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