The Intelligent Workout

First Semester is here & that means finding a way not to burn 52,500 calories in order to fit in with the rest of the incoming freshman. When investing in your education, the most important thing to consider is financing foodstuffs. These are the cliff notes for expediently packing on seven kilos because in college the sooner you fall behind the more time you’ll have to catch up.

DO Stick with the Classic College Carbs – Devour easy mac, granola bars, and top ramen in bulk. Avoid filling proteins that are easy to make such as eggs, tuna, protein powder, or trail mix. Begin your courtship with Lil’ Debbie, fight your hunger with Hostess.

DON’T Walk Anywhere if Possible. Ride the bus, drive your car, take the elevator, buy a hoveround, search for moving walkways. Hook a Radio Flyer to unsuspecting sophmores.

In Greek Mythology, Sisyphus violated the rules of hospitality by killing several guests and travelers. Aside from breaking these rules of xenia he was quite crafty and even tried to trick the god Zeus. Zeus damned him to roll a boulder up a hill which would roll back down to the base right before he reached the summit – for all eternity. Might have been a better fate than Atlas with the entire Earth on this back or Prometheus getting his regenerating liver pecked out by an eagle daily but it was not a smart way to exercise any way you look at it.

This isn’t just a 3000 year old myth. I see culprits of the Sisyphus Fitness Methodology in the gym everyday. Gerbils on steel wheels may have seen better results in their physique this year yet these folks continue to stick to the same routine pushing their figurative boulders up a mountain they shouldn’t be scaling in the first place. Here are a few major signs of the SFM to steer clear of indefinitely.

Fiber One Bars – Fiber is great. My friend’s dad’s colon doctor said if everyone took Metamucil daily he’d be out of a job. Getting fiber from a candy bar isn’t the most intelligent trade off. Fiber one bars are packed with high fructose corn syrup and 150 other calories of chocolaty syrupy sweets. A healthy diet should already contain sufficient amounts of fiber. You’re better off sticking with starbursts soaked in Citrucel.

Supplements, just like technology, are a wonderful servant but a terrible master. Muscle building, fat burning, and recovery can all be aided with nutritional supplements but they should never be a foundational aspect of a fitness program. Replacing metabolic activity with a fat burning pill is just the same as checking your e-mail, twitter, or facebook five dozen times a day. Both can be fun in the short run but eventually your office chair will start to feel snug around the buttocks. Just as Google can simplify your web surfing, supplements can expedite your efforts toward sound nutrition and invigorating exercise. Here are three supplements that are so

good they shouldn’t even be considered supplements.