Anta’s Ten Commandments of Health and Fitness

1. Faith/Vision
2. Healthy Life Style Peaceful Living/Rest
3. Eat Healthy Foods
4. Water
5. Functional Anaerobic Exercising
6. Aerobic Exercising
7. Stretching
8. Breathing Exercise
9. Sunshine
10. Fasting


To acquire optimal fitness you must have low body fat, muscular endurance, muscular strength and flexibility. This in return will keep you strong, healthy, and free from disease and injury to live a longer and more abundant life. Julio Anta has been in the fitness and martial arts industry for over 30 years. He is the first to admit that he has made lots of mistakes, yet through those mistakes he has learned to succeed. Below is an overview of what he calls the 10 Commandments of Health and Fitness. Follow these guide lines to acquire optimum fitness.

1. Faith/Vision

You must believe and have faith that you will succeed. The more you fail and the more you are rejected the closer you are to victory. Vision is a dream or goal with a deadline. Write your vision with your goals and never close site of them.

2. Healthy Life Style

Your body is your temple. If you don’t take care of your body where would you live?

A. No Vices

Stay away from drinking alcohol, smoking or drug use.
Eliminate soft drinks and coffee.

B. Peaceful Living

Find a private place to have a peaceful time for your self to relax and pray. Eat in a peaceful environment with good company. Eat slowly and chew your food twenty to fifty times.

C. Rest

Work and play hard six days a week but make sure you take one day off for rest and relaxation. Even the almighty God rested on the seventh day. Get a good nights sleep every day. The body repairs while you sleep.

D. No Negative Thoughts or People

Think positive; keep all negative thoughts out of your mind such as fear, hate and envy. FEAR is False Expectations Appearing Real. Negative people will keep you from success. Keep them away from you and your life.

3. Eat Healthy Foods

We all know what healthy foods and unhealthy foods are. Foods as close to the way God made them are healthy. Man made processed, refined and altered foods are unhealthy.

4. Water

Drink Water, Water and more Pure Water, 8 to 10 glasses a day. Our bodies are almost 85 % water. Next to oxygen, water is the most important element for staying alive. We can’t survive without it.

5. Functional Anaerobic Exercising

Functional training is the way that we use our bodies daily by using different muscles in our body together simultaneously. Examples of some functional exercises are Kettlebells, Olympic Weight Lifting, Pilates, Indian Club Swinging, rope climbing and Calisthenics. Muscle specific weight machine training is not functional, yet it is a lot better then sitting around the house eating and channel surfing.

6. Aerobic Exercising

You need at least a 20 min aerobic workout to stay in good cardiovascular shape. Jogging, sprinting, kettlebell training, swimming and riding a bicycle will give you an aerobic workout. The aerobic workout that burns the most calories is still kickboxing. Keep your cardio workouts fun and functional. Make sure that you get speed, bursting power and balance in your workout so stay away from fixed bicycles and treadmills.

7. Stretching

Stretching relaxes your body, reduces muscle tension, increase range of motion, prevents injury, promotes circulation and reduces lactic acid that is produced after a workout. Great forms of stretching are Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Pilates and Yoga. Stretching is the most neglected physical activity.

8. Breathing Exercise

Oxygen is the most important element keeping us alive. You can not survive more than a few minutes without oxygen. Go out doors and breathe fresh air daily. Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi and Chi Gong will teach you great techniques for healthy breathing.

9. Sunshine

The sun is a powerful healer. It kills germs and relaxes you. It helps your body absorb calcium and creates vitamin D. Remember light brings life and darkness brings death.

10. Fasting

Fasting is a physical and spiritual cleansing process. Fasting gives your digestive track a break.