Adidas AdiPure Review!

First ever @Wise_Fitness blog post dedicated to a review! Recently I have been training at home when im not able to reach the gym but im not a big fan of shoes inside the house. After awhile the bare feet start to hurt from running on the treadmill on jumping around with nothing between the floor and the skin on my feet. So I started looking for a pair of shoes that were both lightweight and comfortable to wear both at home and in the gym. Loving the feeling of a bare foot workout I stumbled upon the Adidas Adipure! These 5 finger toe shoes might look really weird and get tons of odd stares by people when wearing them at the gym but they work wonders!

The Adidas AdiPure training shoes give you the feeling of a bare foot workout with the protection of a fully padded running shoe. This feeling is amazing during explosive workouts and weight training.

Light weight, breathable, snug fitting....these shoes only have one flaw. When trying to place your foot in the shoe your toes might not find the individual toe sections easy to get into. This only happens the first few times wearing the shoe then after awhile your toes become adjusted and should easily slide into the shoe without hesitation. This only occurs because human toes have been molded into oddly shaped shoes that have squeezed the toes together. The AdiPure training shoes opens up and spreads your toes back to the natural way in which they were meant to be. 

A variety of different colours are available:

blue/black
grey/black *MINE* :)
red/black
white/blue
pink/black
green/black

& more depending on the store.

With a price of $99.99 in Canada these shoes are a must have! Simply put they feel amazing..trust me im a fan and a user.
 

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Lose Weight without Cardio!

There is a common misconception in the fitness world today that in order to achieve a low body fat percentage or lose weight you must involve crazy amounts of cardio in your routine. I am here to preach the fact that you do not need cardio to maintain a low body fat percentage or lose weight. There are two reasons why other activities are better for losing weight. Reason One: You only burn calories with cardio while you are working out. Reason Two: Diet is the most important aspect while losing or cutting weight.

Reason One:

If you're just coming off a bulk or looking to lose some extra meat that has gathered of the winter months cardio can work wonders for you. That's not the case if you're someone like myself. I dread cardio workouts. Yes, your cardiovascular health is very important but there are ways of getting in cardio workouts without doing specific cardio routines. The average person walks into a gym, hops on the closest treadmill or elliptical and burns calories for a half hour. They jump off and take a look at the total calories burned. 300! So they think to themselves wow I just worked so hard look at those calories burned. While a few feet away on the other side of the gym there is a guy sweating bullets pumping iron (Shout out to Arnold!). Gaining a huge pump from the blood being forced into his muscles by way of lifting for roughly the same half hour. Average it out...say they both burned around the same amount of calories. They leave the gym and hopefully down a recovery drink. Now the cardio guy has just consumed half the amount of calories that he just burnt off! Not to mention his lack of a diet but hey I'll discuss that in reason two. What im trying to get at here is that cardio only burns calories while you're actually working out as apposed to weight lifting or strength training which burns calories at a more aggressive rate throughout the day after your workout. Yes the cardio guy will still burn calories after his workout because that's what the human body does...burns the calories you consume to survive. The weight lifter has the advantage though because his body as a result of the strength training will burn calories faster and more efficiently then the cardio guy. So in saying this the weight lifter will lose more weight in a faster time and more easily then the cardio guy...not to mention the amount of muscle that will be preserved by way of the weight lifting.

Reason Two:

In order to lose weight or essentially body fat your body must achieve a calorie deficit throughout the day. This means you must burn more calories then you are consuming in the day. How is this done? Through strict diet and exercise. As you read above I am stressing reasons why Strength Training is more beneficial than Cardio for losing weight or body fat. Although exercise is very important you will not achieve any of your weight loss goals without strict diet. Your diet is the single most important thing you should stress about during your daily life. You can workout all you want and for hours upon hours burning tons of calories but if you come home and eat crap like fast food, or chips during the night you will never attain your true goals.

To sum everything up I am simply offering reasons to support Strength Training over Cardio Training for people like myself who despise Cardio! :)

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P90X2 - Review!

With millions of copies sold world wide and with the help of the internet P90X has become the best selling home fitness program ever! I use it daily and this blog will explain to you the reasons why you should incorporate it into your routine. Whether you're new to fitness and trying to get into shape, or out of shape and want to get that beach body P90X will give you the tools and know how to do so. With P90X everything is layed out in front of you and put on a silver platter. You're body is the key, your home is the gym, and your instructor is Tony Horton! I'll preach about the 53 year old beast in a later blog....yes I said 53. P90X brought us insane results, buckets of sweat, some puke buckets (plyo x), but nothing compares to P90X2! The seaqual to the best selling home fitness program. The original got you into shape but now its time to kick it up a few notches and folks a few notches is an understatement to say the least. X2 will test you and your body beyond anything you thought was possible. Don't believe me then try to X2 Core workout or the Chest & Back + Balance...talk about muscle fatigue eh Tony.

