With the last post we had the delightful opportunity to touch upon the very things we hold dearest, fatty foods and expanding jeans. Truly one the greatest pastimes in American post-microwaveable meals.

So why not compliment the previous post with one about the recent Miss Massachusetts pageant?

Makes about as much sense as slicing the other three tires on your car after you’ve popped one.

How could you have one without the other? While some girls are showing off magic tricks with turkey drumsticks and canned cranberry sauce others are meticulously watching every bite of baby food and nearly puking in the gym to present that unbelievable figure. GO TEAM SKINNIES!!!

I was fortunate enough to have one of my clients in the pageant this year. She recently came off a sash victory and her odds looked very good entering the 2011 Miss Mass.

She trained hard within the studio confines of Robert Belley Fitness. We even did supplemental workouts at a high school track and she trained on her own near nightly at another gym for her cardio and ab work. She was determined.

Not to mention liquid diets, abstinence from alcohol most weeks, no foolish carbs and lots of blueberries.

She did a great job and lost a number of pounds you would’ve been hard pressed to find on her before we started training. Her beauty was already world-class prior to our sessions: very fit and lean. But at this level, it takes a bit more to stand on stage among the best of the best Massachusetts has to offer.

The last Miss Mass to win Miss America was 2003. So it’s been a while since one has been the best of the best of the best in this great country.

But alas, she looked amazing in her red swimsuit, and elegant and gorgeous in her evening gown. Both were a smash with the audience and judges. She landed herself a position as a semi-finalist. Can you guess which one she is here? 

These girls were total smoke-shows!

Their bellies were amazing, not to mention their resumes. These girls were totally polished and accomplished. Before training my client, I had no idea how intelligent these girls were or how much they had accomplished in their careers so early: total blend of beauty and brains.

I can see why most girls hate these girls. They try a little harder than most others at career, appearance, community and self-improvement. Most people in general are not fans of those attributes.

They’d rather hope something falls into their laps and happens for them rather than making it happen and actually earning it.

Sad but true.

And with dieting and fitness, these girls are usually multifaceted athletes, with strict eating plans, and little sleep, balancing a career at the same time while training near 2 structured hours daily, and with holding from eating chips, cookies, pasta, anything from a box and consuming near only protein through powders, fresh meats and seafood.

It’s truly remarkable how much they handle for one night to impress.

And once that level is reached, they must work even harder to impress at the national level. And if that goes through, F%$#, the world level is insane!

But I’ll tell you, there’s something fascinating about watching very attractive women sweating, exhausting themselves, growling and near puking while still smiling and asking “What’s next?”

I love it and can’t wait to start the training regime for 2012!

So we can all learn something from this:

Sitting down = FAT
Eating MOST packaged foods =FAT
Not working intelligently and disciplined = FAT
Unstructured/non-goal oriented training = FAT
Not being athletically minded = FAT
Oversleeping = FAT

On the other hand:

Applying oneself = HOTT
Time management = HOTT
Being Active ALL DAY = HOTT
Training with PURPOSE = HOTT
Eating only what you NEED = HOTT
Dead lifting more than yourself = HOTT
Being a selfless and great person = HOTT
Trying to be better than someone = HOTT
Focusing on the athletic task at hand = HOTT
Accepting pain IS normal to the process = HOTT
Bringing awareness to help less fortunate = HOTT
Being quietly confident and assured of self = HOTT
Not complaining about your self-created-life =HOTT
Being lovely, elegant, assertive, emphatic, driven = HOTT
Training like a badass, laughing at imposed challenges = HOTT
Motivating people to be better versions of themselves = HOTT
Having the means to make others self-reflect without a word = HOTT

 

 

Live the dream,

Rob Belley

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I was reading an article which was titled the “Top 10 Rules for Eating Right” and of course the one that caught my attention was: Take an extra ten minutes a day to prepare healthy meals….
“By devoting a few minutes to planning for more nutritious eating, you invest in your own health and that of your family. And when I say few, I mean it: Studies from UCLA suggest that a wholesome, home-cooked dinner takes only about ten minutes longer to prepare, on average, than serving processed or ready-made food. If you make enough for leftovers, you’ll save time in the long run. And don’t forget: Obesity, diabetes, and heart disease all lead to doctor and hospital visits—which take a lot of time.”

By David L. Katz, MD

 What a perfect statement! But for most people we need to change a few habits’s to get us in the mode to make cooking more fun, less stressful and easier to do. I’ve been working with individuals and groups for awhile on this topic. Most people who come to cooking classes say to me they just don’t have the “know how”! So what the majority of individuals do is plan a meal around events in there lives vs. healthy meals around planned activities.

 So what’s the point? In this season of giving, give something you can be a part of: a cooking class with you son or daughter, even your significant other! What a way to learn, spend time and be together. If you have a host of friends that are fun to be with, instead of heading out to eat have them come over and “play in your kitchen”! You would be surprised what could come of such an event. Most often the closet chef in nearly all of them would jump out to meet the occasion. Frequently people discuss ways on how they manage there daily nourishment and you then realize it’s not as difficult as it may seem to prepare a healthy meal! Do you have a strategy to prepare healthy meals…we love to hear them!

Thanks +ciao    

Bernard Kinsella

Holy F$#% Where Did That Come From?!

Its second set of hips season again

As you all know, Holidays actually spells Crisco… for technical term, reference Belley’s Dictionary:

Ho-li-days adv
Definition of HOLIDAYS
: the seasonal period between the gobble gobble gee and the fat bearded man who chimney sweeps and races deer : often times encompassing the famed days of absurdly pathological drinking and collegiate level bowl hangover viewing

Do you want to be the obsessively stared at second butt to Becky and her BFF?

I’d think not.

So let’s avoid the unofficially knighted Sir Mix-A-Lot’s theory and suggestion to “Playin workout tapes by Fonda. But Fonda ain’t got a motor in the back of her Honda” because he clearly did not foresee high fructose corn syrup and McDonald’s terrorizing weaker Americans fat cells.

 

But I guess when you’re knighted by 23 with no University or England affiliation and your entire catalog is about bums what can you ask for?

And none the less, he’ll never overtake the King and his Burger Sponge Bob promo. Mix-a-Lot changed his lyrics just for the king… although kind of perverse to lure young children for toys into the burger lair.

I heart America J

Next post, I’ll tell you all about the real rigors of becoming Miss Massachusetts Little did I know being over the age of 25 and being a man constitutes no-entry to the event… formalities.

Live the dream square pant obesity protesting friends,

Rob Belley 

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