in. If your clients prefer to train in quiet surroundings, and yet you have no way to provide such an environment, then you have to consistently bring their focus from the environment back to yourself. You can easily do this by directing them to look at a specific point or pay attention to a specific sound in the environment. You can even suggest to them the natural phenomenon of all the sounds in the background fading away to silence as they focus on the task at hand. The simplest approach is to keep them busy – Keep your clients body active and their mind will stay active. Make use of active recovery periods so that although their muscles are resting from the previous set, they are still engaged in some purposeful activity. Remember this always – You can only focus your attention on ONE thing at a time.

Now….

Being a Personal Trainer, I realize that you might have an easier time working with a certain client or a certain “Type” of client. That’s fine. That’s even natural. Isn’t their a certain type of person that you tend to like to hang out with? Isn’t their a certain type of person that you tend to avoid? What do you do when you’re training a client that you can’t stand? Remember, a client is just a person that you instructing in exercises to become more fit. In a situation like this, you want to develop rapport with your client. You want to gain some insight into your client so you can understand them.

Have you ever really hated someone you didn’t really know too well, but when you took the time to get to know them and UNDERSTAND, you started to like them more and more to the point where you actually became good friends?

Become curious about your clients. When you start to become curious about them, you’ll discover that you’ll understand them more and more. Being curious is the key. That rapport that you steadily develop allows you and your client to have very productive sessions.

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

For personal Trainers...

2010-09-01T07:24:00.000-07:00

What do you when you have no clients?

First of all, you must realize that this time that you have now is an opportunity – what can you do with the time that you have to yourself now, that would have been otherwise occupied by a training session?

Is there something that you needed to get done, but you could never find the time to do it – either because you were busy with training or it just seemed to slip your mind?

Well, take this time that you have now to get all those important tasks done.

While you’re at it, make use of this time and reflect on the clients that you’ve trained. Take the time to notice what problems you encountered while training and notice what you can do to prevent that problem in the future.

Reflection allows us to look back on our experiences and mine them for gold – for what works and what doesn’t work. This the crucial distinction between a "okay" personal trainer... and a trainer that is so good that he/she has to hire other trainers to help them manage the clients that constantly swarm to them. See the difference?

Review your basic anatomy and notice how much you know- or don’t know. I find it very interesting that every time I take the time to go back to the textbooks and review anatomy, I realize how much I know- and how much I have yet to learn. It helps me to realize that personal training doesn’t just apply to training others – we are training ourselves in the process. Learning is a life long process. The more you learn the more valuable you become, not only to yourself and your clients, but to your friends and family and ultimately, the world.

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

Everybody wants a Summer Body..

2010-09-01T07:14:00.000-07:00

And that's perfectly fine. Who doesn't want to have an attractive body for the summertime?

You do realize that you have your body for more than just the 3-4 months hat make up summer, don't you?

Why not focus your attention on having a summer body for the rest of your life?

Doesn't that seem like a better way to think about your body?

Yeah, I know, not too many people are going to see your body when it's all covered up during the winter time... except of course that special someone... and yourself, but...

You have to remember that you're the one that wakes up and sees yourself in the mirror every morning.

During the cold winter months, when the snow is covering the ground (and those neighbors that aren't too fond of you), think of this time as the perfect time to cultivate your body.

Practitioners of Chinese Medicine believe that winter time is a time to collect and store your energy, so that when spring comes around, you hit the ground running.

Sure, you might not be a winter person, but while you feel like you're stuck inside the house, or that you hate the cold, why not buy some weights and use them a little bit everyday, so that you can build up you summer body?

Doesn't that just make sense?

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

PS. We know you want a bolder paper person ( it's just a test, just ignore it and go back and read this post again...)

Gratitude....

2010-08-23T09:30:00.000-07:00

I was sitting down this afternoon, preparing to eat a bowl of cereal, and I realized something very important.... it hit me like the unexpected snowball hits the dork that expected it....:

I have cereal to eat!!!! I have milk to eat it with!!! I have a friggin bowl to eat out of!!! I have many friggin Bowls to eat out of!!!!

Then, I started to think about other things I'm grateful for, like my weights and my car. These things make my life much easier and without them in my life, Things would definitely suck, Big Time.

As I sat there thinking of all the things that I'm grateful for, I started to focus on what my life would be like without these things in my possession.

