Eddie Baran's Body Sculpting Blog

During the 1990's, every January 1st I'd make my New Year's
resolutions. They might have had to do with fitness or career or anything else.
And almost like clockwork, come January 15th or so, I'd have already
given them up.

I couldn't keep them for even two weeks. And so I figured the entire
year was shot and I'd have to wait another 50 weeks before I could try
again. So the rest of the year I spent wallowing and thinking I had blown
it for the year.

This is the problem with New Year's resolutions. They seem so written
in stone and shackled with time. And if you slip up you feel like you're
condemned to failure.

And another thing. With resolutions it's like you don't even expect to
follow them. You don't take them seriously. I don't know a single
successful person who does them. In fact, I don't know a single person who's
kept to one.

That's why I like the word "Evolution." It connotes something big but
not so strict, or serious. You are going to evolve into something.
Evolution is a series of zigging and zagging to the goal. Ups and downs,
good and bad. It's all part of the process.

Let's say you have a goal of losing some serious poundage. You're going
along okay with your feedings and exercising but then you slip up: you
go on a three-day bender of donuts and TV . Under the rules of New
Year's resolutions you've blown it and the year is a wash. You then beat
yourself up and can't recover.

But if you realize this little episode is all part of your evolution,
then it's no big deal. It's just a natural part of your growth. As long
as these binges don't occur too often or too long, then you'll be fine.
You evolve into the new you.

So what, you've fallen off the wagon and now you will get back up on it
and you'll be back on track to success. This is the year of your
Evolution (and Revolution). It's going to be big. Big changes are in store
for you, but realize that evolution is a process and is always moving in
the right direction.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

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Posted by Eddie Baran at 09:18 AM | Permalink

When I was in China earlier in the month, we took a trip to Tiantan Park. This was definitely one of the highlights of the trip. When we went it was near freezing and early in the morning. Yet there were plenty of people exercising in the park.

And they were doing all sorts of different activities: tai chi, ballroom dancing, modern dance, martial arts, yoga, games, you name it and there was usually a large group of people doing this.

Funny thing, though, was that the vast majority of the people doing this were over 60 years old. These folks were in excellent shape. Just how good? Well, check out this guy below:

We asked him his age and he told us he was 83. Most 23 year olds can't do this and this fella is at an age when most Westerners are either dead or can barely move. This man is truly an inspiration. This is amazing flexibility for anyone let alone someone 83.

Interesting thing was, though, that I didn't see any young people in the park exercising. It might have been that they were all at work and I was seeing retired people. That might be the case but I have the feeling that this is also a generational issue. That most young people in China, like in the States, don't exercise. They haven't built the habit and might never. Youngsters think they are going to be fit and flexible forever and have no idea that they're headed for stiffness and weakness unless they start exercising.

Thing is, though, that it doesn't matter when you start, be in 8 years old or 80. You can too. But you've got to start, no matter where it is.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

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Posted by Eddie Baran at 07:01 AM | Permalink

Last week when I was in China, I noticed that there's a big split
between the old and the new. On the one hand there was the healthy old
China. Lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. I saw vendors on the street
selling fruit on a stick.

As an American this concept seemed so foreign to me that is was almost
cutting-edge. We eat everything else on a stick - namely junk food - so
why not fruit?

Then we have the newer China where you have the influx of American fast
food. McDonald's and KFC on every corner. But I couldn't resist. Just
how does KFC in China compare to that in the States.

Well, I had to find out. I hadn't had KFC in almost 10 years since it's
some of the most disgusting food out there. And I'm just talking about
the taste, not its nutritional value. Nothing wrong with having some
junk food every once in a while, but I could never stomach the Colonel.

So Matthew Furey, Doug Doebler and I ventured into a Shanghai KFC to
experiment. Doug watched while Matthew and I polished off almost an
entire bird. Yes, it was actually pretty good and didn't resemble what we
have here in America. I still would classify it as junk food but it's not
as fatty, greasy, grisly or disgusting as the American version.

But you can tell the new generation is loving this food a little too
much because they have flabby bodies. Although they're not big people,
many are mostly fat and have little muscle. Is the new Chinese food
American fast food? I don't know, but it looks like a lot of Chinese people
have been eating too much of it.

It's okay to partake in junk food once in a while; you don't have to be
100 percent pure all of the time. But you do need to get plenty of
fruits and vegetables. The more fruits and vegetables you eat the less
harm an occasional trip to KFC will do. It'll just be a small blip on the
radar. And the wilted slice of iceberg lettuce in your Big Mac doesn't
count as a serving of vegetable. You need a lot better than that.

