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Body For Life presents

Rory Palazzo
Champions Chat Series

March 21, 2001

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Peter: Rory, now that you have completed your 12-week challenge, are you training and eating as per the Body-for-LIFE book? Or have you changed your training? By the way, congratulations, your photos look great!

Rory Palazzo: Peter, thank you. The Body-for-LIFE program is just that, a lifestyle. Once you complete your 12 weeks, it doesn't stop--you just start another 12 weeks, and continue to follow the program with a new goal, using the same intensity as the first 12 weeks. You can keep it up, especially once you've made the changes initially. The habits are burned in, and it's easier still to continue.

Jennifer: They say it takes 3 to 4 weeks to break a habit. Do you ever catch yourself slowly but surely sliding back into old, bad habits or do you think they are long gone? Has the program truly become an 'instinctive' way of life, or does it still take effort to stay focused on eating properly?

Rory Palazzo: It still takes effort. Nothing is inherently easy. But you really do develop good habits, and it becomes easier to follow those in comparison to the first couple of weeks, when you're trying to get into the new patterns. Those first weeks are the toughest.

John Jay: In looking back, what, if anything would you do differently?

Rory Palazzo: The only thing I would do differently would be to have started the program earlier. When you make the transformation as I did, you wonder why you didn't think of doing this earlier to change your life.

Ocean: I read that you wanted your wife to start the challenge. Did she, and if so how did she do?

Rory Palazzo: My wife, Christy, just gave birth to our first child at the beginning of February, and is just starting the Challenge this week. She is very excited to transform her body and mind. A lot of women do it after pregnancy, and see good results.

Linda: Hello, how has changing your body changed your life? What's been the biggest impact?

Rory Palazzo: Hello, Linda! The biggest change in the Body-for-LIFE is in your mind and your attitude. For me, that holds true. Not only do I feel more confident in myself, I have an abundance of energy. I feel more poised at work, and I just plain like myself more.

Steve: What nutritional practices would you recommend to a 'hardgainer'?

Rory Palazzo: If I understand what you mean by 'hardgainer'--that you want to put muscle mass on--I would recommend following the nutritional recommendations and supplementation recommendations of EAS and Body-for-LIFE. They can better answer that question if you call them at 800-297-9776. Ultimately, you will be taking in more quality calories and some supplementation to help you build muscle mass and volume.

Chathy: Do you ever NOT feel like a workout? If so, how do you overcome that feeling to be able to put forth enough effort for an effective workout?

Rory Palazzo: Of course, there are times I don't feel like getting up to work out. I work out at 5 AM, so I make sure to set my goals and plan my workouts the night before. With those goals fresh in my head, and those positive patterns burned in, it becomes second nature to get up and work out. When I think about how much better I feel during the day following a workout, that always inspires me to get in the gym.

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