Did you know.....

Dark chocolate is good for you?

Yes, it's true! Dark chocolate contains many of the health benefits of dark vegetables. It contains flavanoids (which act as antioxidants) and this helps to protect the body from ageing due to free radicals.


Dark chocolate can help to relax blood pressure, lower cholesterol, balance certain hormones in the body and reduce the risk of heart disease. It even contains more antioxidants than strawberries!

HOWEVER... This doesn't mean that we can eat a whole block of dark chocolate at once and it's going to necessarily be good for us! 100g is recommended to enjoy all of the benefits. Chocolate is still high in saturated fat, so use your common sense with this one!


Enjoy!


Tony

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The Secret Weapon for Burning Copious Amounts of FAT (for 12 hrs Straight!)

There is a secret weapon when it comes to fat loss and anyone can take advantage of it..... E.P.O.C. is the answer and it is not a dirty four letter word.....

E.P.O.C. =  Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption.  

What this means is, a state our bodies goes into after exercise, whereby it is taking in and utilizing more oxygen than normal, to recover from the workout you've just done.

So what is happening in this recovery process? Well our bodies are removing the waste products, like lactic acid, from our muscles and our body is also hard at work repairing and rebuilding our muscles. So our bodies are still hard at work even though the exercise is finished just to prepare us to be able to do it all again.

Now this is where it gets really exciting!

The reason we are taking in more oxygen is because we are metabolizing fat! You see to turn fat into energy this requires oxygen. Fat contains a lot of energy so our bodies use fat now after we finish exercising as energy to remove the lactic acid and rebuild our hard worked muscles. How good is this extra fat being burnt up even after we finish working out!

Now the question is what exercise is the best for inducing long bouts of EPOC so I can continue burning copious amounts of fat for a long, long time!

Research shows it is both high intensity strength training and interval cardio training. Research has shown that strength training can induce EPOC for up to 12 hours! It has also shown that interval training for most people promotes EPOC for up to 4 times longer than long steady cardio training. In a nut shell, what this means is lift heavy things and quality wins over quantity!!

Get lifting heavy weights today and enjoy your own E.P.O.C experience!

Happy Training T-Rex!

Tony Hebrard - Z Team Coach

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"Brisbane Personal Trainers: Tony & Jodie Hebrard"

How to get your mindset right, so you can stick to your food plan!

2:15min - How to get your mindset right!

Most clients that I've worked with at our personal training studio, have a fair idea on what to eat.... BUT the one thing holding them back from their results is actually eating the right foods! 

Listen in on while I share with you mindset techniques that I use with myself and my own personal trainer clients, to make sure I'm putting the good stuff in....(watch here)




Brisbane personal trainer Tony Hebrard shares with you the techniques he uses to help his clients at his brisbane based personal training studio, the zenergy group.