Taking Control

There is nothing greater than being in control of your own destiny. There is no better way to do this than taking control of your energy, your emotions, your physical appearance and your abilities.

Looking and feeling great is the most incredible experience one can have and it can only be enhanced by celebrating your success with a vacation retreat on a pristine, white sand beach with soft glowing blue waters, and subtle white tops cresting the tide as you walk in the surf and peel off your shirt for the first time in what seems like an eternity to reveal the newly etched details upon your flawless abdominals and body.

Being able to take control of your destiny is something millions of people are attempting to do right now at this very moment. The world over people are working harder and longer than ever before in an effort to take control of their lives financially as their health, fitness and mental vitality painfully spiral out of control.

One of the best things you can do that truly will put you in control of your life is to take control of both health in mind and body. While many are gaining unimaginable amounts of weight and losing control of their health sitting in office chairs in front of computer screens for hours on end, there is an elite few that are doing the exact opposite by taking control of their health and destiny eating well, being active and going on multiple vacations every year away from computer screens while enjoying beaches, sun and surf.

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The great thing is this can be you too. You can take control of your future and be the master of your own destiny in this unstable economic time by taking control of yourself. It is without a doubt (and some pretty compelling empirical data) that fit bodied professionals are paid better, receive promotions sooner, work less and perform better than their sedentary plump partners. They also command nonverbal respect in and out of the boardroom…

… It has been reported that a 30-60 minute workout first thing in the morning provides a mental and physical focus that allows an individual to complete 9 hours work in 8 hours or less, thus providing more time to enjoy more vacation time.

One of these elite few is none other than Patrick McGuire, President Empowered Nutrition Products Inc, a professional nutrition and fitness expert with a focus on living life to the fullest and providing powerful proven results and ultimate transformation rewards…

Keeping nutrition at the forefront of the three pillars of performance…

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Every participant of the Ultimate Transformation Rewards Challenge receives all of the tools necessary to get their dream body, take control of their life and $3000 in vacation rewards.

This is the first challenge of its kind providing powerful proven results… in 12 weeks…

Learn more and watch a short video to help you further understand just what the Ultimate Transformation Rewards Challenge is about follow this link >> http://empowerednutrition.com/taking-control/

Patrick McGuire BSc. Kin, RNCP, CSCS, is a professional nutrition and fitness provider and President of Empowered Nutrition Products Inc. Patrick is a former competitive bodybuilder, RCAC military member, semi professional athlete (hockey and football) and the mastermind behind the Vacation Rewards in the Ultimate Transformation Rewards Challenge. Learn more from Patrick, watch this video >> http://empowerednutrition.com/taking-control/

Ultimate Transformation Rewards Challenge V2

Hey this might NOT come as a BIG surprise, but I just got a ton of traffic with my second video for the Ultimate Transformation Rewards Challenge.

This one is all about the Vacation Rewards…

> What are they
> Where are they
> How do you get them
> Why and How is this NUT case going to give everyone $3000 in Vacation Rewards for joining the challenge
> What is the Grand Prize Awards $27,884 in vacations

I also cover the important stuff, like when it starts and when it ends.

If you have NO IDEA what the heck I am talking about here is a short info clip for you. If you find this interesting, click the link below and JOIN the CONVERSATION.

Watch the intro video follow this link >> www.EmpoweredNutrition.com/Ultimate-Transformation-Rewards-Challenge-v2

Want to see the full length video and see what the hype is all about? CLICK HERE and get all the details follow this link >> http://empowerednutrition.com/ultimate-transformation-rewards-challenge/

Spec Ops Bodyweight Training Works!

Just wanted to make it official. I LOVE TACFIT bodyweight training… Find Out Why, Visit www.empowerednutrition.com/spec-ops-bodyweight-training-works

I know you probably saw my videos the other week… you know the one of me getting locked in an unknown 3×6 foot cement room and forced to take part in some crazy bodyweight exercises until I crumbled…

And the other one of me running for my life to escape doing another single bodyweight round of exercises…

It was insane, partially exciting, somewhat scary and yet, very eye opening and amazing all at the same time, but let me tell you, I found new muscles (and aches) in places I didn’t know I had.

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I have to share this with you right NOW! (Because at midnight the FREE Challenge Video is GONE).

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Happy Can-Am Weekend!

I hope you enjoyed the weekend. As a Canadian who carries his Irish passport and his American green card I take the liberty to thoroughly enjoy every festive holiday I can.

This weekend was no exception as we are enjoying July 1st Canada day and July 4, Independence Day in the US. It’s truly great as my mom and step father are up from Naples Florida and they joined me, my wife and 3 kids at the Canada Day fireworks display at Spencer Smith Park in Burlington ON. But Not before I got some park time with the kids and my wife. After the park we did lunch, and then I hit a killer ride in Kelso, where I met two other riders that were out for some fun as well. Then we had a nice family dinner, kept the kids up late and went to the fireworks, it was a great day. I captured most of the day on my Hero Cam for you.

