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An update on fun and easy fitness
Here’s a quick update on my Vitalogy progress. I started the program on May 6, just a bit more than 2 months ago. Now I’ve got to put this in context. 5 years ago I was running and jumping… but then I woke up one morning with knees that were so painful I literally needed a walker to go to the bathroom. Boy was that a shock. The medical profession actually had little to offer in the way of causes, but were ready to get out the knives and rearrange what God and evolution had seen fit to put together. The result was forced inactivity for a while and, as a result of a dramatic shift in calorie burn and metabolism about 40 excess pounds. The knees pretty much cleared up after a year, but the inactivity took a tremendous toll on me including muscles that hurt, joints that were painful, and overall lack of flexibility. Like a whole lot of people, I’ve been religiously paying my $29.95 each month to my gym, and sure, I go walk on the treadmills, cycle on the stationary bikes, and lift some weights, but none of this was doing very much to solve the weight or inactivity problems. The dilemma was that the things I knew to do to keep fit were things that I was no longer able to physically do. So, I just got discouraged and didn’t make much progress. Even having a physical training didn’t help. It was really a joke to have this mid-twenties, never had physical challenges person telling me to work on my bad knees by doing lunges. On the weight front, nothing much was happening either. I tried one thing and lost a few pounds then put them right back on.
The insanity of this situation really hit me a few months ago. What I really needed was a complete paradigm shift… a completely new way to look at the issues of health, fitness, and diet. So I started looking, and that’s where Will Nelson and Vitalogy stepped into the picture… or should I say stepped into the organic smoothie bar, because that’s where I met Will. The rest is really history. Here’s the net…
- So far, 20 pounds lost mainly by understanding how food works and how to have healthy food readily available when you need it. No special diets, just eating most of the foods I love.
- Complete loss of upper body, neck and shoulder tightness.
- Completely regaining flexibility and strength in the knees.
- Improved posture while sitting in front of this computer screen.
- Overall improvement in flexibility.
The 7 day easy fitness and healthy food program
As it turns out, I know about computer and internet stuff, and Will needed a way to get the word out about Vitalogy. Convienient, don’t you think? The basic principles, movements, and food theory of Vitalogy are so east that you can learn them in 7 days. Really! Will and I have put together a 7 Day video program that (at the risk of sounding salesy) can literally change your life. It sure did mine. I want Will to tell you the story himself, so click on the video below. Then follow the link below the video.
More about Vitalogy at home workouts Read the rest of this entry »
If you have been following my posts about Vitalogy you know that I’m sold on it. I have achieved incredible flexibility and lost weight, and my friend Thomas (who is sitting next to me) also loves the exercises and food.
Well, the good news is that Will Nelson and I and Thomas have decided to work together and bring out a 7 day video series that will teach anyone the four basic VitalBody movements and the four basic VitalFood recipies. I’ll let you know when it’s available.
More later.
I’m at the end of the 30 day Vitalogy challenge. Here are the results in a nutshell.
- 14 pounds lost
- Lots of flexibility gained
- Neck and shoulder pain and stiffness significantly reduced
- If your objective is to have muscles like Arnold Schwartzenegger then Vitalogy isn’t your best option.
- If your objective is overall fitness and health with increased movement and reduced pain then Vitalogy is definitely for you.
- The two things that make Vitalogy work are its simplicity and the way you can easily fit it into a daily schedule.
- The secret to really making Vitalogy integrate into your life is to learn the variations on the 4 basic movements and 4 basic recipies.
- One of the movement variations is to do them holding small (3 lb) weights. This really builds strength.
- The beauty of the VitalFood program is that it both keeps you out of the kitchen most of the time and keeps you out of restaurants.
- The problem with restaurants is too big portions and unknown ingredients.
- You will win in personal fitness when the program you choose to follow doesn’t require you to make significant changes to your life. To go from a couch potato to something like P90X and make it permanent in your life requires a will of iron that most people don’t have. The “How macho can you get” approach doesn’t really work for most people.







