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Aerobics & Cardio InformationArizona doctor tells the all the truth simply about weight loss - L
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Dr. Jeffrey Banas
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Arizona Doctor Discovers Triathlons as the Ultimate Weight Loss Program - Loses Sixty Pounds.
I ne'er
intended to get fat! I am not exactly sure how it happened, but there I was a 6’2” thirty-four year old pushing close to 270 pounds. My cholesterin was high, my triclecrides were high, and my blood pressure was high. I was on a direct course for developing diabetes, accrued risk of heart disease, accrued risk of cancer, and a ton of another diseases related to obesity.
It gets worse. I am a doctor, a sports therapist to be exact and my office is placed inside a health club. Unfortunately, like galore another doctors and another health professional out there, I was not practicing what I was preaching.
Living in sunny Arizona, land of the endless summer, sooner or later you have to go to the lake, the water park, or you are invited to a picnic
and pool party. That is once
all my excuses caught up to me. Despite knowing the health risks associated with being overweight, it was the feeling of low self-esteem and embarrassment that finally drove me to action.
So there I was, a doctor, available to get the weight off. I hate to admit it; I tried several of those quick fix gimmick supplements. I tried a bunch of the fad diets. I bought a bunch of books from all the “weight loss experts”. Sure I would-be lose a little weight, but I could ne'er
stick with the diet for any length of time. Once
I went off the diet I would-be gain the weight right back. Then tried working my butt off in the gym, running about every day. That got real boring, and I found that running everyday is not the better thing to do once
you weigh close to 270 pounds.
There I was again, still no direction, no focus, no drive, nothing to manual me. Defeated simply about not acquiring any results and what to do, I thought I was simply going to have to accept that I was overweight and deal with it. I gave it a real effort and it did not work.
During all of this, the therapist that I bought my office from mentioned that he was beginning a weight loss program at his office, which was based on his experience with triathlon training. That got my attention. I actually wanted to give the program a try, but I lived too far from his office to move in on a regular basis. So I began researching the sport on the Internet.
The more I see simply about triathlons and triathlon training, the more sense it ready-made to me as a way to help me lose weight. If you are going to do an event that involves swimming, cycling, and running you evidently are going to have to train that way. The idea simply about jumping into the pool for an exercise swim was not thing
I was looking forward to, and the last thing I wanted to do was to put on a bathing suit and workout. Then I remembered how painful my knees were from running around, and swimming would-be be easier on my joints.
I besides began reading simply about exploitation heart rate monitors and the affects of exercise at several heart rates. Galore of the authors of the books on heart zone training were triathletes themselves, and they gave many
examples on how exploitation heart zone training you can track your progress and maximize your exercise program.
The more I searched the triathlon Computer network sites, the more I became interested in the sport. The folk who competed in triathlons looked actually fit, it was inspiring. That is once
I distinct to take my commitment to losing weight to the next level. Deliberation close to 270 pounds, I signed up for my 1st triathlon. Five months away, I was going to do a sprint race, which was a 500m swim, a 15-mile bike, then and a 3-mile run. This was a more shorter distance than galore triathlon races, however at the time I could not do even as one of the events let alone all of them back-to-back.
Using a combination of what I knowing simply about heart zone training and from the triathlon Computer network sites, I started my program. I my alternated exercise sessions between swimming, cycling, and running. I besides did simply about an hour of weight training a week. This actually accessorial a variety to the exercise program, and it ne'er
got boring. One day I would-be simply bike, then next possibly run 10 minutes, do a weight session, then bike for 25 minutes. Then the next day I would-be simply swim. The next day I would-be swim then follow it up with a run. My knees were holding up really well with little, if any pain. At the same time I started feeding better, no real diet, simply common sense stuff, avoiding the sugars and white breads.
The use of the heart rate monitor became a really useful tool. It unbroken
me from working too hard or too easy. The monitor I was using, the Polar 610, besides came with software. I was able to transfer
all of my exercise sessions into a computer. Then I was able to objectively document my exercise sessions. The software system was able to track my calories burned during exercise, my average heart rate, hours spent exercise per week, and more more. After every exercise session actually looked forward to downloading my session to see how I did.
It besides allowed me to exercise at several heart rates. One day I would-be run at 70% of my maximum heart rate for 10 minutes, then bike at 80% of my maximum heart rate for 10 minutes, then go back to running at 70% for another 10 minutes. The next day I would-be simply bike for 40 min. But I would-be once again exercise at several heart rates, 10 min at 70%, and 5 minutes at 80%, and 10 minutes at 75 %, and 5 minutes at 80%, and then 10 minutes at 70%. This was a fun way to exercise and I actually began to look forward to exercising, the whole process was less boring.
I unbroken
up with this type of training for five months. On the day of my 1st triathlon, I was forty pounds lighter.
Some how, several way, I did it. I finished my 1st triathlon, and as crazy as it sounds I actually enjoyed myself. I was feeling nice simply about my accomplishment, but I still had several serious weight to lose. So I found another triathlon race six months later, signed up for it and continuing
training. The weight simply unbroken
coming off and coming off.
At the time of my second race, eleven months after learning simply about triathlons, I had lost sixty pounds.
It seemed like every week one of my patients, whom I had not seen for months, would-be move in for a treatment. The reactions were always the same, doc what the euphemism
happened to you, you look like a wholly several person!
I felt like a several person too, I was running without knee pain, I was happier at work, my relationship with my family was better, I was no longer embarrassed to go to a pool party or the water park, in fact I looked forward to them.
My patients and the members of the health club wherever
my office was placed were perpetually
asking me simply about my weight loss. I remember one of the gym members walking up to my table
and looking at my before and after pictures. He pointed to my fat image and said, “That is me” then he pointed to my fit image and said, “That is the way I want to look”. Wow, what a great feeling, I could not believe it.
As I am sitting here writing this article, it has been a year since my 1st triathlon. Simply a few weeks ago, I raced in my third race and I actually managed to stop second in my age group.
As a result of acquiring into triathlons, not only do I have a new body, I have a new life.
Dr. Jeffrey Banas is a Treatment
Sports Doctor practicing in Mesa, AZ. He continues to vie in triathlons and has unbroken
his weight off for over a year now. If you would-be like to contact Dr. Banas, he can be reached at his office at 480-633-6837, or by visiting his web site at www.personal-weight-loss-help.com
Simply simply about the Author
Dr. Jeffrey Banas is a Treatment
Sports Doctor practicing in Mesa, AZ. If you would-be like to contact Dr. Banas, he can be reached at his office at 480-633-6837, or by visiting his web site at www.personal-weight-loss-help.com
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