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		<title>Awesome Arms Workout</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an awesome arm workout that I have been having fun with during my short Dad Fitness &#8220;meathead&#8221; style muscle building program. It involves Wave Loading and Antagonistic Supersets to build strength AND build muscle at the same time! It&#8217;s been a LONG time since I did some bodypart training and had an &#8220;Arm Day&#8221; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://dadfitnessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/best-arm-workout.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2427" title="best-arm-workout" src="http://dadfitnessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/best-arm-workout.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></a>Here&#8217;s an <a href="http://dadfitnessblog.com/awesome-arms-workout-2422 ">awesome arm workout</a> that I have been having fun with during my short <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com">Dad Fitness</a> &#8220;meathead&#8221; style muscle building program.</p>
<p>It involves <strong>Wave Loading</strong> and <strong>Antagonistic Supersets</strong> to build strength AND build muscle at the same time!</p>
<p>It&#8217;s been a LONG time since I did some bodypart training and had an &#8220;Arm Day&#8221; but it&#8217;s been really fun to go old-school in the gym for a few weeks and focus on building some rock-solid muscle.</p>
<p><strong>&#8230;and with these new techniques I can definitely see a difference in my muscle size and density after a few short weeks!</strong></p>
<p>So if you&#8217;re looking for a NEW workout to build bigger and stronger arms give this one a try and you will be bursting out of your shirt-sleeves in no time!</p>
<p><strong>Awesome Arms Workout</strong></p>
<p>A1 Close Grip Preacher Curls, (7,5,3 Wave Loading), 1st wave set of 7, 5, 3, 2nd wave, set of 7, 5, 3, 90 secs rest</p>
<p>A2 Close Grip Bench Press, (7,5,3 Wave Loading), 1st wave set of 7, 5, 3, 2nd wave, set of 7, 5, 3, 90 secs rest</p>
<p>B1 Incline Hammer Curls, 4 sets of 6-10 reps, 60 secs rest</p>
<p>B2 Decline EZ-Bar Tricep Extensions, 4 sets of 6-10 reps, 60 secs rest</p>
<p>C1 Zottman Curls, 3 sets of 10-12 reps, 60 secs rest</p>
<p>C2 Rope Tricep Cable Pushdowns, 3 sets of 10-12 reps, 60 secs rest</p>
<p>A1-A2 means do one exercise set, rest and perform second exercise set, or if you&#8217;re in a rush for time don&#8217;t rest at all in between exercise supersets!</p>
<p><strong>PS.</strong> If you want a cool new muscle building workout program from one of the most innovative trainers in the fitness industry, Nick Nilsson has just<br />
released a program called &#8220;Mad Scientist Muscle &#8211; Build MONSTER Muscle With Science-Based Training&#8221; and I have to say, this looks like his best program yet.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Anyway, definitely check this out now!  This info could seriously save you YEARS of muscle-building frustration</p>
<p><strong>==&gt; <a href="http://hop.clickbank.net/?smbarker/betteru&amp;l=900" target="_blank">Mad Scientist Muscle </a>(click here now to check it out)</strong></p>
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		<title>Interview With Best Selling Fitness Author: Lou Schuler</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am really excited to share with you a Dad Fitness exclusive interview with best selling fitness author, Lou Schuler. As a fitness book worm I personally get every book Lou puts out because they are always top notch and full of the latest information in regards to effective workouts and healthy eating. Lou has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am really excited to share with you a <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com">Dad Fitness</a> exclusive interview with best selling fitness author, <strong>Lou Schuler.</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-932" title="IMG_4638" src="http://dadfitnessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/IMG_4638-300x225.jpg" alt="IMG_4638" width="186" height="139" />As a fitness book worm I personally get every book Lou puts out because they are always top notch and full of the latest information in regards to effective workouts and healthy eating.</p>
<p>Lou has been in the game a long time and seen a lot of the fitness fads come and go.</p>
<p>So I asked him to give me his thoughts on fitness, family and fatherhood&#8230;</p>
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SB. For people who don&#8217;t know, tell us a little about yourself Lou, and how you got started in the fitness industry?<br />
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-919" title="lou" src="http://dadfitnessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/lou-200x300.jpg" alt="lou" width="140" height="210" />LS. </strong>I&#8217;m a journalist who&#8217;s also a fitness professional. Before I started at Men&#8217;s Fitness in 1992, I&#8217;d had a fairly conventional journalism career, working at daily and weekly newspapers and regional magazines. I worked at MF for six years, the last three as fitness editor, and then moved to Men&#8217;s Health for the next six years, first as fitness editor, then as fitness director.</div>
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<p>The Testosterone Advantage Plan, my first book as an author, came out in December 2001. That was followed by Home Workout Bible, Book of Muscle, The New Rules of Lifting, and The New Rules of Lifting for Women. The third book in the New Rules of Lifting series will come out in January 2011.</p></div>
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SB. I hear you are also a busy dad and husband as well. How many kids do you have and what is your favorite part of being a dad?<br />
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LS. </strong>I have three kids, who are 13, 11, and 9. My favorite part of being a dad is not being anything like my own dad, who was a wreck physically and disengaged emotionally.</div>
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<p><strong>SB. Lou, how did your fitness philosophy change once you became a father?<br />
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<p><strong>LS. </strong>Most of the changes in my approach came about because of the research I was doing for the books I wrote. My diet changed from low-fat to one with balanced macronutrients while writing Testosterone Advantage Plan. I also got my CSCS in 2001, and that coincided with more of an emphasis on training for strength and performance. Coincidentally, I found it was more efficient to train that way.</div>
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<p><strong>SB. As a fitness author, what are the 3 biggest mistakes you see busy dads trying to staying fit make with their workouts?<br />
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<p><strong>LS. </strong>I can&#8217;t really say what other guys do or don&#8217;t do. I really just see the guys in my own gym, and most of them seem to have pretty solid <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com">workout programs. </a>And I also hate to criticize the minority of adults who&#8217;re actually making an effort to stay in shape. I could find ways to improve most of the routines I see, but I&#8217;m sure at least a few of those guys are thinking the same thing about my workouts.</div>
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<p><strong>SB. What do your workouts currently look like?<br />
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<p><strong><img class="size-full wp-image-921 alignleft" title="book" src="http://dadfitnessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/book.jpg" alt="book" width="120" height="148" />LS. </strong>I do <a href="http://www.dadsfitness.com">full-body workouts</a> every time in the gym, so if I have to miss a workout because of an unforeseen problem, I don&#8217;t have to worry about unbalanced training.</div>
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<p>Ninety-nine percent of the time, I&#8217;ll start with a lower-body exercise &#8212; a squat variation one workout, a deadlift variation the next, and a lunge variation the next. My upper-body work alternates between bilateral and unilateral movements. I like to do almost every exercise from a standing or kneeling position, to keep the core muscles engaged.</p></div>
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<p>I also move pretty quickly from one exercise to the next. I&#8217;m not trying to add size &#8212; in fact, I&#8217;ve lost a few pounds in the past year &#8212; so I minimize rest periods and aim for more of a conditioning effect.</p></div>
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<p><strong>SB. What are some of your favorite healthy meals and snacks?<br />
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<p><strong>LS. </strong>My favorite is one I got from TC Luoma of <a href="http://www.tmuscle.com">TMUSCLE</a>: natural peanut butter mixed in a bowl with low-carb chocolate protein powder and low-fat milk. Really hits the spot, and satisfies my hunger for hours.</div>
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<p><strong>SB. Why do you think it&#8217;s important for us dads to stay fit?</strong><strong><strong><br />
