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Using Modeling For Building Strength And Stamina To Maintain Fitness

By Graham McKenzie

"Modeling" is the process of copying strength and stamina building methods from those who possess the skills, knowledge, and results that you're looking to achieve, allowing you very quickly duplicate their results. Modeling gives you an advantage in your training by speeding up your progress by a great deal, and it can sometimes shave years off the learning curve that you would normally be exposed to if you trained without a model.

The modeling for building strength and stamina concept has been used to uncover the strategies used by talented people such as medal winning athletes, persuasion strategies of salespeople, creative strategies of Walt Disney and even the intelligence strategies of Albert Einstein. With this in mind you can use the idea of modeling for building strength and stamina in your quest to achieve what people who have weathered disease and aging and are still building strength and stamina.

The key to my research was to find the right role models: so I began to look for individuals who had already succeeded in their quest to build these hallmarks of fitness.

Again, the object was not to reinvent the wheel. My goal was to find people who'd already done it and then simply follow their example. Some I looked to just for inspiration. Others had health problems similar to my own and overcame them. Finally, because the Big 4-0 was right around the corner, I looked for role models who had found and maintained fitness over time regardless of age by building strength and stamina. Then I came across the work of Clarence Bass, author of 'Lean for Life' and the 'Ripped' book series, and that of Dr. Richard Winett, author of 'Ageless Athletes' and founder of "Master Trainer" magazine.

These two writers managed to maintain extremely low fat levels in their bodies and great fitness levels overall. Clarence had about 2% body fat at the age of 56 while Winett had 5% body fat at the age of 52. To achieve maximum benefits using modeling for building strength and stamina, you need to work closely with various role models.

By working so closely with these role models I was able to discover their secrets for building strength and stamina. My discoveries were based not on reading or mere observation, but by getting down in the trenches and doing the work with these people, as well as exhaustive interviews with many others.

I can think of few individuals who've had the opportunity: dozens of success stories of people OVER 40 building strength and stamina, enhancing not just their fitness, but their everyday lives. My 'insider access' gave me incredible insight into their minds to discover how they think about building strength and stamina, inside their kitchens and their gyms, into how they eat and how they train. I discovered certain traits that each of these highly successful people hold in common when it comes to building strength and fitness, vital, profound commonalities that once understood, can be easily and quickly duplicated so that you too can begin successfully building strength and stamina. - 26706

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