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I have been interviewed by Gyanish Gungaram over at Diethack.com. The interview is solely about diet and fitness. Here are the 7 questions posed by Gyanish:

(1) Hi Mark. Thanks a lot for being my first interviewee. Is that your picture on Build Your Life To Order?

(2) Can you give us some background on yourself? How did you get started in fitness and dieting?

(3) What qualities do you feel a dieter needs to have reach his/her goals?

(4) After how much time did you get the results you wanted? Was it easy for you?

(5) Describe your current training program?

(6) What role do you feel supplements have in developing a great physique? Which ones do you use, and why?

(7) I see you relate spirituality to dieting and fitness. Can you give us a reason why you embrace this mindset?

Here’s a brief excerpt from the interview. When asked what qualities a dieter needs in order to achieve success, I replied:

“As with all other goals in life, the same formula is applied. I formulated this process from reading tons of personal development material over the years and applying it to my own life. First, of course, you must clearly define what it is you want i.e. a target weight, waist size, body fat percentage, six-pack abs. That’s step 1 - easy!Secondly, I feel that in order to have something, we must first be something. So if you want to become a millionaire you must first internalize the millionaire’s mindset. In this case you must adopt the mindset of the type of person who already has the type of body you want. You might do this by learning everything you can about this person, finding out what makes them tick and adopting their values and their beliefs as your own. Once you embed this into your subconscious mind, the steps you must take to reach your goal seem much easier and more natural. For example you wouldn’t dare skip a workout or eat fast food for the hell of it, it actually becomes natural to work out consistently and make healthy food choices. In Neuro-Linguistic Programming this is called ‘Role Modeling’ and is highly effective. You don’t need to re-invent the wheel, model others and achieve the same results they did. Changing the content of your subconscious mind can be a tough process but here is an article I wrote that will help readers do this quite quickly and with little effort.”

There are 2 more steps to this success formula. When asked about my training regime, I said:

* Monday - Biceps and Triceps
* Tuesday - Shoulders and back
* Wednesday - Chest & Abs
* Thursday - Legs

4 - 8 reps per set. 6-9 sets per body part. That’s it, nothing too complicated. I stick to the basic moves like bench press, dumbbell curls, sit-ups with added resistance - these should constitute the core of your workouts.

I have yet to write an article about my cardio routine but again it’s simple. 5 - 7 days per week at present I perform 20 - 40 minutes cardiovascular training. I use a cross-trainer for this or I go out cycling or jogging. The only important thing to me is that I try to beat the calories burned at each session.

So please go check out the full interview and also consider subscribing to the DietHack feed.

Mark McManus

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