One of the biggest fitness and fat-loss misconceptions is that you MUST workout out for an hour a day for fat-loss.

That couldn't be further from the truth.

Whenever I consult with a new client they are surprised that I don't prescribe daily, one hour workouts to help them accelerate and maintain their results.

Fat-loss starts in the kitchen, not on the treadmill.

Excess cardio catabolizes muscle (breaks down) and increases inflammation in the body, making it a poor environment for fat-loss.

Fitness should be purposeful and fun; it should have just enough of an impact to elicit a metabolic effect, without spiking hunger and inflammation. Have you ever exercised so hard that you are starving afterwards? That's not what you should be looking for in a workout. Exercise isn't about pounding and punishing- it should strengthen and improve balance, increase bone density and help prevent injuries, while improving cardiovascular endurance and mobility.

Your workouts should be short, sweet and make you breathless. Welcome to the HIIT (high intensity interval training) workout-short explosive workouts that are functional, practical and completely customizable. based on your age, injury status and mobility.

My ankle strength saved me from a leg fracture this week, this is what the paramedic told me.

A crazy thing happened to me on Monday.

I was away on vacation and after walking out of the restaurant after dinner I stepped on an unsecured drainage hole and fell through. My left leg plummeted down the hole into the water, which was about thigh height and my right leg stabilized on the concrete. It was scary and I was shaken up. At the moment, I was in intense pain and my vitals were elevated. The paramedics were called and they examined me. He said that my ankle tendons and surrounding muscles were so strong that it likely prevented a fracture because I was able to stabilize and brace my fall.

That said, I went home, iced and elevated my foot, drank my Athletic Greens to reduce systemic inflammation and hasten the heeling process and guess what?? My foot and felt about 85% better the next morning! Sure, my body can handle a substantial amount of stress due to my diet, but it was my ankle and foot strength that prevented a bigger problem.

Forever fat-loss, longevity and vibrant health is simple, however we LOVE to over-complicate it with calorie counting, excessive exercise, deprivation and starvation.

That is SO 80's and SO outdated.

This antiquated information (calories in + calories out combined with crazy amounts of exercise) came about due to the birth of processed foods, fast food a.k.a, the industrialization of food.

Man started eating food from manufacturing plants and stopped eating plant based foods.

The rise of obesity, disease and the inability to lose stubborn belly fat wasn't an issue back in the dinosaur days. This is a modern day problem.

Why?

Our ancestors only ate an indigenous, whole food diet and their form of exercise was walking to forage for food and working within their communities in the form of physical labor, not a cycling class.

I'm by no means ragging on a spin class, my point is that as a society, we are now brainwashed to think that beating up our bodies 7 days a week in a gym and strict calorie counting is the only way to lose weight, prevent disease and feel amazing!