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3 PBs in 3 days!
Well, I've had a pretty good week so far!
Here's a video from today, setting a new personal best on One Arm Dumbbell Rows. 65kg, for 4 (and a half!) reps. You can see it's too heavy for me to control very much on the eccentric part of the exercise, but I'm was pretty damn pleased with this all the same.
Next up is a new 4 rep max on dumbbell press,...
The "Strategic Gluttony" Diet.
Have you heard about this one? You probably haven't yet because I only just dreamed it up last night, but it's my very own gimmick diet program!
A little ironic considering I've called out, exposed, debunked and ridiculed pretty much every gimmick diet going around on my Lose Weight No Bullshit website already, right?
Here's the deal though....
You guys get that the free program is a screening process for potential clients, right?
It's interesting because I've had advice from some people telling me I shouldn't give so much away for free, and to be honest that's how I felt for a long time as well - if people want something they have to pay for it, it's valuable information and I have bills of my own that I need to pay. On the other hand I've had people tell me they've recommended...
I fkn hate marketing, man
I mean... I love training, being a trainer, coaching people via internet technologies, blogging, writing articles, inspiring, motivating and encouraging people. I love scam busting too. I even like coming up with different business systems and packages and pricing options and stuff like that.
Marketing though? I'm shit at it and I hate it.
My marketing...
The 5 rules of weight loss.
You've seen all those links on the web, right? 5 rules, 5 things never to eat, 5 things never to do. Whatever.
I thought I'd run through a list of the most often cited myths pushed by people who should know better, and my response. Here we go!
Don't eat carbs late at night.Actually it's 10pm here and I just had a bowl of weet bix + muesli.
Don't...
Got me some new training shoes
Could they possibly be any more fabulous? I am thinking the red ones will go with my black training gear / "uniform" and the green ones with my grey gear. I think the blue ones will be for if I'm wearing jeans to the shops or something.
OH they're Dunlop Volleys btw...
Push Ups At FitX
Smashing out some push ups in the contest at FitX.
This was bloody hard work! I'm not used to trying to race the clock, at all.
Always nice to be told "that's the best form I have seen all day", as well! Actually I heard that at the bench press contest as well. Shame I did not get footage of th...
Should personal trainers recommend supplements?
Since I've been doing supplement reviews all week this is an appropriate entry.
I like to use training supplements myself, and I've been reviewing the samples I've been trying out this week... but they should only be recommended to clients under certain conditions.
Protein Supplements.
First up, remember what the word "supplement" means. If...
Thursday Supplement Roadtest
Here's today's stash.
I went with the Amino Energy again, this time before training. About 15 minutes later, I laced up my Dunlop Volleys and thought to myself "yeah, this is some good stuff! Let's GO DO IT".
I was nicely energised and raring to go. Once in the gym I felt...
Wednesday Supplement Roadtest
OK, I believe you should always admit when you've screwed up. The truth is... my eyesight is pretty damn terrible (keratoconus) and I struggle to read the directions on these sample packets. Therefore, I assumed the Amino Energy would suit my needs as my mid-workout supplement....
Tuesday Supplement Review
Today I decided to go with the Gaspari Myofusion & Superpump Max samples, as well as Blox Amino Acids. My pre workout shake was International Protein Banana Flavour, blended with an actual banana and a couple of strawberries. It hit the spot!
Before I continue let me...
Monday Supplement Roadtest
Day two of roadtesting all the free samples I picked up at Fitx, and also day two on my Power, Precision and Pump routine.
Today I hit up all of these goodies from Bioflex Nutrition, an Australian company I actually have not tried before. So... first up was the Hydroflex...
Sunday Supplement Roadtest
As promised, here is the first Supplement Roadtest Report, testing out all the free samples I picked up at FitX over the weekend.
Raw Fusion Vegan Protein Powder
I took this as my pre-workout shake today. Now, usually my pre-workout shake is vanilla whey concentrate, blended...
Had a good time at FitX this weekend
I braved the crowds and the HEAT and headed out Friday evening and Saturday day time to the FitX Sport And Fitness Expo in Melbourne.
It was a top event. Firstly the Exhibition Centre has very good air conditioning so that was a good start!
My haul of free samples I'll be...
DHPT Power, Precision & Pump Day One
OK, back to the start again!
I've been posting videos most days for the past week or so, with a run through of what I did each day. Also every day I point out that the videos are kind of crap and there'll be some better ones coming before too long.
Today was back to Day 1 which is a big PUSH day.
Supposedly POWER day for horizontal pushing... but...
DHPT Power, Precision & Pump Day 8
I missed a few days of training reports & videos, but I'll catch up on those in the week coming. Again in case you missed it in earlier entries, the videos are crap but we have plans of doing some better ones soon. This is just me leaning my phone against something while I'm training, and hoping for the best.
So Day 8 on my program is PULL day...
DHPT Power, Precision & Pump Day 5
OK here we go with day five, push day.
First off in case anyone missed it in the previous entries, I'm well aware that these videos are crappy as hell! I'm just leaning my phone up against stuff and hoping it is pointed in more or less the right direction. We ARE going to...
DHPT Power Precision & Pump Day 4
Yesterday I spontaneously decided to record some of my training and post it up here, and then today... about half way through training, mind you... I decided I should do that every day until there's a video and a post for each day on my 8 day split. Yeah, 8 day split. You heard me.
This is my Day Four of my Power, Precision & Pump Program, and...
DHPT Power, Precision & Pump Training Videos
We're going to do a proper training video soon, where my friend & photographer will bring a good camera and I talk and stuff as well as showing how I train. These ones are just me leaning my crappy phone against a wall, pointing it in the general direction of where I'm training and then hoping for the best! Just for a bit of fun really.
Let's...
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