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<p><strong>LS. </strong>Our kids should see that fitness is a lifelong pursuit. If they see us make time for it, and invest energy in it, they&#8217;ll understand that it&#8217;s an important part of life.</div>
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<p>In our parents&#8217; generation, there wasn&#8217;t much of an organized structure for fitness activities. You played outside as a kid, then maybe you played on sports teams through high school or even college, if you were one of the lucky ones. Many of our dads also did physical training in the military, where it was used as a punishment as much as a tool for activity-specific performance. Once you were out of the military, and presumably finished with sports, there wasn&#8217;t really any structure in place to encourage lifelong fitness.</p></div>
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<p>But with our kids, everything is structured. There&#8217;s almost no such thing as backyard sports, or neighborhood games. If you play something, you play it on a team. If you do pure exercise, it happens in gym class. So it&#8217;s important for them to see their parents using those same structures to pursue lifelong fitness, and doing it voluntarily.</p></div>
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<p>We all know as parents how important it is to read to our kids, and to have lots of books around the house. But it&#8217;s also important for kids to see their parents reading books for pleasure. That helps them understand that they aren&#8217;t just reading because adults say they have to. They&#8217;re reading because it&#8217;s such an important part of a fulfilling life.</p></div>
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<p>Now we apply that to sports and fitness. At a certain point, I think kids start to ask themselves if they&#8217;re playing sports because they enjoy it, or because their parents expect them to play. If Dad is still playing something in middle age &#8212; golf, bowling, slow-pitch softball, or anything else that involves competition and some degree of coordination and focus &#8212; it reinforces the idea that sports are something you do for yourself.</p></div>
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<p>If they understand that Dad goes to the <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com">gym three times a week</a> because he enjoys it and considers it important, it sends the message that structured exercise isn&#8217;t just something you do in gym class because the school says you have to.</div>
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<p><strong>SB. Anything you would like to add? Any favorite tips you learned from other experts over the years? </strong></div>
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<p>One thing I&#8217;ve learned from experience is that you have to place as much importance on your <a href="http://www.fityummymummy.com/cbae/?a=vJr5mgxm">wife&#8217;s fitness program</a> as you do on your own. That is, you make sure she has as much opportunity to get to the gym or get outside for a run as you do. You can&#8217;t pressure her to train if she doesn&#8217;t want to &#8212; I think that&#8217;s obvious. But you have to make sure there&#8217;s equal opportunity within your household. Sometimes that means skipping your own workout when something comes up, rather than forcing her to miss hers.</div>
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<p>During those times when you simply need to train more often than she needs or wants to train, you have to negotiate the opportunity to do that, rather than just assuming you deserve it by virtue of the fact you&#8217;re more ambitious or disciplined.</p></div>
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<p>The benefits come back to you in two major ways. First, of course, is the health and stability of your relationship. You don&#8217;t want your wife resenting your desire to be healthy and fit, or to see it as a wedge you use to shift the priorities of the marriage in your direction. Second, your kids see that fitness isn&#8217;t just a priority for one individual in their house, but for everyone. If Mom and Dad have fitness pursuits that make them happier, that&#8217;s the most positive message we could possibly send to our kids.</p></div>
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<p><strong>SB. Where can people find out more about you and your books? </strong><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><strong></strong></span></strong></div>
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<p><a href="http://www.louschuler.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Website: </span></strong>www.louschuler.com</a></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>New Rules of Lifting Books</strong></span></div>
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<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Rules-Lifting-Women-Goddess/dp/1583333398/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/New-Rules-Lifting-Women-Goddess/dp/1583333398/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b</a></div>
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<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/New-Rules-Lifting-Maximum-Muscle/dp/158333338X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/New-Rules-Lifting-Maximum-Muscle/dp/158333338X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b</a></div>
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<p><strong>SB.Thanks Lou for showing us that as a busy dad and fitness author you also practice what you preach!</strong></div>
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<p><strong>LS. </strong>My pleasure.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.louschuler.com/">Lou Schuler</a> is an award-winning journalist, certified strength and conditioning specialist, author or coauthor of many popular books about diet and strength training. His books include <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1583332944?ie=UTF8&amp;&amp;tag=louschulercom-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1583332944"><em>The New Rules of Lifting for Women</em></a> (with coauthors Cassandra Forsythe and Alwyn Cosgrove), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1583332383/qid=1129320610/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_8?v=glance&amp;s=books"><em>The New Rules of Lifting</em></a> (with Alwyn Cosgrove), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1579547699/louschulercom-20?creative=125577&amp;camp=2321&amp;link_code=as1"><em>The Book of Muscle</em></a> (with Ian King), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1579546579/louschulercom-20?creative=125581&amp;camp=2321&amp;link_code=as1"><em>The Home Workout Bible</em></a> (with Mike Mejia and many other contributors), and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743237919/louschulercom-20?creative=125581&amp;camp=2321&amp;link_code=as1"><em>The Testosterone Advantage Plan</em></a> (with Jeff Volek, Mike Mejia, and Adam Campbell).</p>
<p><strong>Would you like to see more interviews like this? Let me know who you would like to see by leaving a comment below!</strong></div>
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		<title>The Hardest Workout Ever</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I survived&#8230; I made it through my first Strongman Contest&#8230;barely. The events started shortly after 6pm on Tuesday , and luckily it was a warm summer&#8217;s  evening. I loosened up at home first with some foam rolling, bodyweight exercises like squats and pushups, and some light stretches. My wife and 15 month old daughter [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-689" title="IMG_4515" src="http://dadfitnessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/IMG_4515-300x225.jpg" alt="IMG_4515" width="300" height="225" />Well I survived&#8230;</p>
<p>I made it through my first <strong>Strongman Contest</strong>&#8230;barely.</p>
<p>The events started shortly after 6pm on Tuesday , and luckily it was a warm summer&#8217;s  evening.</p>
<p>I loosened up at home first with some foam rolling, <a href="http://www.dadsfitness.com">bodyweight exercises</a> like squats and pushups, and some light stretches.</p>
<p>My wife and 15 month old daughter Matea as well as my sister and her family and my mother in-law and came along for support.</p>
<p>Feeling a little nervous when I arrived, I was glad to see a few guys from around town who I knew as regular gym goers who was to give this a shot.</p>
<p>First event was the <strong>Tire Flip</strong>. Man, this is the ULTIMATE WORKOUT! I can see why this lift has gotten so popular in the fitness industry. I am not quite sure how heavy this tire was but I am thinking around 300-400 hundred pounds?</p>
<p>I can see why this is such an intense exercise because it&#8217;s simulates a deadlift to lift the tire working almost every muscle in your body especially your lower body and your grip then to push the tire over it simulates a standing chest press. Plus it was probably the most INTENSE cardio workout I ever done! Man I don&#8217;t remember my heart rate ever being so high. I thought I was going to puke when I finished!</p>
<p>We had to flip the tire as many times as possible in 2 minutes. <strong>I got off to a great start and ended up tying for 1st place in this lift at 26 flips.</strong></p>
