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The ONE Food That Builds Muscle & Burns Fat…

Sean Barker — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:04:26 +0000

With the Olympics under way today and Valentine’s Day on Sunday, (a little reminder guys!) I hope you have a great weekend of fitness, family and fun.

But, before you do…

Do you want to know the ONE food that has all you need to build lean muscle and burn bodyfat?

Oh yeah and it tastes great AND is easy to prepare!

Your mother always told you to “eat your breakfast”, it’s the most important meal of the day!” Well, your Mom was right…again

Just think of the word Break-Fast for a minute. You are breaking the fast of going all night without eating and get this…eating breakfast is a daily habit for the people who belong to The National Weight Control Registry. These people have maintained a 30-pound (or more) weight loss for at least a year, and some as long as six years!

If you skip breakfast you end up replacing calories during the day with mindless nibbling, bingeing at lunch and dinner, and you are setting yourself up for failure from the start.

Stay away from white breads and bagels if you want to avoid the mid-morning carb coma and reach for some perfect protein…the egg.

The egg is a complete protein food because egg protein has all nine of the essential amino acids (as well as all nine of the non-essential amino acids). Egg protein is second only to mother’s milk for human nutrition!

…and despite what Joe bodybuilder at your gym might tell you, eat the WHOLE egg! It contains half the protein and all the essential fats, vitamins and minerals

The omega 3 enriched eggs are a better choice for the healthy fats and free range eggs from your local farmers market is even better again as they are of much higher nutritional quality than eggs from confinement chickens..

Nutrient	White	Yolk	% Total in White	% Total in Yolk
Protein	3.6 g	2.7g	57%	43%
Fat	0.05g	4.5g	1%	99%
Calcium	2.3 mg	21.9 mg	9.5%	90.5%
Magnesium	3.6 mg	0.85 mg	80.8%	19.2%
Iron	0.03 mg	0.4 mg	6.2%	93.8%
Phosphorus	5 mg	66.3 mg	7%	93%
Potassium	53.8 mg	18.5 mg	74.4%	25.6%
Sodium	54.8 mg	8.2 mg	87%	13%
Zinc	0.01 mg	0.4 mg	0.2%	99.8%
Copper	0.008 mg	0.013 mg	38%	62%
Manganese	0.004 mg	0.009 mg	30.8%	69.2%
Selenium	6.6 mcg	9.5 mcg	41%	59%
Thiamin	0.01 mg	0.03 mg	3.2%	96.8%
Riboflavin	0.145 mg	0.09 mg	61.7%	48.3%
Niacin	0.035 mg	0.004 mg	89.7%	9.3%
Pantothenic acid.	0.63 mg	0.51 mg	11%	89%
B6	0.002 mg	0.059 mg	3.3%	96.7%
Folate	1.3 mcg	24.8 mcg	5%	95%
B12	0.03 mcg	0.331 mcg	8.3%	91.7%
Vitamin A	0 IU	245 IU	0%	100%
Vitamin E	0 mg	0.684 mg	0%	100%
Vitamin D	0 IU	18.3 IU	0%	100%
Vitamin K	0 IU	0.119 IU	0%	100%
DHA and AA	0	94 mg	0%	100%
Carotenoids	0 mcg	21 mcg	0%	100%

*Data taken from the USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 15.

Starting off the day with a good source of protein and healthy fat will help you build fat burning muscle, give you sustained energy and keep you full longer.

So here is a quick 5 minute breakfast recipe for Jamaican Scrambled Eggs that is good for your taste buds and even better for your body…Now get cracking!

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The REAL Secret To Transforming Your Body

Sean Barker — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:04:36 +0000

Do you want to know the REAL secret to transforming your body?

It’s what EVERYONE uses to be successful to lose weight and gain lean muscle in the shortest amount of time…

Athletes use it…

Bodybuilders use it…

Brides to be use it…

and busy dads like us, use it to get that beach body for summer…

It’s a DEADLINE.

If YOU want to be successful with anything in life you need a deadline to keep you accountable to your goals.

Changing your body is no different.

So that’s why I am excited to announce the Dad Fitness 60 Day Challenge!

The deadline to enter is this Monday, October 26th at midnight so you better hurry.

