This weeks workout is a home fitness challenge program.

The idea is to work downwards in numbers from 100-10.

Set a timer and see how long it takes and try to beat your time when you repeat the workout again.

You still have to perform the exercises with perfect technique regardless of how fast you go.

If you feel really fit you can work back up the numbers during the same workout.

See the video at the bottom for all the exercises and demonstrations.

The Warm Up.

• Skip for 30-60 Seconds.
• Perform each of the exercises for 5-10 repetitions each to warm up all the muscles that are going to be used in the workout.

The Workout:

• Perform the exercises in the order shown.
• Do not move on to the next exercise until you finish the current one.
• Return through the exercises if you have the fitness.

The Cool down:

• You can stretch the major muscles used to cool down.

How To Progress This Workout.

You can progress this workout by performing it faster and trying to beat your time. 

You can go down the reps and then back up the reps.

The goal is to work the whole body to improve your fitness and stamina and get a good sweat on.

Email john@humandesign.com.au if you need some suggestions for alternative exercises.

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This is a really difficult question to answer as many people who know me, know that I am DIETNOSTIC.

I do not believe that there is one best diet or nutrition approach for fat loss because everyone has different tastes. 

However, outside of that boring answer, here are the main things you need to think about and I will recommend a well balanced diet at the end.

1. All diets get you to lower your energy intake.

It's as simple as that. Taking in less energy than you need is the master regulator for fat loss and sustainable weight management.

It is not about hormones or cleanses or detoxes etc, it is your ability to lower your calorie intake in as healthy a manner as possible in order to release fat from your fat cells, mobilise it and use it for energy.

2. Your nutrition plan must focus on whole foods.

Lowering your calorie intake is tough. Your body will fight you every step of the way. Your brain plays a huge part in this and it will start a cascade of hormones throughout your body whose job is to tell you to eat more and get back to your weight.

You can control the release of these hormones by eating the right types of food.

Your body wants to protect you and lowering energy intake means it thinks that you are starving and not getting food, so it will try to hold on to fat and and slow everything down to do so.

In order to fight these hormones and resist the urge to eat a block of chocolate when you get hungry, you should eat whole foods because they make you feel full between meals and they tell your brain that you are getting enough nutrition.

Highly palatable, processed foods can often override your bodies normal biological feedback mechanisms and make you feel like you want more.

The brain is getting the message that it's getting calories but not nutrition so it wants more.

The good thing about focusing on whole foods is that you get to include:

• Whole grains and high quality carbohydrates.
• Lean sources of protein 
• Fruits and vegetables
• Healthy fats.

The fat loss plan should not make you eliminate food groups as all of them have healthy components that contribute to your fat loss physiology.

If you want to learn more about the brains impact on your diet and weight loss, read this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Hungry-Brain-Outsmarting-Instincts-Overeat/dp/125008119X

3. It must be a plan that you can comfortably do for the next 5-10-20 years.

There is no point in going extreme and restricting food groups. You are not going to do that forever, despite your best intentions after reading your latest wellness magazine at the weekend.

Ask yourself - "Can I confidently see me doing this way of eating for the rest of my life?" and if you cannot answer with a confidence level of 9 out of 10, forget about it.

I think that one of the best plans to follow is the good old fashioned Mediterranean Diet.

Perhaps the world's healthiest diet, the Mediterranean Diet is abundant in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and olive oil. It features fish and poultry—lean sources of protein—over red meat. Red wine is consumed regularly but in moderate amounts.

I am pretty sure that is as good as it gets.

It is well proven and has been around for many years and is not a fad approach but we seem to forget this simple approach to fat loss because everyone is slamming the low carb mantra down our throats.

Balance - consistency - practical - and long lasting should be the approach you take and this is as good as any I have seen.

Thanks for your questions. 

Email any questions to john@humandesign.com.au and I will do my best to answer them with blog posts and email.

Here is our latest full body weight training workout.

This workout is designed for the beginner to intermediate trainee who wants to lose body fat and keep their muscle.

It is a moderate to high rep program (12-15 reps per exercise) and works a lot of muscle groups in the one session.

