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Where’s Your Focus?

By Ed Scow, aka "The Fit Dad" · Comments

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Howdy!

When it comes to getting lean and fit, I have a basic belief – focus on taking positive steps that create good habits rather than attempting to remove negative habits.

That may sound overly simple, or bring up thoughts of “No kidding Ed…I knew that!” but stick with me here and let me explain.

Let’s assume you want to lose weight. – I’m not saying you should lose weight, I’m just using this as an example…

Let’s also assume you want a nicer figure – losing weight and having a nicer figure are often NOT the same and require different sets of action steps.

Let’s also assume you didn’t gain this weight by eating well and being active and that the weight didn’t jump on board the belly train last week.

Is it safe to assume all those things?

Super-duper.

The common thing to do is to get fed up with your current situation and want to make a change – which is a necessary step in my humble opinion

The next common step is to start attempting to remove negative habits. Read More→

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The Fit Dad Says – The Book!

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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

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L Magazine Column August 2011 – Food Rules

By Ed Scow, aka "The Fit Dad" · Comments

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

This article appeared in the August 2011 issue of “L Magazine.”

Two of my favorite foods are apples and broccoli. I have other foods that I count as “favorites” as well, but they wouldn’t fit well in a column whose focus is helping you become healthier and more fit – unless we could figure out a way to include Peanut Butter Cups!

Those 2 foods are my “Go To” foods and they receive that high distinction because they meet the following 3 guidelines: lincoln, nebraska boot camp diet food

1. They both taste awesome. If you don’t think they taste good, it’s probably because you’re filling up on processed junk and have totally messed up your taste buds – cut out the junk for a couple weeks and your body will adjust back to liking the things we’re supposed to eat.

2. They’re loaded with vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and the all-important fiber. Nutrient content should be one of the first things you know about a food if you want to lose weight and be healthy. The higher the nutrient content, the more often you should eat it.

3. They’re versatile. You can eat them by themselves, or add them to another “main dish,” like healthy salads, as toppings. You could eat the broccoli after dipping it in some hummus or add the apple to another snack that’s a bit salty to hit some different tastebuds.

If you’re interested in losing weight, or just being a healthier person, I think you should eat them too.

But what if you don’t like those two foods? Read More→

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Abs Blaster DVD and Diet Promo

By Ed Scow, aka "The Fit Dad" · Comments

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011

Howdy!

I’ve been trying to figure out how I can incorporate the way Nolan crawls into a workout program, but just can’t seem to find a way to throw in a break dancing move. He does ‘the worm’ rather than crawl and it is very entertaining. The kid can get anywhere he wants simply by getting onto his hands and knees, rocking, then pushing forward and flopping onto his stomach – which puts him forward about 4 inches, then repeating until he reaches his destination. He’s pretty swift too.

So if you have any suggestions on how to bring that in, let me know because if he keeps doing it his shoulders and low back are going to be super strong.

Anyway, I have a couple quick things to share with you today – both of which I think you’ll like.

First is a new website I’ve been contributing articles to called “Man Of The House.” Read More→

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Awesome New Way To Work Your Stomach In Boot Camp And From Home

By Ed Scow, aka "The Fit Dad" · Comments

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

You like abs, right?

Well, you may not like your abs right now, but you like working your abs because…well who doesn’t!

I’m no different. I loves working me some abs, but the problem is it can get a bit stale and boring.

So I went into the studio one beautiful afternoon and decided to do some abs workout tinkering.

It was pretty stinkin’ fun. I had a basic idea that I thought would be cool for you to see better results, and get more “feel” from working your abs, but wanted to see if what my brain thought would actually come out and be “doable” in workout form.

My tinkering has seemed to work!

How do I know this? boot camp workouts for ladies only

It’s been 4 days since doing this style of workout and my abs are still sore! Specifically, my lower abs are sore.

If you’ve worked out for more than a month, you know how difficult it can be to get that good sore feeling in your abs where you can still function normally, but every so often, if you move just so, you get a little reminder of how awesome your workout was, and that’s the feeling I still have today…

…And it’s awesome!

After it felt so great in my personal workout, I decided to test it out on one of my lady clients, and tinker with it in boot camp and the results were just as awesome!

What did I do? Read More→

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October LSV

By Ed Scow, aka "The Fit Dad" · Comments

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

This month’s issue of the Lean, Strong and Vibrant Inner Circle brings you a sweet little workout program designed to work called “Abs Blasters.”

The Workout of The Month brings you 3 different “Pre” workout Abs Circuits, 3 different 10-minute workouts and 3 different “Post” workout Abs Circuits.

