Beginners should start with several 5-minute blocks of exercise each day. After
all, everyone can make room for 5 minutes of exercise. Once you move into more serious
workouts, you might need to experiment with different exercise times so that you
can workout without disrupting your family's events. Fortunately, there is no magic
exercise time. As long as you are consistent, you will get results.
Many people have had great success by getting up early and doing the workout before
everyone else gets up. Alternatively, you can do it after the kids go to bed or
during a break in the day. Schedule your workout like any other important appointment
so that you don't neglect the exercise sessions. You'll find that the exercise will
give you more energy throughout the rest of the day.
Q: What do I do if I can't get to the gym?
Answer:
You won't even need to go to the gym to lose fat. There are dozens, if not hundreds
of bodyweight exercises you can do at home. And the workout potential is exponential
if you have a couple of dumbbells at your disposal. There are hundreds of dumbbell
exercises you can use to sculpt your body.
Q: Hi, I'm an overweight woman (180 pounds) and I was wondering if I should
still eat 1oz of protein per pound?
Answer:
Hi, first, just to clarify its grams per pounds, not ounces. Second, here are the
limits from Dr. Chris Mohr found in the
TT Nutrition Guidelines...
"Since women have less overall lean body mass than men, they won't require
as high an amount of protein each day (0.8g of protein/lb of body weight will suffice).
This value is still in line with the recommendations for strength trained athletes.
For obese individuals, just as with the calorie estimations, the protein calculations
will also be over-estimated.
Therefore, in my opinion, I would put women at a maximum of 150g of protein per
day and men at a maximum of 200g of protein per day. Because being obese does put
them at risk for diabetes, this would also impact kidney health, so obese individuals
don't need the additional urea being filtered through if in fact they do have diabetes."
Q: I'm new to the whole "working out thing". What is Turbulence Training?
How would you describe the workouts?
Answer:
Turbulence Training is combination of more effective methods (Strength training
and interval training) to help men and women get more effective fat loss results
in less workout time.
TT uses supersets and interval training because they are time-saving methods. The
workouts also only use the best exercises so that clients don't spend more than
3 hours per week in the gym.
Get in, get out, get lean,
Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
Author, Turbulence Training