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shorthair:
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--- Quote from: shorthair on May 03, 2007, 11:18:53 pm ---Absolutely three things:
1. metabolic typing.
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Are you serious? That's done by quacks and frauds to make easy money. There is no evidence of it working at all.
I don't know "royal court", but what I can find about it on the innurnet makes it sound a bit quacky too.
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Metabolic typing is one of only two systems that comprehensively address how the body functions, digestively, based on a person's genetics. Either of these will work for ANYBODY. As you can easily google both of these and try them out without having to spend any money, it's very likely that these accurate.
Training: I guarantee, GUARANTEE, that I could have you do ONE exercise that would do everything and anything all the lifting of weights and cardio can do, plus things they don't, and have you panting like a dog from exhaustion in, perhaps, 5 mins. But, likely, 2. With no gear.
Wanna put your money where your mouth is?
Shmokes and Ken: local organic isn't necessarily better than non-local, though it might likely be. Also, whole foods are ones that are the least processed. Nuts that aren't shelled are hardly processed, for example. Raw, but shelled, nuts are a little more processed. Shelled and roasted and salted are a little more. You get the idea.
patrickl:
--- Quote from: shorthair on May 05, 2007, 01:31:41 am ---
--- Quote from: patrickl on May 04, 2007, 02:36:30 am ---
--- Quote from: shorthair on May 03, 2007, 11:18:53 pm ---Absolutely three things:
1. metabolic typing.
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Are you serious? That's done by quacks and frauds to make easy money. There is no evidence of it working at all.
I don't know "royal court", but what I can find about it on the innurnet makes it sound a bit quacky too.
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Metabolic typing is one of only two systems that comprehensively address how the body functions, digestively, based on a person's genetics. Either of these will work for ANYBODY. As you can easily google both of these and try them out without having to spend any money, it's very likely that these accurate.
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It's with the long questionnaire and then the computer determines what type you are, right? I remember that from a while ago (IIRC quite a long while actually), when they tried to sell it in the Netherlands. They started a big campaign, attracted some celebs to promote for them, but then they were exposed by the consumer TV programs overhere. The celebs started gaining weight again after a few weeks, a new hype diet came along and I never heard of them since. Till now then.
The guy who made it up had a doctorate in some obscure field, but they kept calling him "doctor" all the time. In the Netherlands "doctor" usually means "medical doctor" (I guess int the US it offers the same confusion). They basically tried to pass him off as a medical doctor. Which he's not. That tactic really did not do them much good and it almost from the start made the "doctor" look like a quack.
Metabolic typing operates the same way any diet does. That is by making people simply eat less when they are following a diet. It only work for a short while. There is no evidence of it actually working the way they claim it does.
I have no doubt there are exercises using only bodyweight that can make one pant. I'm also sure it will work fine up to a point, just like Pilates or Tae Bo. The whole thing just sounds like it will only work for a few weeks. Good for people who buy the book/DVD, try it for a while and then go for the next hype. Ultimately you will become to strong to benefit from the exercise other than for cardio/endurance training. Speeding up exercises to increase the load sounds like an injury waiting to happen too.
Buddabing:
There's no doubt that just following a few simple rules in diet helps weight control:
a) reduce refined sugar, high fructose corn syrup, etc. as much as possible
b) eat lots of vegetables
c) avoid trans fat.
The rest of it with the macrobiotic foods, metabolic typing, and whatnot are gimmicks. Gimmick diets like Quackins (Atkins) just contribute to yo-yo weight loss, which is worse than just getting fat and staying fat.
I'm also sure that doing the isometric or body weight calisthenics helps too. But it's not necessarily the only way or the right way. Seems like those exercises are more for building cardiovascular endurance than for building muscle.
IMO diet without exercise is wrong because the body's metabolism will adjust to the lesser amount of food and because muscle is lost along with fat without being rebuilt. Exercise without diet, which is what I'm doing, :( is much better because the built muscle burns calories, thus weight loss will occur, albeit much more slowly than diet plus exercise.
Diet plus exercise is really the only way to consistently lose weight and keep it off.
shorthair:
Everyone I've trained who has determined their type accurately (not all are the same type) and have continued with the conditioning, have gotten into/stayed in superb health. On the building muscle/slash only good for endurance thing: Matt Furey is 5' 8". He got up to 238 lbs of lean muslce by way of three things: conditioning, diet, and mind. Also, speed is not necessary to develop endurance. The right breathing alone can develop endurance that would blow your mind.
Metabolic typing normalises your body chemistry. This enables one to naturally evolve out of food addictions, as well as enables your body to tell you what to eat that keeps it that way. A homeostasis.
Here are some pics I took last night of me. It's a $20 camera and only one 26w flourescent bulb in the room. Now, I'm not saying I'm all beefcake. I do look in pretty decent shape, though. Considering that I haven't lifted weights in over four (4) years, nore done any cardio in that same time, AND haven't trained at all for the last five months, but just kept the same dietary conditions (albeit a lower intake as my body didn't need as much due to lack of training), I think I look pretty DAMN good.
patrickl:
Wow, somebody quickly add NSFW to the thread title :P
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