At first glance you’ll probably be expecting some kind of motivational ‘get off you ass and do some work’ article.
Well I’m sorry to disappoint you. It’s actually about being grateful for what you’ve achieved which leads nicely to what you’re about to achieve.
I referring to something called a ‘Grateful Log’. I have Charles Poliquin to thank for this and I always give credit where credit is due.
The Grateful Log is simple…before you go to sleep, you write down all the things you’re grateful for what’s happened in that day.
So this becomes your done list…
I am grateful for the amount of Boot Camp clients that showed up tonight.
I’m grateful for the choices I made throughout the day with foods
For being able to help my friends out
For the weather at Boot camp
For the phone interview going so well
For being able to spend time with my Dad
You can write down whatever you like but the main thing is, you’re going to bed on a positive note (no pun intended). Meaning you’re helping to put your sub conscious mind at rest.
Being grateful for what you’ve achieve is far more positive than writing down a list that you haven’t achieved at the end of the night.
Here’s what you may achieve from using a grateful log
A better nights sleep
You’ll attract more of what you’re grateful for (you become what you think about)
You begin to appreciate life on a whole new level
You actually result in achieving more because of your new found positive nature
More control over your stress levels
Even better…it’s free - once you’ve bought a nice book and pen anyway.
This has to be one of the best things I have ever done to help myself achieve all I want to achieve.
Every personal training client and biosignature client receives a grateful log book on their first consultation when signing up with me.
Why? Because it’s that easy to help change someone’s life…
Why not ask your child what they achieved today when you tuck them in bed?
It’s their way of being able to tell you what a fun day they had as well as appreciating what their grateful for...what a great way to finish your day and start a new one.
I’m grateful that I’ve written this article and hopefully some of you will take action.
In Health
Kevin
Sunday, 11 October 2009
Monday, 11 May 2009
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(This article was first released in the press in August 2008 - Sometimes the old ones are the best ones)
Kevin Raison, Kinetic Chain Specialist (advanced postural assessment & corrective exercise specialist) and Strength & Conditioning Coach is standing firm in his flat shoes by disagreeing with the false claims made by the Trinny and Susanna Show on ITV on Wednesday 6th August 2008.
On the show, the fashion-conscious pair recommended that if you want your bum to look good when you walk, then the best thing you can do is learn to walk in high heels.
Kevin who has performed well over 200 kinetic chain assessments and has worked extensively with leading health and fitness professionals in the UK says “This has got to be the most ridiculous claim I have ever heard. High heels force you onto the balls of your feet meaning your whole body is shunted forward.
Rather than walking in a way that makes you look like you are balancing on the balls of your feet, you naturally compensate by pulling back through the waist. This, over time will tighten the lower back, tilt the pelvis forward and create low back pain and a bum that doesn’t work!!!”
So what can we do about it?
Kevin added, “Ideally, we need to get the bum muscles working and not just trying to cover them up with support pants and high heels causing a dysfunction through our gait (the way we walk).
Nowadays, we are always after the short term gains which generally lead us to long term pain. If we just reversed our way of thinking and worked through the short term pain, we would receive long term gains and a bum that looks great when naked!”
As part of the Kinetic Chain Assessment at Kevin Raison Personal Training, they perform something called a neurological muscle firing assessment.
Kevin explains, “This is basically identifying what muscles are firing and in which order. I usually take my clients back to that old Morecombe and Wise sketch where he says ‘I’m playing the right notes but not necessarily in the right order’.
This is how 99% of all clients assessments work, all the muscles are working but in the wrong order. At Kevin Raison Personal Training, they call it broken a**e and within 4-6 weeks is corrected through exercise homework, corrective stretching and professional guidance.
Kevin further added “we know when we’ve got it working correctly, because our clients tell us they can feel their bum when they walk. We’re like the Jim’ll Fix It for bums.
