New website!

www.BodySynergyTraining.com
Hey everyone so the time has come since my blog and business is going for me to move on from this site with blogger to a brand new one. I have redesigned the whole thing and more will be added to it as well.

Do be redirected Click Here for www.BodySynergyTraining.com as that is where my new site is now. You will no longer be directed here.

Again thank you all for your support and I look forward to seeing you at www.BodySynergyTraining.com

Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

"Work hard, Play hard,
TRAIN HARDER!"

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Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

"Work hard, Play hard,
TRAIN HARDER!"

Underground Sand Bag Training

Hey everyone so even though I can not upload my own videos I made yet I contacted my buddy Zach about getting some video from him that I can share with YOU my readers.

And boy did he deliver, I got him to give up some killer Sandbag Training footage for you.

Sandbags are great for one because they are super cheap to make, and a KILLER training tool. If you think your all big and tough I dare you to throw around a 100lb Sandbag for a workout.

If you think your man enough, or you want to be man enough check out the video below.



If you want to check out more kick ass videos and training tips.

Then make sure to check out The Underground Strength Coach Website.

I am also on there a lot helping people out as one of his coaches on the forums.

Limited Offer! If you check it out now I talked Zach into giving you a 7 day trial for only $1. If you don't take advantage of that then what are you here for!

Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

"Work hard, Play hard,
TRAIN HARDER!"

Nutrition Tip of the week #3

Hey everyone sorry I did not post this last week I have been having issues with my computer.

Yes all you Mac haters laugh, but it was me not the computer. Still not fully working but I made one using my computers camera instead of my little flip cam.

So here it is, and I have another coming this week as well so you get two. LUCKY YOU!



Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
"Work hard, Play hard,
TRAIN HARDER!!"

Dieting Causes Brain Damage!

Due to popular belief it is true!

Ok maybe not but it can drive you nuts sometimes thinking diet this diet that.

That is one of the reasons I do not like the word diet, sounds cheesy but its true break it down DIE-t.

So to make you laugh and bring some joy to healthy eating I thought I would share some of this book my Mom has with you.

A few little things to thing about with eating.


1. A simple strategy to lose weight and keep it off is to simply stop shoveling food into your mouth. Most of us need to slow down and enjoy our meals more, rather than treating them like NASCAR refueling stops.

2. As we've all learned, nothing wonderful or life-changing ever came out of a drive-through service window.

3. Nothing terrifies long-term couch potatoes like the threat of exercise. Such fears are not unfounded. Since the invention of Lycra, exercise has built up a deservedly unpleasant reputation, thanks to psychotic aerobics instructors. Mind-numbingly boring and repetitive workouts featuring wholly undignified ab exercises.

4. I'm not saying it will be easy. It won't be. Your first run along the beach isn't going to look anything like the opening scenes of Baywatch.

5. One golden rule of effective weight loss is to simply keep your big mouth shut. This immediately rescues your intake of excessive calories and stops you from driving people crazy by going on and on about your diet and regaining your ideal weight.

6. If you watch TV, go to the movies, or read magazine, you may believe that all men are supposed to be bronzed, muscle-bound freaks, and all women should look like alien-headed supermodels. But normal beings cannot and should not try to measure themselves against the media's airbrushed, air headed ideals that are totally out of touch with reality.

7. If you don't want to do any of that you could move to a part of the world where a generous layer of body fat is essential for survival. Or try to make yourself feel better by associating exclusively with people who are much fatter than you are. Luckily, in North America these days, this is surprisingly easy to do.


This book is great and I wish you could see the funny pictures of animals that go with each one. If you want something to cheer you up I highly recommend this book. "Deiting Causes Brain Damage" by Bradley Trevor Greive.

Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy
"Work hard, Play hard...
TRAIN HARDER!"

What do you want?

So I have been talking a lot about making more videos for you recently.

One because I feel I can say what I want and express myself more to you than just with words.

Two because I want to be giving you more and more information on this with fitness and well being.

So let me know what kind of videos you want, what you want to know about.

If it is an exercise, tips about eating, tips about staying motivated and on track.