I am looking forward to seeing your Dad Fitness success story!

It cost’s nothing to get started and you can check out the rules and prizes in the link below.

Just think… you can be leaner, stronger and $1000 richer before Christmas Eve.

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The Best Exercise Ever?

Sean Barker — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:35:23 +0000

Would you like to know the one exercise that works every muscle in your body, can be done anywhere at anytime and requires no equipment?

Well, your old high school gym teacher might have been right after all…

The Burpee, despite it’s amusing name is probably the most efficient and effective bodyweight exercise you can do to build lean muscle and burn off that beer belly.

Not to be confused with the Burp which actually makes room for drinking more beer.

If you are not emotionally scarred from the heart searing burpee workouts that your gym teacher had you do in highschool you might remember how easy AND how hard this exercise is.

In a standing position, jump down and get on all fours before pushing your feet back behind you putting you in the top position of a pushup.

With your body braced in a straight line perform a regular pushup, then jump your feet back closer to your hands so you are in the “all fours” position once again.

With explosive force jump straight up from a squatting position as high as you can while reaching your arms straight overhead.

That’s ONE rep..yeah that’s right, one rep.

Congratulations! You just completed the world’s most efficient exercise.

By performing two of the most natural upper and lower body movements in an explosive manner, the pushup and the squat, you are building functional muscle that in-turn also burns fat.

You worked your chest,shoulders,arms,back and abs with the pushup. You then challenged your legs with the jump squat.

Repeat for the desired number of reps and wipe your self off the floor.

So now you have no more excuses for getting a big workout in little time…

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The Buff and Busy Workout

smbarker — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:22:00 +0000

TGIF…Today is May 1st, which means there are only 3 weeks until the start of summer.

Not too sure if that applies to us here in Labrador, Canada though with the rain and wet snow falling outside…

So I decided I would give you time crunched dads a little kick start workout that I pulled from my training tickle trunk.

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The Buff and Busy Workout is more of an advanced muscle building workout, but can be done at home with minimal equipment and will get you on your way to building strong lean muscle and goodbye to that gut before the shirts come off this summer.

If you are just starting out, do a couple sets of each exercise until you improve your conditioning.

Bodyweight Warm-up (to be performed before each workout)

• Prisoner-Squat – 10 reps
• Pushups – 10 reps
• Wall Slides – 10 reps

*Complete 2 circuits of this entire warm-up without rest

Bodyweight Workout

1A Jump Squat, 5 sets of 5 reps, no rest

1B Spiderman Pushup, 5 sets of 5 reps, 60 secs rest

2A Chin Ups or Bent Over DB Rows, 5 sets of 5 reps, no rest

2B Standing DB Shoulder Press, 5 sets of 5 reps, 60 secs rest

3A Standing Zottman DB Curl, 5 sets of 5 reps, no rest

3B Lying Floor DB Tricep Ext. 5 sets of 5 reps, 60 secs rest

4. Stability Ball Jackknife 3 sets of 8-10 reps, 60 secs rest

Cooldown Stretching (to be performed after each workout)

*Hold each stretch for 10-15 seconds
• Lat Stretch
• Chest Stretch
• Quad Stretch
• Hamstring Stretch
• Shoulder/Tricep Stretch

Alright guys, give this workout a try this weekend and let me know how it went!

Enjoy your weekend and your workouts…

Sean Barker, CPT

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Dad Fitness Cooking Show How To Make The Best Burger

smbarker — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:05:00 +0000

When people see me eat burgers and pizza, the first question they ask me is

“How do you eat this stuff and stay in such great shape?”

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My first answer is with 3 short and simple, BUT intense Dad Fitness workouts each week.

These build strength and lean muscle which is a must if you want to increase your metabolism and force your body to burn fat 24 hours around the clock, even while your sleeping!

…which seems to be a commodity here lately in the Barker household with our teething 10 month old daughter. Poor baby…

Then my second answer is that MY homemade pizza and burgers is not the same as YOUR pizza and burgers that you feed your family.

They taste better and are actually GOOD for your health!

So sit back, relax and watch me fire up my BBQ and show you
how to make the best burgers Dad Fitness style!