If you would like to find out more about Kevin Raison Personal Training or would like a free consultation with one of his coaches simply visit http://www.kevinraison.co.uk/ and fill in a free contact request or you can them call on 0871 662 9848
Saturday, 9 May 2009
5 Top Tips to Keep You Fat!
With most fitness instructors and personal trainers giving bad advice far too often I’ve decided to jump on the bandwagon and write five top tips that will help keep you fat!
Now you could actually do the complete opposite to this, but this may
result in fat loss….and we don’t want that do we? Here goes...
1. Don’t eat protein at every meal or better still become a vegetarian. Protein is extremely thermogenic, meaning it increases your metabolism.
2. Stay away from good fats like fish oil or buy a rancid fish oil from the large health stores. Good fish oil helps turn your fat storing enzymes into fat burning enzymes.
3. Do cardio. Cardio (after about 8 weeks) increases your stress hormone cortisol. Your sub-conscious doesn’t know the difference between running or a cardio machine. So when you perform cardio, your body thinks you’re being chased or chasing something. Cortisol kicks in and helps your body store fat as a survival instinct. We are after all just cavemen and women in clothes
4. Avoid weights! Training with weights increases your metabolic drive by making lean muscle tissue. For every pound of muscle you add, you’ll burn an extra 50 calories per day!
5. Eat carbohydrates with every meal. With 75% of the worlds population carb intolerant. Meaning we don’t use our carbs for energy, we just store them into our fat cells. This is a sure fire way of keeping hold of those love handles .
So there you have it.
Five top tips to keep you fat!
Follow this advice and you’ll either stay the same or increase your weight in no time.
Good Luck!
Kevin
Now you could actually do the complete opposite to this, but this may
result in fat loss….and we don’t want that do we? Here goes...
1. Don’t eat protein at every meal or better still become a vegetarian. Protein is extremely thermogenic, meaning it increases your metabolism.
2. Stay away from good fats like fish oil or buy a rancid fish oil from the large health stores. Good fish oil helps turn your fat storing enzymes into fat burning enzymes.
3. Do cardio. Cardio (after about 8 weeks) increases your stress hormone cortisol. Your sub-conscious doesn’t know the difference between running or a cardio machine. So when you perform cardio, your body thinks you’re being chased or chasing something. Cortisol kicks in and helps your body store fat as a survival instinct. We are after all just cavemen and women in clothes
4. Avoid weights! Training with weights increases your metabolic drive by making lean muscle tissue. For every pound of muscle you add, you’ll burn an extra 50 calories per day!
5. Eat carbohydrates with every meal. With 75% of the worlds population carb intolerant. Meaning we don’t use our carbs for energy, we just store them into our fat cells. This is a sure fire way of keeping hold of those love handles .
So there you have it.
Five top tips to keep you fat!
Follow this advice and you’ll either stay the same or increase your weight in no time.
Good Luck!
Kevin
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
Any Real benefits to the new over the counter diet pill?
With statistics telling us that about 46% of men in England and 32% of women are overweight (a body mass index of 25-30 kg/m2), and an additional 17% of men and 21% of women are obese (a body mass index of more than 30 kg/m2). (UK Obesity statistics) – We clearly have a problem.
But should we really be relying on something that is unnatural for our bodies to perform?
Shouldn’t we be looking into the health benefits of good nutrition for a better quality of life?
With all the excitement about the New over the counter diet pill, Kevin Raison digs deep into the real results this pill may offer.
Who are they and how can the pill work for you?
The company in question is GlaxoSmithKline, who have previously used Orlistat (it’s active ingredient) as a prescription drug under the trade name Xenical. The new over the counter pill named Alli (lesser dosage then the original Orlistat) claims that by taking the pill may increase weight loss by a further 50%!
Meaning for every 2 lbs lost per week, you will lose an extra 1 lb. So if you do the calculations, this could add up to a serious amount of weight being lost.
Here’s how it works
Firstly, you have to qualify before purchasing the over the counter product. This is done by taking the patients Body Mass Index (BMI).
