Our Best and Most Inspiring Books for Fitness and Weight Loss in Los Angeles, PART 1

One of the best ways to get motivated into doing the work that’s necessary to achieve those fitness and weight loss goals is to find an inspirational book. If it’s a good book, you won’t even notice that you’re whittling away your lunch hour reading it and, come 5pm, you’ll be SO ready to whip your way through your circuit training routine. 

A good and inspirational book on weight loss and fitness can also help you through some of the more difficult days, when all you really want is a full fat, chocolate-laden, deep-fried something. At the end of the day, the Los Angeles residents who achieve their weight loss goals are those who reached out and found the necessary motivation, rather than sat around waiting for it to come to them.

To help you find this inspiration, here is the recommended reading list of many Weight Loss Los Angeles. Please note that many of these books do not necessarily focus on weight loss or fitness, but they do speak volumes about personal success, attaining personal goals and how to overcome adversity, whether it is external or (perhaps especially) internal.

Top Inspirational Book List

1.      Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!

By Anthony Robbins.

Learn effective techniques and strategies for mastering your body, your emotions, your life and your relationships. Anthony Robbins is one of the most respected and acknowledged leaders in the psychology of self-change and in this book, he provides a fantastic step-by-step guide that can teach you to overcome your inner saboteur and take control of all aspects of your life, including your health and fitness.

2.      Chicken Soup for the Soul.

By Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen

Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield are two of America’s most popular and inspirational speakers. In this international best seller, they bring their readers the wisdom, the sense of humor and perspective to overcome life’s obstacles, no matter how tall and seemingly unsurpassable they are.

3.      Eat That Frog! 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time.

By Brian Tracy

Many Los Angeles residents use a busy lifestyle as an excuse for their inability to achieve their goal weight or become fit. In this book, Brian Tracy blasts all of these excuses out of the water by explaining how we can get the very most out of our time, no matter how busy we may seem to be. He tackles issues from how to stop procrastinating to preventing modern technology from capitalizing upon our precious time. If you’ve ever said: “I wish I could go to gym, but I just don’t have the time,” then this is a stellar read for you!

4.      Failing Forward: Turning Mistakes into Stepping Stones for Success.

By John C. Maxwell

Is the bathroom scale hurling insults at you again? Are you not seeing the changes you’d like to see, even though you’ve been working out really hard at your local gym?

If you’re feeling a little short on inspiration, you won’t find the answer in chocolate cake. Pick this book up by John C. Maxwell instead because it provides readers with a completely different perspective on “failure.” Instead of allowing it to hinder your progress, use it to build upon your experience and view it as a crucial lesson; one you won’t need to make again in the future. This, Maxwell says, is the key to success. He also examines a handful of other traditional obstacles in the pursuit of success, including fear and negative experiences.

Stay Tuned for Part 2

Stay tuned for the second half of this two-part article series to find out the name of more inspirational books that could help Los Angeles residents achieve and breeze past their own personal weight loss and fitness goals with effective workouts such as Circuit Training.

Woman and Weights: Los Angeles Fitness Instructors Debunk 8 Myths That Could Be Keeping You From Your Goals, PART 4

Welcome to the final installment of our four-part article series on the myths surrounding women and weights. Previously, in Part 3, we spoke to some Los Angeles fitness instructors who debunked the following myths:

5. You can eat anything you like, so long as you train with weights: How much you can eat without putting on any weight has more to do with your body’s metabolic rate, which is unique to you.

6. Women only really require cardio exercises and very light weights to stay fit and in shape: Incorrect! Cardiovascular exercise burns fat and muscle. You need weight training to maintain muscle bulk and tone and this applies to both men and women.

Let’s take a look at two final myths:

Women and Weight Lifting Myth # 7: It’s Dangerous For Women to Lift Weights

“Women are typically slighter of frame than men and the weights we incorporate into our workout routines will be lighter, but that doesn’t mean that doing the same weight lifting exercises as men is dangerous,” says a female personal instructor at a Los Angeles Gyms. “The same risks apply to both genders when you get under a heavy weight and attempt to use your body to lift it. You’ve got to warm up, do your stretches and use the correct posture, technique and motions to lift those weights. If you do that, there’s no reason why weight lifting should put you in any particular danger.”

Women and Weight Lifting Myth # 8: Being Lean is the Ultimate Goal of Exercise

“Some people might argue that this is the case for them and, yes, many of the women we see at our circuit training gym are there to become lean and look great in a bikini,” says a Santa Monica group trainer. “But you cannot assume that this is the goal of all women. Some wish to increase muscle or get great abs, while others are working out old injuries or trying to increase whole body fitness in preparation for a weeklong canyon hike. There’s fitness for fitness’ sake, for self-defense, for health, for wellness, for the natural high it gives you, for aesthetics: there are many reasons women AND men sign up to become a member of a gym.” 

 

A Final Note from Gym Instructors Around Los Angeles:

Weight or resistance training is an integral part of any fitness regime; it builds muscle, burns calories and gets your heart rate going faster than cardiovascular exercise. Combined, resistance and cardio training offers women AND men a workout that can help them achieve their fitness and weight loss goals far quicker, which is why circuit training is regarded as one of the most effective systems of exercise for today’s fast-paced and demanding lifestyle.