Josef in the News… Check me out!

Jimmy Moore did an interview with me recently about 10 Fitness Myths that hold people back from getting the bodies they want (esp. as it pertains to folks on low/lower carb diets).  That is FREE right here to download as a podcast or just to listen to at your computer.

Josef Brandenburg is 2010, Washington, DC  Personal Trainer of the Year Nominee for both Personal Fitness Professional Magazine and The Washington, DC Fitness Association, The DC Fitness Advisor and the Fitness Expert for the PCOS Challenge TV Show. He shows normal people with hectic lives and average genetics how to create the bodies they want in the time they actually have. To find out more about the 7-Day Free Trial click here. You can also pick up a FREE copy of his brand new CD – “Why Eat Less and Exercise More is The Worst Advice Ever” here.

The New Book Is Now On Amazon.com

I wanted to let you know that the new book “The Body You Want from A to Z” is now available on Amazon.com

It’s got chapters by me, Jimmy Moore, Gary Taubes and Dr. Bryan Walsh.

Josef Brandenburg is 2010, Washington, DC  Personal Trainer of the Year Nominee for both Personal Fitness Professional Magazine and The Washington, DC Fitness Association, The DC Fitness Advisor and the Fitness Expert for the PCOS Challenge TV Show. He shows normal people with hectic lives and average genetics how to create the bodies they want in the time they actually have. To find out more about the 7-Day Free Trial click here. You can also pick up a FREE copy of his brand new CD – “Why Eat Less and Exercise More is The Worst Advice Ever” here.

Super Exciting News! (Washington, DC Personal Trainer Picked as THE PCOS Challenge Fitness Expert TV Show)

I just got a phone call from Sasha Ottey the founder of the PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) Challenge.  She’s doing a 13 week TV show for women with PCOS, and they’ve selected me as THE fitness expert for the show!

Just so everyone knows as soon as the first show airs I’ll stop being nice to people:-).

watch this 22sec hilarious video on getting smug:

Josef Brandenburg is 2010, Washington, DC  Personal Trainer of the Year Nominee for both Personal Fitness Professional Magazine and The Washington, DC Fitness Association, The DC Fitness Advisor and the Fitness Expert for the PCOS Challenge TV Show. He shows normal people with hectic lives and average genetics how to create the bodies they want in the time they actually have. To find out more about the 7-Day Free Trial click here. You can also pick up a FREE copy of his brand new CD – “Why Eat Less and Exercise More is The Worst Advice Ever” here..

Please Help Out In Haiti

Hopefully you are aware of what’s going on in Haiti – a country that was already in bad shape just went through 4 hurricanes and then a major earthquake. A client of mine who’s family is from Haiti wants to do something to help and needs YOU to get it done.

If you have any sheets or bedclothes of any size, or any condition please donate them.

Terrell (my client) has made this VERY simple. Just call her on her cell phone and she’ll come pick up your stuff.

Her # is (202) 531-1796.

Any sheets or bed clothes, in any condition. Call Terrell and she’ll pick up your sheets.

Thank YOU in advance for your generosity!

Josef Brandenburg is 2010, Washington, DC  Personal Trainer of the Year Nominee for both Personal Fitness Professional Magazine and The Washington, DC Fitness Association, and author of “The Body You Want”. He shows normal people with hectic lives and average genetics how to create the bodies they want in the time they actually have. To find out more about the 7-Day Free Trial click here. You can also pick up a FREE copy of his brand new CD – “Why Eat Less and Exercise More is The Worst Advice Ever” here.

Can Laughing Help You Lose Weight?

I recently ran across a very neat research article in Diabetes Care on the power of laughter.

Japanese researchers took a group of type-2 diabetics and healthy subjects for two days:

Day 1 – they ate a 500 calorie lunch and attended a “monotonous lecture (40 min) without humorous content.”

Day 2 – they ate an identical 500 calorie lunch and attended a 40min comedy show where “the subjects laughed.”

(Funny excerpt: “The subjects estimated their laughter level on a scale of 0–5, and most of them considered that they laughed well (level 4 or 5).”  Leave it to a scientist to take the fun out of a comedy show!)

Researchers monitored the subjects bloo d glucose levels for two hours after the and in the people who attended the comedy show glucose levels where significantly lower .

“Negative emotions such as anxiety, fear, and sorrow are known to be factors that elevate the blood glucose level.”

Why Does This Matter To You?

Elevated blood sugar (glucose) levels require that your body secretes insulin to bring them back down.  The more insulin you secrete the more your fat cells grow.  Anything you can do to reduce your insulin levels (high intensity exercise, low-carb eating) will help to make you leaner.

