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Why Do Elite Athletes Often Have Lower Life Expectancy?

• Startling fact: many elite athletes is that they have lower life expectancy than the general population
• So how do you become fit while also being healthy? What are the consequences? After you watch the following video, you can read this PEERtrainer article on how to exercise in a way that is healthy for you. The article goes over Stu's advice in greater detail.
• This is the first of several videos where we are going to share with you. If you are new to PEERtrainer, it is important to communicate to you that what Stu is saying below is VERY different from what you will hear from your spinning instructor. 
• We think his approach is both unique and very important, and relevant to ANYONE who is starting to become more active.
• Stu's view is that there ARE incorrect approaches to exercise and these can hurt you over the long term. The healthiest approach to exercise is the opposite of "no pain no gain."
• Stu also follows a diet that is similar to the ideas we outline in the new PEERtrainer Cheat System. It is a diet that is ideal for athletes, and you can download a PDF copy of the system from this link.

 

How To Stop The Pain While Running?

I am constantly hearing about how painful running is.  It's been one of the most popular threads in our community for months.  Even in US magazine this month, Kate Gosselin was quoted as saying, "I run every day.  It's painful".  

I find most people think that pain is synonmous with running and believe if you're going to run, you're going to have to be disciplined and deal with the pain.

This is simply not true. 

You can be in pain if you feel that makes you feel better about yourself and makes you a true runner.  But you don't have to be.  You can run a mile, 3 miles even a 10k, even a marathon without pain.

I watch people do this all the time on PEERtrainer.  What is the secret?  They follow a different philosophy shared by Stu Mittleman and other athletes, even 6 time Ironman Champion Mark Allen.

Stu ran 1000 miles in 10 days.  That's every day, for 10 days straight.  He ran 100 miles a day.  Just to give you a sense of what the Hawaii Ironman is:  from the wikipedia entry:

"The Hawai Ironman consisting of a 2.4-mile (3.86 km) swim, a 112-mile (180.25 km) bike and a marathon (26 miles 385 yards, 42.195 km) run, raced in that order and without a break. Most Ironman events have a strict time limit of 17 hours to complete the race, where the Ironman race starts at 7 AM, the mandatory swim cut off for the 2.4 mile swim is 2 hours 20 minutes, the bike cut off time is 5:30 PM, and all finishers must complete their marathon by midnight."

 

Mark Allen won this event 6 times.  He did it by following the principles of Dr. Phil Maffetone.  Stu incorporated these same principles and explains them so succinctly in "Slow Burn: Burn Fat Faster By Exercising Slower".  This book by Phil Maffetone is in my library as well.  You don't have to grind it out.  You don't have to be in pain.  Unless of course you insist on it.   But then, it becomes your choice. 

You can get both books used for a total of $10.  Small price to pay to get rid of the pain.

• Slow Burn: Burn Fat Faster By Exercising Slower

• The Maffetone Method

Let me know if you get them.

Jackie

 

 

 

"Send Cupcakes To Benefit Childhood Cancer??

‎"Send cupcakes to benefit childhood cancer??" Come on. Cupcakes??? I'd rather see Joel Furhman's new research project on my morning news.

 

 

PEERtrainer Get Moving Spotlight Part 2: Starts September 14th

On September 14th we are launching a new "Spotlight" and will be selecting 16 new members for the six week program. Members will be selected based on how active they are as participants in our community!

This Spotlight is sponsored by the Philips DirectLife system which helps get people to move more by measuring motion and acceleration. This data is then captured by an activity monitor which members upload to a website periodically where it is analyzed by a Philips DirectLife Coach.

Each member will be mailed an activity monitor and have a free account set up for them. If you are someone who is looking to start moving more, and are ready to really focus on this for six weeks then this is for you. If you are interested please read the following article describing how the program works:

http://www.peertrainer.com/philips_directlife_program.aspx

After you have read this article, please go to the following link to sign up!

Link To Apply To The PEERtrainer September 14th Spotlight Sponsored By Philips DirectLife

 

 

New Article By Joshua Wayne: Let Your Light Shine!

Joshua's newest article ends with this great quote from Nelson Mandela:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

- Nelson Mandela in his inaugural address, 1994 

read the full article: http://www.peertrainer.com/let_your_light_shine.aspx