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<p>The 2nd lift was the <strong>Block Raise</strong> or in this case a car battery tied on to a stick which you had to raise off the ground for as long as you can. Not sure how heavy this was but after holding it up for almost a minute it starts to feel like a ton.<strong> I came 2nd place in this event with a time of 45 seconds.</strong></p>
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<p>The 3rd event was the <strong>Farmer&#8217;s Walk</strong> which involved holding two 110lb dumbbells and running a certain distance as fast as you can. Again I got off to a pretty good start until about half way I stepped into a big dip in the grass and almost dropped the weights. <strong>But I managed to hold on to the end to give me a 3rd or 4 place in this event.</strong></p>
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<p>Next up was the <strong>Log Press</strong>. Everyone was all pretty gassed by now but this lift dragged on a little too long as this was the only event which they didn&#8217;t time! Big mistake. Guys could take as long as they want to press the log and continue on.</p>
<p>The log was a sawed off telephone poll with screwed on handles that to everyone&#8217;s surprise made this lift  A LOT more awkward than it looks. Unfortunately in the end only 2 guys were able to lift the log at all!</p>
<p>I wasn&#8217;t one of them as it wasn&#8217;t reallly the weight as it was the handles which normally should be inset into the handles so you can rotate the log and clean it to your shoulders. After 3 attempts I decided it wasn&#8217;t worth it to  invite a serious injury.</p>
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<p>By the last event we all felt like we were hit by a truck we were so tired and beat up. But for this event we had to <strong>PULL</strong> a truck!</p>
<p>I was one of the last guys up for this lift and by this time it was getting dark and I was starting to cramp a little and cool down. Not a good thing when you have to push your body to the limit in an event such as this.</p>
<p>My 175lb body was at the laws of physics against this truck as I had to give everything I had to get this truck moving and managed to pull it about half way before I had enough and had to call it quits. The key to this lift was to stay as low to the ground as possible as you drive forward with your legs&#8230;but it&#8217;s easier said than done when you are pulling a TRUCK!</p>
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<p>After all was said and done I tied for 4 or 5th place. Not totally sure as the results will be out in this weeks local paper. But it was the experience I was after not the prize for some camping gear.</p>
<p>I have to say this was probably the hardest workout I have ever done. No matter how good of shape I thought I was in, these strongman events are way more physically demanding that I thought.</p>
<p>Not just strength wise but way more demanding on your cardiovascular system.</p>
<p>A couple years ago I completed our local duathalon which involved a 15km bike ride and a 7km run which I ended up finishing 4th even though endurance events are not my thing.</p>
<p>So I thought it was time to shake things up again and I am glad I gave this strongman contest a try.</p>
<p>Even if you are consistent with your <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com">busy dad workouts</a> sometimes you have to get out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself. If you think &#8220;I could never do that&#8221;. You probably <strong>SHOULD.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The biggest benefits to these strongman lifts is they carry over to REAL WORLD everyday activities so you can be the <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com">strong dad</a> you need to be to push your wife&#8217;s car out of the snow, lift your kids over your head without breaking a sweat or carrying in heavy bags of groceries to feed your growing family.</strong></p>
<p>I am thinking of even getting a big tractor tire for the back yard as I was really impressed by how intense this lift was. Beats staying inside on a boring treadmill!</p>
<p>I wonder would the town miss one of their telephone poles?&#8230;</p>
<p>Do YOU have any fitness event you would like to try or you are currently training for? Strongman, Marathon, Powerlifting, Bodybuilding?</p>
<p>If so, tell me all about it by <strong>leaving a comment below.</strong></p>
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		<title>The Dad Fitness Father&#039;s Day Fitness Celebration</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, the big day is almost here. No&#8230;not Father&#8217;s Day, but the launch of the all NEW DadFitness.com and The Dad Fitness Lifestyle System. In the Mouth of Madness dvdrip I am celebrating Father&#8217;s Day early this year with busy dads around the world with the relaunch of Dad Fitness. Starting tomorrow at 12 noon, [...]]]></description>
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<p>Well, the big day is almost here.</p>
<p>No&#8230;not Father&#8217;s Day, but the launch of the all NEW <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com">DadFitness.com</a> and <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com">The Dad Fitness Lifestyle System.</a></p>
<div style="display:none"><a href="http://www.derdelus.ro/?in_the_mouth_of_madness">In the Mouth of Madness dvdrip</a></div>
<p>I am celebrating Father&#8217;s Day early this year with busy dads around the world with the relaunch of Dad Fitness.</p>
<p><strong>Starting tomorrow at 12 noon,</strong> The NEW Dad Fitness System will be available with some cool new bonuses and a limited time offer to get in the best shape you can this summer.</p>
<p>Here is a sneak peak of the NEW bonuses.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-329" title="buffnbussy100" src="http://dadfitnessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/buffnbussy100-181x300.jpg" alt="buffnbussy100" width="124" height="176" />Buff and Busy Home Workout</strong><br />
(Retail Value= $29.99)</p>
<p>Busy dads can now build maximum muscle at home in minimum time with The Buff and Busy Workout from Dad Fitness.<br />
You can finally be the buffest dad on the beach this summer with only 3 short home workouts a week! This workout program uses<br />
the most effective muscle building technique called undulating periodization which has been proven to be<br />
more effective in inducing maximum muscle gains when compared to traditional workout programs.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-331" title="tafdads2_cdg41" src="http://dadfitnessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tafdads2_cdg41-300x143.jpg" alt="tafdads2_cdg41" width="300" height="143" />The Truth About Fit Dads Audio Series</strong><br />
(Retail Value= $99.99)</p>
<p>Listen in to these 3 EXCLUSIVE interviews with the busiest and fittest dads in the health and fitness industry today!<br />
Brad Pilon reveals shocking truths about obsessive eating, food recalls and the shady supplement industry.<br />
Mike Roussell gives you the 6 pillars of nutrition, how to lose more than 2lbs a week and the challenges of having baby twins! Zach Even-esh gets real about why us dads need to stay fit despite our busy schedule, why you don&#8217;t need a gym and how to balance hectic days and still get in a great workout. Finally you will hear how you can get in great shape despite being a busy dad&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-332" title="3d-cover-small" src="http://dadfitnessblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/3d-cover-small.jpg" alt="3d-cover-small" width="150" height="215" /><span style="color: #000000;">Manley Meals Cookbook</span></strong><span style="color: #000000;"><br />
(Retail Value: $39.99)</p>
<p>If your a hungry dad who likes to eat REAL food with your family and still want to get in great shape, you will love this cookbook.<br />
Sean Barker shows you the real recipes he eats on a weekly basis to stay in great shape year round despite working 2 jobs and running a family.<br />
This is fit and fast food recipes for guys who likes all the classics like burgers, pizza, pasta and how to grill the perfect steak.<br />
Plus your kids won&#8217;t know they are eating healthy with these tasty wholesome ingredients!</span></p>
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<p style="display:none"><a href="http://www.hermaniceuoder.cz/?the_man_who_never_was">The Man Who Never Was rip</a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>VERY IMPORTANT:</strong></span> When you get your copy of the Dad Fitness System during this special promotion you will also get the 8 other FREE bonuses that has been a part of the Dad Fitness System. <strong>BUT, after this special is over all 8 of the other bonuses from other fitness experts will be gone for good!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">So, during this Father&#8217;s Day special you will get all 11 bonuses for FREE along with the Dad Fitness System.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">This is a HUGE package at a tremendous value, which includes workouts, meal plans, recipes and everything you need as a busy dad to build muscle and burn fat in only 3 hours a week.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The greatest gift you can give yourself or even your own dad is the gift of health!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Be ready at 12 noon tomorrow</strong> at<a href="http://www.dadfitness.com"> www.DadFitness.com</a> to get fit for life and be the best damn dad you can for you and your family&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I am looking forward to hearing your success story!</p>