You could perform this 1-3 times per week for 4 weeks and keep progressing each week.

Here is how to perform the workout.

Warm Up:

• Perform the first 4 exercises in your weight training program for 1 set each and 10 Reps each using 50% of the weight you are going to use during your actual sets.
• For example, if you are going to leg press with 50kgs, warm up with 10 reps at 25kgs.
• If you are going to lift 10kg dumbbells for chest press you would warm up with 10 reps of 5kg's.
• If it is a bodyweight exercise, 10 reps is fine to warm up with.

The Workout:

• There are 5 pairs of exercises. 
• The first pair are A1 and A2. Perform A1 and go straight to A2 and then rest for 60-90 Seconds before repeating that cycle 2-3 times.
• Do the same for the other 4 pairs of exercises.
• If you are short on time just do 2 sets of each pair.

The Cooldown:

• Cooldown with some stretching or nice easy cardio.

How to progress this workout from week to week?

First of all, make sure you have a rest day between weights workouts to allow your muscles to recover.

You can progress this workout in a number of ways.

1. Add slightly more weight each week or every 2 weeks.

2. Always aim to get the three sets of the higher number of repetitions before adding weight.

3. Take less rest between sets.

See the video below for all exercise demonstrations and email me john@humandesign.com.au if you need alternative exercises.

Enjoy the workout.

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This week at Human Design PT we have a Fat loss and fitness conditioning circuit.

We combine a bit of quick sprinting interval type training with traditional strength exercises to provide an all round fitness workout.

You can do this a couple of times per week to cover the most muscle groups and get a good cardio hit.

Here's how to perform the workout and check out the video below for exercise demonstrations.

The Warm Up:

• Perform all the strength exercises for 10 repetitions each at about 50% of the weight you would use during your actual workout.
• Perform one round of the cardio exercises each.

The Workout:

• Perform the 3 exercises in part 1 without any rest.
• Rest for 10-60 seconds depending on your fitness level.
• Repeat for 4 more rounds.
• Do the same for the part 2.

The Cooldown:

• You can stretch or perform some easy cardio to cool back down.

How to progress this workout:

Like all of my workouts, I do not like performing them just once. I like to measure progress and it's important to see measured improvements in fitness.

With this workout you can either add weight every 2 workouts, add in another round of each set of exercises, take less rest between rounds or even add a third set of 3 exercises of your own choice to make it a really tough workout.

You are only limited by your imagination.

Try it out and let me know how you go.

This weeks  workout is called a "Descending Recovery Interval Training Workout".

Interval training is an excellent method of improving your fitness quickly.

It involves short burst of fast paced activity followed by periods of lower intensity active recovery activity.

Think of sprinting during a game and then jogging or walking to recover.

The descending recovery part means that each week, the rest between sprints becomes shorter.

Many people do not try or track their progress in the gym each week so they have no idea if they are getting fitter and stronger.

The Descending recovery workout clearly shows if you are getting fitter or not as you will get less recovery time between sprints each week and it's a surefire way to show that you are getting fitter and faster with each training week.

See the video below for a quick demo of the workout.

The WARM UP.

• This workout is best done on a bike but you can run on a treadmill or outdoors or even use an elliptical trainer.
• Warm up with 5 minutes of easy paced cycling.
• From minute 5-8, perform a few 10 second fast paced sprints to prepare the body for the intervals to come.
• Then at minute 8, begin your first interval sprint.

The Workout:

• Perform a sprint at your best pace for 60 seconds on the bike. It should feel like an 8-9 out of 10 in terms of effort.
• Recover with some slow cycling for 2 minutes.
• Repeat for 5 more sprints.

The Cooldown:

• Cooldown with 3-5 minutes of easy cycling.

The Progression.

Each week you should decrease the rest between sprints by 15 seconds.

• Week 1 - take 2 minutes rest between each sprint.
• Week 2 - take 1:45 minutes rest between each sprint.
• Week 3 - take 1:30 minutes rest between each sprint.
• Week 4 - take 1:15 minutes rest between each sprint.
• Week 5 - New workout.