It's funny how your thoughts work... sort of like a chain... you think one thought... and then another thought of similar nature "pops up"... and then another... and so on. The wonders of association... It's like our thoughts are connected by invisible threads. What thoughts are you pulling up?

How often do you take the time to think about all the things that are in your life right now? Can you think of all the people in your life that you are grateful to have and enjoy their presence?

So i'm sitting there and I start to realize all the things that I tend to take for granted, like this very nice house I'm living in right now. The alternative: On the streets, or worse...living with someone else!!!

Are you grateful for your home? Are you grateful for the bed you sleep on every night? If you're not yet grateful for these things, then think of the alternative.....

What you have right now might not seem like much to you, but realize that you do have it and it is yours...

Whenever you start to bitch and moan about how your life sucks, stop.... and think about what your life would be like WITHOUT all that sucky stuff.

If you want new things, that's fine. I want lots of new things. My point is this: take the time to appreciate the things you have now. Appreciation of the value that these things add to your life is a habit. Think about it like this: If you don't appreciate the things that you have now, how can you appreciate the things that you have yet to recieve?

The ability to appreciate things and people is a habit. Learn to develop it now so that you can appreciate the good that's coming to you.

Are you grateful for your sight? I'm know that I'm sure as shit grateful for my ability to see. With my eyesight, I can wonder at Snookie and determine exactly what she might be....

Can you imagine not being able to look around and see all the things that you like to look around at.... after a lifetime of being able to see?

Are you reading this post from your HOME PC? Or are you at a library, racing against the time limits imposed on the terminals, racing to get as much done as possible before you're locked out until the next day..... I'm very grateful that I'm not next to some guy whose looking wide eyed at Pokemon Porn.... Sadly, I used to be THAT GUY, but that's a topic for another post.... and PPA (Pokemon Porno Anonymous).... Sweet, sweet, ninetails.... Anyway

I'm typing this from my labtop right now and I'm very grateful that I can type for the comfort of my own home. I'm very grateful that I can go into my basement ANYTIME I choose and play around with my weights, instead of working out at a gym where everybody is grunting like they're in a friggin' throat clearing contest. I'm grateful that I don't have to cower in fear from the extremely old guy in the gym who can lift a house with his pinky, but can't spell ABC....

Do you see my point?

What was the point of this post? Just to get you to see the importance of being grateful for what you have and appreciating the things that you have in your life right now.

You wanna know the cool thing about learning to appreciate things in your life? It only takes once. Our brains are very much like clay. New habits that we learn form new connections between the neurons in the brain. When you perform a new activity and thus, form a new connection, the connection becomes stronger and stronger until it's second nature. You AUTOMATICALLY perform the actions/ habit. Very powerful stuff.....

Doesn't it make perfect sense to love things you have WHILE their here instead of missing them when they are gone. Believe me, I've been there and done that and IT SUCKS. Notice the good things that you have RIGHT NOW.

And if you're thinking... "Amir, I can't think of anything to be grateful for!!!", then to you I shout... "Bullshit!!!!" Realize that you actually read this far into this post. Realize that you can read!!!! or you have that computer program that talks to you... Anyway....

The point is that when you imagine what you're life would be like WITHOUT xxx or yyy, then you can start to appreciate it more and more.

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

What is this post about...

2010-08-21T13:46:00.000-07:00

Loving
Seeing
Being
Doing
Hearing
Seeing
Living
Tasting
Feeling
Driving
Challenging
Screwing
Watching
Deciding
Texting
Im'ing

And the list goes on and on and on...

Can you tell what the purpose of this post is? Even better, can you see how many of the words above have anything to do with your life? Or what you're not doing that you WANT to be doing?

Sincerely,

Amir

F.R.E.E. fitness tools

2010-08-11T11:26:00.000-07:00

I discovered these free calculators while doing some research.

Do you wonder what your Body mass Index Is?

Are you curious about your Waist to hip Ratio?

Do you want to know if you're getting enough protein... or too much?

You these FREE fitness tools to help you find the answers you need!!!

Many people that I work with are curious about these things, as well you should be.

Your waist to hip ratio is a good indicator of your risk of heart disease, so don't you think that this is something you want to know?

Hell yeah you want to know this!!!!

