Last Blog

   My last blog is a thank you to the few of you that followed it. As a thank you I would like to offer the first person to email me on anthonypricept@hotmail.co.uk a free personal training session which won't involve an accumulator I promise. Its has been a great month and I look forward to the next 8 weeks on the maintenance course.

  Good night.

       Anthony Price

A snowy Thursday

     I hope you have enjoyed the subject of cortisol, this evening I am giving you a night off the research. I was inspired by the possibilities of Fairhaven foods and particularly the quinoa pasta (thank you Jennifer). I have attached their website below for you all to enjoy.
     We discussed briefly on Tuesday what to do next. I would like to run a Team Dynamix maintenance course starting on Tuesday 21st February at 7pm for 8 weeks. I hope you can all make it and we can build on what has already been achieved.
  2 Days until the accumulator!

http://fairhaven.co.uk/

    Anthony

Day 22 (3 days until the accumulator)

     Just before I start to plan our final act on Team Dynamix continuation I will discuss the dangers of stress and weight gain. We all live stressful lives but understanding the dangers of this might make us think twice about letting ourselves get to this chronic stress state. The article below highlights a number of negatives but the one I would like to make you most aware of is increased likelihood of gaining weight particularly in the abdominal area due to cortisol. Chronic stress releases a sustained  amount of the hormone cortisol which switches on four times the amount of fat receptors in the abdominal area. Please have a read of the article and if you have any questions regarding the topic then contact me.

http://stress.about.com/od/stresshealth/a/weightgain.htm

  Until Saturday take care.

   Anthony

Day 20

    I write this evenings blog in sadness as this is our last week on the course. We have two sessions to go and one topic which is cortisol. The article I have attached below looks into not only the negative effects which I to often focus on but also the positive effects of cortisol.
      As the course finishes I know some of you have talked about continuing which I am more than happy to do. We can discuss this further tomorrow night if not Saturday.
     Try and achieve as much as you can in this last week and then reset your goals until Easter.

http://stress.about.com/od/stresshealth/a/cortisol.htm

Anthony

Day 17

    Good evening, you will be glad to hear I am still sat at work planning tomorrows session. I want to maintain the level of intensity from Tuesday so expect fireworks tomorrow. I bring you no further information on Leptin this evening as I will be covering the topic in the morning.
      The gym has some new toys that I suggest  you try out, Ben recently completed a club bell course and is keen to show you what he learnt, David experienced the joy this morning and lived to tell the story.
     Until tomorrow good night, eat well and sleep well and lets see what tomorrow brings.

  Anthony

Day 16

    I start tonight's blog with a challenge, our gym challenge this month is how quick can you climb Big Ben. With your new improved fitness you should put it to the test. Come up to the gym and give it a go. If it helps I will do it with you.
      Last nights webinar was a good introduction to Leptin, tonight I would like to discuss the reasons behind leptin imbalance. The two major reasons are through a low calorie diet and our leptin receptors switching off. If we partake in a low calorie diet and I mean an extremely low calorie diet like some of the fad diets around our bodies will release a large amount of leptin. This will tell the body to overeat to restore the leptin balance. You must of felt the battle to lose weight through low calorie diets when it is extremely difficult both mentally and physically. This will amount to yo-yo dieting as the body fights to restore a leptin balance.
     The other major reason I mentioned is through the leptin receptors turning off in the hypothamalus. This is a major problem in obese people. Imagine being in a room with a strong smell, over time the smell becomes less and less. The smell has not disappeared but you become less aware of that smell. This is how leptin works, if you are heavily overweight and your leptin receptors are not functioning you will over eat and struggle to lose weight.
         Listen to your body, it will tell you when you are full and have taken on enough energy and it will also tell you when you need to take up more energy ie eat, so work with your body it is trying to help you. For me this is almost an essay so I will leave you to enjoy your evenings.

     Anthony

Day 15

  Good morning, fantastic session last night, it was shorter due to the perfect storm of traffic problems but the quality was the highest I have seen so well done, really looking forward to Saturday now. Make sure you are building in rest days especially with sessions of the intensity last night.
     I have been looking for a webinar that clearly explains the dangers of having a leptin imbalance and I believe I have found it. Extremes of eating will have an effect on your leptin balance and make weight loss and dieting very challenging. Please watch the webinar and tomorrow I will attempt to explain the reasons behind leptin imbalance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLXuCUq4qSQ&feature=related

  Anthony