The 100 Second Super Shape up Program for the Over Sixties.

Do you think pumping iron is the most effective way to remain fit and in shape in old age?

Whatever way you choose....to stay in shape....it is certainly much better to look like these two guys, than to end up like the one below.

"Half an egg is better than an empty shell,"

Training in a completely scientific fashion for an extremely short period per day is enough to make this saying true in your life. Maybe you still have only half an egg, but isn't that so much better than having nothing?

One of my dearest friends recently had to start using a wheel chair. He is about 20 years older than me, but within a very short space of time he looked double my age. I have read and wrote much about how quickly the body and mind deteriorates if one becomes completely inactive. But seeing this with my own eyes, was a great revelation. His body and bone structure became so frail and thin, it was as if everything just stopped functioning in an ever increasing degree.

I was in a period where I have not exercised for a great while, and this provided the SHOCK to get me going again. Our bodies are made for movement, and "use makes the muscle" is a very true saying.

I started with The 100 second Super Shape up, and within two short weeks I regained shape again.

I have been training for more than 47 years, and as a qualified Physical Educationist, coached and trained many thousands of people. As a former owner of two Health and Fitness Centers and Gymnastics coach, I kept asking myself the same old question again and again: "Why do most people sooner or later stop training? Answer? Tough version? Okay here it comes:" Most people hate the inconvenience of physical exercise. No matter how interesting the program, no matter how big the rewards promised by the latest research findings, the hard truth remains: Almost everybody who starts training with great expectation and enthusiasm, somehow fades away later....or sooner.

You are educated, intelligent, widely read and nobody need to educate you on the importance of exercise for good quality living. You are not a fitness fanatic or a body builder, you simply want to stay in shape with the minimum effort, and get on with your life. Then this is Program is exactly what you need.

Although the program is so simple, short and sweet, there is a LOT of research and more than 40 years of ''Trial and Error Experience'' behind it. And actually if you want to make it work permanently, you will need all that wonderful background information. But that is the subject of several more articles which will follow. For now....let's just get you started.

Understand that your good shape is dependent on three things.

1. Fitness of your Lower Body.
2. Fitness of your Upper Body.
3. Your Cardio Vascular System. ( Heart and Lung System)

Choose one exercise for your upper body and one for your lower body. For the upper body, push ups is still king, and everyone will tell you that squats is still the very best you can do for your lower body. There is a huge variety here, and variety is important, but more about that later.

Hey, I have one exercise for my upper body and one for my lower body, what about my cardio vascular system? Relax my friend. Here is the beauty of the program. If you do the first two exercises correctly there will be more than enough stimulation for your heart and lungs.

1. Do your push ups to the point that you start to feel uncomfortable.
2. Stop immediately.
3. Without resting......Perform your squats also until you start to feel discomfort.
4. VOILA! That is it.

Please listen to your body carefully. If he gets uncomfortable he will immediately start sending out signals of distress. Obey immediately.

When you have completed your push ups, your heart and lungs will already be beating a lot faster. Squats not only works your entire lower body, but is also VERY good for your heart and lungs. If you do these two royal exercises without any rest in between, you will have covered all three aspects of your program successfully, in less than 100 seconds.

If you are completely unfit or you have a medical condition, please do not do any exercise before consulting with your doctor. In the next article I will discuss a detailed format of how such people can get started.

I will also discuss how you can make significant progress on this Program and how you can use variations to make it dynamic, interesting and keep it fresh!

You are getting so much more for so much less with this program than the guy who does nothing. By training 100 seconds per day in the correct scientific manner, you will have a whopping 35600 seconds of high quality training behind your name, after one year, and the other guy has zero! You will have kept your muscle tone, cardio vascular health and bone density and he has deteriorated dramatically.

Is this all that is needed?

Yes, provided you apply all the correct physiological and psychological principles of intelligent and scientific training.