My Fitness Journey
Hi! I’m Will Levin, the head Fitness Coach at Older Guys Fitness. I’m 61 years young and in great shape. How did my fitness journey start? Well, when I was 4 years old my mom would drop me off at my grandmom’s house while my mom went to work. At grandmom’s I used to watch this strong man on television showing viewers different home-based exercises. I thought he was so awesome and I wanted to be strong like him. I did not know it then, but I was watching the Jack Lalanne Show in about 1968. A few years later, I requested a weight set for my 7th birthday: you may remember the wobbly bench press and the purple plastic disks filled with sand? Yep, there I was at age 7 pumping iron. It was 1970.
As I got older I played sandlot football, basketball and ice hockey almost on a daily basis with my childhood friends. I went on to become a high school and college athlete (my friends did too) where the workouts were very intensive: wind sprints, jogging around the field, work in the weight room and so on. I was in the best physical condition of my life with a resting heart rate of 47 and 6% body fat. No joke.
Those days did not last. I worked in an office for most of my adult life which meant spending way too many hours at a desk. Though my natural adult body weight is 195, I ballooned up to 245 and couldn’t fit into my clothes anymore. So there I was, in middle age, and 50 pounds overweight. On top of that, I had a host of health problems: from low back pain to hypertension and everything in between. Being obese and in poor health was no way to live.
It was horrible. I’d always been pretty slim and muscular. That was my image of me, slim and muscular. Me being fat was strange and unacceptable. I dreamed of having my younger physique back.
So I decided (I needed) to make some positive changes. Being 50 pounds overweight was daunting because I wanted results as fast as possible (don’t we all?). I decided to become an expert in fitness and nutrition, earning a Fitness Coach Certification with the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA).
With the knowledge of exercise science and nutrition I had gained from ISSA, I crafted an exercise and diet program for myself. I was my first client as it were. I was successful in losing 50 pounds in 6 months while still maintaining muscle mass. And my health problems were greatly reduced.
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What makes me different: My Fitness Theory
Look, I can say I am a certified Fitness Coach with ISSA, which is true and important. But the greater truth is that I study fitness and nutrition comprehensively. Like my hero, Jack Lalanne, I live and breath fitness and nutrition. It’s just what I do and love. What else might make me different? I’m the 7 year old kid pumping iron with his first weight set in 1970.
My fitness theory for men over 40 is a combination of proven principles of fat loss and muscle gain, and other concepts that I have used and that I know work for their intended goal. Unlike other personal trainers, I advocate HIIT training which is a proven way to burn fat. I implement HIIT training into my own exercise regimen, usually with a jump rope, but it varies.
I also advocate intermittent fasting, which is a proven method for burning fat. Intermittent fasting involves eating at a certain period during the day and not eating for a certain period. For example, the 16/8 method has you eating only during 8 hours of the day and fasting for the other 16. During the 16 hour fasting period your body is burning fat for its energy, resulting in fat loss.
So when you combine my custom exercise program and diet plan with HIIT training and intermittent fasting you have a fitness theory and program that guarantees you WILL have that nice physique you once had. I did it and so can you.
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