A few people have asked me for an "at home" training program, because they don't want to go to the gym or just aren't able to for some other reason. A good gym routine is always my preferred option but there's no reason you can't get great results through any number off different approaches.
In or out of the gym, you do still need to be training effectively...
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Weight Loss Before and After Videos
I thought I'd do a little before and after... well, really more like an "a while back and more recently" comparison of my own weight loss journey. I won't bullshit you like everyone else with some sob story about how I got too busy and started to neglect my own health or whatever nonsense people usually come out with. I was trying to gain weight, because...
Nothing special.
This was a little rant I posted on Facebook yesterday, a little similar to my post here about modern weight problems:
so apparently a colleague is shopping around around for a publisher for his book, and the feedback he got from one publishing house was that his work was “sane, levelheaded, with proven advice” and as such they weren't interested as...
Stonehenge, Eastern Mysticism, and Modern Weight Problems
Every once in a while I suddenly have some sort of a philosophical epiphany that relates to training or dieting, but once I start organising my thoughts so that I can type it up, I realise it's actually something I've written about extensively in the past.
Whatever though.
Last night I was watching a documentary about Stonehenge, and then after that...
Best Strategy To Prevent Emotional Binge Eating, part two
Hopefully you've read yesterday's entry first, which is the set up for this post all about Preventing Emotional Binge Eating. Click the link if you need to back and read that first.
Now, we continue.
At the risk of over simplifying things, I'm going to come out with two causes of binge eating. The first is as a result of over restriction of calories...
Best Strategy To Prevent Emotional Binge Eating, part one.
You know... sometimes I suspect my subtle style of genius is a bit toooo subtle for people and goes unnoticed. Also my modest humility, perhaps.
I think most things are pretty simple, but we have a tendency to over complicate them. We have a tendency to place too much importance on things that really don't matter all that much. Things that might fall...
Better alternatives to Flexible Dieting
Any plan you adopt or put together for someone else, needs to be appropriate to their goals and to their circumstances. If we assume that a Flexible Dieting plan covers the following bases...
Appropriate total calorie targets; not too little and not too much.
Appropriate ratio of macronutrients.
Suitable intake of vitamins and minerals from more...
The perfect plan for weight loss and body sculpting.
As you all know by now I am a promoter of Flexible Dieting also known as IIFYM. I've started using the term "flexible dieting" as it implies "meet all of your nutritional needs with your choice of foods". IIFYM means exactly the same thing, but since the acronym stands for "If It Fits Your Macros" it leads to having reducto ad absurdum type arguments...
12 week starve yourself thin challenge?
So one of the boys from gym had a good story today about doing some security work at a gala dinner for participants in a "12 week challenge" run by one of the chain gyms.
Sounds like this'll be a nice positive post, right? Wrong.
He apparently asked one of the more successful participants how they did it, and the response was "1100 calories one day,...
From Emotional Eating To EMPOWERED Eating
Some delicious pancakes I made the other day.
Pancakes are good for you.
I posted this elsewhere and didn't feel it was getting enough love, so here's a little cut n paste job.
Eating is wonderful. I think people should be emotional about eating. It is a joyous occasion....
Nutrition Myth Busting: It's not HOW much you eat, but WHAT you eat.
I wrote a nice post over on my Lose Weight No Bullshit site the other day about "what if the conspiracy theory was the actual conspiracy?" which I guess in other words you could translate to "you're being lied to about being lied to". It's all in reference to these tin foil hat wearing nut jobs claiming the food pyramid and all other guidelines put...
More reps, or more weight? Which is better?
The answer to all such questions is usually "it depends".
Today however, I thought I'd have a crack at this bench press challenge which is a part of a training system or "gym sport" that is becoming popular in the UK. The creator of this is a bloke I know from my professional network.
Now... the idea is a bit different to conventional weight training...
Winning the battle against modern technolgy
This isn't really an educational or motivational entry as much as it's just a normal sort of "about my day" type of entry.
I will tell you this though, I am planning on stepping things the hell up in the months ahead and into the new year. Business stuff, I mean. It's been a good year with a pretty stable number of clients on the local roster, plus......
October Promo For Personal Training And Online Coaching
Brand new promo video for October and the rest of Spring 2013.
Obviously this is all about Personal Training In Brunswick but for people around the world there's also my Online Coaching service which typically means the DHPT Via Email product featuring my Progressive Power, Precision & Pump training program.
Lately though, I've had...
A summary of what you might have missed if you're not following me on facebook
First off, over on wordpress I did a little review of The New Atkins Diet products, and in particular a price comparison between the New Atkins weight loss shakes and your choice of any Whey Protein Isolate you might buy from a decent gym or supplement store.
Now as the name implies, a WPI is just protein. Usually something like 98% protein with a...