Check out the these free fitness tools right now and get a jump on your exercise program:

http://www.fitnessandfreebies.com/tools.html

Have fun,

Amir Campbell

Staying fit while on vacation

2010-07-23T18:53:00.001-07:00

Here's a scenario for you to imagine and ponder:

You've been sticking to your exercise routine for months now, and vacation time is around the corner.

Are you wondering how you're going to stay in shape while you're out playing and having a good time in the sun/snow/volcano/ insert destination here?

Well, staying in shape while on vacation is much easier than you think.

One very simple way to stay in shape is to use bodyweight calisthenics.

You know the basics: pushups, pullups, sit ups, jumping jacks, etc.

The other extremely simple way to stay in shape while you're on vacation is to ENJOY THE SIGHTS OF THE PLACE YOUR STAYING IN!!!

Remember, when we go on vacation, we leave our worries and responsibilities behind, however, you do carry your body around with you at all times.

Doesn't it make sense to create a back up plan so that you can be sure and feel confident that you're doing your best to ensure that you stay in shape and feel energetic?

Do you have the courage in side you now?

2010-06-07T18:46:00.001-07:00

Can you have the courage to be completely honest with those around you?

Do you have the courage inside you now to let people know exactly how you feel - and not care if they like it or not?

Do you have the courage inside you now to look ahead to what Might Be - even though what is Right in't that awesome?

I have so much respect for the people in this world that can actually be their own authentic self.

If you hate someone, that's fine.

You don't have to like everyone you meet.

You don't have to have to always be polite.

Sometimes its fun to tell the whole world to " go fuck yourself"...

Try it. It's really fun.

Those two words "Fuck Off" have so much power attached to them.

It's just another way of saying " I need a little time to myself right now and you're annoying me very much, to the point where i'm becoming very angry..."

When you think about it this way, "fuck off" is simply a short cut for expressing that feeling you're having when you want some space.

If you don't swear, then obviously those two words are gonna cause some reaction in you, which is fine.

However, I'm asking you to just pretend for a moment...

Just pretend that these two words are as easy for you to say as the "yo" or "hey".

See ya.

I think the Key is INCREASE

2010-05-17T06:39:00.000-07:00

Everyone's always talkin' about "we need to prevent this" or we need to prevent that...

Screw that!!!

I say, the key is INCREASE...

Before you start sending me rabid emails filled with...rabies, allow me to explain or hear me out at least.

I agree that prevention is a key in health, but many people only focus on the "prevention" aspect of a situation. Ie let's prevent obesity...

I'm all for people having energy and moving freely and breathing better.

How about we focus on INCREASING activity in addition to reducing our intake of certain foods?

The human body is a energy producing machine and it does it's job best when it's moving around ie activity.

Now, I realize that in a way, many campaigns you see on television are promoting activity... but they do so by promoting prevention.

Can you see the difference between PREVENTION and INCREASE?

What are some things that we want to INCREASE to become healthier?

More fruits and Veggies.
More time for relaxation ( stress can increase the release of cortisol, which increases the amount of fat we store)
Most importantly of all, INCREASE fun activities!!!

There's something truly magical that happens when you switch focus onto the things you want:

You automatically start to do those things that will get you where you want to be.

Both focuses are good( Prevention and INCREASE, however, you have to know when to switch your focus.

After you've become aware of what you need to REDUCE, you then decide what you need to increase.

See how that works?

The order of the two strategies is simple, but that simple change can produce TREMENDOUS results.

Another thing you might have noticed that i don't particularly agree with is strict diets.

We are humans and we are designed to experience pleasure, and for most us, pleasure comes from eating good food. Variety is the spice that makes life...spicy.

Many people don't seem to realize this, but when you're active and doing the things you enjoy, your body automatically starts to eat all the food it needs to sustain you.

We are supposed to eat to live, not the other way around.

When you active, your body is naturally regulating your weight. Activity has a regulating effect on the bodies metabolism and fat storing mechanisms.

Finally to sum up all of the above what could have been said in a few words...:)

Play more!!!

Amir Campbell

Chew Your Damn Food!!!

2010-05-14T15:35:00.000-07:00

I know you've heard a million times:

"Chew Your damn Food..."

Well guess what? This makes 1 million and one times you've heard it.

Here, in these times of health awareness and the power of proper nutrition, more and more people are starting to eat more nutrient dense foods.

That's awesome, and I forsee a world of more energetic and lively, healthy people as a result.

However, some people take healthy eating to the extreme and they start to eat only organic. If it ain't organic, then forget about it, dude.

