Alright I admit, that burrito-like chihuahua was onto something.
I used to Yo QuieroTaco Bell.
I wanted Taco Bell on school days, I wanted Taco Bell with friends, I even wanted Taco Bell at 1AM not even caring about rear ends.
The Taco Bell lawsuit makes us wonder…
What else is in your Meat, Taco Bell!?
The lawsuit claimed that only 33% of Taco Bell’s seasoned Beef was actually beef. However, Taco Bell responded officially with a higher number. In that statement, they listed their ingredients.
Yeah silly, Why Pay More!
The Taco Bell seasoned beef includes:
Beef,
water,
salt,
chili pepper, onion powder, tomato powder,
sugar,
garlic powder, cocoa powder, natural flavor,
oats (gluten included),
starch,
sugar (listed twice in Taco Bell’s official statement),
yeast,
citric acid, and
“other ingredients that contribute to the quality of our product
When taken in excess, the ingredients in bold contribute to significant immune imbalance in the body.
What do Consumers really Expect?
There is a method of tasting, smelling, and feeling the texture of meals that can assess both Micro-nutrient and Macro-nutrient types and ratios.
The first step always involves the senses.
A bright aroma of citrus makes freshness reign supreme.
Part of it involves knowing what you don’t know.
I say with confidence that American consumers are eaters of the blind persuasion. And I’m not to spare — I have shared my own moments of indulgence.
But I stay true to the real themes of life…
Nutrients, that is what Gives Life
The energy and depth to which we can excel in life is made possible by interacting with essence of whole foods and natural nutrition.
don’t tell anyone I paid $20 per pound on local grass fed beef.
Let me simplify;
Whole foods are that which Energize, Heal, and Strengthen. (everything)
You can’t beat nature. If you try, it will push back.
This is your colon on Taco Bell seasoned beef
Poor nutrition (fighting nature) pushes back in the form of disease, obesity, cancer and worse.
What is the real Secret of Health and Wellness?
My friend, you are.
You have the power. If we could mind-meld like Spock in the universe of discovery, you would feel my knowledge. But in the real world, you must seek it first.
This is the modern- day Mind Meld
Thats why you are the secret to Wellness.
If you dedicate 90% to natural whole foods, you will FEEL the power.
It could be in your hands…
Theres the power, but where’s your priorities?
Good luck on the journey, I already see you busting through barriers for which that which you must surpass.
If you learned one lesson today, it should be: Season your own dang Beef!
A recent article drew my attention, claiming to be sharing 51 Fast Fat Burning Tips.
Here’s some samples:
2. Crank it up early. Working out harder during the first half of your workout and taking it easier during the second burns up to 23 percent more fat than doing the opposite, according to a study from The College of New Jersey.
So focus on the Big Basic exercises (like a squat or pull up) with the most intensity.
This guy knows how to crank it up early
The goal is to improve in the Basic exercises. Focus harder on the early lifts, because you will burn more fat later on.
5 to 7. Lift dumbbells … slowly. More muscle equals mega metabolism boost. Strength training can help you trim major fat, research reveals — and doing super-slow (versus normal speed) reps increases strength by 50 percent.
People with muscle burn more fat on a day to day basis. Lifting slowly helps during a portion of the exercise.
I only do the eccentric portion of the exercise at a slow pace. It helps to gain muscle.
But, for the true strength gains speed is a requirement. A high intensity, an exercise can activate TONS of High Threshold Motor Units.
My own intensity is one of Central Nervous System (CNS) proportions.
I seek to activate it. Nerves, neurons, blood vessels. Fueled by over 70 trace minerals in minute amounts, it is virtually only limited by willpower.
For strength and life, Passion is more than what you think you know.
14 & 15. Lift first, nix the rest. Doing strength training before cardio can torch more fat than cardio alone. And if you do one move after another without pausing, “you’ll see more gains in strength and muscle mass,” says Dr. Pierre Manfroy, M.D., consultant for the book “100 Ways to Supercharge Your Metabolism.”
So true.
Have you noticed certain people suffer from excess cardio syndrome? Bodies tend to atrophy when stressed by long slow steady cardio.
Can you tell which guy lifts weights?
Don’t let it be an ego thing. Focus on the form, and feel the movement.
So get a warm up, hit the weights, then do cardio.
People would be amazed at the results from just a few sets and reps of the Basic exercises prior to cardio.
25. Have an omelet. Eating two eggs for breakfast while dieting will help you trim more weight and body fat than if you ate the same amount of calories noshing on a bagel, scientists say.
Egg.
The Egg is a Vitamin and Mineral powerhouse.
These nutrients promote optimal function of all systems in the body. From the brain, nerves, and lean muscle…
Seek the Egg for nourishment.
48. Go mental. People who visualized themselves training a specific muscle boosted the strength in that muscle group, researchers found.
Going mental is so rewarding. It’s another way of daydreaming.
You imagine a scenario in which you achieve completeness.
I concentrate so deeply. My breathing. Feeling every moment of it.
Certain moments make you realize, there’s no turning back.
