Fat (definition): one of the three main classes of foods and a source of energy in the body.  Fats help the body use some vitamins and keep the skin healthy.  They also serve as energy stores for the body.  In food, there are two types of fats, saturated and unsaturated (NASM, 2008).

Fat (function): serve as an energy source and facilitate the use of vitamins by the body. They also provide satiety and warmth for the body (NASM, 2008).

Protein (definition): Amino Acids linked by peptide bonds, which consist of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and usually sulfur and that have several essential biological bonds (NASM, 2008).

Protein (function): build and repair body tissue and structure, synthesis of hormones, enzymes and peptides and serve as a secondary energy source (NASM, 2008).

Mobiliize Your Energy In a Positive Direction!

This video in the 5th video in my interview series with Mark Russo.  I you haven’t seen the entire series I urge you go scroll down and view the previous 4 videos.   I would also encourage you to tell friends who you know are trying to make difficult changes in their lives to visit this site and view the video series!

If you would like more information on Mark’s Martial Arts Dojo, simply click on the link below:

Quest Martial Arts 

No One is More Expectional Than You Are!

This video is #4 of 5 videos on this interview series with Mark Russo!  In this video series Mark and I discuss a Five point plan anyone can use to achieve long term change.  In the fitness training world long term change means losing weight and keeping it off forever.  In this particular segment of the interview Mark and I discuss why anyone can achieve their goal, and that we are all powerful enough to make change permanent!

If you would like more information on Mark’s Martial Arts Dojo, simply click on the link below:

Quest Martial Arts 

Who/What Things Are Your Allies?

Welcome back to the site and Part 3 of Mark Russo’s Interview titled “Defeating Homeostasis – Conquering Your Resistance to Change”.  In this video Mark speaks to two different secrets he uses:

1.  Engneering Your Support System

2. Liberating Perservance Using Visual Stimulus

The power of these to secrets when put to practical use is suprising.  I know becuase I have applied them both recently in my life.  If you haven’t yet view the first 2 videos in this interview series I encourage you to do so by scrolling down. 

If you would like to learn more about Mark Russo and his Martial Arts Programs you can visit his site at:

www.tampaquestma.com

I hope this helps!

Jason Chiero

Conquering Your Resistance To Change!

Part of the process of improving the way you look and feel should always begin with identifying the obstacles that you will have to overcome. These obstabcle might be internal (within you) or experternal (outside of you). In the video above Mark Russo, MBA  and owner of Quest Martial Arts refers to these obstacles as gatekeepers, and discusses examples of a gatekeeper and how they work to deter you from achieving your goal, fitess or otherwise.

If you would like to learn more about Mark Russo and his Martial Arts Programs you can visit his site at:

www.tampaquestma.com

I hope this helps you!

Jason Chiero, CPT

Getting Comfortable With FAT!

Fat is a Macronutrient, so by definition this means we need a certain percentage of our diet to consist of Fat!  So that you can better understand this statement let me provide two definitions, Nutrient and Macronutrient:

Nutrient (definition) -a chemical that an organism needs to live and grow or a substance used in an organism’s metabolism which must be taken in from its environment.  Nutrients are the substances that enrich the body (Wikipedia, 2010).

Macronutrient (definition) -Nutrients needed in large quantities (Wikipedia, 2010).

So if Fat is a nutrient that our body needs in large quantities in order to exist and operate efficiently why is it so demonized in our society.  The reasoning for this occurrence is that just like many natural available substances, we have chosen to overindulge in the worst types of FAT.  In the video above and in my Facebook Fan Page article “Simple Science – The Truth About Fats“ I have provided you with enough information to get you eating the right type of Fats in the proper quantity.

I hope you enjoy the video above and my Facebook Fan Page Article:

 Simple Science – The Truth About Fats