Jon Benson

Jon Benson, Fitness Professional and Lifestyle Coach

Jon Benson - Every Other Day Diet

We are pleased to have Jon as one of our frequent celebrity guest bloggers.

He is living proof of his methods; a mere seven years ago he was clinically obese and near death.

Jon created a 32-day email course called Scale The World. This created a groundswell of awareness about obesity and the lifestyle that generates it. He continues to help thousands of people world wide to break free from this crippling disease.

Jon Benson is the author of numerous popular ebooks with fitness tips and diet plans such as these;

Fit Over 40 - the #2 selling fitness e-book in the world.

Simply Eat - his publisher's fastest selling book ever.

7 Minute Muscle - already helping thousands of people with busy schedules to be effectively active daily.

Jon is a graduate from MIT in Los Angeles, California and Abilene Christian University, with a degree in Human Communications and Philosophical Studies.

He is trained in the science of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and has studied nutrition at Dallas' famous, Cooper Clinic.

Jon Benson is currently working on completing his M.Sc. in Nutritional Science.

Exercise and the Brain

Note: Fitness author Jon Benson shared this letter with me and gave me permission to share it with you.

If you ever needed another good reason to exercise, I've got one for you:

Exercise makes your brain bigger.

Actually this isn't entirely accurate. To be more specific, exercise was found to increase brain size slightly, but far more important to increase "spatial reasoning."

This is the ability to recognize patterns, remember phrases, numbers, and so-on. This was discovered by researchers at the Universities of Chicago and Pittsburgh.

It is also one of the most important factors to the prevention of Alzheimer's and dementia.

My mom suffered with dementia the last ten years of her life. But unlike most dementia patients she was fully functional thanks to exercise. She drove and had a mind that was unbelievably sharp right up until an accident injured her beyond the ability to exercise.

After that, she mentally went downhill rapidly. Thankfully, she passed in peace . . . and she had ten wonderfully active years thanks to her willingness to take up weight training at the age of 71.

She eventually walked up to 3 miles per day and trained in the gym 3 days per week.

That kept her mind sharp, along with fish oil and N-Acetyl L-Carnitine, a wonderful brain nutrient.

Once again, we see the power of exercise. It increases the QUALITY of your life.

Quantity is no where near as important to me as quality.

The link at the bottom of this page is to my (Jon Benson) FREE Fat Burning Course.

Your brain will thank you, as will the rest of your body.

One of the best ways to start exercising when you are over 40 is by using the routines covered in "Fit Over 40".

This book profiles 53 different men and women, age 40 to 80, all sharing their workouts, nutrition plans, and mental empowerment techniques.

It is a MUST-HAVE for anyone wanting to begin exercising or improve their level of fitness over 40.

For a FREE fat-burning course from Fit Over 40, go here -- FREE Fatburning Course