If you have any questions please email and I can provide some tips. Many of you have different fitness levels so please exercise at your appropriate intensity and get clearance from your doctor if you have any heart conditions.

Enjoy the workout.
​

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If you ask someone what the first step is to losing weight these days, chances are, they will say "Oh, I should cut out my carbs." 

It is the first thing that comes to mind and we now have millions of people who are deeply afraid of a slice of bread and a bowl of pasta (what a shame).

So, it is no surprise that I get asked this question all the time - Do I have to avoid carbs to lose weight?

In the short video below I try to explain my answer to this controversial question.

Hopefully it sheds a little light for you and helps you to move forward with your fitness journey.

If you are into a more in depth answer with science to back it up, check out this article after you watch the video.

https://examine.com/nutrition/low-fat-vs-low-carb-for-weight-loss/

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This weeks workout is a Home HIIT Workout.

HIIT stands for High Intensity Interval Workout.

It means that each exercise is performed at a high level of intensity alternated with short periods of rest.
Think of yourself as working hard and then recovering and then going again.

There are only 5 bodyweight exercises.

This means that you can perform this workout anywhere.

You perform each exercise for 2 minutes, but within that 2 minutes you perform the exercise at a fast pace for 20 seconds and then you rest for 20 secs and you repeat that cycle 3 times.

Each full round takes 10 minutes.

You can then rest for 1-2 minutes and repeat the cycle 1-2 more times depending on the time you have available or your current level of fitness.

This is a great little workout to rapidly boost your fitness and the great thing is, it can be performed anywhere at any time. You do not need equipment and you can get a fantastic cardio workout.

Please see the video below for the exercise demonstrations.

Cool down with some stretching or light walking.

For this weeks workout we have a combo cardio and strength workout.

This is an ideal workout to work your cardio, burn calories, keep your muscle and strength but also fit it into your busy week.

In an ideal world we would separate cardio and strength days but some days we are busy and this is the best way to get both training systems in.

The Warm Up:

• Warm up by performing a 250m Row, 10 Squats, 10 Shoulder Presses and 10 Bicycle crunches.

The Workout:

• See the video for the workout demonstration.
• You perform Round 1 - take 60-90 seconds rest and go straight to round two.
• Each round decreases in numbers making the rounds get quicker.

Cooldown:

• Cool down by stretching or performing slow, easy cardio for a few minutes.

You can progress this workout by either taking less rest between rounds, performing each round quicker or adding weight for the strength exercises.

Enjoy and feel free to ask questions if you need alternatives. (john@humandesign.co.au)

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This weeks workout is a full body weight training workout to burn fat and prevent muscle loss.

It is ideal for getting lean, fit and toned and can be performed by any fitness level.

This workout utilises what's known as a mixed repetition approach whereby the first exercise of each pair is lower to moderate repetitions with slightly heavier weights and the second exercise is a higher repetition based exercise to build endurance.

This means that we recruit different types of muscle fibres to work them all out in one program.

See the video below for exercise demonstrations.

Warm Up:

• For this workout, it is a good idea to do 2-4 minutes of easy cardio.
• Then perform the first 4 exercises for 10 repetitions each with half of the weight you would use in the workout.
• For example, if you used 10kg dumbbells for the one arm row, you would warm up with 5 kg dumbbells.
  
• If it is a bodyweight exercise, perform that exercise for 10 reps or a slightly easier version of the exercise.
  

The Workout:

• Perform the exercises in pairs.
• Take no rest between each exercise but take 60-90 seconds of rest after each pair.
  
• Perform each pair of exercises for 3 rounds.
  

Cooldown:

• Perform 2-4 minutes of easy cardio or stretch the major muscles used.

How To Progress This Workout.

In order to get stronger and fitter each week, it is a good idea to track how much weight you have lifted in each set.

This will allow you to beat the previous record by 1 more repetition or even allow you to try a heavier weight each week for 4-6 weeks.

The goal of all training is to improve strength and fitness without getting hurt. Tracking your progress allows you to get better each week and build your motivation to keep going.

I hope you enjoy the workout.

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