From: Master Scott Palangi Friday, November 6th, 2009 ~ Piermont, NY

Howdy team!

With the advent of cold weather on our heels… I’ve made some tweaks to my famous 21-minute cardio routine.

Here’s why: 1) My normal 21′er has four intervals (four chances to cool down – or in this winter’s case “freeze down”) … and 2) I wanna change the staple workout cuz sometimes even I get bored of boring stuff (and I love boring stuff, a lot).

Now, for the uninformed, my “at home” cardio routines are simply a bunch of interval formats you can do to supplement your weight loss / fitness goals, and they’re best done via treadmill, street running, elliptical, nordic track, cycling etc.) And if you live in Bergen or Rockland County and you want to lose weight with Kickboxing Classes, you’d also be ready to supplement your training with some of my proven “at home” workout recipes!

As I mentioned above, the main adjustments on this one is simple: instead of four 4 minute on-times, I made 3, five minute on-times (keeps my body warmer the whole time, and elicits a little more mental toughness because of the extra minute per interval)

The 50% interval (which is slow as heck, I know, I know) has it’s merits though.  For example, such slow running allows me to absorb all the amazing beauty that my “route” has in store for me, early in the am hours. (Piermont, where I run, is so gorgeous this time of year, you really should run there — just about anywhere in this little town is just AWESOME for the eyes!)

Okay, til next post, class, or private session with me…

Train smart, and expect success,

Scott Palangi ~ Master Trainer

Hey guys… ever wonder what’s actually happening in our body and brain that causes us to make progress in any endeavor be it physical or mental?

Here’s a “beta” diagram that I’ve clumsily created that shows you what’s going on “upstairs” (in your head).

Now, I’ll be talking about this in class over the next week or so; refining it, making it make sense, and so on.

The current title you’ll notice, however, calls it “The Framework of Quitting”…

But after some introspection, turns out… the same mental processes that make us great at something, are also at work just prior to us throwing in the towel!