Ellison Fitness presents…
The secrets on how to empower yourself in fitness and beyond. These core elements represent both the lifestyle and the philosophy to live by.
Welcome to the Pillars.
Pillar of Strength #1: Focus on Basic Movements
“Basic” movements represent the foundation of human form and ability.
These are basic human movements:
To Push away from body
To Pull toward body
Lifting objects from ground
To Move with added weight (e.g. a baby, a heavy tool, furniture etc.)
At EllisonFitness, to focus on basics is paramount.
An Example of a Basic Movement: The Barbell Squat:one of the best strength exercises known to man.
Squats force the entire body to move in unity. In a single exercise, you can work hard and your body shall reward you.
By doing this exercise, your body will gain valuable training adaptations, which include cool stuff like fat loss, a leaner body, and a stronger constitution.
Talk about bang-for-the-buck!
Pillar of Strength #2: Train both Regularly and Irregularly
To get results, it’s like everything else — time and effort DO payoff. However, too much time in the gym can actually impede on progress. It’s about pushing further and recovering.
Go forward, and repair.
Seek progress, and renew.
Make adjustments in your frequency of training to get superior results.
Try training twice a week for a part of the month
…then four times a week for a couple weeks straight.
It's also good to have friends at the gym.
Life can get in the way at times — I know this. So when time is limited, you will discover the greatest benefit by practicing the Basic exercises. Give me 25 minutes of squatting, and I’ll show you real results.
Pillar of Strength #3: Your Progress is 15% resulting from exercise, and 85% from Ability to Recover.
Recovery is both the sum total and greater than the sum total of all efforts related to physical adaptations, neural improvements, and muscular development.
A vital part in Recovery
In other words, lifestyle is 85%.
Eat healthy to look amazing or eat healthy to live well. It’s directly related to how much you value health, fitness, and achieving goals.
You could discover more than a MILLION reasons why eating healthy is valuable.
Things I do for Recovery:
recovery shakes
post workout meal (within 1 hour of workout)
vegetables, fruits,
sleep, (passive recovery)
quality of water,
stretching (active recovery)
foam rolling soft tissue (active recovery)
massage (active recovery, foam rolling is cost effective alternative)
Attention P90X Users, Is this ultimate Recovery Shake?
Healthy food is nutrient-dense.
Healthy food promotes optimal function of living tissue which affects the brain, cognition, memory, immunity, vitality, sexuality, strength, joints, and more.
Listen to your body, focus 85% of efforts on recovery.
And when you’re in the gym for that other portion, make it 100% effort.
Pillar of Strength #4: If “healthy eating” doesn’t work, Redefine [To Eat Healthy]
If you want an idea of eating healthy, I strongly recommend the book: Omnivores Dilemma. This is the book for curious food lovers.
Eating healthy is different for every person. And if you aren’t focusing that effort on what it means to eat healthy for you, then how can you really know for sure?
People who aren’t even willing to examine their eating habits are in the greatest danger to health.
In this industry, I can tell you that the well-informed health consumer is less than 50% potential for nutritional understanding.
Why?
Consuming food is a basic human need which is pleasurable to do.
Humans only know HOW to eat. We just want to enjoy it — not think about it.
But do you really know what you’re eating?
Which leads me to the next point…
Pillar of Strength #5: Know also What You Don’t Know
Even when I feel like an expert on a subject, I will imagine my mind creating empty space.
This manifests, for me, as a creation of “space” in my mind. This space is pure potential.
In this space, I allow questions to flourish and thoughts to dance. It is to encourage a greater depth of understanding to that which my mortal mind will allow.
Think of it as a glass of water.
Keep pouring the water, all the way to the top, but if you keep pouring… what do you notice?
It overflows, the cup cannot contain any more water.
Now you can get rid of the old water, which creates space for new, fresh thought and potential.
By creating empty space in your mind, you only then begin to truly realize potential in all areas of fitness and wellness.
Are you willing to receive?
We’re talking real outcomes. As a result of greater awareness, you can lose weight faster and keep it off.
Strong, it is a life in motion…
I had a recent customer experienced that moved me. A young lady weaned herself off ofmedication for Crohn’s disease by going all natural.
She eats almost entirely whole foods, a lifestyle which has been a difficult and empowering change for her.
So I asked her, “if the drugs worked for you, what compelled you to change?”
She looked around as if picturing many other examples of people she knew with Crohn’s.
Many of them are too weak to even leave the house.
Take a stand for You.
One day at a time.
Life moves forward always, don’t get left behind.
Your body is you, yet you are greater than your body.
Make it a life worth living — healthy movement should be standard procedure until you’re 100 years old… and even then!
Pillars of Strength represents that which Ellison Fitness stands for.
Results are experienced through positive mental attitudes, constructive thinking, effort to improve, and daily habits that promote the vitality of all systems in the body.
I welcome you to…
Think. Drink. Eat. and Sleep.
In your mind, I believe everything is possible.
At Ellison Fitness, this is my mind… where everything is possible.
Dre Fitness 