ANYTHING! You tell me, because I am here to help you.

Here is a video talking a little more about it.




Leave your comments below to tell me what you want to know about. The more comments I get the more I can help you.

Work hard, Play hard
TRAIN HARDER

Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

P.S. Do not forget to leave your comments.

Underground Strength Pull Up Contest My Video

Alright so not the greatest only 29 1/2 so really 29. I wanted to get at least 31-32 but have no fear I will be hitting 45-50 by the end if it kills me!!

So cheer me on people!



Stay tuned for more to come!

Work hard, play hard
TRAIN HARDER!


Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

Body Transformation Update, Lowerbody workout #7

So this training session yet again was killer I am hurting and loving it.

Yeah I know I am a little crazy but this is my love for the iron and all that comes with it.

So if your up for it and want to know what it feel like then try this work out.

I hit 4 sets of each workout in the rep rage of 8-10 and finish off with 5 sets of 30 sec jump rope 15 sec rest.

Now go kill it!



If your up for it and want to gain 30-40lbs in 6 months then go to www.InsaneMuscleGains.com to get your bullet proof plan.

Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

Fat Loss Secrets Interview With Fat Loss Expert Joshua Carter

Wow was this interview awesome and PACKED with info!

I was able to catch Josh for a few minutes even though the crazy fire here in California was going on right next to where his gym was. Thankfully it was contained and stopped before it came to his gym and house which is right there too.

I kept this interview short and straight to the point on things that can get you losing weight today! The whole thing is about 13 minutes.

So sit down get out a note pad and get ready to burn off that fat!

Fat Loss Secrets Revealed with Joshua Carter

If you want to check out more of what Josh has and read his blog also. You can head on over to www.CarterFitness.com

Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

Body Transformation Update Workout #6

So here is another upper body muscle building workout. I really tore this workout apart and was on fire! I love doing upper body, and lower body most people do not.

But doing the things you do not always want to do but have to do is what sets you apart so keep that in mind.

Today is lower body day and I have a killer routine set up and I will hit it with the same intensity and then some as my upper body day.

Remember,
Work hard
Play hard
TRAIN HARDER!



Check out www.InsaneMuscleGains.com for great workout and find out how you can build massive amounts of muscle.

Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

Join team Matty Holmes and best picture wins a prize!

WARNING: YOU MUST READ THE POST BELOW BEFORE READING THIS ONE



The top 3 pictures get a special prize, but you do not get to know what it is till after. But I promise you it will be AWESOME! So hurry and join Team Matty Holmes, you have to help me psych out my competition and show them I will win!

Thanks everyone for joining the team!

Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

The world wide pull up challange!

Yeah you heard it right the world wide internet pull up challenge is one. And yours truly is going to SMASH the competition so all you other fools better watch and learn!

Ha this is great and is going to be so much fun. I will have my first baseline pull up video up for you all Saturday as I just found out and did my pull ups today. I want to make sure I recover and make it a good one!

Here is the first video though for the call out of the challenge.



If you want to join you should, if not be on my team and cheer me on! Leave your comments would love to hear them.

Dedicated to kicking everyone's ass at this one
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

Nutrition tip of the week #2 Alcohol Consumption

Hey so I decided to talk about alcohol consumption and how it effects your fat loss, and hold you back from your goals.

I am not telling you to have no life and to not go out because that is just no fun, but watch the video and keep it in mind and try to limit your consumption.



Have something you want me to talk about? Let me know what it is and if I choose your topic you will get a special gift.

Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

Lower Body Workout #5 of my body transformation series

Ok so I am late on posting this one up sorry everyone. But here it is, nothing crazy and complex. As you all know I am pretty bare to the bones and nothing fancy here, but you know what it works and it works good. I still hurt from this work out even so as long as you stick with it and go heavy and heard you will feel it for sure!



I am feeling my strength go up a lot right now and I can feel that I am getting bigger and bigger its great. So if your looking to get bigger and stronger and have not checked out www.InsaneMuscleGains.com yet then do it!

Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

Wow this quote is awsome!

