Fitness In Times Of Fast Food, Fast Cars, and Fast Paced Living

Fitness In Times Of Fast Food, Fast Cars, abd Fact Paced Living

Have you wondered to yourself why it is that in this day and age everything and everyone is in such a hurry to get through life? Everything these days seem as though it has to be fast, from the foods we eat, to the cars we drive, as human beings we no longer take the time to slow things down a little and just enjoy this little thing called life.

Anyone who knows me knows that I myself am not exactly in the best shape ever, but that does not mean that I am not aware of my mistakes and what I need to do in order to change things around. There are plebty of diets out there that claim they have the get slim quick answer for you and in all honesty the vast majority are nothing more then simple scams out to collect money from you.

Why Not Live It Raw?

You may not have heard of the raw food diet yet, and in fact without proper information regarding the diet itself you may find it to be a little bit extreme or think that it is entirely impossible to go about taking it in. Never sell your abilities short as that is the main factor in what is holding you back from accomplishing your goals. Like my good friend Mitch of the website Exploring Infinity found out is that if you set small goals for yourself then you will be able to accomplish much larger goals over a period of time.

Mitch himself decided to go on the Raw Food Diet for 30 days, you can read the results of his 3o day trial here. The raw food diet when done properly and correctly appears to give your body a proper detoxification, helps with weight loss, and has now been said to be capable of helping to minimalize or eliminate particular diseases in human beings. A 30 day trial of this would not be hard to accomplish, and at the end of it all you will likely find yourself more catious about the types of foods you eat on a regular basis.

Keeping Fit

Dieting is not the only thing that you need to do in order to keep your body fit these days. It is generally recommended to have at least 30 minutes of exercise each and every day in order to maintain a sustainable weight. If you want to start to lose the weight through exercise and also increase your muslce mass then you need to look at some various ways to go about exercising.

I personally am going to be starting up a new season of Soccer shortly and so I have a very small amount of time to get myself fit for the new season. Soccer is a game that requires incredible cardio vascular in order to properly compete. Soccer is an extremely fast pased game with little to no breaks for the players involved. I have been reading lots about proper ways to eat healthy and train for Soccer itself. One way to increase cardio vascular for the purpose of Soccer training is to do a lot of properly running, this can include short distance high paced running, it can involve jogging, and also another way to burn fat and get prepared for a sport like Soccer is to do running up and down escalated areas. It is fortunate enough for me that my girlfriend Shaunna and I live in an area that has a lot of hills behind us, so the two of us we will be to spend some time running and jogging out there before the snow starts to fall.



Whether it is Soccer, Basketball, Hockey, or any sport that you might take part in then you are going to want to ensure that you eat the proper foods and allow The more fit you become, then the more relaxed and mentally focused you will become. Just take a look in the mirror and ask yourself if the person you are looking at is the absolute best that you possibly want to be, if the answer is no then you need to begin to evalute what you need to do in order to get yourself to be your absolute best.



My Life Is Too Busy

The ultimate excuse that people use these days in order to explain why they have let themselves go a little, or if they are having some health issues. The fact of the matter is that if you were to look at the time it takes to do the different tasks that you do in a given day then I bet you truly could find the time for physical activity and healthy eating. If you are finding that you eat a lot of Fast Food due to a busy work schedule then maybe you need to take 15 minutes before you go to bed to prepare your breakfast and lunch for the next morning. It comes down to what is known as micromanagement, take control of your own life and start to achieve the things that you have put off for so many years.

It will he a hard road, but a challenge is something that will keep you heavily motivated, good spirited, and also mentally and physically stable in your life. You do not need me to be telling you these things as you should probably already know all of this, still though if when you do accomplish your goals and you look back in the mirror at yourself I just hope that you look and utter the words "Good Job Rob!

I-Tunes You In To Apples Social Network PING!

I-Tunes You In To Social Networking With PING!

Apple has launched their latest I-Tunes software, and along with the new I-Tunes software comes the first ever Social Network from Apple. The Network will integrate directly with the latest version of I-Tunes. The new Social network from Apple will be known as Ping. Ping will allow users to build a network of friends and musicians much like the methods used by Social networking site Twitter. Ping will allow users to build playlists based upon what their friends are currently listening to. The Ping service will be accessible to users of both Mac Computers and PC’s as well as on the I-Tunes application for the I-Phone and the I-Pod Touch.

