Ranting on Exercise, Nutrition and Lifestyle

Hang on to your hats as I smell a rant brewing. Here we go.

My good friend David and I had a good chat about nutrition and exercise this past summer while we were hanging out his cabin.  Huge shout out to him and his wife Lisa for having Jodie and I come up there this summer to see everyone else too. I was so desperate to kiteboard, that I brought all my gear and there was no wind. So we did the next logical thing and I kiteboarded behind the pontoon boat! Whoo ha.

Oh, I got carried away there and back to the topic on hand. David said his blood pressure was high and he decided it was time to change his nutrition and exercise.

Fast forward to this email I got the other day.

I just wanted to tell you that my diet has pushed my blood pressure back to normal! I have been eating

2 bananas every morning and lots of apples, no carbs basically. I went in 4 weeks ago and they put me on the machine that takes 3 readings and averages them, 121/73!!!! 6 months ago it was 153/98 and I was in taking excessive Diet Dew also.

– David Timmersman

Sales and Marketing Manager, Plymouth, MN

Massive Action

Huge CONGRATS to David for taking massive ACTION. You would be amazed at how many people I talk with about nutrition and exercise and how many still don’t take any action. While there are many reasons for that, some just don’t believe that nutrition and exercise have that big of an effect and they need drugs for the rest of their life.

Really?

Last time I checked, I have yet to find one person with a statin deficiency. While drugs are needed at times, the long term goal should be to work with your doc and a consult a qualified trainer/ nutritionist. Note, I said “qualified”, not some bone head that you pay lots of money to who just counts your reps for you and just passed their 2 hour open book online certification. You can hire a chimp to count reps for you and just pay them in bananas.

You need someone who has a background in exercise and nutrition and they should work with you to meet YOUR goals. This include nutrition advice, a program custom designed for your needs with exercises, sets and reps, mobility work and accountability. Progress is key as the old Mel Siff line goes “Any monkey can make you sweat” Maybe that is the same monkey that is counting reps. Hmmmmm

Massive Action + Knowledge = Results

Who is going to make some massive change next? Let me know by placing a comment below!

The time is now.

Rock on

Mike T Nelson