It’s time I come clean.
Sometimes I feel pretty dumb about fitness
I have no idea what I’m talking about when it comes to strength and conditioning.
At least, that’s how it felt after I finished a full-day fitness seminar in Boston put on by Perform Better last weekend. This was an amazing event featuring Todd Durkin (I wrote about meeting him before), Mike Boyle, and Gray Cook.
In case you don’t recognize the names, these are GIANTS in the strength and conditioning world. We’re talking about the guys who not only train pro sports teams. These guys train some of the most explosively strong athletes on the planet: American football, hockey, and more.
The day was broken into morning/afternoon: lectures/hands-on practical. So tons of knowledge was dropped before lunch and after lunch we actually were trained, hands-on, by these guys. Both experiences were amazing. Here’s what I learned from the day – there are many take-aways you can put to use yourself… (more…)
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Day 5. One word. Unbelievable.
Let’s get the eating thing out of the way, because the exercise part of today was unique.
Day 5 – Eating
Excellent day for eating. By now you might be a little bored so I’ll skip the details except to say that
- I ate really well in terms of food quality
- I ate less food than previous days (I’ve shared the idea of calorie cycling here, where the basic idea for building muscle and shedding fat at the same time has little to do with your workouts – it’s about calories in and calories out; so I do 2-3 days of over-calories and then 2-3 days of under; I’ll explain more another time or if someone asks a question specific to this)
- I timed my simple carbs perfectly around my workouts (see here)
- I did a really good job planning ahead (for example, for lunch I ordered two lunches, and asked that one be packed “to go”; that way, 3 hrs later, I had food [protein and veggies] with me at the business conference)
Now for the really exciting part…
Day 5 Exercise
A week ago, knowing I’d be in San Diego, I scheduled time at one of the top 10 gyms in the country: Fitness Quest 10 . I have no idea what the “10″ means (more…)
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