Thanks to my friend Dax and his daily quotes, this has to be one of the best ones things I have ever read. So simple yet so powerful! Keep this in your mind and NOTHING can stop you from you goals.


"I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these words each hour, each day, everyday, until the words become as much a habit as my breathing, and the action which follows becomes as instinctive as the blinking of my eyelids.

With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success. I will act now. I will repeat these words again and again and again. I will walk where failures fear to walk. I will work when failures seek to rest. I will act now for now is all I have.

Tomorrow is the day reserved for the labor of the lazy. I am not lazy. Tomorrow is the day when the failure will succeed. I am not a failure. I will act now.

Success will not wait. If I delay, success will become wed to another and lost to me forever. This is the time. This is the place.
I am the person."

- Og Mandino


Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

The secret?

No I am not talking about the movie The Secret. What I am talking about is something that I personally contemplated for a long time on about. Something that ran through my head back when I was doing nothing with my life in and out of drugs and hanging out with the wrong kind of people. Knowing that there was something more and I personally deserved more.

Everyone in life deserves the best, but how much you get is up to you.

So what is the real secret behind being successful and having the life you deserve?

Happiness

When you are happy nothing in the world can touch you. When you know you deserve to be happy, do and have anything you want. If its fitting into that certain dress, being able to walk up a flight of stairs without feeling like you just ran a mile, having that career you always wanted, or getting your dream house.

The key to success whatever it may mean to you is happiness. Because when you are happy nothing can get you down or hold you back in life. Here is a short little video that just shows you the joy in life that no matter what age we all can have. So are you willing to chose to be happy or not?

If this video does not make you smile and bring warm fuzzys then keep watching it! haha



Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy



P.S. Where do I get one of those bibs I think I need one! haha

How to gain muscle body transformation series Workout #4

Yesterdays workout was insane I went and went some more, the circuit we did at the end really kicked my a$$. Also it was the first weigh in at week one, and so far so good. Watch the video to check out this workout and also see how much I gained in the first week. And yes I am doing this all natural I have had a few people ask me.




Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy


To get your hands on the program I am using check out www.InsaneMuscleGains.com

How to gain muscle transformation series Workout #3

Ok so wow I know I can eat a lot but last night was tough I stared at my eggs for probably 15 minutes. I am guessing part being I was just beat from my day, so I got myself all worked up and just chowed down after thinking about it for that time haha. But its a new day my legs KILL today so I will doing some active rest by doing some light sled work at the park later tonight with one of my clients who missed yesterday.

Hope you guys are enjoying the whole series and tomorrow is the weight in day for week one! Any comments you have feel free to post them.



Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
Body Synergy

P.S. If you are looking to get strong and jacked then check out www.InsaneMuscleGains.com

A real issue in our world!

Ok so right now I am going to touch on a very controversial subject. I know this subject can be very touchy for people that have dealt with it, are dealing with it, or you know someone that has. I can personally say I have had to deal with this, not myself but with someone I was very close to before, but can never fully understand it from the inside view.

We always hear so often about the obesity epidemic which yes there is one and its not going anywhere, and its going to get worse unless we deal with it. But there is another issue that I think is kept in hiding. Yes it might not be as large of an issue as obesity but it is just as damaging.

So how did I come up with the the idea to write an article on this and why? Well after browsing youtube.com and uploading my weekly nutrition tip for everyone to read. I fell across a video on Anorexia. After watch about 5 videos of real people battling their anorexia or sharing their story of the journey through it and where they are now. After watching the video it touched me so much because I do not think people realize how big of an issue it is especially in our society today with how media wants you to think. Also with me starting to get involved with youth I feel I have to touch on this as most cases are started in adolescence.

So what is Anorexia? This is what answers.com defines it as, "Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by unrealistic fear of weight gain, self-starvation, and conspicuous distortion of body image. The name comes from two Latin words that mean nervous inability to eat."

Yes anorexia is a disorder, just like so many other things. Anorexia has the highest death rate of mental disorders with 5-20% of people dieing from it. It does such a damage on your body that even when people survive and recover end up with permanent damage to their body.

