It's Time To "Toughen Up" People

Last week I took part in "The Helly Hansen Adventure Series Challenge" with a few of my personal trainer buddies. It took place in Surrey here in the UK. For those of you who aren't sure of what this entailed then here's what it looked like:


10k Trail Run
15k Mountain Bike Ride
2k Kayak
15k Mountain Bike Ride
10k Trail Run

This was a 'challenge' in every sense of the word!

I know! I'm kind of crazy right? Well, maybe in some eyes. : )

The bike and run route were an absolute MUD FEST!!! (to the point where any braking was completely pointless!) Slippery forest paths, muddy banks and deep puddles all made it that little bit more interesting! I actually came off my bike after attempting to jump a muddy puddle - BMX style! I went flying over the handle bars (much to one of the stewards amusal!)

That will teach me for being cocky! : )

At one point the mud came up to our knees when we were running but that made it all the more fun. We just dug in and we all agreed that this made us EVEN MORE determined to finish the race!

The kayak was hilarious! I haven't done this since I was in the boy Scouts but absolutely loved it when we got onto the water. The wind was very strong and we really had to be on the ball when we were steering the kayak but managed it nonetheless.

I was in a team of 3 and all in all the challenge took us 4hrs and 12 minutes to complete which I thought was awesome considering none of us had done any real specific training for it.

I felt alittle bit sore from the race but not as bad as I thought I might be.

Now I know what you might be thinking!

Why Oh why did I put myself through all this pain and torture on my Sunday morning?

After all, I could have had a nice lay in like most people do right?

Quite Simply, because I wanted to test my fitness out in every aspect.

I figured of late that I'd gone a bit soft with my workouts and I wanted to "toughen myself up" abit, I wanted to challenge myself and just see how far I could push myself both mentally and physically.

I believe that too many of us stay in our comfort zones when it comes to our fitness and never really push ourselves to see how far we can REALLY go

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not telling you to perform every workout FLAT OUT from now on. This would be stupid. Nor book yourself on the next ironman (with zero training for it) or anything like that but testing yourself out every once in a while with some kind of fitness challenge is a great way to switch things up a little bit.

The human body is very durable and it can take ALOT more than we think it can.

Without running the risk of sounding "too deep" here, the human body has survived difficult and testing situations throughout the years. We've run for miles across the hottest deserts, climbed the highest mountains and explored some of the roughest seas.

I'm sure we can push ourselves every now and then with some slightly harder exercise
right? : )

Never put limitations on your expectations - Always demand more of yourself!

Give it a go, add some challenge workouts into your fitness plan and let me know how you get on and who know's you may even enjoy it! : )

Train Hard & Be Strong,

Sam Winkworth CPT, SPN

PS - If you're bored of your current workouts,are looking to add some challenge to your fitness plan or just need a good kick up in the butt then my good buddy Craig Ballantyne from Canada has a great ">30 minute bodyweight challenge workout you can try out.

Just click on the link below to go get it. I loved this the first time I did it!

">Yes, I want to be challenged!

Your Weekend Workout - Kettlebell Bodyweight Workout

Here's a great workout you can try out this weekend whether you're a beginner, intermediate or advanced.



www.youtube.com/samwinkworth

If you're new to exercise and aren't too sure on some of the movements shown in the video then you could do normal squats instead of the overhead squats, kneeling push ups instead of regular ones and burpees without the jump.

You can also build up to the designated reps aswell. You could do 5-10 reps on everything instead of 10-20 to make it a little easier.

The workout should take you no longer than 30 minutes (if you work fast).

Good luck,

Sam : )

Fatloss Challenge Countdown!

Hey,

I won’t keep you for too long today, I know you’re very busy.

Just wanted to let you know that we’re only a few days out from the start of the next 60 day diet challenge, and by the volumes of email I’ve been receiving, it looks like people are more than ready for it.

The last few days I’ve been busy preparing myself for next Monday sorting my fridge, freezer and cupboards for the next 60 days.

I’ve been getting rid of all my banned foods and replacing them with my allowable foods.

If , for some reason, you haven’t downloaded the latest version of my 60 day diet challenge yet, then click here to go get it:

Remember there’s no reason not to commit, its completely free and I’ll be going through it with you to help you along the way, so no excuses!

Sam Winkworth
Your Fatloss Coach

“Rev” Up Your Metabolism with Sam’s Fatloss Workout!

Well, I’ve just had the busiest few days ever!

On Sunday, I was down at Leeds Castle in Kent, UK helping out with the Cancer Research Race For Life. As you may know if you’ve participated in any of these fun runs across the UK, the Charity Event has being going strong for quite some time now and due to the fact that one of my close friends has recently been diagnosed with cancer I like to show my support as much as I can.

Now those of you who know me will know that I’ve made plenty of guest appearances presenting at charity events but none as big as this one.

What an amazing turnout!

There must have been well over 2,000 runners all showing their support for the charity. I’ve certainly never presented to this amount of runners before and it gave me a real buzz to teach the official race for life warm up to all these enthusiastic runners.

But whilst I was up on the stage teaching my warm up, looking across the sea of 2,000runners following my every move, something struck me!

(And no, it wasn’t a rotten tomato thrown by a fun runner…: )

One of the things I noticed about these runners was that they weren’t particularly lean.

They certainly weren't fat mind you, but considering that a lot of the runners (that I spoke to) had been training for this special 10k charity run for a good few months, some even running 5 nights a week, you'd expect them all to be super-leaner.

They weren't. The reason?

Like I've been telling you for some time now, long, slow steady workouts are not the most efficient way to get rid of fat. Sure, they'll give you great stamina, great endurance (which is what every long distance runner needs) but they won't burn as much fat as you might think.


But if you want a fun, fast fat-burning workout then check out my new REVS workout, designed to burn calories long AFTER the workout has finished, my REVS workout is short yet highly effective and I use them with my clients to get them in great shape fast.


It’s simple to perform, very straightforward…







What do you think of that then?

Give my REVS workout a try and let me know how you get on…

Speak Soon,

Sam : )
www.evolutionfitnessandnutrition.com