Eat More To Lose Weight
If you aint following me, DaveHPT on Facebook you're missing out big time.
Last week I posted a photo a happy client snapped while out at a cafe for breakfast, with a bit of commentary from me explaining that if you want to be healthy and happy AND see great results from training, you need to be fuelled right. If you just want to be "about normal...
Training Video: Pushing Routine
Better late than never, here's the selected high lights of my pushing routine from yesterday.
It's always interesting to watch these back and note little things in the tempo or technique of the exercise, things I'd notice if it was a Personal Training client or training partner. For example on this video, pec dec and the incline press machine are...
Training Video: Deadlifts and Pull Day
Well... here's how I ended the week, with a new PR on deadlifts.
This one has been a long time coming, so I'm quite pleased. Looking back that video, my form is perhaps not as tight as usual, but still effective. If I can tighten it up a little more again, 185kg should not be too far away.
This is also a good example of how we use Pyramid Sets...
Training Video: Full Body Push Day
Today's routine was my full body push day, which usually means some chest, some quads, and some shoulders.
Not shown in the video is some machine lateral raises, and triceps push down.
I dunno why my calves look SO skinny. I need to address this situati...
Back and Biceps Training Video
More correctly in the context of my program, this is Upper Body, Pulling Routine. Which is mostly back, rear delts and some broceps to finish off. I'm really trying to bring my traps and biceps up this season so... on the other pull day there'll be some shrugs and maybe upright rows as well.
This was a pretty fun session today at Doherty's...
Legs Day Training Video
I decided to make some new training videos again, just some selected highlights of the day. So today, here's my legs routine.
Highlights include 100kg squat and 300kg leg press. I didn't bother filming my standing calf raises but you can see a little of everything else I got up to today. You'll notice there's no weight on the sled I'm pushing...
Business and personal plans for the next few months.
Just typing this one up to get my ideas and plans straight in my own head really, as well as perhaps a little leverage to make sure everything happens in due course.
Business stuff, mostly. I'm at a stage now where the online coaching business is taking off to a point where I want to make it about 50% of my business, which will allow me to work more...
My Lose 5kg In Time For Summer Plan
I'm not really a "real" body builder like some of the boys & girls I know who take it very seriously and do whatever it takes to get into elite level shape, ready to take the stage and hopefully come home with a trophy. That sort of thing... well I've never done it and it's not what I coach people to do, but I can only imagine it takes some quite...
"Clean Eating" Personal Trainers Promote Orthorexia
This about sums up my feelings on the matter,
and it's nice when someone agrees for a change!
You'd be surprised how many people
in the business would argue this point.
This was supposed to be a more amusing type of post that was going to be titled "recent arguments...
Official Acknowledgement: My Way Is Not The Only Way To Get Into Shape
I've said that dozens of times I'm sure. I happen to believe that more resistance training and a little cardio on the side is the best way... but depending on your goal, your circumstances, your preferences... hey, knock yourself out. I've said a lot that if you have a specific goal you need a specific course of action, but other than that as long...
Conversations with clean eating / industry morons
I'll go on record as saying that I utterly fucking despise about 90% of this stinking industry, the people in it and all that they stand for.
That is... not so much the local trainers taking people to the park or the gym or whatever for a work out. I mightn't think someone's approach to training is the best and most efficient but if they're well intentioned,...
It's time for ME to get back into shape for Spring and Summer
Did I mention I've started my own fat loss campaign last week after (strategically) gaining 8kg over the course of the year so far? My long term goal is to be a bit bigger than I am now, but also lean. So, in trying to build up over the winter you accept that you're likely to gain some fat in the process, which you trim off again in the spring with...
I got some broscience theories of my own though
Broscience aint all bad. I mean... it's bad when people come up with a load of crap about "this is the only way you can do it because science, bro" and especially when it's relation to restrictive eating plans they're selling to vulnerable clients or (worse) to well intentioned trainers who think they're learning something that'll help their clients,...
Calling people out on their bullshit and excuses
File under "how to make enemies and alienate people", right?
I mean... look, people DO need to be called out on their bullshit, but how does it usually go down when you try it? Better question, how does it go down when someone tries it with you? Not so smoothly am I right?
None of us are perfect in all aspects of life. Some of us might excel in one...
Online Personal Training Testimonial
Here's a brand new testimonial from the latest member of Team DaveHPT.
My FREE weight loss program is at close to 92,000 hits by now, which is amazing. Like I always say, the important part here is that it's A LOT of people who are NOT going to be sucked in to scam products...
Vegetarian and Vegan Strength Training
Video highlights from training last weekend.
So how should vegetarians train for strength and aesthetics? The same way as anyone else with the same goals. You need to train strategically and methodically towards your goal body type, with a balanced program primarily focussed on resistance training with a little extra cardio or interval training...
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