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Use It Or Lose It

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You know that we are always trying to find health strategies to help you integrate the principles of Life By Design into your life and in the process become as healthy as possible.

This requires taking action, something I think we all struggle with.

Can you think of an example of a change you tried to make only to realize 4-6 weeks later that you had already abandoned it?

I only need to look back on my own life to know that unless I created a habit or ritual around a new, desirable behaviour (like exercising, going to bed early or cutting out sugar), I inevitably failed.

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Have You Been Struggling At (Or Getting To) The Gym?

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I don’t think anyone would argue that exercise is important.  It’s clear that in order to be healthy, we need to move…
Unfortunately, in today’s crazy, busy world, a lot of people we talk to have a hard time fitting a workout into their busy schedule.
In this video Dr. John chats about the 2 main reasons why people struggle at the gym (or maybe getting to the gym!) and what you can do to change that.
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Step Away From The Treadmill!

The Treadmill Can Cause Harm If Not Used Correctly

Each Life By Design step bucks the trend of conventional wisdom, but none more so than our disapproval of “chronic cardio”.  “That’s blasphemy!” you say.  Everyone knows that in order to lose body fat and get lean you need to do spend a lot of time walking the infinite steps to nowhere on the climber.  Still not buying in?  Go to the gym, take a look at everyone running, walking, cycling and rowing.  Head back a year later and voila, no change.

How can that be? How can someone spend hours sweating it out on the treadmill in the cardio section and not lose body fat?

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