But why am I writing this on a personal finance blog, you may ask. Well, two reasons really: one, it is my blog so I can indulge myself from time to time; and second, and more seriously, it hit me that the rules of ultra distance running, life and money management are in the main identical. Don’t believe me? Let’s start with translating the key message into a money management one: Aerobic and anaerobic exercise are both equally important, and both play a different role in getting you to your health goals. Both are essential. You may have the belief that: I recently went for a run with Forrest Gump–or our nearest equivalent in miles logged. Ultramarathon legend Stu Mittleman ran 540 miles to win the 1994 Six Days of La Rochelle at age 43. He covers almost the distance of a marathon every day and has put more than 300,000 miles on his legs over the last 20 years. Here in this guide I am focusing exclusively on aerobic exercise as this is the best route to more energy. There are many ways to exercise aerobically, however, the key principle is to have a solid understanding of what aerobic exercise actually is:

And finally (this is a short one), the best way to oxygenate your body all-day, every-day is to eat alkaline, nutrient-dense, antioxidant rich foods! These plant-based foods will help remove free radicals and protect the blood, allowing it to transport oxygen to cells throughout the body, converting nutrients into energy. Participating in aerobic exercise can make an incredible difference to your energy too. Think running, walking, hiking, rebounding and so on. Be warned, it’s easy to turn aerobic exercise into anaerobic exercise if you’re not careful, but exercising too hard (too high heart rate). So if you’re running, be careful. Obviously, the best way to know your heart-rate is to wear a heart-rate monitor. I strongly urge you to invest in one, as it is one of the most important investments you will ever make. However, if you do not own one of these, you can still roughly estimate which zone you are in using the following guidelines: Yet another aspect of Stu’s approach that’s in line with Clinical Somatics is that he does not advocate stretching. He says “A tight muscle doesn’t need to be stretched; it needs to be relaxed.” I agree wholeheartedly! His “Journey Across America” (See: www.journeyacrossamerica.com) raised hundreds of thousands of dollars on behalf of causes that promote fitness and health for America’s children.By 1988, Stu had a huge following as a health and fitness coach, and opened up the Fitness Evaluation Center in downtown Manhattan. Soon, Stu’s evaluation and training methodologies became the talk of the town in New York City and eventually Stu’s operation moved into the first Equinox Sports Club, where he became Physiology Lab Director. And you know what? If you walk fast and run slowly for a long time and every day you really get far.

By eating for energy you will nourish your body and give it every tool it needs to repair, rebuild and thrive. Dehydration & Inflammation-Based Fatigue: it has long been known that dehydration is a leading cause of inflammation, and inflammation is a huge contributor to chronic fatigue syndrome, Hashimotos, rheumatic disease, leaky gut and lots more.And to give you some evidence of my statement of ‘Fat will not make you fat’, in the past few years (2012-2016) there have been some AMAZING studies into fats and sugar, amazing. But this one really stands out as spectacular. It’s quite possible that the proportion of types of muscle fibers we’re born with may influence the type of exercise we enjoy. For example, if you’re born with a greater percentage of slow-twitch fibers, you may naturally prefer long-distance running over power lifting, because it feels easier and is therefore more enjoyable. At the time, I thought his story, like so many others he told, tested the bounds of credulity. Today I realize that he had found the basic link between fitness and health: pure aerobic training, Mittleman’s excessive moderation. “If you don’t train your body to burn fat for energy, you can cause a major sugar/fat imbalance known as Syndrome X,” says Phil Maffetone, an applied

Bottom line- I recommend this book to any novice runner. Considering the paradigm shift towards burning fat instead of sugar, experienced runners may get something out of it as well. Dehydration directly leads to this because the transporting of nutrients and wastes is dramatically reduced and even cut off at the most important points in the body (such as the digestive system, liver and kidneys).Exercising aerobically – to eliminate acids and burn fat – should be your goal, because this is highly alkalising, improves your fitness level, strengthens your heart, boosts your metabolism, increases red blood cell count and eliminates toxins from your body through your skin (sweat) and breath (respiratory system). Sound good? When you have more energy every other area of your life improves: your health (by default), mood, mental acuity, relationships, finances and career, your ability to handle problems and find solutions, your capacity to learn, the amount of time you have available… I thought, who is this mystery man out there who all these people seem to revere but nobody seems to know how to find?” With support from Gatorade and eventually NIKE Sports – Stu entered the most successful phase of his running and media career. From 1982 1986, Stu set five additional National records, most notably American records for the 100-Mile Run (12 hours 56 min), and the Six-Day Race (578 miles). In 1983, Stu successfully competed in the IronMan (Hawaii) World Triathlon Championships (73rd out of 1000) and the UltraMan (Double IronMan) World Triathlon Championships (2nd Place) in 1983. This aside, however, I would like to draw your attention to three specific lessons that apply equally to endurance running and to money management (apart from the fact that the former results in physical health and the latter in financial health).

To expand my one-day experiment in the park into an endurance training program, all Mittleman would have me do is more of the same: work my way from running half an hour three times a week to an hour three times a week to an hour six times a week–but always keeping my heart rate under 150 beats per minute. Not only would I be burning predominantly fat, but my speed would steadily Stu finally completed his book, Slow Burn (Harper Collins) in 2000. Slow Burn details specific training, food choice, and mind set strategies that maximize energy, performance, and the ability to remain alert, focused, and productive for extended periods of time. Stu’s book, in its second printing, extols the virtues of training ones body to burn fat, reducing acidity and toxicity within the body, and developing an empowering mind set for success. Friends of mine have said, 'What's he got to run like this for?' Like he's nuts, and I'm nuts. But I have no choice. He's my boy. So you may as well support him."He has appeared on ABC News’ Nightline, Good Morning America, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, CBS Sports Saturday, the CBS Evening News, Good Day New York, ESPN, and CNN. Soon after the completion of his 1,000 Mile World Record Run, Stu put a hold on his competitive running career and started his fitness training business. Stu Mittleman, author of Slow Burn: Burn Fat Faster by Exercising Slower, is a fitness educator and record-setting endurance athlete with degrees in sports psychology and exercise physiology. He has set eight national and international records in long-distance running, including the 1,000-mile world record in 1986. In 2000, he ran across the United States from San Diego to New York—a distance of some 3,000 miles—in 56 days. He’s the current president of WorldUltrafit Inc., his fitness coaching and consulting firm, and a member of motivational speaker and writer Tony Robbins’ Mastery University coaching team. In this interview, Mittleman explains how running can be an invigorating way to improve your health. What made you take up ultra-distance running? When we exercise aerobically, we give our body a huge helping hand in detoxifying and removing wastes, acid by-products (such as dead cells, fungus, mold and other bacteria), exotoxins and mycotoxins and more. The skin has over 2.5 million sweat glands and these have an incredible ability to remove toxins from the body. Phil was in terrible shape. He was still in his bathrobe to meet me at the door. 'I'm going to get it together, he said. 'I'm going to get rid of this stuff, and I'm going to get myself better, and it's going to be great – just hang on'