One of the biggest parts of the body that gets damaged are your bones. When we are at the early stages of our life we are still growing and happen to acquire most of the bone mass during those stages to last us your entire life. "There's a narrow window of time to accrue bone mass to last a lifetime," says Diane Mickley, MD, co-president of the National Eating Disorders Association and the founder and director of the Wilkins Center for Eating Disorders in Greenwich, Conn. "You're supposed to be pouring in bone, and you're losing it instead.

But that is not just all, your heart is right up there with the bones. When you are starving yourself you lose muscle mass at a rapid pace. "It gets worse at increasing your circulation in response to exercise, and your pulse and your blood pressure get lower," says Mickley. "The cardiac tolls are acute and significant, and set in quickly."

Those are just the two biggest but the rest of what happens is just as important. Your body goes through hell and back, you weaken your body's immune system so they are constantly catching infections and are at such a higher rate of catching anything they come in contact with as they are unable to fight it of. This can turn into a downward spiral.

With women once they start to lose weight and stop eating if effects the body's natural process's it goes through such as the menstrual cycle. And this has shown to have long term effects on women that want to later have children. "In truly, fully recovered anorexics and bulimics, it looks like the rate, frequency and number of pregnancies is normal," says Mickley. "However, if you look at infertility clinics, and those patients in the clinics who have infrequent or absent periods, the majority of them appear to have occult eating disorders. They may think they're fully recovered, but they haven't gotten their weight up high enough."

One thing that you will usually see is people that are anorexic usually have the disorder Bulimia. The defanition of Bulimia as by Medterms.com is.

"Also called bulimia nervosa. An eating disorder characterized by episodes of secretive excessive eating (binge-eating) followed by inappropriate methods of weight control, such as self-induced vomiting (purging), abuse of laxatives and diuretics, or excessive exercise. The insatiable appetite of bulimia is often interrupted by periods of anorexia."


With bulimia it can cause even more damage to the body by frequently forcing your body to vomit you increase the stomach acid, which people have said make them feel as if they are drinking Drano. Also this can lead to enamel coming off of your teeth and changing the color of them. Also it can lead to esophageal cancer.

What can be done to fix this?

"The real focus has to be on weight restoration if you want to reverse outcomes," says Rebecka Peebles, MD, a specialist in adolescent medicine at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. "That's the most essential part of treatment. You can't wait around for it to happen. It really is an essential first step in treatment and recovery."
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Unfortunately, say experts, too many people believe that anorexia is strictly a psychological disorder, and ignore its medical complications unless the patient becomes visibly, dangerously thin. "A lot of people -- parents, and even some doctors -- think that medical complications of anorexia only happen when you're so thin you're wasting away," says Peebles. "Practitioners need to understand that a good therapist is only part of the treatment for anorexia and other eating disorders, and that these patients need treatment from a medical doctor as well."

The sad thing is most insurance companies will not pay for in patient or out patient treatments and if they do its only about 1/4 of what the person needs. These treatments run anywhere from $30,000 a month to $100,000 a year.

"Access to care is a huge issue," says Mickley. "Eating disorders aren't staged the way cancer is, so we don't have the way to convince insurance companies that a low potassium level can be like a small metastasis. It's only recently that we've begun to understand the genetic and neurochemical basis of anorexia and say that this is a real illness, not a whim of spoiled rich girls. It's been treated like it's voluntary and willful as opposed to what it is: a serious, life-threatening psychiatric and medical illness."

That to me is a big issue and I fully believe people should be able to get treatment, because yes just as with overweight people a lot do it to them self but there is a bigger issue behind it as well with genetics and imbalances in the the body. Just like with eating disorders mentioned above. If someone needs help for something that is life threatening and just ignoring it by not providing help if its party there fault or not I think is wrong. What do you think?

Here are a few statistics about how large of an issue this more. Like I said a lot more than you might think.

1- It is estimated that 8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men

2- One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia

3- Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia

4- Nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder (Note: One in five Americans suffers from mental illnesses.)