To celebrate Independence Day on July 4, we had a great big BBQ at my mom’s apartment (albeit here in Burlington ON) and ate a lot of whole beef hotdogs and sliders. (For anyone who does not know what a slider is, think mini hamburgers or just go to White Castle and order a sleeve). It was great; we swam, played and ate. Starting with veggies and lots of water; going heavy on the veggies first prepped us for all the other food to come. Of course after all the veggies, and eating more than my share of meat, I washed it down with a pop and chased it with a cappuccino ice cream drumstick. I got a lot of this day on video too, including… YUP! Another mountain bike ride at Kelso.

Well, I hope you enjoyed your Can Am Weekend as much as I did and I hope you let loose on a day or two having your cheat, treat and reward meals. If for any reason you feel you over did it and are feeling guilty, then there is a quick easy fix to get you back on track with your calorie plan. You can always include a STOP day this week. I am having a STOP day today. Seriously I am STOPPING all food consumption for 24 hours. Just liquids with ZERO calories, starting with an ice cold glass of water with lemon juice followed by black coffee lots of water, green tea (hot and cold) and more water and black coffee.

BEFORE you scream at me, you better do some research on the subject like I have. Stopping is NOT Starving. You WONT lose muscle. You will NOT be lethargic and tired. You will NOT feel empty and starve. In fact the opposite of all those will occur. You WILL be more focused. You WILL get more done. You WILL burn more body fat today and you WILL keep all the muscle mass you started the STOP day with. Just as my friend Brad Pilon, he wrote the book on Intermittent Fasting and called it Eat STOP Eat.

I am going on a STOP for 24 hours from dinner to dinner as I choose that to eat the main meal with my family as it could be difficult to explain to 6 and 4 year old girls why daddy is not eating dinner with them.

So if you have not yet enjoyed a good cheat, treat and reward meal for a job well done this past week, or celebrated the Canadian and American Holidays, then today is the day to do that. Have a HUGE BBQ dinner tonight, have a glass of wine or a pop and have that ice cream treat when you are done. Trust me your body will thank you for it, especially after a week of staying focused on your nutrition game plan.

If you already did over indulge, then get back on your Empowered Nutrition Meal Plans and consider adding a STOP day to your schedule and surprise yourself just how easy it is and how much work you get done today.

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Budget Diet FREE Report

I just wanted to give you a simple something to talk about.

its called the Budget Diet. I am offering a free report, free samples of the Ultimate Transformation Meal Plans and a little something extra just for visiting.

That said, I won’t bore you with the details to day… maybe tomorrow or next week, but one day.

I am stock raving mad about the price of eating healthy and did some research on the matter. That prompted a brand new book and of course that prompted me to make a brand new FREE Report for you.

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Inspiration and YOUR Challenge

I have to admit, this is going to be tough to admit… but the truth is out. I don`t know if I will ever be able to do this.

Can you do or even imagine doing what this guy is doing… its crazy and you need killer skill, strength, and balance and muscle control to pull this one off.

Enough hype and awestruck babbling, just watch the video and you will know what I mean. Then read the rest of the post and find out how you can issue your own challenge and get 1 Night Hotel Stay for your challenge efforts.

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Watch the Planche Push Up and Inspiration Video on the Blog
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WOW! Enough said. I am literally awestruck and amazed!

So if that doesn’t inspire you to think of something crazy, or get you to try it yourself, then I don’t know what will. No like I said, I am not really sure if I can even do some of the training push ups let alone the full Planche Push Up, but you have to know that I have tried (and failed) and will continue to challenge myself and try it again every few months. When I finally do a full planche push up I will be sure to post the video. I may even be obliged to add my failures for fun video viewing pleasure.

Now here is the cool, fun and rewarding part of this blog post and how you can have 1 Night Hotel Stay Certificate.

Get ALL the Details on the BLOG
>> www.EmpoweredNutrition.com

I want to encourage you to be creative in your training and inspire others to try something new too. I want to hear what crazy exercise or personal challenge you set for yourself either now or in the past. All you need to do is make it short and sweet and post a comment on the blog below for others to read and try.

If you DO try someone else’s crazy challenge exercise or activity, then post a reply on their comment and let them know how you appreciate the challenge and just how well you did.

For every Challenge Exercise or Activity posted I will issue each person 1 Night Hotel Stay Certificate on Sunday night by email.

If you have the chance and ability to put it on video and post a link to EmpoweredNutrition.com from or in your video and post link to your video in your comments, I will make a blog post featuring your video and you and I will give you 2 Night Hotel Stay Certificate just for going that extra step to be different and inspire and challenge others.