That's ok, if that's your choice, but hear's the thing:

Some foods are less than... tasty, to put it politely. I'm sure the creators have the best intentions in mind.

Now, When you look at it like this, then it makes sense that you don't wanna chew these foods; in fact, it's possible that you want to close your eyes and hold your breath when you eat those foods.

Bi Now, many people are aware of the importance of chewing your food; it increases your ability to assimilate the nutrients in said foodstuffs. Technically, the process digestion begins in the mouth ie chewing.

Protein digestion starts in the stomach, so they don't need to be chewed as thoroughly as carbs, whose digestion begins in the mouth.

I have a nephew that had a habit that i find extremely disgusting: He chewed his food and he held the chewed up stuff in the side of his cheek, like some kind of gerbily...gerbil...

Only years later did I realize that he was actually helping his body out. When your body isn't assimilating nutrients likes it supposed to (sea the small intestine...), then your body is constantly craving said nutrients. That's one of the reasons why we might feel hungry even though we might have eaten an hour ago.

Now what does chewing your food have to do with eating your food you don't really enjoy at all?

Well...

Think about how you react when you eat something that tastes disgusting:

Do you even chew it and break it down? Or do you just swallow it?

I know when I have to eat something that that i don't enjoy ( it's sad that this is even a problem in my life....), I tend to hold my breath and just swallow it.

Are you starting to see what I'm getting at hair?

Why don't you by food that tastes good so your body can get the full benefit when you CHEW YOUR DAMN FOOD!!!

Makes sense, don't you think?

Why not buy food that you can totally enjoy it AND get healthier as you eat it?

Alot of people suggest that you chew your food until it's liquidy.... there are even some people that suggest that you chew water and liquids!!!

Whenever I'm drinking something that really cold, i'll let it sit and warm up so that The cold feeling doesn't freeze up mah innards on the way down:) That's me... That's what happen when you hang out around relatives....

Anyway, think bout what you've read hear and start chewing your damn food like mama told ya!!!

Amir

I just realized something Incredibly important....

2010-05-14T07:39:00.000-07:00

I just realized how much people tend to "throw" their expectations for others onto people.

I've done it.

It's okay to recognize and become aware that a person has potential in them to do great and important things.

It's a totally different thing to limit that potential by saying " You should be a "this" or "that".

Many people don't realize it, but our expectations of people can have very real impact on them.

It's been demonstrated in scientific studies that prayer does have an impact on the rate of healing of patients who are in recovery.

When you stop and think about it, A prayer has an expectation for something that we want to happen or experience, right?

So in a way, you can easily say our expectations are like prayers...

So, when you look at it even closer, you'll see what i'm getting at...

Our expectations for people can be like prayers for them.

But what happens when what we want for a person isn't what a person wants for themselves?

Well, to help you understand what I'm saying:

Imagine that you want a certain food to eat right now. You're getting hungrier and hungrier by the moment, and all you can think about is you favorite dish...

You can smell it.

You can literally taste. In fact, you're starting to drool just thinking about your favorite dish.

You can even see a picture of it in front of you Right now...

Imagine someone is telling you that they want you to eat another dish. It might be something you love, or something you absolutely hate.

The important thing to realize is this:

What is it that YOU want?

Let's broaden our perspective a bit and focus on the OTHER person:

What do HE/SHE want?

Can you see the point i'm getting at right now?

Our expectations on people can create a sort of internal tension/pressure on the one we have expectations for.

Moral of this blog: Find out what they want, and provide them with support in any way you can to help them achieve their potential.

Amir

Backwards thinking .... Star at the end....

2010-04-14T07:54:00.000-07:00

I remember reading a quote from a book that i had to study for a course I was taking some years ago that goes like this:

"Begin with the end in mind..."

I can't remember who was quoted as saying that, but I do remember it and It's helped me tremendously throughout my life.

I interpret it to mean that you should start where you want to be...

Confused yet?

Good. That means that you've thought about it.

I take it to mean that you should act as if you've already accomplished what you want to accomplish:

what will you be seeing?
What will you be hearing?
What will you be tasting?
What will you be feeling?
What will you be smelling?
What will you be doing?

See hear feel taste smell what you'll be feeling seeing smelling hearing tasting from 1st person perspective, in other words, see and experience all this stuff from your own perspective, seeing through your eyes.