You pick one of the Pre Abs Circuits, then do a 10-minute workout and finish up with a Post Abs Circuit. Total workout time is about 20-22 minutes, depending upon how much rest you take…and they work your abs/core fantastically! My abs are still sore from filming them

All the workout layouts, as well as tracking sheets are in the magazine which you download below.

As usual there are videos for the workouts and those videos can be downloaded to your computer.

There’s no “magazine” this month because I have been working hard and heavy finishing up my new book and will give you a heads up when that’s available – and you’ll get it for next to nothing

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Easy Weight Loss Solutions

By Ed Scow, aka "The Fit Dad" · Comments

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Howdy!

What’s goin’ down in your neck of the woods? I trust all is well. Things are rockin’ and rollin’ here and things in boot camp are awesome as well.

Let’s venture into the mental woo-woo stuff for a moment…

I want to present you with a situation that may sound pretty familiar.

You’re fed up with the way you look and want to make a change. You hate the way your clothes fit, your lack of energy, and you want to be better.

Maybe you’ve figured out what your next move is and you’re excited and ready, but your brain keeps going back to the Negatives.

It keeps pushing you back to the bad feelings – how bad you look in your clothes, how your lack of energy makes it difficult to focus on your workouts, etc.

Sound familiar?

When we have a problem, whatever the problem is, we tend to put all of our focus on the problem (Negative) and not the Solution (positive). Read More→

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Are You A Food Pervert?

By Ed Scow, aka "The Fit Dad" · Comments

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Are you a pervert?

Before I get any complaints or yelled at, I’m not talking about the type of pervert that will get you in trouble for staring at a woman’s chest or any performing any of the hi-jinks from the movie “Porkies.”

I’m talking about Food Perversion.

I don’t know if I coined the term or not, but I’m claiming it (and probably going to trademark it!), so don’t steal it!

My definition of Food Perversion is taking an otherwise healthy food and turning it unhealthy, or perverting it.

It’s a pretty common problem I see in folks who are learning about proper diet and trying to lose weight. It’s very common in folks who are trying to go it alone and do all the research themselves rather than sticking to a good weight loss program or system.

A very common instance is dipping veggies in ranch dressing. That’s the perfect example of Food Perversion.

To learn more about my ideas behind Food Perversion and how to overcome it, check out the video I made for you. Read More→

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September LSV

By Ed Scow, aka "The Fit Dad"

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

This month’s issue of the Lean, Strong and Vibrant Inner Circle brings you a sweet little workout program designed to work called “Book End.”

The Workout of The Month is brings you 3 different Book Ends, and 3 different 10-Minute Workouts. Essentially what you do is do a 5-7 minute Book End, then the 10-Minute Circuit, and finish up with the Book End again. I could’ve also called it “The Sandwich,” but thought Book End sounded better

All the workout layouts, as well as tracking sheets are in the magazine which you download below.

As usual there are videos for the workouts and those videos can be downloaded to your computer.

The magazine itself has 2 hefty articles – one about Supplements and the other with some sweet workout tips and tricks straight from the lab (my studio). The supplement article covers the history, myths, lies as well as what I recommend in terms of supplementation. It’s a murky lake of shenanigans in the supplement industry and I want you to be able to cover it without getting your hands dirty.

The Exercise section gives you 9 awesome tips and tricks to increase the intensity and effectiveness of your workouts, without sacrificing total workout time. I hope you put some of these into use and watch what happens! Read More→

Does Fruit Make You Gain Weight? Should I Stop Eating Fruit If I Want To Lose Weight?

By Ed Scow, aka "The Fit Dad" · Comments

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Howdy!

What’s goin down in your world?

I think it’s time to discuss a little nutrition and, more specifically fruit.

I’ve been noticing a scary trend over the past couple years, and it seems to have only gotten worse lately and that is scare tactics when it comes to diet.

Scare tactics are nothing new. They’ve been around for quite some time.

I don’t know if this is true or not, but I remember reading that Henry Ford (the car dude) stopped eating sugar after seeing some under a microscope while hanging out with his good buddy Thomas Edison. The sharp edges freaked him out so much that he thought it would rip apart his insides.

I suppose that could be a good scare tactic?

But I digress…

The scare tactic I’ve been seeing lately is that fruit will make you fat, or at the very least hinder your weight loss results.

The argument, and they may even cite studies to prove their point, is that the fructose in fruit is easily converted to fat and stored around your stomach.

But is it true and even if it were true does it make that much of a difference?

Let me answer that question by sharing a quick video with you.

I get a little “ranty” in this video, which I don’t normally like to do because it can sound jerky, but this topic ticks me off. Read More→