Article Contributed on: 12/29/2008 4:00:07 PM
President of the Irish Association of Holistic Medicine, Martin Forde ND, campaigner at the European Parliament for the Recognition of Holistic Health Products talks about REJUVENATION. 'How I turned my body's muscle clock back by 16 years'
What you are about to read is as close as you will get to the secret of rejuventation, and if you are younger, the secret to retaining the glow and energy of youth.
Here is how one person came across the secret and reinvented himself by rolling back the years...
In the course of my long career as a Naturopath and Osteopath, I have helped a large number of people overcome a wide range of illnesses using only natural methods.
I am a member of the British Naturopathic Association and of the International Society of Antioxidants in Nutrition and Health (Paris). I am a past chairman of the Irish Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine anda founding member of the Irish Osteopathic Association.
As president of the Irish Health Culture Association and the Irish Association of Holistic Medicine, I have trained many students over the years in the philosophy, science and methods of Holistic Dietetics and Clinical Nurtition and mentored them in becoming holistic practitioners. Our educational courses in this area are the most consistently popular in Ireland-having runcontinuously since 1985.
I have on several occasions since 1991 addressed committees of the Irish legislature and campaigned at the European Parliament for the kind of legal recognition of natural health methods and products, and have helped draft the wording of new European Legislation in the field.
One Holistic Decision
Entering a new phase of my life at the age of 53, I realised that my fuyure was a matter of my own choice-I could let the ageing process proceed, or take matters in hand and start reversing it by applying the science of rejuvenation. In October of 2003 I made a holistic decision to change my life once and for all, and took up the training system and lifestyle that has now become the educo
gym system.
The results astounded me for I found that by successfully tackling my body shape and composition, dramatic and welcome changes came about in many other aspects of my life.
The whole process was effortless because, having decided, there was no part of my mind holding me back. I eagerly looked forward to training each day, and foundthat I had no interest in foods that would take me away from my goal.
One Hour Weekly
From October 2003 I trained five days a week for a mere 12 minutes a day, but without resting, and using progressively heavier weights.
Within six months I easily lifted weights I could not even imagine using previously. My favorite exercise was dips between parallel bars. While at the start I could knock ont a few of these just with my own body weight without help, my strength increased to the point where I was able to do this exercise with 132lbs on a harness around my neck-the weight of a small person, in addtion to my own body weight. This was no small achievement for a 53 year old man whose previous best performance at this exercise was with 15lbs at the age of 27.
30 lbs Fat Loss
Within nine weeks of starting this program I had made most of the change I needed-I had progressed from being a tight size 38 to a size 32 trousers. In my 'before' picture I weigh 210lbs at 33% body fat. By the time the second picture shown was taken nine months later I weighed 187lbs at 21% body fat, having lost 30lbs of fat and gained 8lbs of muscle.
I should state that in accordance with my naturpathic calling I have never at any time in my life used any form of anabolic steroid, testosterone or other hormone for training or any other purpose whatever, but have exclusively used the natural health-enhancing methods on which the educo
gym system is based.
16 Years of Muscle Regained
After the age of 30 we lose about half a pound of muscle a year. Astonishingly in 9 months I had managed to turn back the muscle clock by 16 years according to my body composition results. I can say to anyone who is in or approaching their fifties (or older) that you can renegotiate the whole thing and literally take out a new lease on life. Like any complex machine or any organism, you as a body and as a whole person need proper maintenance and the right fuel~and an overhaul if necessary. So I hope you can be just as inspired by the results as I am in this greatest of adventures, one that will open new paths in front of you as the (now welcome) years go by. Remember, it all starts with a decision.