Archive for June, 2009

June 28, 2009

If you want to make exercise part of your life’s culture there’s everything from Aerobics to Yoga to choose from.

Some of it I would consider healthy and some not so healthy.

You might be asking yourself, “How could any exercise not be healthy?”

Some exercise puts undue stress on your joints and tendons due to thousands and thousands of the same repetitions in sessions lasting 45 minutes to an hour.

Studies have proven other types of exercise such as long distance running, actually cause your heart and lungs to shrink because of the constant stress on them. This stress mimics heart distress and the body adapts by growing smaller in order to endure. That’s why they call it “endurance” exercise.

Lifting of very heavy weights over a period of time can also have an adverse affect, especially on the shoulders and back. The older you get the more stories you’ll hear to affirm this.

So after researching and experimenting with exercise over the last seven years; what do I recommend?

If you want to lose weight, build long, lean, muscles and a bullet proof heart and lungs I recommend body weight exercise using multiple muscle groups.

These are exercises such as squats, lunges, and push-ups that use large muscle groups at the same time rather than isolating certain muscle groups. This has a synergistic affect on the body and increases it’s fat burning capacity.

When you do these exercises with intensity, in short burst, you also strengthen your heart and lungs. You want to make sure to give your heart adequate rest in between each exercise.

Exercising like this will melt fat off of your body, get you extremely fit, and here’s the best part, only take 15 minutes per session three times per week.

Kevin Furey

P.S. If you’d like to learn more about how this type of exercise can help you and my 1-5-3 Fat Burning System, especially if you’re over forty, go to www.kevinfurey.com

June 26, 2009

In my last blog I talked about how Big Pharma uses RELATIVE numbers rather than ABSOLUTE numbers to fool doctors into prescribing and healthy people into taking their drugs.

When it comes to heart disease (the number one killer in America), risk factors like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and elevated blood sugar levels can be eliminated in many cases without drugs.

How’s that?

One word. EXERCISE.

With 65% of the U.S. being either overweight or obese, it’s obvious that exercise is not a part of most people’s weekly culture.

Besides eliminating the need for drugs there a many other reasons to exercise. If nothing else, it contributes to an overall better quality of life. Is there anybody out there who wouldn’t want a better quality of life? Anybody? Bueller?

Here are my Top 10 Benefits From Exercise
1. Lowers your blood pressure
2. Increases your bone density as you age
3. Increases human growth hormone which keeps your organs, muscles, tendons and joints young
4. Increases your energy level
5. Strengthens your heart when done correctly
6. Increases your lung capacity which believe or not helps you fight off all kinds of disease
7. Helps you burn fat and build lean muscle
8. Increases your flexibility
9. Provides you with functional strength for yard or house work and gives you the ability to help others
10. Makes your mind sharper which helps you make better decisions in life.

All the best,

Kevin Furey

In my next blog I’ll talk about the most effective exercise you can do. It’ll help you accomplish all of the above benefits in an hour or less per week.

If you can’t wait until then… go to http://www.kevinfurey.com

June 25, 2009

The Greek philosopher, Epictetus wrote; appearances are of four kinds:

1) Things are as they appear to be
2) They neither are, nor appear to be
3) They are, but do not appear to be
4) They are not, but appear to be

In a seminar on heart disease given to a number of audiences the following question was posed: Would you take a drug everyday for 5 years if it… ?

A. Lowered your chance of having a heart attack by 33%.

B. Lowered your chance of having a heart attack from 3% to 2%, a difference of 1%.

C. Saved one person in one hundred from having a heart attack, but there was no way to tell in advance who that person would be.

About 80-90% of attendees usually raised their hands for “A”.

Usually about 20% responded to B and C.

The funny thing is. A, B and C are all the same answer.

Here’s why. There are RELATIVE numbers and ABSOLUTE numbers.

Let’s say your risk factor for a heart attack was 3%. If you took a drug for 5 years and reduced your risk factor by 33%, your risk would now be 2%. 33% of 3 is 1.

33% is the RELATIVE number. 1% is the ABSOLUTE number.

Several studies have indicated that when patients are given the ABSOLUTE number they are less likely to choose a drug. The RELATIVE numbers are just an exaggeration to make you think their drugs do more than they really do.

When it comes to heart disease and high blood pressure, the best these types of therapies have ever been known to do is provide a 1% decrease in the risk of a non-fatal heart attack.

While these drugs have their place in particular circumstances, they aren’t for the healthy.

Don’t be a fool… or fooled by the numbers.

All the best,

Kevin Furey

If you’d like to learn more about how you can get in the best shape of your life and not fall victim to Big Pharma… especially if you’re over forty, just go to http://www.kevinfurey.com