BMI is calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by height in metres squared.
If a BMI of 28 upwards on the scale is recorded within the consultation, the patient is allowed to purchase the product. A BMI of 28 is classed as overweight whilst a BMI of 30 is obese class 1.
The patient is instructed to take one capsule 3 times a day before/during or within 1 hour of their meal.
The capsule then dissolves in the stomach where the active ingredient Orlistat prevents bodyfat from being absorbed in the body by attaching itself onto enzymes that break down fat.
This means that you will excrete about 25% of unabsorbed fat which may cause side effects such as excessive wind, sudden bowel movements, and oily stools if you eat too much fat.
Therefore, patients taking this pill will be advised to eat a low fat ‘healthy’ diet.
Here’s my take on things
I have a personal issue with this kind of solution to weight loss. I say personal because I knew of someone who was advised to take this and had to change this and was forced to stop taking good fats.
We as a nation eat far too much omega 6 (vegetable oils) and no where near enough omega 3 (fish oil). One of the key benefits of taking high dosages of quality fish oil is fat loss, as it turns lipogenic genes off (fat storing enzymes) and turns lipolytic genes on (fat burning enzymes).
Along with many other benefits such as lowering blood pressure, increased cardiovascular health, decreased levels of stress, depression, diabetes and countless other benefits. It concerns me that fish oil will be one less thing to be consumed on this recommended low fat ‘healthy’ diet.
This also holds true for fat soluble vitamins/antioxidants such as vitamins A, D, E and K.
Solution
If you walk through a door frame and your belly is entering the room before you are, then chances are you’re insulin resistant. Therefore, it’s no just the fat you should be looking at changing; you need to look at your carbohydrate intake.
Write down what you eat throughout the day. Ask yourself would you have been eating that 10,000 or more years ago. If the answers NO, then don’t eat it.
Limit your carbohydrates to fibrous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflowers, kale, spinach etc.
Increase your fat intake with fats such as fish oil (pharmaceutical grade – not that cheap nasty stuff from the high streets), coconut oil and good quality DPO extra virgin olive oils.
Cook only with Coconut oil and use olive oils as dressings.
Take fish oil with every meal.
Eat protein with every meal (meat, fish, poultry, eggs)
Never combine carbohydrates with fats (ie muffins, cakes, chips, crisps, biscuits) – all these contain trans fats and simple sugars making you fat and sick!
Lastly....exercise! I don't care what you do for the moment as long as it involves lifting weights!
Conclusion
As usual, if something sounds too good to be true it usually is, and this (in my opinion) is no different.
Although, patients are being advised to stick to a low fat diet. They probably have no idea what they should be eating so will continue to eat sugary high glycemic foods which are making them fat in the first place.
The government along with most nutritionists and dietitans need to come out of their BOD POD and stop telling people to eat less fat. We need to tell people to eat less bad fat and re educate them to what’s good and bad.
We need to stop thinking that 2 bowls of your favourite cereal is healthy, where it’s actually causing us more harm than good.
For more information on how you can achieve your perfect weight and increase your knowledge on what foods to eat. You can sign up for our 6 week weight Management Course at The Holiday Inn, Birmingham – Bomsgrove B61 9AB. UK
Courses run every 6 weeks and cost only £99
For more information contact Kevin at Kevin@kevinraison.co.uk or call on us 0871 662 9848
In Health
Kevin Raison
Raising Awareness In Standards Of Nutrition & Exercise
www.kevinraison.co.uk
www.kickstartbootcamp.co.uk
But should we really be relying on something that is unnatural for our bodies to perform?
Shouldn’t we be looking into the health benefits of good nutrition for a better quality of life?
With all the excitement about the New over the counter diet pill, Kevin Raison digs deep into the real results this pill may offer.
Who are they and how can the pill work for you?
