Lance, The Silver Medalist and the Rock

What a weekend!

For those of you who didn't know I went to Adelaide to watch the Tour Down Under and of course see Lance Armstrong - the man that I have wanted to see in action for a long time.

I thought I had missed the boat on that opportunity when he retired in 2005, so when I found out he was making his comeback to racing in Adelaide I knew I just had to be there.

So we headed on over to the City of Churches.

I got to have my photo taken with Lance's bike and I also got to meet and have a good chat to the champion Australian cyclist Anna Mears.

If you are not familiar with Anna's story, she broke her neck in a bad bike fall last January then came back just in time for the Beijing Olympic Games to take out an inspirational silver medal!

See both of my happy snaps below.





But the biggest news of the whole trip was that I proposed to my girlfriend. Yeah even Lance got brushed for this news as the highlight of the trip!

Some would say it's about time but I thought the timing was perfect as not many people expected me to do it when this weekend was supposed to be all about Lance (my sister picked it though.)

That was all just on Friday too!

We had a great wine and cheese tasting tour on Saturday, saw some of the tour and Sunday was Lance day.

It was awesome to see the man in action riding around the streets of Adelaide.

I was able to cross off some of my biggest life goals this weekend (seeing Lance race and of course the highlight of the proposal) which brings me to my words of inspiration for today:

“Nothing is impossible to a willing heart” – John Heywood, 16th Century English Poet

Lance proved that at 37 he is not too old to make a comeback and compete with the best in the business.

Set your goals, dream about them and make em happen.

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