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		<title>The 10 Best Injury-Management Tips</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 13:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>smbarker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the sun shining and the temperatures rising to a balmy 15 degrees here in Labrador the last few days, I am trying to get out and enjoy it as much as possible. After my Dad Fitness workout yesterday afternoon we spent the entire day outside with baby Matea and put a nice few miles [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4LLqg49Af-0/SgLh_USm0uI/AAAAAAAAAgA/tEoArxPhkyc/s1600-h/IMG_0470.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;width:320px;height:240px;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4LLqg49Af-0/SgLh_USm0uI/AAAAAAAAAgA/tEoArxPhkyc/s320/IMG_0470.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span><span style="font-size:100%;">With the sun shining and the temperatures rising to a balmy 15 degrees here in Labrador the last few days, I am trying to get out and enjoy it as much as possible.</span></span></p>
<p>After my <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com/">Dad Fitness workout</a> yesterday afternoon we spent the entire day outside with baby Matea and put a nice few miles on her stroller.</p>
<p>The fresh air really did her good as she slept like a rock last night!</p>
<p>So instead of sitting in front of the computer today I called upon one of my friends in the fitness industry to help you out with any aches and pains you might be having.</p>
<p>Make sure to enjoy any spring sunshine coming your way and get outside and get active with your family&#8230;</p>
<h1><span style="font-size:100%;">Guest Blog:</p>
<p>By      Charles Staley, B.Sc, MSS</span><br /></h1>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><b><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><b><span style="font-size:85%;">  Director, <a href="http://www.staleytraining.com/ecm8/ezGaffurl.php?offer=smbarker&amp;pid=1">Staley      Training Systems</a></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span></b></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><b><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></span></b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><b><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Tip One: The Hyper-Warm-Up</span></span></b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">If you&#8217;re hurtin&#8217; and you start      your squat session with 135 on the bar, keep reading…</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Look, if you&#8217;re young, healthy,      and stupid, you can skip the warm-up- for now. But if you&#8217;ve got a few miles      on that chassis and you&#8217;re not yet ready for replacement parts, it&#8217;ll serve      you well to institute the hyper-warm-up:</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><b>Step 1: The Early Bird Gets      Burned:</b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"> If you can, your joints will appreciate      a later workout as opposed to an earlier one. Synovial joints, for example,      aren&#8217;t fully lubricated with synovial fluid until a few hours after waking.      Think of your first few hours after waking as part of your warm-up- and in      fact, you&#8217;ll immediately find that your exercise warm-up will be faster when      you train later in the day as opposed to earlier.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><b>Step 2: The Long, Hot Shower:      </b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">This is another example of success      by &#8220;doing the opposite:&#8221; Take your shower before your workout, not      after (well, OK, you can take one after too if you like). How long? How hot?      As long and hot as you can comfortably tolerate- 15 minutes is probably plenty,      but play around with it and you&#8217;ll come up with the best duration. Warm tissues      respond better to training- which is where the term &#8220;warm-up&#8221; comes      from in the first place).</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><b>Step 3: Dress For Success: </b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Even if it&#8217;s warm out, try to wear      Under Armor-type sweat-wicking material. There are a number of materials available      now, but the salient idea is that these new fabrics wick sweat away from your      skin as you train. Why is this important? Because evaporating sweat cools      your body- the exact opposite of what you&#8217;re trying to do. I love cotton when      I&#8217;m not training, but in the gym, forget it- I&#8217;m sold on Synthetic sweat-wicking      materials. If you haven&#8217;t yet tried them, I urge you to give it a go and see      what you think.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><b>Step 3: Joint Custody:</b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"> Neoprene joint sleeves help to      warm your joints faster, and they also keep those joints warm through your      entire workout. At Bed &amp; Barbell, we like sleeves made by TK and Rehband,      but a number of brands are available. If you haven&#8217;t yet tried joint sleeves      because you view them as &#8220;cheating&#8221; or &#8220;giving in,&#8221; you&#8217;re      really missing out!</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><b>Step 4: Sweat: </b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Your general warm-up should be      sufficient to generate a sweat. You don&#8217;t need to be pouring sweat mind, you,      but if you&#8217;re still dry, you&#8217;re not warmed up. I like skipping rope, but whatever      works for you is fine. </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><b>Step 5: Come In Through The      Back Door:</b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"> If you&#8217;ve got a &#8220;problem&#8221;      joint, muscle, or body region, try training it last in the workout. Now here&#8217;s      why you&#8217;ll probably dismiss this idea- your &#8220;problem&#8221; areas are      likely to be related to exercise you deem important to you. For example, if      you love to squat and/or you&#8217;re a powerlifter, and your knees are a bit cranky,      try squatting at the end of the workout instead of at the beginning. I know      this violates the old axiom that important exercises should come first in      the workout, but your HEALTH is what&#8217;s really important, correct? Use your      upper-body exercises as a general warm-up, and you&#8217;ll find that your knees      will respond better to the squats as a result.<b><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><b><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;">Tip Two: Control Variables</span></b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">If I&#8217;ve got a client who needs/wants      to squats, but he&#8217;s got orthopedic issues, I&#8217;ll always do everything I can      to ensure we&#8217;re using consistent technique on every rep. For example, squat      depth can be made more precise by squatting down to a box or bench. Similarly,      tempo can be monitored/timed as well.</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><b>Tip Three: Hold Load Constant And Use The      &#8220;O&#8221; Rating</b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">If you&#8217;ve got a nagging injury      that you&#8217;re determined to train through, consider this tip: Every time you      perform a/the exercise that tends to aggravate joint pain, use the same load,      and the same set/rep bracket. For example, if you&#8217;re benching with shoulder      pain, you might work up to 185 pounds for 5 sets of 5. Then, every time you      bench, in your training journal, make a note of your joint pain on a 1-5 scale      (0 meaning no pain, 5 meaning you had so much pain you had to stop). If, over      a series of bench press workouts<br />