There is no I in My Space
My Space was one of the original music based Social Networks to make it big Worldwide. My Space in fact prior to the popularity of Facebook had an amazing grasp on the Social networking market. My Space however has managed to dwindle in popularity over the years and now they will face some extremely difficult competition from Ping. Apple are never going to be an easy company to come in to competition with, so for companies like My Space they may need to evaluate what their future holds when pitted up against Ping.
Apple has become the popular wave of the future and this will make survival for many Social Networking sites slim. It will be interesting to see if My Space, Facebook, Twitter, etc will in fact have a hard time going up against Ping as it begins to gain in popularity. If marketed correctly Ping could quite comfortably insert them selves in the Social networking market and begin to weed out some of the current big names.

Room for One More
The question that anybody should ask before launching a Social Network site is if there is room in the flooded market place for another Social Network website. Ping however happens to land itself in a good position, when backed by Apple and packaged along with the I-Tunes software it is going to be hard for users to ignore Ping. The more time Ping has to develop itself and to offer up a combination of what all the other sites have to offer, then they very well could manage to demolish some of the current competition. This could also be a perfect opportunity for Apple to develop and discover new musical artists. If artists are able to have their own Social Network site attached to their I-Tunes then they will be able to easily market their music to a large audience. The independent music scene will strive from this, and then artists who are choosing to release their music online will in fact be able to sell their music to large amount of users that will turn their attention to Ping.
The benefits here both to the end user and to artists everywhere is that Ping will allow them to condense all their Social Networking tools in to one specific Social networking tool. There is great potential here to have Ping using the same features as Facebook, Twitter, and My Space all in one. This combined with the idea of making playlists, sharing with friends, and even sharing your favorite artists and playlists is going to be amazing.

Apple TV And Beyond
If you think Ping sounds like a great idea then you should be warned that early reviews have not exactly been favorable to the new Social Networking site. That being said the software is new and will take some time to develop much like Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace all did.
If you have yet to hear about Apple TV then you might want to investigate and take a keen interest in it. Apple TV is the first step in the right direction for television and movies. Apple TV is a device that connects to your television and currently allows users to purchase and stream movies and shows on their television.
Apple TV however is taking things a few steps further as well. Apple TV is now going to allow users to rent TV shows and movies in HD now. The movies and shows will stream from your I-Tunes list on your computers and will also soon be able to wirelessly sync itself with your I-Pod, I-Pad, or I-Phone so that you can watch your movies or shows while you are away from your home.
This might sound too good to be true, but in reality this technology is nothing new, in fact Apple TV has been around since 2007 but it has yet to truly catch on. The more that people find that they do not want to go to the video store, or out to the movies may find themselves truly enjoying the new features and capabilities that will be coming along with Apple TV. This will also start to eliminate all those horrible brain washing commercials that you see when you subscribe to your regular television channels.
I know that technology can be scary for some, but I think once you have all had a chance to sit down and play with these products then you will start to appreciate just truly how amazing they can be. I wish I would have been able to come up with some of these products so that instead of blogging about them I would be presenting them to the world and then they would all look at me and say “Good Job Rob!”

The Not So Hot Top Ten of 2010

The Not So Hot Top Ten Of 2010
The summer is officially over and so the summer of 2010 movie numbers are finally in. While the Summer movie offering was way under par from what we have come to expect in recent years, we still recording one of the largest money making Summer’s when it comes to movies in 2010. There are plenty of reasons why this was able to occur and yet it occurred for all the wrong reasons. It was 3D movies that seemingly resurrected the summer movies from a horrible and painful death all together. It seems that flash and loud noises still seemingly win 9 times out of 10 over movies with an interesting story or substance. That being said a few movies that made this years top ten were very notable and worth the money spent on them. However the dismal results were a result of lazy filmmakers trying to do what they can to cash in on fads, rather then take a chance on interesting story lines.

