Fat Burning Furnace

If you’ve been keeping up with my posts over the past several months, you know this has been quite an exciting time for me. I gave birth to my first child, Christian, on August 12th and life has not been the same (in a good way, of course!).

Now my little guy is almost 11 weeks old and it’s time for me to get back into a solid workout routine. Yes, I have done some exercise here and there…walks around the neighborhood and some light strength training at home. But I’ve seen myself fall into the same predictable trap that I’m sure happens to many new moms and dads…”I just can’t find the time to workout”.

I know. You probably never thought you would hear me say that, and again, I’m not saying I’ve been doing absolutely nothing. But if there is one thing I have learned in the past 10 years about achieving long term fitness results, it’s that you have to go into your workout sessions with a plan! It can’t just be “a little bit of this or a little bit of that”. You’ve got to have structure to your workout routine, otherwise it turns into more of a “time wasting” session than a “fat burning, muscle building” session. You know who I’m talking about. Those folks at the gym who walk around the gym aimlessly just doing whichever machine they think looks interesting, or worse yet, whichever one happens to be free at the time. This is not the way to get your body to burn fat and lean down. I assure you.

I will tell you what I have been doing…my homework…and that entails researching and reading the latest and greatest (and admittedly not so great) fitness programs that are available today. I know I’ve told you this before, but I don’t really have to search too far to find a new workout routine. I regularly receive emails from lots of great fitness authors asking me to take a look at their programs.

Well, I have now narrowed down my search. My first and most important criteria for the workout I was going to choose was it must be time efficient! I know you parents can relate to this one. Ever spent your whole workout time thinking “Please don’t wake up, please don’t wake up. I’ve only got 4 exercises to go, ok now just 3, ok last one…almost done”.

Yup, that’s me. When your kid is only 11 weeks old, nap time is workout time so I’ve got to get it done FAST!

I also don’t want to sacrifice my results just because I have a limited amount of time to exercise. That’s why I’m going to follow Rob Poulos’ Fat Burning Furnace program for the next 12 weeks to get back to my pre-baby shape (and you all know that my pre-baby shape is no joke).

When Rob first sent me his program, I had still not been cleared by my doctor to exercise, so I had to find myself a good guinea pig to test out the program for me. I asked my business partner Jeff if he would be up for the challenge (I say challenge because Rob’s workouts don’t sacrifice intensity for the sake of time . Yes, they are short, but as Jeff will tell you, they do provide a very effective workout).

Now Jeff is almost at 10 weeks on the program and he’s got a lot of great insight to share with us. Stay tuned for Jeff’s results and his feedback on the program (good and bad).

For now, just so you have an idea of exactly what kind of workouts and program Rob’s Fat Burning Furnace provides, here is a great article from Rob that gives you a bit of background on why he structures his workouts the way he does.

If you’re currently spending hours at the gym and not seeing your body change the way you want it to, click here for a fat burning workout.