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After rapid weight loss some people will end up with excess loose skin. This is determined by a number of factors including age, how much weight you lose and how fast you lose it.

What can be done about this loose skin? Is surgery the only treatment or are there other options? how do you know if you’re a candidate for having loose skin after a big weight reduction?

In this podcast we’ll discuss what causes loose skin after rapid weight loss and who might be susceptible to getting it.

We’ll also discuss body water and how it relates to the way you look vs fat and muscle.

Bryan Chung from www.evidencebasedfitness.blogspot.com will be joining us for this podcast.

John

P.S. I think I’ve actually got the volume problem fixed finally! (thanks to Bryan, I can’t take credit for it)

 

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How Can You Be Sure What You're Looking At?

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The pages of health and fitness magazines and websites are typically graced with images of larger than life bodybuilders and impossibly perfect models.

But can you really trust what you see.

Most professional athletes, fitness models, bodybuilders start of with superior genetics to make it to the top of their respective field. But it doesn’t stop there.

The images you see are typically shot by a professional photographer and then touched up and worked on for hours by a professional editor before it ever makes it to print.

The point is you can’t use an image in a magazine as a goal for your body.

If you’re looking to make a change in the look of your body you can only compare yourself with yourself.

In todays podcast we’ll discuss the various things a model will do to get ready for a photoshoot and why it’s not a realistic ideal for any of us to be shooting for, unless of course we’re prepared to do exactly as the models have.

John

 

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Young Guys Want to Be Super Heros!

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The bodybuilders that grace the pages of the popular magazines seem too big to be real, and this is exactly what the young male consumer is interested in.

Young guys grow up with images if super hero’s who are literally larger than life and even though we know we can’t actually be as big as the incredible hulk some guys wouldn’t mind trying!

This desire to be something special and larger than life is what drives many young guys to steroid use and wasting lots of money on useless supplements with the promise of steroid like muscle gains.

In this podcast we’ll discuss the false image that guys have when it comes to muscle gaining goals and how the supplement industry capitalizes on this dream of being super hero like.

Ladies this is a good one to listen to because you’ll learn some of the insecurities and body image issues men have starting from a very young age…you’re not the only ones chasing an unrealistic ideal. In fact, you could make the argument that guys are chasing an even more unrealistic ideal that can only be created through cartoons and computer generated graphics.

John

 

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You've got to find the sweet spot

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What do drugs, exercise, alcohol, food, and stress have in common?

They all follow the principle of Hormesis

Hormesis is the concept that a given stress to your body has an amount that is too little, an amount that is too much, and an amount that is optimal.

Getting the most out of your health, fitness and diet efforts requires you to find the optimal level, or the ’sweet spot’.

In this podcast we’ll talk about hormesis and explain how it pertains to various parts of your lifestyle.

John

 

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