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Fitness Chaff

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Submitted for your viewing pleasure: 3 perfect examples of why it’s so hard to get people to take us as fitness professionals seriously sometimes.

Read to the bottom. I do have a point to make, believe it or not.

1. Breaking news: Apparently it’s supposed to be ok to trade in your concept II and SDHPs for a video game…

2. A lot of people have seen this one before, but seriously, it bears mentioning again. Insert whatever joke you want on this one.

3. Now this one you might not have seen. It’s maybe an iota more subtle than the handjob weight, but that’d be about it.

Here’s my point. 3 things that have or I’m sure will make a killing in the marketplace. 3 things put out by people looking to take advantage of a gullible public by marketing savvy, physiologically and technically ignorant people. These three things are exactly why what we’re doing here, what Steve is doing over at EFC (see links panel) and the work of qualified performance coaches is so damn important. These pieces of marketing garbage, detritus of a system intent on maintaining an obese, ultimately sedentary and uninformed society only serve to feed our money back into the same system that keeps us fat.

Do Less Work! Get More Results!….how does that begin to make sense.

I’m preaching to the choir, but that’s ok. Stay fired up about your training. Keep pumping the gospel of performance training for fitness to your friends and sooner or later, they’ll listen.

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A Word on the Soda Tax

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

You know, my lovely wife, Sherrie, made a great observation this morning. It was another one of those don’t-attack-the-working-class-by-taxing-out-sugary-beverages commercials. Says Sherrie “What? So it was ok when tobacco was the big baddie, but it’s not so funny when it’s your Coca Cola?” And she’s totally right. Much like tobacco in the very earliest days of of the anti smoking campaigns, the culture around drinking sodas hasn’t shifted yet. In 5, maybe 10 years it will though. We know sodas are linked to obesity and all kinds of associated diseases. But like most truths, it’s still in the transition from an intellectual understanding to real acceptance. What would you do if Katie Couric or Brian Williams lit up a Camel on the nightly news? Edward R Murrow did it all the time. But it was accepted then. These days we see Coke, Pepsi & Snapple advertisements everywhere. With as much sugar as 6 fudgecicles, I wonder how long it’s going to take for people to fight for an R rating on all movies that show Snapple Iced Tea consumption like they’re doing with cigarettes now? How long until the average joe out there starts to understand that getting your kids started on soda at a young enough age that they’re effectively hooked for the rest of their lives isn’t all that much difference from a health point of view than giving them their first smoke? How long before we get over it, start taxing the foods and beverages that are killing us get them out of our kitchens?

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FOOD!!!

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

I just put this together for the monthly newsletter here at West River and figured I’d share it here. I don’t normally spend time looking at nutritional tips, but summer is, in fact, coming and I know quite a few people looking to shed their winter bellies, so here you go.

5 Steps to Sustainably Better Nutrition.

1. Know where your food comes from. Apples grow on trees. Grapes grow on vines. Excellent. Where does a Pop Tart come from? If you look at the ingredients panel on the packaging and the list looks like a definition in the glossary of a chemistry text book, chances that food is highly processed and preserved. Stay away! The fewer and more simple the ingredients, the fresher and better the food.

2. Make it Easy! Keep small (or cut up) pieces of fruits and vegetables in the refrigerator for snacks or for making fast and easy bag lunches.

3. Kill The Clean Plate Club. Food portions in this day and age have gotten completely out of control. One dinner entrée at a restaurant like The Cheesecake Factory has can have the same caloric value as a reasonable dinner for 4 adults. Remember, one serving of protein is 3 ounces. That’s roughly the size of your palm.

4. Think Locally. Because it requires less transportation, local food is fresher, and better for the environment.

5. Eat in season. Eating seasonal selections, such as strawberries in the summer and sweet potatoes in the fall, ensures a greater variety of foods will be found on your plate. Check out your local farmers’ market for the freshest in-season fruits and vegetables.

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Staying the Course part 3

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Last point on this subject.

Set an event date for yourself.

