33 – Interview with fitness instructor Josef Brandenburg

(duration 34:30) In this show we explore the nature of health and fitness training from an expert’s perspective Josef’s fitness blog and site http://josefbrandenburg.com/ http://thebodyyouwant.com Aerobic exercise is not all it’s cracked up to be, and it might be making you hungrier and thus causing binge eating Weight and high intensity shorter training is better for health and fitness than lots of endurance exercising Try to avoid all those crappy carbs, such as lots of bread, grains, and cereals The priority should be minimizing your insulin secretion, even though e.g. high quality meats are better than not so much You can’t take at face value the results of studies reported by the mainstream media Falsehoods are still being promoted in nutrition textbooks! You don’t have to starve yourself and suffer in order to lose weight; just change the types of food you’re eating Putting fat people on treadmills doesn’t really help them lose their extra fat Personal trainer certifications aren’t good ways to judge knowledge and competence Isolation exercises can fall short when it comes to overall fitness and “toning” muscles Using calipers to measure bodyfat isn’t very reliable; a measuring tape can be a useful device, though Governmental “officials” have no business telling you what and how to eat (even though they continue to intervene) Famous article by Gary Taubes, explaining where so much went so wrong:?http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/07/magazine/what-if-it-s-all-been-a-big-fat-lie.html Please take our survey about goals and challenges: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Y9ZVW8H bumper music “All In My Head” (Remix) – http://www.kosheen.com Feel free to rate and/or review our show on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=332309038 Also, please sign up – upper right corner of http://healthymindfitbody.com – to get the free bonus audio on the 3 Pillars Of Achieving Your Perfect Weight Using The Mind/Body Connection, as well as the newsletter