5- An estimated 10 – 15% of people with anorexia or bulimia are males

6- A study by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders reported that 5 – 10% of anorexics die within 10 years after contracting the disease; 18-20% of anorexics will be dead after 20 years and only 30 – 40% ever fully recover

7- The mortality rate associated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate of ALL causes of death for females 15 – 24 years old.

To me that one is pretty crazy

8- 20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems

9- Only 1 in 10 people with eating disorders receive treatment

10- Anorexia is the 3rd most common chronic illness among adolescents

11- 50% of girls between the ages of 11 and 13 see themselves as overweight


Let me know what you think on this issue if you feel the way I do about it. That its a larger issue than we make it, if its effected by the media, and how we can change it. Let me know what you think if you have a different view point on this topic also. Here are two videos I that really touched me to write this.





Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes


Resources

Wedmd.com
Answers.com
Medterms.com
South Carolina Department of Mental Health

Nutrition tip of the week #1

Hey everyone so a few weeks I talked about doing a weekly exercise/nutrition tip for you all. So finally without waiting anymore here is the first one, enjoy. Also if you have a exercise or nutrition question post it in the comments and if I choose your question I will give you a special prize :) Have a great week.



Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes

If this does not put a tear in your eye I don't know what will

So I was just browsing a friends blog and came across a post of his with a video and it immediately caught my eye. I will tell you more about it though in just a minute. As you all know I quit working for other people and having a steady pay check to go out on my own and start my business, and I just hit the 3 month mark a few days ago. The reason I did this was because I have a passion for what I do and I love it.

While working for other people I found this out and was never satisfied or happy and really felt as if I was not giving myself all that I could and doing a disservice to me. So finally I took the leap said screw it, put in my two weeks and just ran with it. I did not have it all planned out perfect and wait till it was. You know why? Because it never is, I truly believe in the "ready, shoot, aim" mentality. Nothing is ever perfect and you wait for it to be, you will always be waiting and saying the same thing over and over. Since all of this I have had rough times I will not lie about that, but who does not? You fall down, scrap your knee and you get back up. Nothing is always going to go right, be exactly how you want it to be every time, and just breeze through life like its nothing. But thats the fun of it and you know why it does not matter when things like that happen? Because if you follow your passion and do what you love, it makes it all work out in the end and you enjoy the journey of getting there.

So I really hope that in all of my coaching that I can do what my mentors have done for me and that is really help me follow my heart and passion. Teach you to never give up, to not slow down, give it all you have, push for that extra inch, fall down and get back up, to not throw in the towel, and most of all believe in yourself that you can do anything you want in your life as long as your happy and keep at it will everything you have.

So now here is the video of this amazing man that did just that after years he went for what he wanted and shocked the world, put people into tears and had them cheering him on the whole way. And yes I even had a tear as this really hits me and I can connect with it. Have a wonderful weekend.



Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes

Workout #2 of my how to gain muslce series!

Ok so here is day 3 of the program and workout #2 of my how to gain muscle body transformation series. Let me know what you think if there is more you want me to video tape and show, comments are always welcome.



Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
www.BodySynergyTraining.com


If you want to know how to gain muscle check out www.InsaneMuscleGains.com

Underground Strength Coach Cert. Crew

Hey everyone so I wanted to post up a picture of the whole crew that was at the Underground Strength Coach Certification with me. We all had a blast I came away with so much more knowledge with training and in business.

I had such a blast and am so glad I went out and even spent a couple extra days hanging out with Zach training some of his athletes with him. Thank you to all my clients, friends, and family that support my career and my goals.




Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes

Day 1 of my muscle gaining program

Hey everyone ok so this is day one of my program so far let me know what you think.



Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
www.BodySynergyTraining.com


P.S.
If you are looking to pack on some size and strength check out www.InsaneMuscleGains.com

Special announcement!

Hey everyone I have a special announcement to make and I made a little video intro for this thing I am doing.
All comments are welcome and I hope you enjoy and learn from everything I will be doing.


Dedicated to your success,
Matt Holmes
www.BodySynergyTraining.com

Also do not forget to check out
www.InsaneMuscleGains.com