Why Did This Fail?
There were movies that came out this summer that managed to fail when it came to money making at the box office. Most notably would have to be the Michael Cera movie “Scott Pilgram vs The World”. The movie had a unique and interesting premise, plus the movie itself was by far one of the more unique movies that have been released in 2010. Why exactly did the movie fail, well first of all the movie aims to please comic books fans and movie geeks like myself more then it attempts to serve as a mainstream movie. When you market a movie to a core audience then chances are you are likely to flop a little. I would not say like others that Michael Cera is not capable of opening a major summer blockbuster; I would say it was just not the right movie for the general public. The general public were more concerned with watching Stallone still attempt to become an actor.
There were also some indie films which hardly saw too much attention at all. I have yet to see some of them but I took the time the other day to watch the Ben Stiller movie “Greenburg”. Ben Stiller to this date is one actor that I almost can not stand to watch any movie that he is a part of. With that being said I actually really enjoyed watching “Greenburg”. In fact the role portrayed by Stiller in this movie reminded me that once and a while actors like Stiller can surprise and pick up a worth while role for themselves. Stiller in Greenburg reminded me a lot of when Adam Sandler took on roles in movies such as “Punch Drunk Love” and “Spanglish”. That being said movies with any form of substance never seem to hold their head above water in a market crowded by simple minded movies.

A Rundown Of What Made Money In 2010
Well you are likely wondering to yourself which movies did land some large numbers and you may also wonder if you have not already seen them if they are worth your time and money to see them when they make their way to DVD and Blu-Ray. This list here is as follows:

10. Salt $113.3 Million – The movie stars Angelina Jolie and managed to garner some mixed reviews from critics and movie fans alike. I have heard some great things and also been told some bad things about this particular movie. I have not yet taken the time to watch this movie and I would have to admit that it is not on my list of movies that I am dying to see. I will take the time to watch this one in time, but as of yet I am unable to report on whether or not this is worth the time.

9.The Last Airbender $130.6 Million – The latest from director M. Night Shymalan was reviewed as one of the worst movies of 2010 summer season. I have enjoyed and defended the directing ability of M. Night Shymalan now for years, but yet I stayed clear of this movie simply because the reviews kept me from spending the excess amount on this particular movie. I will get around to seeing this eventually, but for what it is worth I have been told this is not a movie that is worth your time to even bother with.

8.Grown Ups $159.4 Million – Adam Sandler made his return to the comedy big screen this summer with a movie that contained absolutely no laughs at all. In fact the only thing that was remotely funny about Grown Ups was that someone green lighted what will go down in my humble opinion as one of the worst comedies I have ever had to suffer through. The talent in this movie you would think could draw at least a laugh or two, and yet I found myself disgusted and frustrated as I watched this movie. Sandler needs to have someone tell him that tasteless jokes and slapstick comedy do not always make for a good movie.

7.The Karate Kid $175.9 Million – As the remake fad continues in Hollywood we found ourselves positioned with having to accept Will Smith’s very annoying son as the lead role in a movie that I truly do not understand the purpose for remaking. The original Karate Kid was fun, comical, and worth the time. The new Karate Kid while not nearly as bad as I would have expected still did not manage to do anything to make me really enjoy it. I will give many props to Jackie Chan for his role in the movie which is what I feel saved this particular movie from total and utter failure. I want for Will and Jada Smith to tell young Jayden that acting like a 10 year old version of your fathers Fresh Prince character will not make audiences enjoy your acting ability at all.

6.Despicable Me $236.3 Million – Well here is a movie that I wish I could say that I got around to seeing as I have heard so many great things about it. This movie not only managed to get some fantastic critical acclaim, but again it proved that well thought out cartoons tend to be more entertaining then the majority of live action movies that crawl their way to the big screen these days. Despicable Me will be at the top of my list of movies yet to see this year.

5.Shrek Forever After $238.1 Million – Now here is the perfect example of when and how cartoon movies do not work. Shrek Forever After is by far the worst of the Shrek movies, and that is a sad title to hold seen as past the first Shrek movie they really did not have a leg to stand on. When will Mike Myers learn that people eventually will get sick of your boring repeat characters. Yes Mike you can be a funny man, but now e do not need anymore Shrek movies, or Austin Powers movies, or Wayne’s World movies, or well I hope to god that he never makes a follow up to the Love Guru. Mike Myers it is time to find yourself an all new role to take on and quick. Shrek Forever After plumits what was once a unique film into the realm of “WHAT WERE THEY THINKING”

4.Inception $270.5 Million – It goes without saying that when you mix Christopher Nolan and say anyone with acting talent then you are bound for greatness. Inception was in my opinion the best movie of the summer and at this point is the best movie of 2010. Leonardo Dicaprio is a lead man that draws a crowd, and well simply put he is worth the money spent. Leo has come a long way since his debut on the big screen, but he continues to deliver magnificent roles that we continue to love to watch. Inception was brilliant on so many levels and if you still are having trouble figuring out what was going on in the movie then please refer to another post of mine Christopher Nolan Think Therefor He Is…Brilliant! which I had posted over at Rankography Movies.

