Oprah Winfrey's Weight Loss Workouts: Where's the Update?

A few weeks ago you may remember my post on Oprah Winfrey's Fatal Fat Loss Flaws.

Well, I haven't heard much smoke from Oprah lately so I am wondering how she is going.

C'mon girl, give us an update!

Bushfire Appeal Fatblast Session

Just got back from the Bushfire Appeal fundraising fatblast session.

Disappointing turnout to tell you the truth but we still raised $330 with another $200 pledged to be coming in.

So all in all over $500 raised for the Red Cross appeal which is great!

Thankyou to those who have donated!

Anyway, here is the circuit that we went through.

If you want to give this workout a try, please send me $20 to add to the tally. It'll be worth it.

Just contact me for details on how to get the $$$ to me.

Bodyweight Warm Up

Squats x 10
Deadlifts x 10
Hill Sprint, walk down recovery
repeat x 3

Tube Rows while partner performs 50 skips on skipping rope
repeat x 3

Side Plank x 30secs each side
Elbow Touches x 50
Floor Trunk Extensions x 50

Step Ups x 10 each leg
repeat x 3

Medicine Ball Push Ups x 10
Squat Jumps x 10
repeat x 3

Chin Ups or Recline Rows x 10
repeat x 3 with rest in between

Wow!

45 mins of a tough fatblast workout.

If you like this weight loss workout you will love the Aussie Fatblast Success System.

Short, interval training driven circuits that give you the fat loss results that you deserve.

Don't give me the excuse that you don't have time!

Lance Armstrong's Training Secrets & How They Affect Your Fat Loss Training

If you are a long time reader of this blog, and the emails that preceded it, you will know that the number one living person I'd love to have lunch with is Lance Armstrong.

Well, Lance has arrived in Australia, ready for the Tour Down Under and in less than 2 weeks I'll be on a plane to Adelaide to see him in person. I'm as excited as a kid at Christmas time!

I'm going back to Lance's classic book "It's Not About the Bike" - a great read if you haven't read it yet - for today's words to fire you up.

"Pain is good because it teaches your body and your soul to improve. It's almost as though your unconscious says I'm going to remember this, remember how it hurt, and I'll increase my capacities so that the next time, it doesn't hurt as much"

I like to apply that to my workouts (and yours too if you train with me!) but it has also applied to my personal life too as I am sure it has yours.

Definitely words to think about.

Anyway, so what are Lance Armstrong's Training Secrets?

This photo sums up what everyone should be doing with their own fat loss and fitness training regime.

I saw this online on the New York Daily News website and if you check it out, you will see that Lance trains in his own gym in his garage.

Here's my take home points that Lance does and that you should be doing in your own training routine.

1) Not training at a gym - gyms are a killer for your weight loss workouts for a number of reasons (that'll be another blog post)

2) Check out the picture again - what do you see? A Squat rack and a glute/ham raises machine - two great exercises for the legs

3) What you don't see is probably the most important thing - you don't see a leg extension machine and a leg curl machine. Both work the same muscles as in the above example but the squats and glute/ham raises give you a lot more bang for your buck when it comes to really hitting the body

4) The exercise and the implement that Lance is using is also pretty important. Lance is performing a Kettlebell Swing, using my favourite training weapon - a kettlebell.

The Kettlebell Swing is one of the most beneficial exercises that anyone can do to maximise their fat loss results and is a perfect example of interval training at it's finest.

Now, before I sign off, if you are in Sydney this is for you!

Fat Loss Secrets Seminar Live in Sydney


If you are in the Sydney CBD on Wednesday January 21, you must come along to this seminar. I am giving you at least 5 take home points that you must be putting into action to achieve your fat loss goals in 2009.

You can find out more information here

Entry is via a gold coin donation to the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute - a cause very close to my heart.

I want to see you there!

To your fatblasting success,
Daniel Munday
Sydney Boot Camps Fat Loss Specialist
Sydney Personal Trainer for short, effective, weight loss workouts

Weight Loss Workouts and Words to Pump You Up in 2009

Happy 2009! Today is my first day back in action for another year.

I hope your Christmas and New Years were as good as mine. I've put a photo on my blog of me with my beautiful niece Lucy (it was her first Christmas this year) and she looked the part in her Santa hat.



I'm pretty excited and have some big things planned for 2009. What about you, what's on your must do list?

I hope you saw my video that I sent out on Friday as it had a great bodyweight workout that can be performed anywhere. (you can see it below in my previous post if you missed it).

I've had over 200 views on that one, so hopefully you have been implementing the exercises (even if you don't have the beach as your backdrop!)

I managed to film a few videos while I was up at Coffs Harbour and you can get your hands on another great bodyweight beach workout below:



Let's make 2009 YOUR year! You can start by getting sweaty from putting my 2 bodyweight videos into action.

Now onto the words to fire you up for the first week of 2009.

I don't remember who first said this as so many people have said it over the years but these words are plain and simple but right on the money:

"If you do what you've always done, you get what you've always got"

So appropriate for this time of year.

If every other year has been the same as the past where you've said "This is my year" but something got in the way and it just didn't end like that. This year is for you.

If you feel like you've been hit by a truck after all your Christmas indulgences, this year is for you.

Don't make excuses.

Like I said in Fridays message, just take action.

Don't talk, just do.

Start by following my 2 workouts on my blog if you are stuck.

For those who are in Sydney and looking for some group action, stay tuned to your inboxes this afternoon. I've got something pretty big planned!

For those who aren't lucky enough to be enjoying this awesome sunshine at the moment, check out my Aussie Fatblast Success System - which is deliverable online and is the fat loss results answer for the busy person.

http://www.aussiefatblast.com

Everyone can have a piece of the fat loss pie.

Enjoy yours!

PS - if any of you do go ahead and invest in the Aussie Fatblast Success System before Wednesday, I'll throw in 2 personal food diary reviews - one straight away and one in six weeks to ensure you are on track - that's $100 added value right there - I'm feeling generous after my break!