Sunday, May 31, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Steps to speeding up your metabolism
Everyone is always asking me how I eat so much yet never gain any fat. I wanted to blog about how people can loose weight and live healthy by speeding up there metabolisms. So many people eat 2 or 3 large meals a day. This is a bad way to go if you are trying to loose weight. You always want to be eating small portions throughout the day. It keeps your metabolism busy and keeps it working hard. Think of it as making your metabolism go to the gym. You have to work it out in manageable portions that is can handle. Eat like 7 meals a day but in small portions. Think as your metabolism as your workout buddy. You can't put them on a bench press machine with 500 pounds they won't be able to handle it. Instead make them do light weight with large reps to get the same workout. As your metabolism gets stronger you will be able to eat more and not have to worry about it. Make sure you are getting plenty of natural anti oxidants. Anti oxidants will help you fight off free radicals(unhealthy cells) that are some of the main causes for diseases such as cancer, heart disease. Think as your body as metal and you are surrounded by all these things that cause you to rust. The air you breathe. The sun burning your skin. Pollutants in the air. They all cause oxidization within your body and Antioxidants will help you stay healthy and look younger. Some great products if you are looking to save money on fruit are health drinks such as JUS. They contain high levels of Antioxidants and all you have to do is take 1 ounce per day. You get 14 servings of fruit. No preparation no peeling no chopping no shopping. Stay away from pills. Often pills do not dissolve and they just go strait through your system. Waste of money. Liquids are the way to go. Acai, Mangosteen, Goji berry, and other wild fruits that often can not be found in stores can be purchased online and are including in health drinks such as JUS.
The mindset of a Pro Athlete

Being a photographer I and a former Pro Skier I have always been around amazing athletes. Being so competitive we learned ways of blocking everything out and focusing on what we wanted to achieve that day whether it be for competition or a new trick or faster time through the skiercross or mogul course. Not too many people realize that almost 90% of your ability to do a sport is all in your head. Yes some of it may have to do with certain muscles that you have built up but still it was the training that we pushed ourselves to do that got us those muscles. If you don't have strong focus and drive to be great then you will always be just average at your sport of choice. You see downhill skiers sitting at the top of the course with there headphones on. There eyes are closed and they are going through the course with there hands by memory just remembering every little turn. When to start turning, is there a rut there, where does the slope drop off and what parts do I need to tuck. They are going through the course mentally and actually getting extra practice runs in. You see ski aerialists at the top of the course with there eyes closed doing funny things with there arms and twisting there bodies. They are going over exactly what they have to do to complete there rotations and flips in order to land successfully. How about surfing. Surfing takes so much mental strength. Imagine being at the top of a 30 foot wave looking down through the water at sharp reef knowing that if you mess up your going right into that. Not too many people realize how crazy surfing really is. They think oh if you eat it its only water? Nope not the case. Waves are formed by the volume of water from deeper areas being pushed into shallow areas which are either reef or sand bars. This causes the wave to form and throw. So what does a pro surfer think when he is about to drop off on a wave? I was talking to my friend Hank Gaskell who has done really well with his surfing career and he was saying that when he's taking off on a wave he knows he is going to make the drop and bottom turn and he visions himself making it out. If you think you are going to eat it you most likely will. I used to compete professionally in Big Air and Slope style for skiing and I would always notice that if I visioned myself making a trick that I had never tried before I would somehow land on my feet. If I was nervous about it and thought I was going to eat it I would always crash and usually it would not tickle. So no matter what your favorite sport is always be confident. Know that you are going to land that trick or go faster through the course and push yourself to be the best.
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