Men’s Fitness does a great job in this article of showing you how to stay in shape without a gym. For me personally I don’t belong to a gym because of time. My life at the moment is super scheduled, a day in a life of Nat Jones goes something like this.

5:30 Am Wake up – Walk the dog
5:45 Downstairs Working out
6:45 Workout Complete Breakfast and Supplements
7:00 – Shower
7:20 Dressed walking out the door to catch the 7:40 train.
7:40 catching training
8:20 Arrive in city walk to work.
8:50 Arrive at work ( 2.3 mile walk)
9:00 am get coffee and protein bar work day starts.

I won’t bore you with the details but work usually starts at 9 am finishes anywhere between 5:30 and 7:00 pm on a good day. On a long day I could be there till about  8 pm  than I am taking the work home with me.

You basically get the idea, if I don’t workout in the morning my day is to hectic to even try working out during the day.
The Men’s Fitness article covers euipment you can buy for your home gym and workouts you can do also.
Links:
MF’s Back to Basics

If you’re like me, you’re always on the hunt for good advice on anything fitness. Something I discovered while on Men’s Health.com was their podcast. Which is pretty good, the host Steve Borkowski is engaging and informative. The focus is on the magazine and it’s articles. It is really eye opening for example if you listen to the podcast you will learn about the trainers who make up the routines. Alwyn Cosgrove is a great example. Something that gets lost in the magazine (which I do read) is: what is a good rep. Or how a rep of a certain exercise is supposed to be done. For Alwyn workouts he doesn’t place emphasis on high reps, instead he focuses on proper form which in Alwyn’s case is all about control and timing. For example the push up, according to Alwyn a good push up is when you keep your feet together, and  arms  right under your shoulders. Your spine should be straight, when you lower yourself your chest should touch the floor. To test for this, you should be able to place a broom stick on your back and keep it from rolling off if you form is correct.
Links:
Men’s Health Podcast
Men’s Health Pushup Plus

I just wanted to take a moment to thank, TheRasch79, Verlin28, nilthon2007, firstaidguys, igorramone and schlegel98 for subscribing to my Youtube Channel.
Again support me by subscribing to my youtube channel. Thanks, Nat.

I am asking everyone who visits my blog and watches my videos to please subscribe to my Youtube channel. Why? Because everything cost money, the products I review, magazines, books and you name it. With limited resources I can only do so much. I have ideas that I want to make so you can have more access to information and programs. With more subscribers I will be able to get sponsorship and advertising that will enable me to do so much more. So with a few clicks you can make a difference.

What I want to do :

• Hire a nutritionist : I want to work with a nutritionist to design a program that I am going to call the” The Real Persons’ Diet” real food for people living real life. One of the biggest issues we all face is dealing with food what’s bad, good etc. The other problem is access to food. I want to design a program where you can walk into your local grocery or deli  and buy food to achieve your diet goals.

• Design complete workout programs:  Ever wonder what mega star or athlete is doing to stay in shape? I want to get access to their trainers and get their workout programs to share with you.

• Applications: one of the things that I want to do is develop online tools so you can track your progress and see what you need to do to achieve your goals.

• Get discounts and contest: with more subscribers I will be able to convince fitness products and supplement providers to  give us discounts and sponsor contest and giveaways.

• Newsletter something I started but couldn’t keep up with. I want to start a serious news letter program where you would get emails and information about exercise and diet.

It all starts with your click. I want to thank you for all your support I will keep making content, reviewing workouts and hope that I can inspire you to keep going.

Thanks,
Nat

I love soy not sure if it loves me, but I stopped drinking it and eating it when I read that it reduced testosterone and acted like estrogen in the male body.
According to this month’s Muscle and Fitness ( The one with Sly on the front)  “5 things you should know about Soy”. Soy contains compounds called phytoestrogens, which are
basically the vegetal version of the female sex hormone estrogen. I have no idea what vegetal means so here is  the definition.
Vegetal:
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) of, relating to, or characteristic of vegetables or plant life
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) of or relating to processes in plants and animals that do not involve sexual reproduction; vegetative

Another fact that I found beneficial from a nutritional aspect. Is one cup of edamame ( boiled soybeans) contains 298 calories, 29 grams of protien, 17 grams of carbs
and 15 grams of fat. One scoop of soy protein powder contains 120 calories, 25 grams of protein, 1 gram of carbs and 1.5 grams of fat. Wow! That is impressive.

I am off to get some soy   Check this months issue of Muscle and Fitness one of my favorite magazines that always has useful information.