3.The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $298.0 Million – Sadly enough I have seen all the movies in this series. My girlfriend Shaunna enjoys watching these movies and so together we have seen all three of them. While the third installment of this horrible series was probably the best of the three, it really does not say too much. The Twilight series is about as interesting as slow drying paint on the walls. The acting is terrible, the directing is equally as bad, and the scripts well I almost wonder if they actually had scripts or whether they just allowed these actors to ramble on their psycho-babble. Eclipse does not deserve to have ever made its way in to a top ten list of any sorts, unless it is the top ten list of movie sequels that are bad and yet still outshine the other dribble in their series of movies. The Twilight Saga needs to be introduced to Garlic, Holy Water, and a Stake To The Heart so that we can finally put this melodramatic teen franchise of glittery Vampire to rest once and for all.

2.Iron Man 2 $312.1 Million – A movie that was not quite as good as the original but yet managed to keep itself just interesting enough to hold its own. I was impressed by the direction of the movie which chose once again not to go down the same road as many Superhero sequels and make an attempt to contain more story then what would be expected from a movie such as this. Iron Man 2 also held its own with a cast that makes it worth the while, plus Robert Downey Jr. is pretty much box office gold at the moment.

1.Toy Story 3 $405.7 Million – If it were not for Inception I would consider Toy Story 3 to be the best movie of 2010 so far. The third installment of the series from Pixar Animation was a strong entry and amazed audiences worldwide. The team at Pixar should be proud of their continued ability to produce superior movies. It is not often that a film company does everything right for this many years. Hopefully the trend of originality and unique movie making continues for Pixar over the year.

The Future of Movies In 2010
Now that the summer is officially over it is time to start looking to the dramatic and Oscar worth movies to start making their way to the big screen soon. Hopefully for the sake of movie geeks like myself the best of 2010 is yet to come. This time last year I could name you a list of ten movies from 2009 that I enjoyed and would recommend, this year I am having trouble even outing together a top 5 list.
It will be a year to forget when it comes to movies unless something comes along soon to save us from this horrible dry spell. I am anxiously awaiting the fall/winter season to see if we can still yet get a list of movies that is worth our time and money.
In a movie season that was dry and boring I could only imagine that even a documentary about my mindless rants would come across as a more award winning feature this year. Ladies and gentlemen then Academy goes to “Good Job Rob!”

You + Me & Rankography Movies Make 3

You + Me & Rankography Make 3
It is not too often that I am going to spend my time writing an article about another website, well not a website in full. However this website is not just any old website that I have come across on the internet. A little while ago now my former website (MdotMovieMan Reviews) caught the attention of the team over at Rankography Movies. I was asked to join this unique website and at first I wasn’t entirely sure what to make of it.

Rankography Movies is a web site designed for movie reviewers and movie fans to take the opportunity to rank their favorite movies under user defined categories. I joined the site and immediately came up with some new categories to rank such as:
Best Of The Bad
Political Views

It was not long after this that my addition to the Rankography Movies became more apparent. The user friendly interface of the site make it easy for reviewers to add lists of their all time favorite movies as well as add movies to the database so that as a collective the site will end up with one of the most complete, interesting, and unique movie databases on the world wide web.

The staff at the site make things that much easier and more enjoyable to the users of the site as well. I was given the privilege of being able to guest blog over at Rankography Movies website. I have managed to post about four different blogs on the site including the first post from my new website Good Job Rob. As a guest blogger I am able to get my reviews of movies and the entertainment business out to a larger base of potential readers and it helps increase the traffic to my own site.

In return for the mass amount of traffic that gets to find its way over to my site, I am doing this review to also send traffic back to Rankography Movies. When you have the opportunity to do so, please take the time to read and discover their website, become a member, or even go about telling your friend and family about the site. I think you will soon find that you will find a slight addiction to Rankography Movies, and will soon be posting about it on your very own blog or website before you know it.

Many thanks go out to the hard working staff at Rankography Movies for allowing me to not only be a member, but to also allow me to be a guest blogger on their site. I will continue to support Rankography Movies and will frequently post blogs there tat are also found on my own site as well. Please continue to read my site and theirs as well.
It may be simple to shout out my way “Good Job Rob!” but in this case I believe the Good Job shout should go out to those behind the website Rankography Movies.