The company in question is GlaxoSmithKline, who have previously used Orlistat (it’s active ingredient) as a prescription drug under the trade name Xenical. The new over the counter pill named Alli (lesser dosage then the original Orlistat) claims that by taking the pill may increase weight loss by a further 50%!
Meaning for every 2 lbs lost per week, you will lose an extra 1 lb. So if you do the calculations, this could add up to a serious amount of weight being lost.
Here’s how it works
Firstly, you have to qualify before purchasing the over the counter product. This is done by taking the patients Body Mass Index (BMI).
BMI is calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by height in metres squared.
If a BMI of 28 upwards on the scale is recorded within the consultation, the patient is allowed to purchase the product. A BMI of 28 is classed as overweight whilst a BMI of 30 is obese class 1.
The patient is instructed to take one capsule 3 times a day before/during or within 1 hour of their meal.
The capsule then dissolves in the stomach where the active ingredient Orlistat prevents bodyfat from being absorbed in the body by attaching itself onto enzymes that break down fat.
This means that you will excrete about 25% of unabsorbed fat which may cause side effects such as excessive wind, sudden bowel movements, and oily stools if you eat too much fat.
Therefore, patients taking this pill will be advised to eat a low fat ‘healthy’ diet.
Here’s my take on things
I have a personal issue with this kind of solution to weight loss. I say personal because I knew of someone who was advised to take this and had to change this and was forced to stop taking good fats.
We as a nation eat far too much omega 6 (vegetable oils) and no where near enough omega 3 (fish oil). One of the key benefits of taking high dosages of quality fish oil is fat loss, as it turns lipogenic genes off (fat storing enzymes) and turns lipolytic genes on (fat burning enzymes).
Along with many other benefits such as lowering blood pressure, increased cardiovascular health, decreased levels of stress, depression, diabetes and countless other benefits. It concerns me that fish oil will be one less thing to be consumed on this recommended low fat ‘healthy’ diet.
This also holds true for fat soluble vitamins/antioxidants such as vitamins A, D, E and K.
Solution
If you walk through a door frame and your belly is entering the room before you are, then chances are you’re insulin resistant. Therefore, it’s no just the fat you should be looking at changing; you need to look at your carbohydrate intake.
Write down what you eat throughout the day. Ask yourself would you have been eating that 10,000 or more years ago. If the answers NO, then don’t eat it.
Limit your carbohydrates to fibrous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflowers, kale, spinach etc.
Increase your fat intake with fats such as fish oil (pharmaceutical grade – not that cheap nasty stuff from the high streets), coconut oil and good quality DPO extra virgin olive oils.
Cook only with Coconut oil and use olive oils as dressings.
Take fish oil with every meal.
Eat protein with every meal (meat, fish, poultry, eggs)
Never combine carbohydrates with fats (ie muffins, cakes, chips, crisps, biscuits) – all these contain trans fats and simple sugars making you fat and sick!
Lastly....exercise! I don't care what you do for the moment as long as it involves lifting weights!
Conclusion
As usual, if something sounds too good to be true it usually is, and this (in my opinion) is no different.
Although, patients are being advised to stick to a low fat diet. They probably have no idea what they should be eating so will continue to eat sugary high glycemic foods which are making them fat in the first place.
The government along with most nutritionists and dietitans need to come out of their BOD POD and stop telling people to eat less fat. We need to tell people to eat less bad fat and re educate them to what’s good and bad.
We need to stop thinking that 2 bowls of your favourite cereal is healthy, where it’s actually causing us more harm than good.
For more information on how you can achieve your perfect weight and increase your knowledge on what foods to eat. You can sign up for our 6 week weight Management Course at The Holiday Inn, Birmingham – Bomsgrove B61 9AB. UK
Courses run every 6 weeks and cost only £99
For more information contact Kevin at Kevin@kevinraison.co.uk or call on us 0871 662 9848
In Health
Kevin Raison
Raising Awareness In Standards Of Nutrition & Exercise
www.kevinraison.co.uk
www.kickstartbootcamp.co.uk
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