Tag Archives: bill phillips

Weight Training Linked to Weight Loss

Posted on by

Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have conducted a study that proves what people like Joe Weider, Cory Everson, Bill Phillips and Monica Brant have been saying for decades. “Weight training may be as important to losing weight as aerobic exercise.” You don’t say? There are two kinds of muscle that we all have: slow twitch (type I) and fast twitch (type II). Aerobic training increases slow twitch while weight training increases fast twitch. Mice used in the study were overfed to become obese, insulin resistant (pre-diabetic) and develop fatty acid deposits in their liver. When a gene was … Continue reading →

Can You Give Yourself 12 Weeks?

Posted on by

Julie Ann Sproles gave herself twelve weeks and lost forty pounds. She went from a size 16 to a size 6. In the grand scheme of things, twelve weeks really isn’t that much. It isn’t even one quarter of a year! When you consider how little work is involved in following the Body-for-Life plan and that you’ll put in less than an hour a day improving yourself, this question should be a no-brainer! Less than one hour a day for only 84 days? Come on! This is a piece of cake! Speaking of cake, you can eat that piece of … Continue reading →

Bill Phillips’ Transformation Station

Posted on by

I recently discovered the joys of podcasts. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard the word “podcast”. You may not have had the time to look into podcasts and what they can bring into your life though. (Like television, podcasts can add to your life or waste your time, depending upon which ones you listen to.) Taking the Body for Life Challenge is good for me, but it isn’t easy. One thing that is really helping me stay motivated is Bill Phillips’ Transformation Talk, a weekly radio show aired on Sirius Satellite Radio. If you don’t subscribe to … Continue reading →

Eating-for-Life (on the Body-for-Life Program)

Posted on by

Everything I read keeps telling me that weight loss is 20% exercise and 80% diet, so let’s talk about the 80% today and then we’ll hit that 20% tomorrow. Eating intentionally is the act of know what you will eat and when you’ll eat it. The Body-for-Life program is built on that. Eating six meals a day isn’t about gluttony, it is about eating small, yes, tiny meals spaced evenly throughout the course of the day. If you wait until mealtime to plan your meal, you’re setting yourself up for failure. The key to eating intentionally is to plan your … Continue reading →