You will have to hurry as the CHALLENGE for YOUR CHALLENGE is over Sunday June 20, 2010 at 9pm. After that you can still post your own challenges, but I won’t be able to give away any more 1 or 2 Night Hotel Stays. Sorry.

So WHATS YOUR CHALLENGE?
>> www.EmpoweredNutrition.com

3 Minute Squat Challenge

Today is the big day in our 4 part series of bodyweight challenges…
3 Minute Squat Challenge
OK this one is probably going to feel a bit different than the other two.
Push Ups for Chest (front delts, triceps and core stabilization) was pretty tough, but more of a muscle ENDURANCE event
Chin Ups for back (rear delts and biceps) required more POWER than push ups and was probably the toughest of the three to complete even half the reps of Push Ups
Squats for Quads, Hamstrings, even calves (lower back and core stabilization) will be more of a SPEED STRENGTH challenge.
So far in Challenge #3 of 4 we have covered 3 different exercises and 3 different training techniques for 3 totally different outcomes even though we are limited to our bodyweight and our time (3 minutes).
The other constant is we are always moving our bodies thru space, rather than moving weights through space which is pound for pound always easier than moving the same bodyweight through space. It’s weird but true.
Think about this. You can do a Bench Press with say a max weight of 315 pounds. Now if you were 315 pounds do you think you could do the same amount of reps with your feet on a bench for push ups?
It’s doubtful. Even if you can, you aren’t really moving a true 315 pounds of bodyweight through space, you are moving a portion of your total bodyweight… and it’s tough.
So today’s 3 minute challenge is going to be really, really tough.
You will need to have muscle ENDURANCE as you will no doubt be able to complete a fairly high amount of repetitions, but need to keep strict form.
You need to combine POWER since you are moving your entire bodyweight through space up and down repeatedly.
You need to have SPEED to set a pace that you can control for as long as you can to complete 3 minutes of body weight squats and yet to be the champion, to be your best you will need to move quickly and if you are a bigger guy or girl you will be challenged to keep that pace and strength going for the full three minutes. I am certain that you will complete so many reps in one set that you will start to creep into the lactic acid threshold very quickly.
So here we go. I wish you the best of luck and the most reps to you.
Everyone challenging themselves in this squat challenge that posts a video of their challenge and tagging or linking back to EmpoweredNutrition.com will receive a Hotel Night Stay on me. Good to use anytime within 1 year.
How to Enter the Challenge:
Set a timer for 3 minutes. Here’s one ready to go for 3 minutes for you http://e.ggtimer.com/3-minutes
Set up your video camera, flip cam, phone or laptop camera to start recording
Assume the position. In this case, the Squat position.
Start the camera, start the timer and start the reps.
In your video please share your name, weight and the number of reps you completed.
Post a comment on this blog post and link to your video to build your YouTube traffic and I will send you 1 Night Hotel Stay just for tagging EmpoweredNutrition.com in your video.
That’s it. 3 minutes of Squats. 1 minute to add a tag and a link to EmpoweredNutrition.com to your video. 1 minute to load your video to YouTube.com. 30 seconds to add a comment with your video link on this post. A total of 5-6 minutes and you get a FREE 1 Night Hotel Stay compliments of EmpoweredNutrition.com and me (Patrick McGuire)
I look forward to seeing your results. Even if you don’t do the whole video thing, post your results as a comment on the blog post and we will be sure to add you to our long list of Empowered Achievers.
Here is the list of 3 Minute Challenges for you…
Challenge #1 – Push Ups
Challenge #2 – Chin Ups
Challenge #3 – Squats
Challenge #4 – Dips
For ideal results and the ability to track your results from all your nutrition and training you should set up a standard set of tests for yourself to see where you are today and where you are going and to make sure you are on track on the way. After all you can’t drive to Disney without a road map, a game plan and some check points on the way.

www.EmpoweredNutrition.com/3-minute-squat-challenge/

3 Minute Chin Up Challenge

This is part 2 of our 4 part series in the Empowered 3 minute challenge series. Todays challenge is the…

3 Minute Chin Up Challenge

OK so before I say anything this is tough. A lot tougher than yesterdays 3 Minute Push Up Challenge. Check out some of the success stories for the 3 Minute Push Up Challenge CLICK HERE.

Alright so you probably already know the protocol. Just in case here’s the recap of the challenge details.

Get a timer. Any timer, use your phone, egg timer or even try this online timer I set up for you, but before you click that link be ready to start, the timer starts as soon as you hit that page (you can always hit “refresh” to reset it). Here it is for you >> http://e.ggtimer.com/3minutes

Be prepared in advance. Here’s what you need:

A bar, steel gurter or even a park play ground to do chin ups
a strong mind
a stronger will
grip strength of steel
and a fear of failure… believe me you will fail, this is next to one of the most impossible tasks I have ever attempted
I suggest having a towel handy to wipe the sweat from your hands so you don’t slip and hurt yourself.