WARNING: This video may contain really good food!

Sean Barker, CPT

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The Barbell Belly Blaster Workout

smbarker — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:36:00 +0000

Are you a busy dad who likes to go to the gym for a quick fat burning workout but hate encountering a crowd of regular gym goers who hog workout equipment while yapping on their cell phone?

If so, The Barbell Belly Blaster Workout is for you.

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If you are lucky enough to have an Olympic Barbell in your home gym, you can also do this workout without ever leaving your house.

Lock Up dvdrip This is primarily a fat loss workout as it elevates your heart rate while supersetting exercises using your bodies major muscles.

But by using your major muscles you are building strength and endurance in those muscles which will also help to build lean muscle in beginners to intermediate lifters.

This is also a great alternative to long boring cardio and can be done at the end of your regular weight training workout to burn extra calories and lose bodyfat.

To increase the muscle building effects of this workout you can add additional weight to the bar but I wouldn’t recommend it unless you have a few years of training under your belt.

For absolute beginners who find that the 45lb bar is too much, you can use a lighter bar like the EZ curl bar which is around 25lbs or even a broomstick.

This workout only requires the empty 45lb Olympic Barbell for the entire workout so you can grab a barbell and head off to an empty corner in the gym so you can get a great fat burning workout and be free of any distractions.

You will be using the barbell to complete a Complex, which is just a series of barbell free weight exercises that you will do without rest while keeping the bar in your hands the entire time.

Perform 10-15 reps for each exercise. Complete all exercises without rest, then rest 60 seconds and repeat the circuit 2 more times.

*Warmup with 12 Burpees.

Jump down onto the floor in the bottom of the pushup position and jump back up with hands in the air reaching for the ceiling.

1A Barbell Pushup

Perform regular pushup with hands on the barbell. Brace your abs hard so that you do not roll the bar on the floor.

2A Barbell Squat

Pick barbell off the floor and press overhead and rest the bar across your shoulders. Pushing hips back squat down until your thighs are parallel to the ground.

3A Barbell Shoulder Press

After squats, press the bar back overhead and in front of your shoulders with shoulder width grip press the bar straight up overhead.

4A Barbell Bent-Over Row

After shoulder presses, bend over with bar hanging straight down. Using your elbows pull or row the bar up to your belly button.

5A Barbell Mountain Climber

Place bar back on the floor and get in top part of the pushups position. With abs tight hold that position while you bring one knee to towards your elbow and alternate each leg

Sean Barker, CPT

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3 Steps To Building Lean Muscle

smbarker — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:55:00 +0000

The Weight Training Triangle
-The Secret to Building Maximum Muscle
by Sean Barker,CPT
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The process of building muscle is pretty simple. It’s so simple actually; that people have a hard time believing how they can train less and grow more.

Find out the secret to building maximum muscle in minimum time.

I like to refer to the whole process of building muscle as the Training Triangle. It is basically the 24 hour a day process that your body will be undergoing when you begin weight training. It has three components, Training, Nutrition, and Recovery, each one no more important than the other. If one of these is not given 100%, the Training Triangle begins to crumble.

Weight Training is about stimulating muscle growth, plain and simple. It only provides the stimulus for your muscles to grow. Muscles DO NOT grow when you are in the gym. The other two corners of the Training Triangle take care of that. Weight Training exercise provides overload to the muscles, breaking down the muscle tissue on a microscopic level. It responds when subjected to levels of exercise beyond what it is accustomed to in order for an adaptation process to occur. The human body then attempts to adapt to this stimulus by getting stronger and growing more muscle tissue. This is where the next corner of the Triangle takes over.

Nutrition is the next vital step in the Training Triangle. Through eating the proper foods you supply your body with the nutrients it needs for energy replenishment, cell growth and repair, as well as the basic metabolic functions your body undergoes on a daily basis. Back in 400 B.C., Hippocrates said, “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.” Today, good nutrition is more important than ever. At least four of the 10 leading causes of death in the U.S.–heart disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes–are directly related to way we eat. Focus on eating lean proteins such as chicken, beef, pork and fish. Get lots of of fiber and antioxidants through fruits, veggies and 100% whole grains. Consume healthy omega 3 fats daily such as olive oil, flaxseed oil and fish oil. The key components to good nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle are balance, variety and moderation.