Apparently, its not just what you eat, but how you eat.  If you eat in a stressed out state, that can make your healthy lunch less healthy.

So, lighten up!  Pass gas and blame it on somebody else at lunch.  Make sure that you are having fun every day – even at work.

You can read the whole article in Diabetes Care right here for free:
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/5/1651.full

Josef Brandenburg is 2010, Washington, DC  Personal Trainer of the Year Nominee for both Personal Fitness Professional Magazine and The Washington, DC Fitness Association, and author of “The Body You Want”. He shows normal people with hectic lives and average genetics how to create the bodies they want in the time they actually have. To find out more about the 7-Day Free Trial click here. You can also pick up a FREE copy of his brand new CD – “Why Eat Less and Exercise More is The Worst Advice Ever” here.

Merry Christmas – Josef Doing The Sprinkler

I don’t know why I decided to break out into the sprinkler, but I did and it’s in this video of how to do the face pull.

Josef Brandenburg is 2010, Washington, DC  Personal Trainer of the Year Nominee for both Personal Fitness Professional Magazine and The Washington, DC Fitness Association, and author of “The Body You Want”. He shows normal people with hectic lives and average genetics how to create the bodies they want in the time they actually have. To find out more about the 7-Day Free Trial click here. You can also pick up a FREE copy of his brand new CD – “Why Eat Less and Exercise More is The Worst Advice Ever” here.

I’m So Sorry For Missing ALL Of Last Week

To everyone who reads my blog, I am sorry for zoning out and missing all of last week – not one single post.  Bad Josef!

I’m inclined to offer some kind of reason (a.k.a. BS excuse) about why I missed last week’s blog, but that would  be just like me telling my body “oh, I just didn’t have the time to eat right and exercise last week – I was really busy.  Do you think you could let me off the hook, give me a lot of energy and keep me looking good anyway?”

Excuses don’t matter, it’s not a result.

See you all this Thursday.

Josef Brandenburg is 2010, Washington, DC based Personal Trainer of the Year Nominee for both Personal Fitness Professional Magazine and The Washington, DC Fitness Association, and author of “The Body You Want”.  He shows normal people with hectic lives and average genetics how to create the bodies they want in the time they actually have. To find out more about the 7-Day Free Trial click here. You can also pick up a copy of his brand new CD – “Why Eat Less and Exercise More is The Worst Advice Ever” here.

Could You Use Some Inspiration?

I have a confession: I skipped my workout today. I told myself, “oh, I’ve been working so many hours. I worked out yesterday. I couldn’t sleep last night. I REALLY don’t feel like it at all, I can just skip it today…”

I really was just going to let it go, but I came across these inspiring words. So, I made a date with myself to hit my intervals at 10:30pm tonight.

I hope this helps you as much as it helped me today.

What Is A Workout? Read more

The Cutest Basket Brigade Volunteer + Thanksgiving Pugs!

Would you beleive that this baby carried all of these frozen turkies in all by himself?

Thank you to everyone who reads this blog and who donated to the DC Basket Brigade.  When the dust has settled tomorrow we’ll have fed well over 100 families!

Thanksgiving Pugs

These have nothing to do with a fitness blog.  I just like pugs.

Happy Holidays.  We’ll be back to fitness stuff next week.

Josef Brandenburg is 2010, Washington, DC based Personal Trainer of the Year Nominee for both Personal Fitness Professional Magazine and The Washington, DC Fitness Association, and author of “The Body You Want”.  He shows normal people with hectic lives and average genetics how to create the bodies they want in the time they actually have. To find out more about the 7-Day Free Trial click here. You can also pick up a copy of his brand new CD – “Why Eat Less and Exercise More is The Worst Advice Ever” here.

8 Week Transformation Prizes Revealed!

So, this is what you get for getting the body you want if you’ve already registered for the 8 week transformation contest.

• $200 Visa Gift Card to buy new clothes for your new body

• 1 hour massage gift certificate to help your body recovery from all that hard work

Thank you to everyone who joined the contest.  I wish you all the best of luck!

Josef Brandenburg is 2010, Washington, DC based Personal Trainer of the Year Nominee for both Personal Fitness Professional Magazine and The Washington, DC Fitness Association, and author of “The Body You Want”.  He shows normal people with hectic lives and average genetics how to create the bodies they want in the time they actually have. To find out more about the 7-Day Free Trial click here. You can also pick up a copy of his brand new CD – “Why Eat Less and Exercise More is The Worst Advice Ever” here.

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