I'm pretty sure you're familiar with 1dt person perspective. Especially if you play first person perspective games like Halo and Halo 3 and such.

Now...

Once you experienced your goal, here's the fun part:

Work your way BACKWARDS from that point in time.

How did you do that?

Just allow the ideas to flow. write down anything and everything that comes to mind. You can judge it later and see what works and what doesn't work so well.

I use this process for so many things in my life and i'm very thankful that i'm aware that such a process exists.

There are many good books on the subject. If you want to start living life and doing the things you want to do, then doesn't it make sense that you want to do the research?

A good place to start is Tony Robbin's "Unlimited power" and "Awaken the giant within". Very awesome book that explain the process very well.

Have Fun playing around with this:)

Exercise Progression and Meeting People?

2010-03-08T15:00:00.000-08:00

Is there a connection between the two happenings?

I believe there is.

There are tons of books on the market that have turned dating and meeting people into a exact science.

Some of them are excellent resources...

Some of them just suck...

In the best ones, the principle of Progression is key in becoming a lady's man/ man's chick.

For example, many people are a bit shy when it comes to meeting someone they find interesting.

That's cool. I think we all feel certain things when we see someone that catches and holds our attention.

Then you have those thoughts or suggestions running around in your mind. They can either cause you to walk over and make a connection...

Or they can cause you to run out of the room, with your armpits drenched in stinky... stinkness.

The good books on dating will lead the reader through a series of exercises that are designed to gradually develop productive habits when it comes to meeting people ie actually walking over to the person and having a actual physical conversation with said person versus...

having an imaginary interaction in which you are rejected out right by your interest.

See the difference?

Being a Personal Trainer, i can't help but notice the connection between becoming more outgoing and exercise progression.

You have to start where we are at.

No one starts out lifting weights reserved for experienced powerlifters ( unless they are natural string and have a high number of fast twitch muscles in the muscle group being used...)

No one starts out being shy and then instantly is walking around with 4 gorgeous woman, one of each of the hottest races, one his arm and attached to different parts of his body...

It takes time, and it takes practice, and it takes repetition to reach that level of comfort with women/men.

You start where you are at, and you PROGRESS from there.

Can you see it now...

We all have our "sticking points" as they call it in a certain circle of people meeters...

The key is to target your own sticking points and find a way to overcome it/them..

Ask yourself:

"How can overcome this sticking point and turn it into a source of power?"

I wonder if you can apply that question to your current exercise routine...

Take Care,

Amir Campbell

When you know what's TRULY important to you...

2010-03-08T05:00:00.000-08:00

Decisions become much, much, much, easier.

I think at a deep level, we all know what we want.

It's just that we tend to verbalize what we DO NOT want.

Case in point: I've left jobs because I just didn't feel right working there.

You know that feeling you get when something just doesn't feel right?

Not, only did it NOT feel right, But it felt bad.

I knew on some deep level of being that you're not supposed to absolutely dread going to a job.

Can you imagine that, having to do something that you absolutely DO NOT look forward, and in fact, you totally dread it and you feel bad inside?

I don't have a complete idea of what my purpose in life is supposed to be yet, but I feel on some deep level that you're not supposed to dread it.

That's just my opinion though.

Do you know what's most important to you in life?

This is very important....

When you become aware of what's deeply important to you, you automatically make the right choices.

Our feelings are here for a reason. Too many times though, we give ourselves the suggestion to "ignore them" or " forget about them".

That works, but for how long?

Don't get me wrong, we can all tolerate certain situations and environments for certain periods of time...

The way I see it is like this: why waste time kicking yourself in the nut when you don't have to?

I think one of THE most important, life changing things that a person can do is:

Sit Down With Pen And Paper.

Write Down What's important to you and Write down the things that make you feel good inside.

You know the difference between a GOOD feeling and a BAD feeling, don't you? This is very important to know as well....

The 5-10 minutes you'll spend doing this will pay you back for THE REST OF YOUR LIFE...

And you find your purpose...

When you find that thing in life that you CAN'T WAIT to wake in the morning and do it...

When you find that thing that ENERGIZES you and you can't stop talking about it...

You'll look back and remember this day as the day when you decided to Discover Your Values.

Do yourself a favor and Discover Your Values Today.

Sincerely,

Amir Campbell

What My 1 year old niece taught me about exercise progression...

