My Personal Message for Governor Sarah Palin... STOP Jogging! Instead do this...

This is NOT a political post... so please put away your banners... or please put away your daggers...

Governor Palin from Alaska has made a lot of news lately... and during my daily readings... I noticed this story about her daily runs of 9 miles.

WSJ Running Alaska with Governor Sarah Palin

Although she was pregnant and had to cut back... Governor Palin is trying to get back into running again... she is up to 3 miles a day now.

But my point is this... Why? As far as I can see... there is NO good benefits to long distance running or jogging!

Folks have DIED while or after jogging. James Fixx the Godfather of jogging in 1984 at the age of 52 during his daily run, Dennis Johnson,the former NBA great died last year at the age of 52 after jogging, and how about Skip Prosser? He was the coach of the Wake Forrest college basketball team... and he died after jogging last year at the age of 56.

And this one is personal... I used to work with this guy... he was in fantastic SHAPE man... he died while jogging a few years ago!

Have you compared the physiques of the marathoners and the sprinters in the Olympics over the summer?

BIG difference huh? The sprinters were muscular and ripped while the long distance runners were spindly and enemic looking...

What can we take away from this? Long and borring endurance running or even aerobics are NOT the answer to fat loss! Steady state cardio just trains the lungs to breathe over long distances... it doesn't nothing for the heart or for your muscles.

That is right! You heard it here first...

Instead... try to turn all of your cardio workouts into interval workouts...

That means you should speed up and the speed down your workouts. It gives your heart a workout (which cardio or jogging doesn't). It stimulates your body's hormonal system to boost your metabolism to burn more fat.

And besides... the best benefit of them all? You can do interval workouts in half the time... time that you can spend on your hobbies... your family...

Craig Ballantyne does this for us with his Turbulence Training program. It was designed for busy individuals who want to lose body fat without spending tons of time doing it.

So Governor Sarah Palin... my advice is to stop jogging and do sprints instead... you will live longer and your body will thank you for it.

You are invited to leave comments but know this... I will delete any posts that are political...