, your &#8220;O Rating&#8221; increases, you&#8217;ll      need to reconsider your plan. On the other hand, if your O Rating decreases,      you&#8217;re probably on the right track.<b><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><b><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;">Tip Four: Stop the Vicious Cycle</span></b></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">When you&#8217;ve got an injury, you      might need to rest it, but if you never return to training, you&#8217;ll be victimized      by the &#8220;vicious cycle:&#8221; the initial injury tends to cause reduced      activity, which causes atrophy, which further reduces activity, which leads      to further atrophy, etc. You&#8217;ve gotta break that cycle somehow. And that might      mean medical intervention by the way.</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><b>Tip Five: Train Injured Parts Last</b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">This was already addressed in the      first tip relating to the Hyper Warm-Up, but it bears repeating: don&#8217;t hammer      your hurtin&#8217; joints right out of the gate, even if that&#8217;s the way you&#8217;ve always      done it. The more a joint hurts, the later it should be trained, if at all.</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><b>Tip Six: Your Warm-Up Remains The Same</b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Consistent with the idea of controlling      variables is the concept of using a consistent warm-up routine. Here&#8217;s mine      for Olympic snatches:</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">44 pounds (2&#215;3)<br />66 pounds (2&#215;3)<br />88pounds (2&#215;3)<br />110 pounds (2&#215;3)<br />132 pounds (2&#215;2)</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Then I proceed to my heaviest weights      for the day, whatever they might be.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Notice that I always use the same      weight jumps, and also notice that I perform each weight twice. This provides      me with a basis of comparison- if, for example, my second set with 110 pounds      feels better than the first set with that weight, I know my warm-up&#8217;s working      for me- I can feel myself becoming more prepared for the heavier weights to      follow. Without this approach however, I don&#8217;t benefit from this comparison<span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><b>Tip Seven: Be Efficient</b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">If you&#8217;re a competitive lifter,      are all those joint-trashing exercises really necessary? For example, let&#8217;s      say you&#8217;re looking for a bigger bench and your elbows are becoming problematic.      Further, your pecs (not your triceps) are the weak muscle group in the bench      press. So why are you still doing heavy triceps extensions?<span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><b>Tip Eight: Is Pain An Ibuprofin Deficiency?</b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">OK, it&#8217;s probably irresponsible      for me to suggest this, but the point is, anti-inflammatories can really help.      Ask your doctor, not me.<span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:180%;"><b><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:100%;"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);"><b>Tip Nine: If All Else Fails,      Rest</b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">I know, you don&#8217;t wanna take a      layoff. But if you&#8217;re O Rating is climbing and your Ibuprofin purchases are      breaking the budget, you might have to do it. Take heart: after a very recent      three-week layoff, I hit a lifetime PR power snatch right out of the gates,      at age 49. Sometimes the upside of healthier joints are worth the downside      of detraining.</span><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><span style="color:rgb(153,0,0);font-size:130%;"><b>Tip Ten: If That Fails, See Your Doc</b></span></span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Here&#8217;s a wild thought for ya: if      you know what&#8217;s actually wrong, you might be closer to finding a solution!      I know, you don&#8217;t want your doctor to tell you to stop lifting, but obviously      he will, so just get over it. Knowledge is power. Get the knowledge, make      a plan, get those joints healthy, and get back to the gym already.</span></p>
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<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;">Charles Staley&#8230;world-class strength/performance      coach&#8230;his colleagues call him an iconoclast, a visionary, a rule-breaker.      His clients call him “The Secret Weapon” for his ability to see      what other coaches miss. Charles calls himself a “geek” who struggled      in Phys Ed throughout school. Whatever you call him, Charles’ methods      are ahead of their time and quickly produce serious results. </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.staleytraining.com/ecm8/ezGaffurl.php?offer=smbarker&amp;pid=1">Click      here</a> to visit Charles&#8217; site and grab your <b>5 FREE videos</b> that will      show you how to literally FORCE your body to build muscle, lose fat and gain      strength with &#8220;Escalating Density Training,&#8221; Charles&#8217; revolutionary,      time-saving approach to lifting that focuses on performance NOT pain.</span></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though Christmas is long gone for another year, I still received a late gift yesterday in the mail. Thanks Santa! STRONG, the documentary. It&#8217;s by one of the top trainers in the fitness industry. This is one amazing story of how one man built a gym that changed hundreds of lives and ended up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even though Christmas is long gone for another year, I still received a late gift yesterday in the mail. Thanks Santa!</p>
<p>STRONG, the documentary. It&#8217;s by one of the top trainers in the fitness industry.</p>
<p>This is one amazing story of how one man built a gym that changed hundreds of lives and ended up producing thousands more amazing stories.</p>
<p>STRONG is a powerful motivational movie that will leave you inspired and convinced that hard, smart work can take you anywhere.</p>
<p>Pick up your copy at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.strongmovie.com/">strongmovie.com</a>. It&#8217;s a great story about one of the hardest working guys in our field &#8211; a guy who is in the trenches every day training people.</p>
<p>I gotta say this was the most inspiring and emotional documentary I have ever seen on human drive and emotion. </p>
<p>After watching this you will be climbing the walls to workout!</p>
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<p>Sean Barker, CPT</p>
<p>Learn the &#8220;The Truth On Fat Loss, How To Finally Lose That Beer Belly&#8221; in this FREE report from Sean Barker at <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com/">www.dadfitness.com</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I am coming to you from what some people call the big &#8220;TO&#8221;! That&#8217;s Toronto by the way&#8230;the biggest city in Canada. I am staying smack in the middle of downtown in the Hilton Hotel with a cool view overlooking city hall with the big Christmas tree and all the Christmas lights . I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I am coming to you from what some people call the big &#8220;TO&#8221;!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s Toronto by the way&#8230;the biggest city in Canada.</p>
<p>I am staying smack in the middle of downtown in the Hilton Hotel with a cool view overlooking city hall with the big Christmas tree and all the Christmas lights .</p>
<p>I wish my wife and daughter were here to share this with me but she is having a fun trip visiting her sister in New Brunswick. I will connecting with them on the trip home on Wednesday in Quebec City. Can&#8217;t wait to see them!</p>
<p>Yesterday I had an awesome day attending Day 1 of business meetings with all the top guys in the fitness industry like</p>
<p>Craig Ballantyne of Men&#8217;s Health &amp; <a href="http://smbarker.turbulence.hop.clickbank.net/">Tuburlence Training</a></p>
<p>Brad Pilon of <a href="http://smbarker.eatstopeat.hop.clickbank.net/">Eat Stop Eat</a></p>
<p>Vince Delmonte of <a href="http://smbarker.nononsense.hop.clickbank.net/?w=300">Your Six Pack Quest</a></p>
<p>Along with 6 other fitness professionals we all headed out to a nice dinner at Red&#8217;s Steakhouse. I would highly recommend it if you are ever in Toronto.</p>
<p>&#8230;and NO we didn&#8217;t all eat salads and chicken breasts!</p>
<p>We had a couple beers, appetizers, AWESOME steak and even a little dessert.</p>
<p>The SECRET to fat loss and getting the body you want while enjoying the foods you like to eat is this:</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Do short intense workouts just 3 times a week, eat real healthy natural foods most of the time and when you feel like treating yourself go ahead and enjoy it!</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"> </span></p>
<p>&#8230;BUT the key is to get back to your healthy foods and <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com">Dad Fitness</a> workouts the very next day.</p>
<p>For those of you who didn&#8217;t get to read this article in last month&#8217;s newsletter check it out in the second installment of my Dad Fitness monthly column on <a href="http://thefatherlife.com/testnewsite/2008/12/01/dad-fitness-3-simple-steps-to-awesome-abs/">TheFatherLife.com</a></p>
<p>Click Here==&gt;<a href="http://thefatherlife.com/testnewsite/2008/12/01/dad-fitness-3-simple-steps-to-awesome-abs/">3 Simple Steps To Awesome Abs</a></p>
<p>Gotta go get started on Day 2 of our meetings!</p>
<p>Sean Barker, CPT</p>
<p>Learn the &#8220;The Truth On Fat Loss, How To Finally Lose That Beer Belly&#8221; in this FREE report from Sean Barker at <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com/">www.dadfitness.com</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you read that right. My wife took our 6 month old daughter Matea, packed her bags and left me! &#8230;to go and visit her sister in New Brunswick for a week. This is the first time daddy&#8217;s little girl will be away from me since she was born. I certainly miss them both so [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, you read that right.  My wife took our 6 month old daughter Matea, packed her bags and left me!</p>
