Today I hit 2 PR's! Whoa, it has been a while.
106kg Clean and Jerk
12 consecutive muscle ups.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Shakeology
Recently a friend asked me about my views on this product called 'Shakeology', and if it works.
Everything works. This is good vegetables blended up..and if you are replacing fast food or generally shit food with a bunch of vegetables it will definitely work. Since you will be spending big money on this product, you will probably not want to spend as much eating out, and drinking a ton of bad calories because you wouldn't want to waste money and you want to see results. This product will work great for people who don't have time to prepare meals and don't mind spending the money.
There is no substitute for eating fresh vegetables. Fresh vegetables can be blended up the same way as Shakeology. Of course they will not taste the same. With many of these kinds of diets, shakes, slimfast, special K, all you do is replace a bad meal with one with vitamins and protein and fiber. Here is my version of shakeology:
Sometimes you just don't want to eat your veggies. Drinking them can be quicker and easier.
Dark leafy greens, chunk of banana, whey and water.
How did it taste? like blended greens, chunk of banana, whey and water! I am sure you already assume that the shakeology isn't going to taste like fuh-king Jamba Juice! But you'd still drink it for the results. Sometimes you just have to override bad taste, discomfort, and 'i don't want to' for the sake of nutrition, fitness/health, and exercise. Trust me, there are many days that I don't want to train because I hurt. Overridden! I do something, just not nothing.
So my advice was :
Sure try the shake, but work on getting your priorities straight. Practice preparing your own meals, so when you go broke from buying a bag of shakeology a week, you will not be overwhelmed when you quit the shakes.
Remember everything works. Just follow the instructions.
Everything works. This is good vegetables blended up..and if you are replacing fast food or generally shit food with a bunch of vegetables it will definitely work. Since you will be spending big money on this product, you will probably not want to spend as much eating out, and drinking a ton of bad calories because you wouldn't want to waste money and you want to see results. This product will work great for people who don't have time to prepare meals and don't mind spending the money.
There is no substitute for eating fresh vegetables. Fresh vegetables can be blended up the same way as Shakeology. Of course they will not taste the same. With many of these kinds of diets, shakes, slimfast, special K, all you do is replace a bad meal with one with vitamins and protein and fiber. Here is my version of shakeology:
Sometimes you just don't want to eat your veggies. Drinking them can be quicker and easier.
Dark leafy greens, chunk of banana, whey and water.
How did it taste? like blended greens, chunk of banana, whey and water! I am sure you already assume that the shakeology isn't going to taste like fuh-king Jamba Juice! But you'd still drink it for the results. Sometimes you just have to override bad taste, discomfort, and 'i don't want to' for the sake of nutrition, fitness/health, and exercise. Trust me, there are many days that I don't want to train because I hurt. Overridden! I do something, just not nothing.
So my advice was :
Sure try the shake, but work on getting your priorities straight. Practice preparing your own meals, so when you go broke from buying a bag of shakeology a week, you will not be overwhelmed when you quit the shakes.
Remember everything works. Just follow the instructions.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
First post of 2012. (5 months late!)
It has been a while since I have written anything, but I have had situations and questions that have come my way that I want to divulge.
As a coach, many of the questions that come my way are "how can I improve?"or "what did you do to get where you are now?"
I think my answer is to these questions is: 'do things right'. I am a bit of a technician. It's the way I teach, the way I learn, and the way I train myself. There are many ways to do something wrong and only a few ways to do something right. Study the right way to do something and (try to) never do it wrong. Progress slowly. I am not the one in the gym to push beyond my technique. Remember, Mechanics, Consistency, Intensity.
So as far as general training advice. This is what you have to do in no particular order:
-Eat right. Lots of meat and vegetables. Eliminate grains and sugar and alcohol ideally.
-Sleep an adequate amount ~8 continuous hours a night.
-Drink lots of water.
-Lift heavy things (barbells, kettlebells, dumbbells, stones, kegs, people, sandbags, anything.)
-Lift lighter things with a higher volume.
-Lift medium sized things at a moderate volume.
-Push or pull against gravity at a variety of angles off various apparatuses, add weight sometimes.
-Balance your training between your left and right side and your front and your back side and your upper and lower body.
-Train bilaterally, unilaterally and with odd shaped/sized objects.
-Train your grip.
-Increase your neck strength.
-Emphasize the posterior chain (hamstrings, butt and back) in your training.
-Train clean and jerk and snatch.
-Improve your front squat, deadlift and push press before you try to clean and jerk heavy.
-Improve your snatch-grip deadlift and overhead squat before you try to snatch heavy.
-Mobilize everything: hips, shoulders, wrists, ankles, and spine.
-Get or stay flexible.
-Play on the rings a bunch for upper body strength.
-Run, jump, climb, crawl, roll, skip, bound...move your body from point A to point B in various ways.
-Take your shoes of more often.
-Do not stress.
-Do not get injured.
-Enjoy what you are doing. The journey is the fun part.
-Breathe.
-Be Patient.
As a coach, many of the questions that come my way are "how can I improve?"or "what did you do to get where you are now?"
I think my answer is to these questions is: 'do things right'. I am a bit of a technician. It's the way I teach, the way I learn, and the way I train myself. There are many ways to do something wrong and only a few ways to do something right. Study the right way to do something and (try to) never do it wrong. Progress slowly. I am not the one in the gym to push beyond my technique. Remember, Mechanics, Consistency, Intensity.
So as far as general training advice. This is what you have to do in no particular order:
-Eat right. Lots of meat and vegetables. Eliminate grains and sugar and alcohol ideally.
-Sleep an adequate amount ~8 continuous hours a night.
-Drink lots of water.
-Lift heavy things (barbells, kettlebells, dumbbells, stones, kegs, people, sandbags, anything.)
-Lift lighter things with a higher volume.
-Lift medium sized things at a moderate volume.
-Push or pull against gravity at a variety of angles off various apparatuses, add weight sometimes.
-Balance your training between your left and right side and your front and your back side and your upper and lower body.
-Train bilaterally, unilaterally and with odd shaped/sized objects.
-Train your grip.
-Increase your neck strength.
-Emphasize the posterior chain (hamstrings, butt and back) in your training.
-Train clean and jerk and snatch.
-Improve your front squat, deadlift and push press before you try to clean and jerk heavy.
-Improve your snatch-grip deadlift and overhead squat before you try to snatch heavy.
-Mobilize everything: hips, shoulders, wrists, ankles, and spine.
-Get or stay flexible.
-Play on the rings a bunch for upper body strength.
-Run, jump, climb, crawl, roll, skip, bound...move your body from point A to point B in various ways.
-Take your shoes of more often.
-Do not stress.
-Do not get injured.
-Enjoy what you are doing. The journey is the fun part.
-Breathe.
-Be Patient.
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