2010-03-01T14:40:00.000-08:00

I love my niece.

She's curious and very brave.

Recently, she started to take her first steps in the world of walking.

She started off by crawling everyday.

When she developed enough strength, she started to use stationary objects as support, so now she can stand up.

Now, whenever we help her up, she can stand for a certain period of time.

Soon, she'll be walking on her own and I'll be chasing her down....

Now...

What does this have to do with exercise?

Amir Campbell

You need a little more than "equipment" to reach your goals....

2010-02-17T16:49:00.000-08:00

Trust me, i've been there....

How many times have you said to yourself:

"If only I had a xxx... then I could work on my xxx...."

That's okay. like I said, I've been there, done that and have the man-kini to prove it....

When people have no equipment at home and want to get into shape, I feel a twinge of sympathy because I know what it feels like to have the "will" and not the "way"...

But...

What about the people that have equipment...

What about the people that have weights and benches in their homes...

What about people that have brand new treadmills downstairs...

What about those people that have these things and have yet to USE THE EQUIPMENT to get into the shape they want to be in?

Obviously, the thing missing is MOTIVATION.

Have you ever seen people working out outdoors?

Do you think those people have any excuses?

I don't think they do...

Where there is a Will to Do, there's a way.

Many people are of the mindset that you can't get a good workout without weights or without being in a gym.

They're DEAD WRONG.

Let me ask you this:

When you do a bench press with weights, whose doing the work: You or the weights?

When you walk on a treadmill, whose doing the walking: You or the treadmill?

Think about it...

When you stop and think about it, you'll realize that those guys that you see working out outdoors are prolly not that self conscious...

Or maybe they are...

But one thing is for sure....

They want to Get in shape and stay that way.

When you focus on the end result...

You find yourself automatically doing what it takes to experience that result.

Now...

Am I saying that you should go outside and do pullups on street signs?

If you're self conscious and you imagine what people might be thinking about you as they drive past and see you hanging from a pole...

Then it's prolly not the thing for you, not yet...

However...

What's stopping your from working out in your own backyard, besides nasty weather?

If you're not motivated enough to get something done, then you haven't found good reasons to do it yet....

Now...

I'm always hearing stories about guys who go into " da bing" scrawny and emaciated, looking like Peter Parker on crack ( the Tobey Macguire spiderman...) and they come out looking like superman on red k....

Sure, they have access to equipment in lockdown however...

The most fascinating stories I hear are about the guys who NEVER USED THE GYM during their time in prison...

They got fit using their own bodyweight!!!!

How awesome is that?!?!?!?!

As long as you have resistance, you can tone and strengthen your muscles.

As long as you have space and fresh air, you can tune up your cardiovascular system so that you're breathing deeper and your body is burning fat like a furnace.

You don't have to think about what I've said hear...

You don't have to let it Sink In...

You don't even have to allow your mind to come up with many,many neat ways that you can get in shape right now with what you have....

But you do need MOTIVATION.

What's your motivation?

Amir

You are going to LOVE THIS!!!!

2010-01-29T04:11:00.000-08:00

This will be a brief one guys, since i'm headed to work at the moment...

The common military pushup calls for the feet together and don't get me wrong, you can develop amazing endurance and gains in strength using the common form, however...

The common three point pushup doesn't mimic the natural standing position of a person attempting to push someone, or something.

Stop and think about it for a moment:

When you push something or somone while you're standing up, do you have your feet together?

No!!!! Hell No!!!

Anytime I've personally every seen anyone push anyone or anything, their feet are shoudler width apart...or more!!!!

So you may be asking:

"How can your amazing insight into this timeless exercise help me increase my strength INSTANTLY?"

Well..

If you take a look at a tai player performing a set, you'll notice something very special about the way they use their feet....

You'll also notice that they use the term "root" alot...

For the sake of time ( and not being marked down as late), i'll just go ahead and say it:

When you are rooted properly to the ground, you gain exert more strength and power.

How does this apply to this pushup?

Well....

When you start to do your pushups with your feet a little father apart, you train your body to use those muscle properly with a more effective position to display more strength.

In other words...

Pushups + shoulder width apart = more strength while your standing!!!

Yes, i've tested my theory for myself and it works.

Now, the question is:

Will you remember to spread your feet a little whyder when your doing YOUR pushups?

I'll put up some pics for you today when I get home from work.

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Finish this sentence now:

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