<p>&#8230;to go and visit her sister in New Brunswick for a week.</p>
<p>This is the first time daddy&#8217;s little girl will be away from me since she was born.</p>
<p>I certainly miss them both so much already.  But was just talking to my wife and they arrived safe and sound which is what really matters.</p>
<p>As for me I will be heading out of town on Sunday to attend a weekend mastermind meeting in Toronto with Craig Ballantyne, Men&#8217;s Health expert and creator of <a href="http://smbarker.turbulence.hop.clickbank.net/">TurbulenceTraining.com</a></p>
<p>It will be a weekend of networking with 10 other fitness professionals to enhance and grow our fitness businesses to help more people worldwide get fit for life.</p>
<p>No matter how much you think you know or what fitness level you may be at, always strive to learn more from the top experts in the health and fitness industry.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t try and design exercise programs for yourself if you don&#8217;t have the experience and expertise to do so.  Even myself as well as lots of the top trainers in the world look to other trainers in the industry to design exercise programs for them.</p>
<p>I also do the same every now and then and use workouts from other top trainers because they say the hardest person to design an exercise program for is YOURSELF!</p>
<p>Let me do the work for you and start using professionally designed fat burning workouts that are designed for busy dads.</p>
<p>Click this link to==&gt;<a href="http://www.dadfitness.com">Download 16 weeks of fat burning workouts </a></p>
<p>&#8230;Tonight I will be heading to a buffet dinner with some friends.</p>
<p>So I thought I would share with you an awesome tip when you are attending any holiday buffets this Christmas.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s actually from a great book called  <span style="font-weight:bold;">&#8220;Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think&#8221;</span></p>
<p>It&#8217;s called the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Rule of Two</span>. You can choose anything you want at the buffet, but you can never have more than two items on your plate.  If you want to load it up with nuts and cake, go ahead. If you want to go back for seconds and load it up again with chips and carrots, go ahead.</p>
<p>Although this sounds like a recipe for disaster, it actually works quite well for people for three reasons:</p>
<ul>
<li>You tend to take the two types of food you want most. People who love desserts don&#8217;t work their way up to desserts. They&#8217;ll start with the desserts, and then stop.</li>
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<li>You tend to not overfill you plate. Putting only two things on our plate helps keep our serving sizes somewhat small because we psychologically don&#8217;t want to overload on a particular item.</li>
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<li>You tend to not go back more than two times.  In one study did on the Rule of Two, 83 percent of people only made one or two additional returns to the buffet.</li>
</ul>
<p>This morning I also had a great workout at the gym. It was short and intense and was a high rep day with short rest periods of 45 secs! </p>
<p>That&#8217;s it for today I am heading outdoors to start putting up our Christmas lights! </p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">PS. </span>  If you feel like you ate a little too much yesterday and want to get back on track you can get your workouts instantly at <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com">DadFitness.com</a> so you can burn off those extra calories.</p>
<p>&#8230;Or if you are like me and love the convenience of online shopping from the comfort of your own home the <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com">Dad Fitness System</a> is just the thing to give to someone who is also a busy dad looking to get in shape in the New Year.</p>
<p>Sean Barker, CPT</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Tom Venuto talks about fat loss, EVERYBODY listens! That&#8217;s because Tom is one of the top guys in the health and fitness industry when it comes to getting people to lose fat and build lean muscle. His popular Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle ebook is one of the top selling ebooks on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://nakednutritionnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bodyfatsolution.jpg"><img style="display:block;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;width:290px;height:355px;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://nakednutritionnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bodyfatsolution.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<div style="text-align:left;">When Tom Venuto talks about <a href="http://smbarker.burnthefat.hop.clickbank.net/">fat loss</a>, EVERYBODY listens!</div>
<p>That&#8217;s because Tom is one of the top guys in the health and fitness industry when it comes to getting people to lose fat and build lean muscle.</p>
<p>His popular <a href="http://smbarker.burnthefat.hop.clickbank.net/">Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle</a> ebook is one of the top selling ebooks on the entire internet!</p>
<p>So now Tom has finally published his first hard cover book.  It&#8217;s sure to be a hit and I am adding it to my Amazon.ca wishlist.</p>
<p>While your waiting for his new book to hit the shelves in January be sure to get his world famous <a href="http://smbarker.burnthefat.hop.clickbank.net/">Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle</a> ebook.</p>
<p>For more info on his new book check out the press release.
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><b>New Hardcover Book By Tom Venuto Reveals the 5 Principles for Burning Fat, Building Lean Muscle, Ending Emotional Eating and Maintaining Your Perfect Weight.</b> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">By now, we all know that we gain fat when we take in more calories than we burn. But we’re not always rational creatures when it comes to food and exercise. Recognizing the emotional and psychological factors that sabotage success, Tom Venuto’s new Book, The Body Fat Solution (Avery/Penguin Group) hones in on the real causes of body-fat and provides a sound plan to take back control of our bodies and end emotional eating for good.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">In The Body Fat Solution, Venuto outlines the five principles that will retrain your mind and body for automatic success. Determined to help you keep the fat off for good, Tom shows you how to: </span></span></p>
<ul><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">
<li>End emotional eating and stop diet self sabotage</li>
<li>Re-program your mind for &#8220;auto-pilot&#8221; success</li>
<li> Go beyond goal setting by crafting a powerful &#8220;vision&#8221; that motivates you for life</li>
<li> Eat healthy, delicious food almost unconsciously and shed the pounds effortlessly</li>
<li> Increase your metabolism and break any fat loss plateau</li>
<li> Reshape your body through lean muscle training for a strong core and toned frame</li>
<li> Build a supportive social network of friends, family, and mentors to help you achieve your dream for life</li>
<p> </span></span></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Venuto reminds us that calories do count! But The Body Fat Solution is neither super low carb nor super low fat, and he steers clear of demonizing entire food groups. Instead, Venuto helps you personalize an eating plan that takes into account your unique metabolism and calorie needs. He then presents illustrated workout programs to maximize the success of the diet plan that are fast and efficient. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Most important, he helps you plan and organize your life so that you can fully implement your new goals and monitor your progress, and finally maintain your perfect weight for life. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Tapping into his years of training expertise and personal experience, Venuto helps readers change their relationship with food, empowers them to take charge of their lives, and delivers a program that promises dramatic and permanent results. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br />ADVANCED PRAISE FOR THE BODY FAT SOLUTION:<br />&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;</span></span></p>
<p>  <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><i>&#8220;Read this book&#8211;if you want to lose weight, improve your body and  your health, and keep up these improvements for life. Tom Venuto  gives it to you straight, basing his program on solid science and  common sense. You will come away with a new feeling of inspiration  and a new action plan to get you started and keep you on track to  help you reach your goals&#8211;and then beyond.&#8221; </i></span></span>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">.-Judith S. Beck, Ph.D.<br />Author of The Complete Beck Diet for Life.<br />Director, Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research<br />Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><i>At last, easy, concise, no excuses &#8211; get skinny &#8211; this is the guide Great work, Tom!&#8221;</i></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> &#8211; Richard Bandler, co-founder of NLP, author, &#8220;Get The Life You Want&#8221;</span></span></p>
