It’s been a few weeks since you’ve heard from me consistantly for a couple
reasons. First my computer had a MAJOR meltdown and I lost quite
a bit of ’stuff’ so it’s been very time consuming getting everything
re-set up.

Another reason is that I’m currently in West Palm Beach, Fl on a
little mini vacation. It’s been a lot of fun so far and from a
combo of beach time and just walking around I’ve gotten a pretty
sweet sunglasses burn, if you know what I mean.

Anyways, sitting on the beach and looking at the ocean sure gave me
some good thinking time about a lot of things.

I LOVE to think…way too much according to some people, but
non the less I did some thinking.

One was about the fitness industry and how a lot of people are just
flat out tired of paying lots of money for fitness information.

A lot of my mentors tell me to raise my prices so I can make more
in less time…but I have a really hard time with that because that
would mean I would have less people to help.

So I’m actually LOWERING my prices. I’m not taking on new one on
one clients right now, but I do have time blocked off for phone
consults and program consults. If you’re interested at all in any
of them you can check those out here: http://tinyurl.com/2l5u8l

But let’s talk exercise now.

I’ve been getting great feedback on my previous emails about
critical thinking for fat loss so here’s another one.

The heavier weight you lift will give you a greater amount of lean
muscle gain, which will therefore boost up your metabolism.

So my question is this then.

Why is the BOSU ball (the half stability ball) so friggin’ popular?

I know most people’s answer would be because it helps you work your
core too, but that just seems to be non-sense in my eyes.

For one thing, I see a lot of people doing a lot of bicep and tricep
exercises on them, which if you read my last email you now know that
that’s not going to help your fat loss very much.

Secondly, this whole ‘working’ your core thing has gotten a little
out of control in my eyes. Yes, you should do some ab exercise but
you don’t need to bring in a BOSU ball to do it.

Squats, dealifts, lunges, pushups, sprinting, skipping, ‘work’ your
core…just to name a few off the top of my head.

And i realize if you do a squat on a BOSU ball it will challenge
your balance and you’ll feel a good ‘burn’, but it’s not going to
have an optimal effect on your fat loss.

Why? Because you aren’t really building any lean muscle…you’re
just maybe improving your balance a little bit.

Now, remember we’re not talking about balance or performance type
training here. But if you want to improve those things then the BOSU
ball may be a good option.

I’m just saying lift some weight and stop worrying about this whole
‘work’ the core thing that comes along with stability equipment.

I hope that made sense…

I’d love to know your thoughts on it. And if you’d like me to
expand my thoughts a bit just let me know.

I’m off to walk around the city a little bit and maybe try to work
on blending my permanent white skin sunglasses look to match the
rest of my burnt face :).

Have a great one,

Dan Grant

PS - If you do want to get a consult with me, you can sign up now,
and I will contact you by email or phone by this Friday or Saturday.
I’ll be giving a copy of my ebook True Weight Loss Revealed along
with some special audios as well to sign ups. http://tinyurl.com/2l5u8l

PPS - I’ve been getting a lot of questions about supplementation
lately. I’m assuming from all the commercials that I’m seeing on
TV. I will try and cover them next time and if you have any
specific questions about supplements and supplementation just
email me at admin (at) dangrantfitness.com.