Recovery is probably the most neglected step in the Training Triangle. It is a fantastic feeling to be motivated and have a gung-ho attitude when beginning a weight training program, but some control and moderation must be included with that eagerness in order to see results. Remember the story of the tortuous and the hare? The lesson was that slow and steady, wins the race. Society has conditioned us to think more is better. But, in terms of weight training and building muscle, training too often can bring any gains to a screeching halt, as well as increase chance of injury and adrenal burnout. Rest and recovery is essential for maximum muscle growth. During recovery we build muscle in response to the stimulus we created while training. If you fail to take adequate recovery time into consideration, you will be greatly limiting your results.

The Training Triangle is the foundation of any successful weight-training program. Understanding each element and its importance, will directly dictate the results you will achieve.

…As for me, it looks like I am finally kicking this cold to the curb and had a great workout today.

Today I continued with my buddy Nate Green’s Built For Show workouts.

I am rotating through upper body and lower body workouts found in his “Fall Season” workouts.

Workout A- Upper Body
Workout B- Lower Body

I felt strong and focused today in the gym as I pumped out rows, db bench presses, chinups, shoulder presses and some abs work.

Sean Barker, CPT

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Back and Biceps For Dad

smbarker — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:56:00 +0000

Today was Day 3 of my current Dad Fitness workout program. This workout program focuses on building maximum muscle in minimum time!

I had a strong and focused Dad Fitness Workout this morning.

Deadlifts
Pullups
One Arm DB Rows
BB Curls
DB Curls
Shrugs

2-3 sets, 4-6 reps. That’s the best rep range for maximum overload. Overloading the muscles with short intense reps and sets is the best way to build lean muscle in the shortest amount of time.

For days when you are really short on time. Here is a short upperbody superset you can do in 15 minutes!

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Sean Barker, CPT

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You Don't Know Squat

smbarker — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:07:00 +0000

I had a heavy and intense leg workout today.

Started off with the ultimate leg and whole body exercise, basic barbell squats.
Everything was 2-3 sets, 4-6 reps, except for abs which I keep in the 10-12 rep range.

Focus on building lean muscle even if you want to burn fat.

Squats
BB Lunges
Stiff Led Deadlifts
Standing Calf Raises
Cable Crunches
Incline Crunches

You Don’t Know Squat – Squats Are King For Building Muscle
by Sean Barker, CPT

Most people will complain about not being able to put size on their lower body and these people are usually the ones if they even do work legs regularly; it’s endless sets doing quad extensions and half rep leg presses. These don’t even come close! You have to remember that your lower body carries half of your body’s entire muscle mass. Your glutes is also your your body’s largest muscle.

Hey, squatting is hard. Especially starting off they are challenging to learn and awkward. Then when you get up to 300, 400 lbs plus on the bar they are quite intimidating. Again, they are hard work. But this is why they are the most effective exercise for your entire body that you will ever do.

So learn to do them correctly, learn to go heavy and learn to go deep. This question had many debates of how low should you go? I believe the most effective depth for complete muscular overload and control when squatting is to go down until your quads just go below parallel. Once you master the physical aspect of this exercise, then all is left is to overcome that fear of the intense effort that is required.

Never sacrifice form and depth for a heavier weight especially with this exercise. The nature of this movement can allow some impressive poundage’s and can increase chance of injury if your form is not correct. Gradually try to add a couple pounds to the bar each week and before you know it you’ll be on your way to achieving the awesome leg development you’re after.

Sean Barker, CPT

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New Dad Fitness Column at TheFatherLife.com

smbarker — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:40:00 +0000

I had a great Back and Biceps workout this morning.

I love getting back to basics with my training. 2-3 sets per exercise, 4-6 reps per set.

Remember the best fat burner is MUSCLE and the best way to build lean muscle is workouts like those found in Dad Fitness.

Short, intense workouts done only 3 times a week!

Deadlifts
Pullups
One Arm DB Rows
BB Curls
DB Curls
Shrugs

Check out my new column article at TheFatherLife.com!

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Sean Barker, CPT

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