VENTRILOQUISM

VENTRILOQUISM

VENTRILOQUISM

Ventriloquism is the art of speaking without moving your lips. You talk in a such a way that your voice is deemed to be coming from someone else other than you. My favorite ventriloquist Jeff Dunham has mastered this art and uses his very funny dummies/dolls to speak.

So Jeff speaks without moving his lips and his dummies move their lips {without actually speaking} to match his words. He controls the dummies, such that their actions depict his words as accurately as possible.

So can you picture Jeff and his dummies talking? Great, then you'll understand how to target and get rid of stubborn fat{Thighs, Back of the arms & hips for women, and lower abdominals for men} without necessarily doing the now so popular 'Spot Training' - so essentially you'd be speaking without moving your lips.

Spot Training is the idea of training a specific body part {Abs are often the victim} with the aim of reducing it. And to quote Dr. Jade Tate, this is like trying to change a tyre with a pencil; it's impossible. (Sorry waist trainers & 1000 situps/side bends).

So how do you do it? First understand why stubborn fat is stubborn. It is usually the slowest to respond to fat loss.Fat cells have receptors; either be Beta receptors(think burn) or Alpha Receptors(think Anti-burn). Areas with stubborn fat have upto 9x more alpha receptors than other areas. Good news is there are ways to activate more Beta receptors while deactivating alpha receptors. This is done by both Exercise and Nutrition. Again Spot training alone; pencil & tyre situation.

Bad news though, the obvious Eat less and Exercise more actually activates Alpha cells (Please stop Dieting, you're only making stubborn fat more stubborn). It's like fueling less for a long road trip, we both know how that will end. The body just goes into protective mode; reduces metabolism, stores more fat and slows down blood flow.

To burn fat & especially the stubborn kind, you need to increase metabolism to break down the fat cells and increase blood flow to be able to transport this already broken down fats.

SOLUTION: EAT MORE EXERCISE MORE.. Read that again. Who would want to eat more, same question as who would to talk with their lips sealed? Or Alternatively, eat less and exercise less. Again who would want to exercise less? Orthodox right? My thoughts exactly while watching Jeff Dunham.

Eating more and exercising more and eating less and exercising less is the answer to finally getting rid of those 'Bye Bye' hands & the infamous love handles. Talk with your lips shut & target stubborn fat without directly training the specific stubborn fat areas.

Your Challenge for the week: Reevaluate your exercise & eating habits. Make sure they match, MORE & MORE, LESS & LESS. If the Jeff is laughing the dummy is laughing as well, there's no mismatch.

And now you know why I'm always eating......

If it's Monday you know you'll find us at YMCA at Deliberate o'clock, 5.25pm. See you then.

Cheers!