Carr's Fitness Blog

Most American’s suffer chronic dehydration and don’t understand that water additives, tea and Gatorade don’t count.  Water is the most important substance on earth – for all living things.  We need to consume at least 64 ounces of pure water per day, 120 ounces for athletes.  When you’re tired, water’s like an amphetamine.  When you’ve got a headache, water’s like morphine.  And when you’re weak, it’s like steroids.  Try it.  Proper hydration will change your life.  Try to carry a bottle with you everywhere you go.

I know countless people who exercise like maniacs and take in perfect nutrition, but they drink every night so they never make cosmetic progress.  You can’t shake off body fluff if you’re drinking every night.  Alcohol not only retards the mind, it retards the metabolism, jacks up blood sugar and triggers fat storage.  I was in world class condition in my 20’s.  I could do over 50 pull ups and outswim anyone in the Navy, but I didn’t look like it because I drank every night, so I carried 12% body fat.  I should’ve been shredded, and when I stopped drinking for a year I was.  (I should’ve stopped forever but I’m a slow learner – don’t be like me)  Unless you’re a genetic marvel, drinking will keep you fluffed up.  But I promise – if you do quit drinking, and you do everything right, you can dump the fluff in just a few months – all of it.

1994 – From 12% – 6% body fat in 3 months, no drinking!