The concept that surrounded the original was Muscle Confusion. Changing up the workouts every 30 days so that your body can never adapt to the same routine. This adaption to a routine is known as the plato effect. Your muscles will eventually get used to certain moves and routines after doing the same thing over and over again. This in term is mucle memory and your muscles will eventually stop responding to the moves and routines thus stopping growth. To prevent this Tony Horton and the team at BeachBody has developed P90X to "confuse" your muscles by constantly changing the variety of moves and types of workouts each 30 days your muscles will not reach the plato effect. X2 has grown on this idea with more muscle confusion! You might be wondering how you could incorporite more muscle confusion into your workouts. New moves that focus on activating your core muscles while isolating different muscle groups at the same time. You still have newer versions of the Chest & Back or Shoulder & Arms workouts but the main focus in X2 is the Core and Strength workouts. These routines focus on activating your core while pumping out a variety of different reps. Also X2 includes no cardio! Yes no cardio....there are no workouts that focus soley on cardio. Even without specific cardio workouts you should try the PAP Upper or the Plyocide workouts and then tell me you didnt get a cardio workout in.

If you use the nutrition plan from P90X X2 provides you with yet another nutrition guide. You dont just get one plan with this guide...you get a solid three different food plans. Plan one: Fat Shredder, Plan two: Energy Booster, Plan three: Endurance Maximizer. So pick a plan to fuel your workouts and the results will come!

To sum everything up P90X got you ripped and fit....but X2 will push you to the limit and then some. I would recomend starting out with P90X before starting X2. P90X will get your body cut and ripped but X2 will make you an athlete! Trust me you want that athlete body.

So remember to take your before and after pictures, push play everyday, do your best and forget the rest!

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What to consume Post Workout!

What's the most important meal of the day? I know what you're thinking.....breakfast! Although a healthy and nutritious breakfast is very important in your life and is what I would recommend to start your day, it is not the most important meal. Your breakfast may help you get through a afternoon workout and kick-start your metabolism but there is another meal that you must NEVER go without! Your Post Workout Meal is something you must never forget.

After a long grueling workout your muscles have been torn down and ripped to shreds. A one hour window of time after your workout is the exact time when I would advise you to consume your post workout meal. During that time your muscles are starving and waiting for you to provide them with fuel so they can recover. Think of it like this...when you wake up in the morning you are starving, right? You feel so hungry because your body has gone roughly 8-12 hours without food depending on when you stopped eating that night. Well after your workout your muscles are feeling that same hunger as you would experience when you wake up. The more nutrients and high quality protein you put into your body after your workout the faster and better your muscles will recover. What builds muscle? The torn tissues repairing themselves after being torn apart to grow bigger! So providing yourself with a healthy post workout meal your muscles will in turn get bigger, grow stronger, and recover faster! Why wouldn't you take advantage of this and provide yourself with a great post workout meal.

 Now what would I suggest for your post workout meal to consume within that hour of finishing your workout? PROTEIN PROTEIN PROTEIN. You also have to keep in mind that all the blood in your digestive tract has been sucked out and placed in your legs and arms. So during that one hour window in which to consume your post workout meal it is very tough for your body to consume something heavy and thick. So this is why we take protein shakes. Protein shakes are already pre-digested so we're saving your digestive tract from having to breakdown all that food. Whey protein is the best bet after a workout because Whey is a fast digesting protein which means it takes less time to be digested then say Casein protein which is a slow digesting protein.

A high quality Whey protein supplement would be the best bet to consume after your workout. You also want some high-glycemic carbs so I would suggest an banana. If you want better recovery add some creatine monohydrate in with your protein powder. Blend all of this up with water and there you have the best post workout meal (in my opinion).

Now as for how much protein you should consume and in my opinion the best protein on the market. The amount of protein you consume is based around your size to determine your daily intake. Small body size from 120-140 lbs should be consuming approximately 15-20 grams of whey. Medium size body 150-190 lbs should be consuming approximately 20-30 grams of whey. For the bigger bodies 200 + lbs approximately 35-45 grams of protein.

In my opinion the best protein available which is not crazy expensive would be any Gaspari Nutrition product. Myofusion is the best protein because it blends together mostly Whey protein but also a little bit of creatine monohydrate and casein protein. Here's a link to their site: http://www.gasparinutrition.com/

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Tom Hardy: Traps of a greek God!