For me theres always light at the end of the tunnel in the form of a competition date. I know once March 27th gets here, I’m going to be able to cut back and relax for a couple of weeks. American Kettlebell Club National Championships happen this weekend, so I’ve been training like a madman for 3 months now. But theres an end date, a time to recover coming up that sustains me.

If youre endlessly killing yourself in the gym on a punishing routine day after day, its going to wear you down eventually. So set yourself a date to hit an interim goal. Once you get there, go out and celebrate. Have a drink or a burger. Then, a few days later, you jump back in for the next segment.

How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. How do you win a national title or lose those pounds? One bit at a time. Give yourself permission to sit back and appreciate all the work you’ve done every now and then.

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What’s In Your Beverage?

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

You know that book “Eat This Not That?” The author, David Zinczinko, just came out with a new list detailing some of the more popular beverages you’re going to run into at the supermarket. Worth a look, so I’m reposting. Who knew?

Snapple Agave Melon Antioxidant Water (20-ounce bottle)

150 calories 33 g sugars

Sugar Equivalent: 3 bowls of Honey Comb cereal 

Snapple Lemon Iced Tea (20-ounce bottle)

250 calories 58 g sugars

Sugar Equivalent: 6 Original Fudgsicle Bars 

Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino

290 calories 4.5 g fat (2.5 g saturated) 46 g sugars

Sugar Equivalent: 3.5 scoops of Dreyer’s Double Fudge Brownie Ice Cream

Minute Maid Lemonade (20-ounce bottle)

250 calories 67 g sugars

Sugar Equivalent: 5 Good Humor Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches 

Sunkist (20-ounce bottle)

325 calories 88 g sugars

Sugar Equivalent: 17 Chewy Chips Ahoy! Cookies

Naked Protein Zone Banana Chocolate (15.2-ounce bottle)

480 calories 3 g fat (1 g saturated) 32 g protein 70 g sugars

Sugar Equivalent: 5 Breyers Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches 

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Better Choices

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

7 Days into 2010. What one better decision did you make for yourself today?

Salad instead of the fries?

Left a little on the plate instead of trying to join the clean plate club?

Multi-grain instead of white?

Walked around the long block?

Look at tomorrow. Look at your day. What’s one decision you can make right now to plan for your success tomorrow? Prep now to pack your lunch instead of buying a highly processed, preservative rich sandwich at the corporate chain bakery. Pack your gym bag and leave it in the car tonight so you’re guaranteed a trip to the gym after work. The possibilities are endless.

Keep it up. One day and one better choice at a time.

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Holiday FEAST’ivities

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

We’re closing in on the big ones guys. It’s like, what..1 shopping day till Christmas or something? At any rate, the holiday parties are in full swing, after work cocktail parties, gatherings at a fiends place with finger foods and feasts alike.

I’ve already got people freaking out about it. Don’t. Remain calm folks. The holidays are a time to enjoy, not to fear and deprive ones self.

You’re worried about a million calorie dinner followed by all those cookies cakes and pies. Well guess what. I’ve got a box of 500+ calorie cookies sitting on my desk right now that someone so thoughtfully gave me the other day. You know what else? I can tell you from personal experience that they’re good!

Here’s the key guys. I had a cookie, not all 12 in the box. Do not fear the holidays. Have fun. Taste and sample the goodies. You know what? Try everything! Just don’t finish everything. You don’t have to overindulge in order to enjoy. Take your time. Slow down when you’re eating or snacking at a party. By simply taking the time to chew and tast what you’re putting in your mouth, you’ll need less of it to get the full enjoyment. You’ll fill up faster by not scarfing because your body will actually have the opportunity to tell you you’re full before you’re stuffed.

Relax. Have fun. Drop out of the clean plate club and try a bite of the pie. I promise you’ll survive.

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Holy Popping Kernels Batman!

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

You might have seen this by now, but I though it was worth re-posting it here.

While providing a very healthy and light snack at home, it seems that not all popcorn is created equal. Now, it’s no shock. Pretty much everyone by now knows that movie theatre popcorn isn’t among the healthier snack choices you could make. A new report out by Center for Science in the Public Interest reveals some eye popping statistics.

