12 Tips To Your Fitness Success -- #6
We’re half way there! Have you been following the tips and keeping up with your workouts and nutrition? If not, it’s never too late! You still have time to get moving before the holidays really set in, beginning full-swing with Thanksgiving on Thursday (can you believe it!?). So here’s your sixth tip:
Supplement your diet to fill in voids and avoid pitfalls.
Of all the components to our program I hate talking about this one the most. But it’s probably the one I believe in the most.
Why do I hate talking about it so much? Well, simple really. There’s a lot of health and fitness junk out there. From whiz-bang machines to pills and potions, some of it is flat out ridiculous. And supplementation comes in at the top. The term ‘snake oil salesman’ exists for a reason.
Listen, this is an area I’ve researched for 20 years. I don’t and never have pushed fat burning pills. I don’t push unnecessary supplementation with junk that has no proven value – and may even be dangerous. In fact, I’ve never suggested the use of any supplement that I haven’t thoroughly investigated , and in most cases, used myself. But I do address supplementation. And the reason why is because our diets today are not what they once were.
You may remember my 93-year old grandpa (mom’s side) and my 99-year old grandma (dad’s side) from a previous Update. Well, they didn’t have to supplement their diets, for many reasons. For one, the amount of processed foods back then was almost unheard of. And even so, the processed stuff of today pales in comparison to the stuff back then. Nutritionally, our diets today are very different from diets 50 to 100 years ago.
Today, more than ever, supplementation is critical. And a hundred times more so if you are trying to lose weight and get in shape. Roughly 3% of the American population is getting complete nutrition from their diets. I’d venture to say that’s a conservative estimate. And a portion of those people probably have personal chefs!
As you read in your last tip, time is a big factor preventing us from eating properly. The food industry also plays into that too. This is exactly why we have our clients supplement with foundational products: A multivitamin/mineral supplement, meal replacement bars and shakes, and a post workout recovery shake (you can see the basic products I recommend to our clients here). I emphasize the word foundational because these are taken in addition to a sound meal plan to achieve supportive, essential nutrition. Remember, supplements should do just that, supplement the diet. I would never recommend replacing food all together (what fun would that be!).
If you would like more information on this topic (I know it’s somewhat controversial and the industry is loaded with misinformation…that’s putting it politely) or if you would like some nutritional guidance, send me an email with your questions to jnjthiel@sbcglobal.net (or just reply to this email). I look forward to hearing from you.
To Your Empowerment,
Joe Thiel
Fitness Together
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