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Have you ever noticed how many business people have all the material things they could ever want and yet seem terminally unhappy, unhealthy and on the verge of a heart attack?

The reason is a grossly misinformed belief that exercise takes a lot of time to be effective and they can’t spare 2 hours of their day which could be spent generating more wealth.

The exchange of time for money is the basis of every economy across the world. However, as we are seeing in these times the strongest of foundations and beliefs can come crumbling down.

As budding entrepreneurs we have all reached that point in a dead-end job where we decide that our time can be exchanged for more money by branching out on our own. However, we soon find out that this is rarely the case, particularly not for the first few years (if ever!)

The gloss soon comes off as we become increasingly tired, stressed and overworked. The thought of exercise is enough to cause panic attacks. There is no longer time to exercise as 60 minutes in the gym (plus travel time) just isn’t possible if we are to stimulate and maintain business growth and grasp every opportunity to grow.

This can be catastrophic for both established corporations with hundreds of employees and the newbie to the business world. Poor health means poor performance and lost days at work.

Lost days at work for you can mean a lost business. It’s that important.

Also, consider that 72% of employers believe obesity means negative characteristics in an employee1. You may own your own business now but what are potential customers and clients thinking when you show up at their door?

Fortunately there are some very simple and highly effective ways to reverse the downward spiral and dramatically improve how you look, feel and perform every day! Remember exercise releases ‘happy hormones’ which will help you focus and be more time-efficient meaning you don’t need to be at work for so long to get the same amount of work done!

Here are the two greatest lies about getting fit and how to turn them upside down.

1. Long, moderately paced cardio is required to burn fat whilst weight training just makes you big.

Wrong. Focus on high-intensity sessions which combine cardio interval training and weight training for maximum ‘bang for your buck’. Even if you could find time to train for 5 hours each week, it still leaves 163 hours each week when you need to maximizing calorie burn to keep your fat stores down.

Also you need to keep running further and further to challenge your body but this just takes even more time!

Short but intense weight training and intervals can elevate your metabolism for up to 38 hours after the session which means you burn more calories when your slaving away at the laptop!

You will also keep stress hormones down in comparison to long runs – you have enough of them from worrying about your balance sheet!

2. You need gym membership

Wrong. Your body will react best to training with free weights and short cardio intervals. This can be done with dumbbells and kettlebells at home or in the park where you can sprint (not jog…).

You could also benefit from the fresh air which will stimulate your brain and almost always lead to fresh ideas on how you can move projects forward.

In fact, unless you are an advanced fitness fanatic, you can rapidly change your body and energy levels through bodyweight-only circuits – for free!

These are three of the best fat burning exercises and can all be done at home. You’ll see they are all full body exercises using lots of muscles – no bicep curls!

*Kettlebell swings

*Dumbbell thrusters

*Burpees

You spend a lot of time worrying about Return On Investment on your capital expenditure yet you completely ignore the fact that you shell out hundreds of pounds on gym membership but never see any noticeable results from year to year. Time for something different maybe?

Try this for a week at home or in the gym (or the office!).

Session 1 and 3

6-10 reverse lunges (power lunges for advanced)

6-10 bodyweight squats (jump squats for advanced)

6-10 push ups (on knees for beginners)

6-10 burpees

Do three to five rounds as fast as possible. Record your time and beat it second time around!

Many more exercises like these can be found at www.youtube.com/stormforcefitness

Session 2

Choose any form of cardio to do these intervals (rowing, running, skipping, burpees, cycling or swimming).

Work as hard as you can for 20 seconds then rest for 10 seconds.

Repeat this process 8 times for a total of 4 minutes.

Rest 1 minute

Choose another exercise and repeat the 5 minute block.

The key to benefiting massively from exercise is suspending your current beliefs about fitness. Be open to new ideas which don’t involve the daily trudge at the gym and your business and life will benefit!

Remember what Einstein said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again, but expecting different results.”

Jon Le Tocq owns Storm Force Fitness an online fitness company dedicated to getting busy people fit through short workouts and clean eating. You can get his 42 day step-by-step guide to stripping off body fat without gym membership at www.fatlossactionblueprint.com.

See how Jon trains when he doesn’t have access to a gym:

Angie Schumacher is a Certified Fitness Professional who trains clients in her home and is a Women's Boot Camp Instructor in Colorado. She is the author of The Fat Blasting Boot Camp Program and has offered a one stop website to help you with all of your health and fitness needs. Please visit www.BuildingABetterU.com to find exactly what you are looking for!

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