The Techniques

You have 2 techniques to choose from, both with mid grip width. The two styles are Overhand and Underhand grips. You need to pick on and use that technique each time you test yourself… oh and be sure to let us know which grip you used in the blog comments and your videos.

I like overhand shoulder width as it truly taxes the back and is a strong position for this test. However for maximum stretch, power, strength and endurance the slightly narrower than shoulder width underhand grip will allow you to use more biceps, but be careful in this test they could burn out and be your weakest link.

OK its GO-time!

Read the rest and find out what today’s prize is…

Let me know how you do with this one. Add it to your training notes and compare this test again in the near future, say ever 30 – 60 days, or whenever you feel like it.

Here’s some more images to help you visualize a wide chin up in case that is the method you choose to test yourself with wide grip chins.

Again anyone who videos this one and either sends it to me for validation or post the video results to YouTube.com and tags or links EmpoweredNutrition.com will receive a 1 night hotel stay at one of thousands of 4 and 5 star hotels to choose from.

Challenge #1 – http://empowerednutrition.com/3-minute-push-up-challenge/

Challenge #2 – http://empowerednutrition.com/3-minute-chin-up-challenge/

Challenge #3 – Bodyweight Squats

Challenge #4 – Bodyweight Dips

Caffeine For Fat Loss and Performance

OK so today I want to cover a few things, lots of things, more things, totally too busy to get it all done, kind of crazy things… I mean lots and lots and lots of stuff…
Read the entire Article on Caffeine
>> www.EmpoweredNutrition.com/caffeine-for-fat-loss-and-performance
Alright enough with the BUZZ talk for today. Point blank I want to share some evidence on caffeine and how it can help and hinder your results for the gym, the office and the home.
This is quite typically the most over documented product in the world and the most blogged about topic on the net. I am taking a more clinical approach to this blog post as I have given you some of the more simple evidence in past posts. Today we get technical and with this information you will see how caffeine can enhance most other products and foods you may be using or ingesting. Specifically I am always impressed with the good old “Grapefruit and Coffee Diet” or more accurately “Naringin and Caffeine” for fat loss.
Now to the technical stuff for Caffeine.
Caffeine is a Nonessential Micronutrient

My Summary
Caffeine is the most widely used “drug” in the world, consumed daily by millions in coffee, tea, and sodas. We use it for its stimulating effects, for a jolt of energy, or in an attempt to fight fatigue — and it does work. What most coffee drinkers don’t know is that caffeine mobilizes fat for use as energy, which is a great thing if you are exercising and trying to reduce fat but not so good if you spend your days sitting at a desk eating doughnuts. Caffeine is a standard part of many stimulating, weight-loss supplements.
Find out all the crazy goodness and badness of caffeine over at www.EmpoweredNutrition.com/caffeine-for-fat-loss-and-performance

Other names for Caffeine: caffeine anhydrous… or as I like to say “the BUZZ”

Where to find Caffeine:
Caffeine is found naturally in coffee (most prominently), tea, chocolate, cola products, guarana (an herb), kola nut (another herb), and many “fat-burning” type weight-loss products.

In Today’s post when it comes to caffeine we cover…
PERFORMANCE BENEFITS

Why athletes use Caffeine
Ways that Caffeine can enhance Fat Loss:
Ways that Caffeine can enhance Energy & Endurance:
HEALTH BENEFITS

Signs of Caffeine deficiency:

Potential uses for Caffeine

Research indicates that Caffeine may be useful in the treatment of:
• Migraine headaches
• Fatigue/Weakness
• Obesity
• Senility
• Depression

More about Caffeine

How it works
A jolt of energy for the gym
Performance enhancement
More good news
How many of us can relate?
A potent “stimulant” cocktail – referred to the E/C/A stack
NOTES ON USAGE including…
Amounts
Important note
Timing
Energy jolt
Athletic performance
Synergists of Caffeine
Safety of Caffeine
Toxicity of Caffeine:
Bans and restrictions:
Now, of course, a dose of common sense is very important when using caffeine or any stimulant. Drinking two entire pots of coffee by yourself in a day is just plain nonsense! There is truth in the old saying, “too much of a good thing can hurt ya.” But in moderate amounts, up to three cups of coffee a day, caffeine has been shown in research to have no ill effects.

In conclusion
The stimulating facts about caffeine are that it’s not “evil” and has in fact shown itself to be a valuable aid for increasing fat loss, boosting energy, and effectively helping athletes reach higher levels of performance.
You can read the entire post and the benefits of caffeine, caffeine, caffeine, buzz, buzz, buzz over at
>> www.EmpoweredNutrition.com/caffeine-for-fat-loss-and-performance