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The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution: The Slow Motion Exercise That Will Change Your Body in 30 Minutes a Week

by Fredrick Hahn, Michael Eades MD, Mary Dan Eades MD

 

 

 

I first heard of The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution on Dr. Mike Eades blog, in association with The 6-Week Cure for the Middle-Aged Middle

I bought and read both books.

I don’t think I was all that hard to convince. I don’t know if it is my “rebel” personality, or my experience with the healthcare system that recommends a high carb diet for diabetes… but when I started reading Slow Burn, it was not at all difficult for me to believe that “everything I had learned about fitness and exercise” was WRONG.

It turned out my knowledge of exercise was not entirely wrong. I actually did know some things that were right. I knew several ways to avoid injuring myself, which were true enough. Just as I knew several things that didn’t work.

I have always been naturally big and strong, compared to other girls I knew. (In fact, by the time I was about 19, my father would hand me the peanut butter jar to open…) My early career as as an offset printing press operator, occupied me with plenty of daily physical labor well into my 30′s. In spite of the physical labor and natural strength, I was never really able to build strength much beyond my natural ability. I lifted weights for a while, and while I enjoyed the process, I never actually got stronger.

And that, in a nutshell, is the promise of The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution: to get stronger.

Both the science and the experience of the authors seemed to backup the benefits of slow burn workout style, and I was sold. But there are many different things in life that motivate… and most of my motivators at that time were not in favor of beginning a new exercise program. So I didn’t.

 

Motivators Change

It was about six months later I got a chance to meet Fred Hahn in person, hear him explain his technique, and give a live demonstration of a slow burn workout. If you have reading my blog recently, you will already know that Fred was one of our experts I met on the Low Carb Cruise I attended in early March.

So, after I got home from the cruise, I re-read the book, and ordered a set of the Slow burn workout videos. And now I am finally ready to try it out for myself.

 

Slow Burn DVDs

1. The Essentials
Everything you need to know to get started.

2. Strong in Six
Fred Hahn’s revolutionary firness program designed to get you strong, lean and healthy in 6 weeks or less!

3. Strong for Life
Modify Slow Burn to meet you changing needs.

 

If you are already receptive to the technique, the video explains everything quickly and then gets you started. If you need to be convinced, or want to hear more about the science, then you should definitely read the book. Then, if you are still interested after reading the book, you can buy the DVDs.

 

Slow Burn Gear

If money is an issue for you, you should love slow burn. There is no expensive gym membership or equipment for you to buy! While you CAN do your slow burn workout in the gym, both the book and the videos include some creative ideas for you to turn household items into weights, so you could design your slow burn workout weights without spending too many dollars.

Since I have lifted in the past I had some dumbells lying around…

 

 

 

 

I have pairs of dumbells that weigh 2lbs, 3lbs and 5lbs (two sets), as well as a set of ankle weights that are adjustable from 1-5 lbs each.

 

 

 

 

Those clunky looking silver weights cost $2 each at Fedco many years ago… That was money well spent!! Now, I am unemployed, and wanting to begin (yet another) exercise program while I figure out how to make a living. And here are my weights still ready to use.

 

 

 

For those of you unfamiliar with ankle weights, they have 1-lb inserts that slide into the 5 slots in the ankle cuffs… so I can have 1-5 lbs on each ankle at a time, depending on how many inserts I put in. Or, I can wear both cuffs on one ankle to increase the weight up to 10 lbs.

 

 

 

 

My First Slow Burn Workout

 

 

I attempted my first slow burn workout Friday, March 19. It took the better part of an hour, but that’s because I kept stopping to watch each exercise on the video. Once I have practiced the technique enough to know what I’m doing without looking at lists and videos, I think I will be able to do the whole workout within the alloted 30 minutes pretty easily.

The exercise that gave me the most trouble was the abdominal crunch. Abs have always been a problem for me, because so many exercise programs use exercises that involve lifting your body weight. I have already confessed that my body is too heavy for me to do ab crunches… so I am trying to modify them as suggested in the third DVD. I don’t think I was too successful today, but I might do better next time.

I think I performed all the other exercises well enough formwise, but I am abysmally weak!! I tried to do the simplest level of pushups and squats, trying only to lower myself from a stable position, and and pretty much couldn’t do even one.

I probably didn’t get enough weight on my single leg curls, which exercise thigh muscles, so I’m not sure if I worked my thighs hard enough.

The exercises that I did best were the upper arm and shoulder ones. These were always my favorites when I lifted: overhead presses, biceps curls, lateral lifts and back pullups. I did these with 5lbs in each hand, and will probably increase it next time.

Does it work? I know many nice folks who really think so!!

Will it work for me? Time will tell…

 

Check out Fred Hahn’s Serious Strength websites:
Slow Burn Fitness
Serious Strength

 

Both the book and the DVDs are available at Amazon:
The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution: The Slow Motion Exercise That Will Change Your Body in 30 Minutes a Week
by Fred Hahn, Dr. Michael Eades, Dr. Mary Dan Eades
The Slow Burn Home Fitness Program
produced by Serious Strength

 

For more information before you buy, check out my reviews:
book: The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution
video: The Slow Burn Home Fitness Program

 

Lovin’ It Low Carb
Ramona Denton