Kollywood Star Makes Amazing Transformation In Months

NOTE: If you’re a Kollywood fan who’s landed on this page after searching on Google then I’m going to admit first of all that I am by no means a Kollywood enthusiast. So if you’re after Kollywood information then you might as well go back to Google. If however, you’re interested in having a fitness transformation yourself then feel free to stick around here and read some articles because you’re at the right place for that!

Surya is a Kollywood actor who is going to be playing in an upcoming Tamil-language film, ‘Gautham Vasudev Menon’s Vaaranam Aayiram’. The character he is playing for this role requires a ripped body, in essence, six-pack abs were a necessity for agreeing to the role. There aren’t many jobs that have such an unfair employment requirement but then again there aren’t many positions available that will pay enough for you to afford your own personal trainer and private gym!

Alkhas was recommended to Surya as a personal trainer by the director Aamir Khan. He was forced to change the foods he ate and carbohydradtes such as pastries, bread or rice were strictly avoided along with sweets and even meat (excepting poultry and fish). Although I personaly recommend throwing some cheat days into the mix when choosing a diet, if you want to get the desired look as soon as possible (like in
the film business) it seems that cheat meals are not an option! The strict diet forced Surya to give up a few pleasures; no after-dinner desserts were permitted which meant he could no longer enjoy vanilla ice cream and his wife Jyothika’s favorite brownie. Before the diet, eating out was a frequent way to spend evenings
(Pillai, 2008). And no, I am not aware of when/if he will get back into enjoying the ‘banned’ food groups!

Alkhas also helped Surya with his workouts and made sure that they included both cardio sessions and weight training (Surya actually purchased specialized equipment for his personal gym). He also performed more traditional exercises such as crunches and leg lifts (Pillai, 2008).

In my opinion muscle building is by far the best way to spend your time if you want to get a six-pack. The more muscle you have on your frame, the higher your metabolism will become. By combining this with a healthy diet you’ll be on a sure road to lowering your body fat percentage and making those abdominal muscles come out from hiding.

“It took a lot of hard work and sweat, nearly four months of a controlled diet and workouts to build my six-pack abs. No pumping steroids or popping pills for me. I am proud of it.” – Surya

Reference: Pillai, S. (2008, May 4). Power packed . The Times of India. Retrieved from http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_Buzz/Power_packed_/articleshow/3007709.cms

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How Tim Ferriss Lost 20 Pounds Of Fat In 30 Days… Without Doing Any Exercise

Tim Ferriss is a high profile Internet entrepreneur who’s most claim to fame is writing The Four Hour Workweek which has since become a New York Times, Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek bestseller.  He is the kind of person that tries out whatever he thinks up, just to prove he can do it.

When it came to the whole ‘bodybuilding’ thing he decided to make  a go of it and ended up making quite an amazing transformation.

Back in April 2007 Tim decided he needed to get rid of the extra flab across his stomach.  And in this article he explains (in his own words) that “…this is the only diet … that has produced veins across my abdomen, which is the last place I lose fat (damn you, Scandinavian genetics).”

The amazing thing is it only took him 30 days to lose 20 pounds of fat (and gain 10 pounds of muscle at the same time).

He credits his success to four simple rules;

1. Avoid “white” carbohydrates
2. Eat the same few meals over and over again
3. Don’t drink calories
4. Take one day off per week

Four rules shouldn’t be too hard to follow, right?

Regarding rule 1: Tim allows these foods if it is 1.5 hours (or less) before or after resistance training.  This rule doesn’t quite work for me as I like to workout first thing in the morning.  But then, only true ‘white’ foods I eat are potatoes and rice.

Regarding rule 4: Personally I wouldn’t take a whole day off to binge eat like Tim recommends.  It is good to have cheat meals every so often, but putting bad food through your system for an entire day is not going to help your progress.  Also, if you restrict your cheat meals to just one day of the week, you could find yourself in a pickle at other times during the week when there is no choice but unhealthy food (or when it is unhealthy to refuse the food offered).

Has anyone had any success with this diet?

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Was Fat, Now Healthy – What Does Tim Bean Have To Save About Staying Fit?

Tim Bean has been in the fitness industry for 15 years now.  Before this time he was in danger of dying a very young man.

Tim Bean was 26 when he received a written medical warning from his doctor.

“You know at work when you get a written warning twice, then you get the sack? Well if you get two written medical warnings, they read the second one out at your funeral.”

Bean weighed more than 115kg, his cholesterol and blood pressure were sky-high and he was told he might not make it to 30.
Source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4211469a20517.html

How to live a long, healthy life (the gospel according to Tim Bean)

• Don’t eat deep-fried food.
• Take multi-vitamins every day.
• Eat a small portion of lean red meat twice a week.
• Eat at least six cups of vegetables a day.
• Drink no more than four glasses of alcohol a week
• Exercise every day for at least an hour a day. Bean recommends full-body weight lifting and an hour of agressive cardio (like running) three times a week, with a bit of yoga thrown in for balance and suppleness.
• Don’t diet. “Weight-loss programs are all rubbish. All you need is a strong will.”

There you have it.  They are some pretty easy rules which I would tend to agree with in general.  It is important to remember that we don’t need to stick to any diet 100%.  An 80-20 or 90-10 split is fine and will not affect your overall goals.  For instance, eating deep-fried food once or twice a month will not change your physique (unless your body fat level is unhealthily low).  If you’re having 5 meals a day, then you can afford at least a couple of meals that are essentially cheat meals.

The last point, ‘don’t diet’ is really a misuse of words – the previous points make up a diet!  I think what he is getting at is that he has never had any success with branded diets and is trying to help others steer clear of wasting time and money doing the same.   I would rephrase this point to say that a lot of diet/weight loss plans are rubbish, so if you do go on a diet make sure it is based on fact, not marketing hype.

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