<p>   <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><i>&#8220;Tom Venuto&#8217;s Body Fat Solution is one of the most important books  on health, happiness and physical well-being ever written. In this  fast-moving, easily usable series of methods and techniques, you  learn how to enjoy superb physical fitness, achieve your ideal weight, and feel terrific about yourself both emotionally and spiritually.&#8221; </i></span></span> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </p>
<p>Brian Tracy &#8211; Motivational Speaker, Author &#8211; &#8220;Reinvention&#8221;</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">   </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><i></p>
<p>In 2003 Tom Venuto changed the fat loss world with his ebook  &#8220;Burn the Fat &#8211; Feed the Muscle&#8221;&#8230; In 2008 he&#8217;s done it again with  the Body Fat Solution. The World&#8217;s expert on fat loss speaks &#8211; I listen. I&#8217;ve often said &#8211; Fat loss doesn&#8217;t start with an exercise program, a diet or a supplement&#8230; It starts with a mindset shift. That mindset shift begins with Tom&#8217;s new book. If you want to change your body &#8211;  you need to change your mind. And to do that &#8211; you need Tom Venuto.&#8221;</i></span></span>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">- Alwyn Cosgrove, Co-Author, The New Rules of Lifting and The New Rules of Lifting for Women</span></span></p>
<p> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</span></span>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Body Fat Solution is scheduled for release on January 8th, 2009. Now available for Pre order at Amazon.com or Barnes &amp; Noble.com </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Body-Fat-Solution-EmotionalEating-Maintaining/dp/1583333290?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1222564204&amp;sr=1-1">http://www.amazon.com/Body-Fat-Solution</a></b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><b><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?r=1&amp;ourl=The%2DBody%2DFat%2DSolution%2FTom%2DVenuto&amp;ISBN=9781583333297"> http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/The-Body-Fat-Solution</a<br />
></b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><b>About The Author</b></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><i>Tom Venuto is a fat-loss expert, nutrition researcher, and natural, steroid-free bodybuilder. Since 1989, Venuto has been involved in virtually every aspect of the fitness and weight-loss industry: personal trainer, nutrition consultant, motivation, coach, fitness model, health club manager, freelance writer, and bestselling author of the popular eBook Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle, and other digital programs such as MP3 teleseminars and weight-loss membership websites. He lives in Hoboken, New Jersey. </i> </span></span></p>
<p>Sean Barker, CPT</p>
<p>Learn the &#8220;The Truth On Fat Loss, How To Finally Lose That Beer Belly&#8221; in this FREE report from Sean Barker at <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com/">www.dadfitness.com</a></p>
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		<title>Finally Lose That Beer Belly In Time For Summer!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you a busy Dad who is sick and tired of carrying around that ugly &#8220;beer gut&#8221;? Do you want to finally be able to take off your shirt this summer and be proud of your body? If so, keep reading my friend, because this will be the most important blog post you&#8217;ll ever read. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you a busy Dad who is sick and tired of carrying around that ugly &#8220;beer gut&#8221;?</p>
<p>Do you want to finally be able to take off your shirt this summer and be proud of your body?</p>
<p>If so, keep reading my friend, because this will be the most important blog post you&#8217;ll ever read.</p>
<div style="text-align:left;">Another winter has past and you have been so busy keeping up with work and your family that you didn&#8217;t realize that those pants are getting tighter and that you have put on a &#8220;few&#8221; pounds.</div>
<p>Well, summer is just weeks away, and you can no longer hide behind all that clothes and I know you don&#8217;t want to be the guy who gets in the pool this summer with his shirt on so you can hide your man-boobs.</p>
<p>I stumbled across an innovative new workout plan that will help you lose fat and build lean muscle as fast as humanly possible with just 3 short and simple workouts a week. Busy dads everywhere who work long hours and have a time-stealing commute are using this<br />workout program to get rid of that belly once and for all.</p>
<p>Hi, my name is Sean Barker. I am a nationally certified personal trainer, a worldwide award winning bodybuilding competitor and most importantly, a proud and busy dad.</p>
<p>I have been involved in the health and fitness industry for over 15 years and have appeared in High Performance Muscle Magazine, been on health and fitness radio shows and was selected as a sponsored athlete by one of the top supplement nutrition companies in the world.</p>
<p>I am associated with the top trainers in the industry and have provided fitness consulting to numerous people over the years helping them get real-world results in the shortest amount<br />of time. I have been relentless with respect to increasing my knowledge and practical experience within the specialties of training and nutrition&#8211;and for one reason&#8211;to assist others in discovering and achieving their true physical potential.</p>
<p>Well, after getting married and having our first child things changed.</p>
<p>People always would say to me that you couldn&#8217;t maintain that body once you got a &#8220;real life&#8221; and got married and have kids.</p>
<p>I was starting to think they were right as my championship physique slowly starting slipping away from me.</p>
<p>On top of having a newborn baby I was also working over 40 hours per week, 12 hour rotating shifts of dayshifts and nightshifts. I was lucky if I slept for more than 4 hours at a time and that<br />left me with hardly any energy to function.</p>
<p>So getting the time and energy for working out the way I always had was impossible!</p>
<p>If you are a busy dad like me and you are sick and tired of that ugly beer belly, then you must start using the Ultimate Workout Plan For Busy Dads; The Dad Fitness System, to cut back on your workout time,boost your metabolism (allowing you to burn calories and fat ALL day and night), and help you lose inches and fit back into your<br />old clothes.</p>
<p>&#8220;In just 11 weeks I went from 247lbs to 198lbs,<br />lost my beer belly and gained rock hard muscle!&#8221;<br />Toby Aylward, Toronto, Canada</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Click here to get your Dad Fitness e-book today</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">=&gt; <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com/">http://www.dadfitness.com</a></span></p>
<p>You&#8217;re cheating yourself out of years of healthy living that you owe to yourself and to your family!</p>
<p>Dadfitness.com is helping busy dads everywhere get the body they deserve in only 3 hours a week.  Say good-bye to spending long hours in the gym to build muscle and then trying to find time for additional cardio to burn fat.</p>
<p>So to celebrate the launch of Dad Fitness and to help you finally lose the fat once and for all this summer, I have put together 6 limited-time bonuses just for you. These bonuses will ONLY be<br />offered for the next 3 days. After Thursday at midnight, you&#8217;ll never again have a chance to get all 6 of these bonuses together again.</p>
<p>I know how difficult it is to find real, expert advice on fitness and fat loss workout exercises these days. It&#8217;s not your fault. With all the conflicting information you hear on TV and the<br />outdated advice printed in magazines, its no wonder so many Dads are bored with their workouts and frustrated with their lack of results.</p>
<p>Plus, you&#8217;re finally getting a program for someone who has been there in your shoes struggling with the life of a busy dad &#8211; but who found the answer to your problems. From one Dad to another, I guarantee this is the best fat loss and lifestyle system for Dads anywhere!</p>
<p>With Dad Fitness, you have nothing to lose (except for that gut!) and everything to gain (including more time to spend with your family, rather than spending your time slaving away in some overpriced gym with little to no results to show for your hard efforts.</p>
<p>Exercising with the innovative Dad Fitness workouts you only need to workout 3 hours in a whole week. Hey, we can all find 3 hours in a week. We spend more time than that checking email or channel surfing.</p>
<p>Not only are the Dad Fitness workouts proven by both research and experience, but you also have a hundred percent satisfaction guarantee that you&#8217;ll love his workouts. Or just return it for your money back.</p>
<p>Now let me tell you more about the Dad Fitness workouts.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll get FAST results in only 3 hours a week!</p>
