The general term for this is “overtraining” and a lot of people suffer from it… but because I’m awesome, I’ll be shedding some light on a concept that will make your workouts (and your freakin’ life) more efficient, focused and more god damn productive. No more dilly-dallying around like a clueless chump bucket.

Read this statement out loud three times: Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.

This statement was made by the British historian Cyril Parkinson after years of observation while working in the British Civil Service, and this statement sums up Parkinson’s law. There is a book on this law which goes pretty in-depth while being a hilarious read to boot, so I recommend that you check it out. The version I had lying around was old, very old (printed in 1964) but I’m sure if you hunt around Amazon, you can find something more up to date. (Like THIS BOOK
for example).

But I’m going to break it all down for you, then show you how to use it practically. You see, every task is in some way shape or form dependent on TIME. If humans were immortal (vampires?) then every task would have the potential of being allotted an unlimited amount of time and thus the progress of our species wouldn’t be half of what it is because there is no sense of urgency. But we aren’t immortal, and therefore we have to assign a certain amount of time to a given task, which creates urgency and literally forces progress.

Now, here’s where all of this gets interesting. If you allot too much time for a given task, then that task will find a way to fill the extra gap in time by increasing it’s complexity. The task itself isn’t doing this, but its you. It’s a psychological effect which were naturally bound to. Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look at an example.

While you’re sitting there on your computer, I decide to walk in with a Universal Self loading Pistol (USP). I then put the gun to your face and say “You have 5 minutes to write me a 500 word press release that showcases why I’m so awesome or you’re fucking dead!”. How likely are you to finish that press release in WELL under 5 minutes? VERY likely.

On the other hand, what if I come in and blurt out “I need you to write me a 500 word press release that showcases why I’m so awesome. Have it on my desk first thing in the morning.” How much do you want to bet that it’s going to take more than 5 minutes to write this press release? Hmm… I thought so.

The task was the same, yet the time allotted in each scenario was totally different… and lo behold, you magically found a way to expand the work to fill the available time. This shit happens ALL the time. Now that you know of this weird psychological effect, it’s time to take advantage of it and use it to make sure that when you hit the gym, you do what needs to be done and then get the hell out before it consumes your life.

FJ’s Law Of Fitness Workout Timing For Effective Training Using Parkinson’s (wtf?)

Don’t ask about the subtitle… Just know that yes, this is a law that I made up, and yes, it does work ridiculously well. The law can be summed up in 2 words: sixty minutes. That’s right, one hour! One hour is ALL you get to do whatever the hell it is you need to do for your daily fitness activities, and once you’ve hit that hour, you gota pick your ass up and leave. Move on with your life. Even if you haven’t done what you needed to do, just leave… Because over time and with practice, you’ll just end up finding a way to shave off the useless seconds or minutes that are robbing you of a productive workout.

It will come naturally, trust me.

You should know that the opposite is also true. For example, what if you only do 30 minute workouts? Well then still give yourself one hour, because magically… You’ll find a way to fill that extra 30 minute gap, and it could do your body some “extra” goodness. Maybe you’ll go and stretch all your muscles, maybe you’ll hit up the steam room and de-stress, maybe you’ll go and try that ab exercise you saw on TV, or maybe you’ll grow some balls and attempt my plyometrics routine. Whatever it is that you end up doing, it will expand to fill the time gap. Count on it!

-FitJerk
Flawless Fitness Book

Discuss: How many times have you fallen victim to Parkinson’s Law? And now that I’ve enlightened you, what are some other ways that you’re going to apply it to your life? Stop being the quiet kid in class and express ideas below…

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EDIT: To be fair, I’d like to provide credit where credit is due, but I have no clue who wrote this… I THOUGHT it was John Hopkins University but they seem to have denied that. So as of right now, this article came into materialization from thin air. And that’s a fact! Truth be told there is a lot of validity to this and I’d still follow most of the advice. That’s my opinion, read it and form your own.

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1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime.

3. When the person’s immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming=2 0tumours.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tu mor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not
result in more tumor destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence
the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy… Surgery can also cause cancer
cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

WHAT CANCER CELLS FEED ON:

a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. 20By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal,Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very sma ll amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg’s aminos or sea salt.

b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk, cancer cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rath er than beef or pork.  Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.

d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment.  About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to no urish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temper atures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties.
Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body’s killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the
body’s own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body’s normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax
and enjoy life.

16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated enviro nment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular
level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.

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So there you have it, some very practical tips on how you can avoid and/or fight off cancer. You now also have a basic understanding of the disease so use it to your advantage. Personally I still refuse to believe that there are no “cures” to cancer, but that’s just me.

Anyways, make sure you book mark and share this one. Important stuff, and the more people that know, the better.

- FJ
FlawlessFitnessBook.com

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