Guilty As Charged...The Enjoyment Of A Remake and 3D All At Once!

With a market flooded by 3D movies and remakes 2010 has been without a doubt the worst year for movies at the box office in a long time. Movies in 2010 have been boring, dismal, and nothing to tell your friends about. There have been a few gems in amongst the garbage pile, but there just has not been enough movie magic to keep audiences from yawning their way through the summer.

3D or Not 3D, That Is The Question
It seems more so this year then any other that the popularity of 3D movies has exploded beyond anyones imagination. It is incredible to think that rendering images in a third dimension, a technology which has been around in some form since the 1950's. 3D in fact shared a popular trend during the 1980's up to the early 1990's when suddenly the fad so to speak completely died off. Now suddenly with digital film and increased budgets, more and more studios are starting to deliver their movies in 3D.

Is This What You Wanted?
These days I start to look at 3D as nothing more then a lazy way for studios to accomodate for their absolute lack of originality. When movies like Alice In Wonderland, Clash of The Titans, and The Last Airbender draw audiences solely for their 3D imaging then it really send the wrong message to studios that this is what the movie going public are looking for in their movies these days. No need to worry about a storyline, good acting, or anything resembling originality because we can always just go back, render the images in 3D and charge audiences 3 dollars more to go and see these lackluster movies.

Back To The Drawing Board
When all else fails these days with movie ideas, then it seems like studios have come up with the latest craze of remaking older movies for a new generation. Movies like A Nightmare On Elm Street and The Karate Kid are flocking the market and really offering up nothing new to the original ideas. In fact if you are going to go through with a remake that offers nothing new then the least they could be doing is making the movies fun to watch. The Karate Kid was all but boring with the exception of the acting from Jackie Chan which saved this dull remake from the dark abyss of forgotten movies. Mind you the movie along with many other remakes will soon be nothing more then the 3.99 purchase from the bargain bin at your local Walmart store.

A Guilty Pleasure
So take everything I have just written and call me an absolute hypocrit if you must because what I am about to say goes against everything I have been preaching. Last night my girlfriend Shaunna and I found ourselves at the theater to watch Pirahna 3D. This movie is not only a 3D based movie, but it is also a remake on top of it all. The worst part of it all is I did not dislike the movie, in fact I found it rather entertaining to be perfectly honest. Pirahna 3D which is written and directed by Alexandre Aja who you may know from his remake of The Hills Have Eyes or more recently Mirrors. It would appear to me that Aja had a very good understanding that the material he was working with was not going to ever be taken seriously, so when in doubt embrace your audience. Pirahna 3D as a result of some quick thinking by Aja becomes very commical, graphically violent, and uses an over abundance of cheesy 3D effects to shock the audience. I mean where else can you see a fish swallow male gentialia on screen?

I walked away from pirahna 3D thinking to myself that at least if nothing else Alexander Aja understood that he was making a movie for audience wanting to have fun at the movies, as a result the movie worked on every level and achieved what most 3D movies do not, and that is to entertain the audience. If your core audience is paying that much extra to see your movie then you need to give them enough to walk away satisfied. Pirahna 3D is by no means for everyone, and nor is it about to turn any heads in terms of originality, but if a person wants to go to the movies and have a good time then I would have to recommend Pirahna 3D soley for that purpose.

Originality
It is tough for me to preach originality and then also to attempt to explain my guilty pleasure of enjoying Pirahna 3D but I hope that many or all of my readers will understand where it is I am coming from. Also if you are tired of the lack of originality in Hollywood then try to limit the movies you attend in theaters. Wait for video releases, Netflix rentals, etc or simply wait for the movies to come on to the television and watch them with family and friends at that point. This will force the overall Hollywood numbers down and hopefully get the studios to consider picking up some new and innovative ideas. I don't want to condone illegal downloading of movies on my site but I do feel that if studios want to avoid having this issue then they truly need to work on their original content to draw back their core audiences.

Also write letters, emails, and make your voice heard to sites and studios so that they start to get the message about their ability to fail the movie going public. There are some young new and ambitious film makers out there these days who are dying for the oppurtunity to get noticed, all we need to do is start directing our attention over to the lesser known movies.

Together we can make the movie world a unique and beautiful work of art like it once was.

Thank you for listening to my rants, please leave any comments if you would like to discuss this post further.

My name is Rob Munson and I say what I think and what I feel, and as a result the people alays reply "Good Job Rob!"