<p>You read that right. Exercising with the innovative Dad Fitness workouts you only need to workout 3 hours in a whole week. Workouts are 1 hour or less!</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll build muscle and burn fat.</p>
<p>No more trying to find the time to do separate weight lifting workouts to build muscle and cardio workouts to burn fat. The Dad Fitness unique exercise design will turn on your body&#8217;s muscle<br />building switch while at the same time cranking up your metabolism and forcing your body to burn fat as energy 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll turn back your metabolism to someone half your age.</p>
<p>Most people think their metabolism runs like a slug just because they are a certain age. Yes as you age your metabolism naturally slows down a little. But its not the main cause of weight gain as<br />you age. It&#8217;s your lifestyle that accounts for the majority of your weight gain as you age. The Dad Fitness lifestyle resets your metabolic switch and increases your Testosterone so you will burn<br />fat and build muscle like you did in your twenties.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll learn how to eat quick, great tasting foods that you and your family can enjoy.</p>
<p>Hey, we work hard to provide for our family. We have big hearts but we also have big appetites! Living the Dad Fitness lifestyle, you won&#8217;t have to starve yourself or eat tasteless non-satisfying food.<br />We provide a huge nutrition manual full of hearty great tasting meals and snacks that are easy to prepare for you and your family.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll increase your self-confidence and become the strong dad you want to be.</p>
<p>If you change the way you look, you will change the way you feel. You will finally get back that self-confidence as you increase strength and lean muscle with the Dad Fitness workouts. The best gift you can give your kids is to be a strong and healthy role model.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Dad Fitness Lifestyle System worked wonders to get me in the shape of my life with only 3 workouts a week.&#8221;Fred Pretty, Wabush, NL, Busy Dad of 3 kids</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Click here to start the Dad Fitness workouts</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">=&gt; <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com/">http://www.dadfitness.com</a></span></p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve ever struggled to figure out what to do for your fat loss program, then worry no more. Dad Fitness spells it out, workout by workout, exercise by exercise, set by set, and rep by rep, for a full 16-weeks of fat loss workouts.</p>
<p>Dad Fitness also includes workouts for the absolute beginner t<br />
o help any newcomer, no matter what your situation, get started on their fat loss plan.</p>
<p>How badly do you finally want to feel good about how you look this summer?  Maybe your New Years resolution is long forgotten or you lacked the time to follow those long and complex workouts you might have seen in the magazines.  Or maybe you just got tired of doing the same workout week-in and week-out, with no results. All of those problems are fixed by the Dad Fitness program.</p>
<p>With all of the beginner workouts, 12-weeks of advanced fat loss workouts, AND these 6 limited-time bonuses, you will have all the info you need to burn fat fast. PLUS, you&#8217;ll have step-by-step instructions for everything, including exercise descriptions with photos, to what to eat at each meal, and exactly how many repetitions you should do for each exercise.</p>
<p>End the frustration once and for all.  The body you&#8217;ve wanted to have all these years can finally be yours and in less time than you&#8217;ve always thought necessary. Get ready to experience a new<br />body thanks to all the inches you&#8217;ll lose, the pounds you&#8217;ll shed, and the energy you&#8217;ll gain in the next few days, weeks, and months ahead with the Dad Fitness Lifestyle System.</p>
<p>Here are the 6 FREE bonuses you get delivered INSTANTLY to your computer when you get the Dad Fitness System during this celebration so you can get started today.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">1) Abs For Dads, 7 Habits for Awesome Abs</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">(Retail Value = $21.99)</span></p>
<p>Dad&#8217;s Fitness expert Sean Barker reveals the 7 secret strategies you must follow to finally get those rock-hard abs. Bonus fat burning workout is included!</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">2) Posture And Core Conditioning</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">(Retail Value = $24.99)</span></p>
<p>A must read e-book by David Grisaffi,author of the best-selling e-book Firm and Flatten Your Abs.  Improve your overall posture and increase your core stability to prevent back problems<br />in the years ahead.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">3) Skyrocket Your Fat Loss Success</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">(Retail Value = $27.99)</span></p>
<p>A candid and revealing conversation with fat loss expert Tom Venuto, as interviewed by Tom Nicoli, clinical hypnotherapist featured on dateline NBC&#8217;s Ultimate Weight Loss Challenge.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">4) The Unnatural Athlete</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">(Retail Value = $29.95)</span></p>
<p>The Unnatural Athlete e-book by hailed coach Charles Staley. A treasure chest of Coach Staley&#8217;s most politically incorrect writings on eating, training, time management, motivation, you name<br />it&#8230;its here.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">5) Busy Dad Weight Loss</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">(Retail Value = $22.99)</span></p>
<p>How a busy dad got ripped.  Scott Tousignant, BHK, CFC is the creator of Unstoppable Fat Loss&#8230;Empower Your Mind&#8230; And Your Body Will Follow! Scott has also authored 2 books that are transforming the bodies of people around the world. The Fit Chic and The Fit Bastard.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">6) The Ultimate Home Gym Guide</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">(Retail Value = $24.99)</span></p>
<p>&#8220;Mighty&#8221; Joe Stankowski reveals the secrets to keeping money in your pocket in the original Ultimate Home Gym Guide. Whether you live in a mansion in the hills or a studio apartment in the city, you&#8217;ll learn how to get the equipment you need to get an effective, fat-burning workout &#8211; without monthly membership dues or long waits for the equipment you want to become<br />available. The  Ultimate Gym Guide offers previously &#8220;top secret&#8221; sources of fitness equipment you never knew existed.</p>
<p>But this entire package is only available for the next 72 hours. On Thursday, June 12th, at midnight, the 6 new bonuses will disappear from the offer, quite possibly never to be given away<br />again.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t pick-up this incredible collection of fat loss bonuses today, you might kick yourself for missing out. This is the kind of information that can take you from a fat dad to a fit father almost overnight.</p>
<p>Results is what you want. If you start now, you&#8217;ll be burning fat and changing your body almost immediately, and that will give you the complete motivation and inspiration you need to keep at it week after week. After all, you have no time to waste to get your body ready in time for the summer season.</p>
<p>This is the year you are going to be the fittest dad on your block!</p>
<p>No more getting in the pool with your shirt on, no more sitting in the shade wearing extra clothes. And no more spending all the nice weather inside on a treadmill. Use the Dad Fitness workouts and the fantastic nutrition bonuses to change your body once and for all.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Simply go right here to get started:</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">=&gt; <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com/">http://www.dadfitness.com</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">P.S. </span>Hurry, you only have until Thursday night, June 12th, at 11:59pm to claim your SIX limited-time bonuses. And remember, you get everything in the Dad Fitness package!</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">P.P.S.</span> Try Dad Fitness for 8 weeks. If you aren&#8217;t thrilled with the decreased workout time, increased fat loss, and enhanced energy from the Dad Fitness system, just let me know. Dad Fitness has already been trusted by the biggest fitness professionals in the world, and I guarantee it will work for you too!</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Click Here To Get The Ultimate Workout Plan for Busy Dads:</span><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">=&gt; <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com/">http://www.dadfitness.com</a></span><a href="http://www.dadfitness.com/"><br /></a></p>
<p>Sean Barker, CPT</p>
<p>Learn the &#8220;The Truth On Fat Loss, How To Finally Lose That Beer Belly&#8221; in this FREE report from Sean Barker at <a href="http://www.dadfitness.com/">www.dadfitness.com</a></p>
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