And the beauty of fruits and vegetables is that you can eat as much as
your heart desires and you'll always be healthy. The more you eat, the
better you'll be.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

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Posted by Eddie Baran at 06:39 AM | Permalink

I just returned from a 10-day trip to China with friends and colleagues
- coach Matthew Furey, real estate wizard Doug Doebler and media mogul
Jim Whelan. Turns out China is my kind of town. Instead of Red China,
it's more like Ed China.

China was nothing like how we read in books. In the west we're told
it's a backward repressed country, something straight out of Mao's
Cultural Revolution. But it sure seemed different than that to me.

It was pretty progressive with a nice free market economy, where
capitalism is the name of the game not communism. Chairman Mao's probably
spinning in his grave like a centrifuge. Good. Whirl away.

Anyway, when it came to health and fitness I discovered a lot of things
about the Chinese - how some of them ate, exercised and took care of
their health. More on this later, so keep tuned for some cool things.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

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Posted by Eddie Baran at 09:05 AM | Permalink

Fred Nicklaus is 50 years old. A short time ago he had a total hip
replacement. He was basically a cripple and saw his life pass him by. All
the things he used to love doing were now a thing of the past.

Fred had become an old man.

That was until he started Special Forces Combat Endurance training. He
befriended a Special Forces Major who showed him how to work out like
the Special Forces do - 9 minutes to superior shape.

The results were incredible. A huge increase in strength, endurance and
flexibility. In fact, Fred's in better shape than most men half his
age.

Read more about Fred's story and how you, too, can benefit from Special
Forces fitness training in only 9 minutes a day
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Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

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Posted by Eddie Baran at 07:56 AM | Permalink

If you work out, your progress is only as good as how well you recover.
If your muscles don't recover, you won't be able to train as hard or
as often as you like. The more frequently and intensely you can train,
the better shape you will get in. And, of course, if your muscles don't
recover, they won't grow and you won't get stronger.

Make sure you are following these 4 keys to ensure sufficient muscle
recovery:

1. Proper exercising - Your exercise program should have a variety of
tools and routines that are designed for optimal results.

2. Proper eating - Eat only the best foods and plenty of them,
primarily fruits and vegetables. Stay away from empty calories.

3. Get plenty of rest - I realize this may be hard to do for some
people but make an effort to do this.

4. Take mussel oil - Mussel oil is a fantastic anti-inflamatory that
will help aid in your recovery, thereby improving your overall fitness.

The beauty of mussel oil is that you needn't take 800 capsules a day.
2-4 very small caps each day and you've got your dosage.

Read more about mussel oil and muscle soreness here
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Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

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Posted by Eddie Baran at 10:53 AM | Permalink

The human body is an amazing thing. It's designed to help protect you.
Yet the very thing that can help you can also hurt you. It's like when
the body attacks itself. It's called, inflammation.

Inflammation is actually an immune response that initially defends your
body against injury, irritation and infection. It's your body's
protective attempt to remove anything injuring your body, as well as starting
the healing process.

But the problem is when inflammation goes unchecked it wreaks havoc.
It's a classic case of "too much of a good thing." It's like when you
hear a new song. The first 10 times hearing it makes you feel good. But
then after hearing it 50 more times you're ready to shoot yourself.

Alzheimer's, arthritis, asthma, cancer, depression, heart disease -
horrible afflictions that some scientists believe that inflammation may
play a part in. That's right. A seemingly simple thing such as
inflammation is now being looked at as potentially leading to these diseases and
others.

Researchers have shown over and over again that chronic inflammation
can harm the body, sometimes irrevocably. After realizing that
inflammation may be at factor in many diseases, it's no wonder it's the biggest
thing in scientific research. Now the focus can be on fighting a single
entity - inflammation - as opposed to finding a cure for all of those
afflictions.

So how do we stop this? Well, there have been many expensive
prescription drugs manufactured that help in combating inflammation. But there is
something even better out there that can help the fight: FOOD!

Yes, that's right. Real food. I mean lots of fruits and vegetables, as
well as mussel oil.

Forget all the manufactured chemicals out there. Real food with its
real protective devices will help protect you - really. Naturally
occurring substances that can help reduce inflammation - mussel oil, fruits,
like berries, and apple peel, all of which help you fight inflammation.
Naturally.

The only thing is, though, that for these foods to be really effective
you have to take large amounts. Some people may not mind that, but
others don't want to. In that case, you will need to take them in a
concentrated form like capsules
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Good food in concentrated capsules are the easiest way to way to fight
inflammation and to give you the best health.

Wishing you the best,

Eddie Baran

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Posted by Eddie Baran at 09:09 AM | Permalink