It is clear that our President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama live an active lifestyle. We know Mr. President loves to play basketball and just by looking at the First Lady, we can tell that she makes time to exercise. All you have to do is take one glance at her upper body and you can tell, that didn’t come about just sitting around living a sedentary lifestyle.
That being said, questions are now arising asking if they may influence the nation to be more active. It’s not completely ruled out just yet there’s a possibility they can change and impact our nation and help fight this fight of obesity, but only time will tell. I mean for goodness sakes, we’ve had 66% of the population obese for quite some time. Those stats tell me there’s a good chance you are too. And what’s even scarier than that you’re kids may be and on the verge of dealing with type II diabetes, high blood pressure etc.
We do know celebrities, athletes, and others who we see in the media have a big influence on us. These people have paparazzi following their every move. That’s why we get to hear about the latest fad or treatment they did to get their body. The next thing you know, you’re scrambling around trying to get whatever it is they’re doing because it worked for them, it must work for you.
So who knows, if the President decides he wants to implement a program to help our kids be more aware and make better choices in regards to food or if he mandates more physical activities, a change just may occur. All things are possible.
I spent a few minutes friday watching President Barack and Michelle Obama on the train in Maryland. It really was amazing to see. Especially seeing the masses of people in Washington waiting in freezing temperatures upon their arrival. While they were waiting, the crowd was instructed to begin doing some exercises. This was probably for a couple of reasons. The first was to warm their bodies up. The weather was in the teens for sure. Second, they were looking to create mobility, as some of the movements looked like a dynamic stretch.
Now, with however many million that were there that day there wasn’t too much space, but they got the job done and there weren’t any reports of people being trampled or anything like that. Which brings me to the video I want to share with you. I’ve put together some simple cardio based exercises that we use in our Atlanta Boot Camp. You can do these anytime, anywhere cardio movements you can do. Our boot camp is based on interval training. It’s the best bang for you buck and gives you the best chance to burn even more calories opposed to running at a steady pace. Often times, we place these exercise in between sets (active recovery), that way the body is allowed to recover and we’re still working.
Plus the cardio is taken care of for that day. I dare you to give it a try. It will intensify any workout. Choose any one exercise and immediately after the exercise add a high knee sprints or a trot. I guarantee you you’ll be working much harder and you don’t have to waste a bunch of time. Workouts can be done in 4 minutes if need be and there’s multiple variations and forms of cardio you can do.
If you’re the person who thinks you’re just too busy to exercise. Then break your exercise workouts into 4-5min time slots and repeat them 5 times in a day. Plain and simple, you need to be exercising 5-6 times a day for a total of 30 minutes. That’s not a lot of time. Nor do I believe you have to spend endless hours working out. Following the plan mentioned above, that’s around 3 hrs per week. Just like our President and First Lady, you just have to make time for it. Cheers!
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