A medium popcorn and soda combo at Regal cinemas (which weighs in at a hefty $12 by the way) carries 1,610 calories and no less than 60 grams of saturated fat. To put that in perspective, that’s the caloric value of 3 McDonald’s quarter pounders and 12 pads of butter. Think about it. That’s a recommended 3 day allowance of saturated, artery clogging fat. To put it another way, that’s the fat equivalent of an entire stick of butter and the caloric value of two sticks.

At AMC, their large popcorn has the caloric value of an entire pound of baby back ribs topped with a full scoop of Haagen-Dazs ice cream, 1030 calories. The only thing is that with 57 grams of saturated fat, you’d actually come out ahead with the ribs and ice cream.

So what’s the deal? By and large cinemas are using coconut oil, one of the worst for you, highest saturated oils around to pop their corn in. To put it in perspective lard is only 40% saturated. Coconut oil is 90%.

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Train Performance

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Performance training for aesthetic gain is a concept that’s gotten lost in a sea of “perfect pushup” gizmos, hip swiveling hula chairs and a whole host of garbage pushed on us every day. However, performance training (in coordination with proper nutrition) can be used as a means to improve the way you look, not just a way for some pro to excel on the gridiron.

If you don’t have 6 or 7 hours a week to devote to working out, performance based training, as opposed to sets based on your biceps, traps or pecs, can be a massive key in setting up an extremely time efficient program with long lasting results.

If you’ve never though about anything beyond body building based training, here’s a couple of basic concepts to help you start putting together a performance program. This will help ensure the aesthetic results you want while also enhancing your coordination, injury resistance and overall fitness.

1. Develop single leg strength: Single leg strength is crucial to developing performance. If you’re already on the leg press, leg extension and leg curl, break it up. Get up off the machine and sub in some single leg drills . The addition of split squats, step-ups, and lunge variations will go a long way in developing your lower body muscle development, tone, power, speed, and balance.

2. Exercise selection: Performing exercises such as squats, dead lifts, military presses, pullups will lead to your quickest results. Multi-joint exercises allow you to hit multiple muscles at once, eliminating the need for bench flys and tricep extensions for example. Train more joints and muscles at once, gain functional ability and development and save a lot of time.

3. Training your core: Now, if you know me, you know how much I don’t like the way the “core” is marketed, packaged and sold. However, developing strong muscles around the spine is crucial to injury prevention. Throw out the ab rollers, bendy balls and b.s. Introduce some planks, full on situps and bridges into your workout if you really want to. But here’s the thing. If you’ve already got the dead lifting, squatting, lunging and overhead movements in your program, you’ve got all the “ab” exercises you’ll ever need built in. That “core” has to fire off so hard to stabilize you for those kinds of movements, you’re doing all the strengthening and toning you’ll ever need.

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Apathy in America

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

30%, 1 in 3 American adults are overweight. An additional 30% of American adults are obese.

Now here’s the kicker.

62% of Americans blame themselves for their overweight. That’s a great start because it shows

that we’re accepting responsibility for our own decisions.

60% want to lose weight. Fantastic!

30% are trying.

So 2 out of 3 people in this country are overweight and most of them know they need to make a change. Only half are actually trying?

In a global economy where we can’t even keep our banks afloat, this apathy and lack of action is forcing us to spend $147 billion annually on medical treatment of obesity and conditions directly related to it. We only spent $98 billion to treat ALL cancers last year. We’re spending 1.5 times the money on obesity than cancer just because we can’t put down the damn Chili’s Big Mouth Burger!

On average we’re consuming 300 more calories each day than we did in 1980. It’s little wonder why more and more children’s clothing lines are expanding their plus size selections.

I think NBCs medical corespondent, Dr. Nancy Snyderman made a terrific point a couple of months back in a segment looking at our obesity rate. She asked how can we as a nation expect to regain a position of world leadership in the world if we can’t even keep ourselves out of the hospital?

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