For those of us who've seen the movie "Warrior" we know all to well about Tom Hardy and his godly like body. Before I rant on about Hardy and this blog will have a lot of ranting, I wish to first discuss the movie. Before its release many critics and movie addicts believed Warrior to be just another sub-par MMA or fighting related movie. To the surprise of many with the help of amazing acting from both the main cast and supporting cast and a surprisingly good performance from Nick Nolte as the father of Hardy. Which by the way has notched him an Academy Award nomination. Warrior is a fantastic film! To sum up this movie I believe it to rank among Rocky 1 and Raging Bull as one of the greatest fighting movies of all-time. Skeptical? Watch this movie and then tell me you weren't moved by the ending and the story of the two brothers. We all know many actors have prepared both mentally and physically for roles. To name a few Stallone (Rocky), Bale (Batman), and Reynolds (Blade). I could rant on and on about actors and their transformations but that's for another blog and another time. So for now I will focus on one actor in particular and that is Tom Hardy.

To go from this:

To this:

Now I know what you're thinking. Tom Hardy must be on steroids...I mean look at this guys traps!
 

Although some may be skeptical this physic is obtainable through hard work, strict diet, and over the top self-control. Apparently the diet was based around lean protein and vegetables. This means high amounts of chicken, protein shakes, and broccoli. His workout consisted of 2 hours of weight lifting, 2 hours of sparing, 2 hours of choreography, and 2 hours of MMA training. Of course the average working man or woman can not focus 8 hours of the day to working out but we are here to discuss Tom Hardy and his transformation. This daily regimine went on for 5-6 days a week for 2 months prior to filming. Below is a video of the behind the scenes of "Warrior" with a look at some of the training done by the actors (including Hardy).

                *Photos credited to "Google Images", video source from "Youtube"*

So do you have what it takes to become a Warrior!?

Only you yourself can transform your body. The knowledge and know how is all over the world today but you have to commit to a change. A lifestyle change. Here at WISE FITNESS we want to help you achieve that body you always wanted! So don't hesitate to email us, comment, and make sure to follow us on twitter @Wise_Fitness for advice and daily tips on how to change your life for the better.

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The good, The Bad, & The Creatine...

There is a common misconception in the fitness world today. The misconception that the supplement Creatine is unhealthy, dangerous, and does not work. Some say it just aids in the creation of expensive urine. I am here posting today to explain why I believe Creatine is a vital supplement and should be added to your stack of post workout supplements.

 Creatine is naturally occurring in your body as we speak. It is an ORGANIC acid. Believed by some to be a form of steroid. Creatine is by far not related to a steroid in anyway. Creatine is found in some meats, and certain proteins. Simply put Creatine aids in providing your ATP sources in your muscles with the energy needed to gain that extra boost. Your ATP sources are depleted with high intensity exercise such as: weight lifting or intense cardio training. It will help in producing more reps in the gym. More reps by feeding your muscles with that extra boost of energy needed after the muscle has been worked. Creatine feeds your muscles when they are tired to provide you with the ability to push out more reps, be more explosive, and have the extra energy needed to reach the next level of your workout.

 Are you trying to get bigger or stronger? Creatine is perfect for you if it fits your goals in the gym. Now that we have discussed what Creatine is and how it can help you while working out, lets talk about how it can affect your body outside of the gym. Creatine provides your muscles with water to help restore them faster. In doing so your muscles will appear to be larger since more water is being stored within your muscles. Appearing bigger is good but Creatine has also been proven to help your muscles grow as it aids in performance and recovery. Now lets discuss the best type of Creatine and the best ways to consume it for your fitness goals.

 Creatine Monohydrate:

 -Creatine Monohydrate is the most popular, most widely used, and cheapest form of Creatine available.

How to take it:

 - 3-5 grams per day to saturate your muscles.
or
 - 15-25 grams per day for the first 5 days to load up the Creatine then switch to 3-5 grams per day to keep your muscles saturated.

 Personally this is how I consume Creatine and is what I believe to work the best. Load with the 15-25 grams per day for 5 days then switch to a maintenance phase of 3-5 grams per day after your workout. Consuming Creatine after your workout will help with the absorption of Creatine by your muscles. It will also help with recovery. Add the 3-5 grams according to your body weight into your protein shake and consume. Consuming Creatine with Protein will be your best bet to maximize your gains.

 *These are simply my views and opinions on the subject with the help of various studies and personal experience!*

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1st Blog....More to come!

Here it is folks, welcome to the first ever Wise Fitness blog! Here to feed your brains with much needed advice on everything related to health and fitness. Fitness surrounds our daily lives but only some of us choose to take advantage of it. Those of us who do decide to change our lives and improve our bodies will have the chance to be on top of the world. The internet has provided everyone with the knowledge of health and wellness. The information is at our fingertips but only you yourself can make the decision.

If you're still reading this blog you have made the first step. The first step in a process of changing your life for the better. Whether your preparing to lose a little bit of that spare tire that has developed over the years or your looking at slimming down to reach your beach goals. Wise Fitness is here to stay and here to bring you everything you need to better your life.

Here's to future blogs and better lives. Remember to follow me on Twitter @Wise_Fitness and I'll be back here posting real soon.

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