http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showt...5611&perpage=6&highlight=mentzer&pagenumber=1
theres an old thread about lifting. I for one, follow Mentzer's HIT.
theres an old thread about lifting. I for one, follow Mentzer's HIT.
Anyone else workout in here?
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You are certainly welcome!
I am overwhelmed by the amount of trading help I have received from this site that I feel obligated to help out as much as i can in the health department.
Well, the most important aspect of training to me is injury prevention, it's like insurance. If you're not properly insured you'll more than likely never be wealthy. You have to prevent the unexpected.
In living a healthy life prevention starts with stretching. Your muscles are on your body to help relieve stress from the bones and joints. If your muscles are tight and full of adhesions from lactic acid pockets, they are only hindering your ability to maintain healthy. For this, I recommend that you statically stretch (static stretching is holding a stretch) once a day, at least 1 minute per body part. Holding a stretch deactivates the golgi tendon organs and actually allows the muscles to stretch. By only stretching for 7-12 seconds like most people do, you aren't really stretching the muscle.
Secondly, and almost equally as important is hydration. Hydration not only consists of water but it also consists of electrolytes. You ALWAYs want to consume a ratio of 2:1 potassium: sodium. Most water retention and high blood pressure is caused by an inbalance of potassium to sodium. Potassium greatly reduces the likelihood of having muscle cramps and injuries.
Finally, massages are extremely important as well. I recommend that everyone (if you can afford it, if not look into self myofascial release) get a massage atleast 3-4 times per year. Massages break up pockets of toxins and release them into your body to be excreted.
I am overwhelmed by the amount of trading help I have received from this site that I feel obligated to help out as much as i can in the health department.
Well, the most important aspect of training to me is injury prevention, it's like insurance. If you're not properly insured you'll more than likely never be wealthy. You have to prevent the unexpected.
In living a healthy life prevention starts with stretching. Your muscles are on your body to help relieve stress from the bones and joints. If your muscles are tight and full of adhesions from lactic acid pockets, they are only hindering your ability to maintain healthy. For this, I recommend that you statically stretch (static stretching is holding a stretch) once a day, at least 1 minute per body part. Holding a stretch deactivates the golgi tendon organs and actually allows the muscles to stretch. By only stretching for 7-12 seconds like most people do, you aren't really stretching the muscle.
Secondly, and almost equally as important is hydration. Hydration not only consists of water but it also consists of electrolytes. You ALWAYs want to consume a ratio of 2:1 potassium: sodium. Most water retention and high blood pressure is caused by an inbalance of potassium to sodium. Potassium greatly reduces the likelihood of having muscle cramps and injuries.
Finally, massages are extremely important as well. I recommend that everyone (if you can afford it, if not look into self myofascial release) get a massage atleast 3-4 times per year. Massages break up pockets of toxins and release them into your body to be excreted.
When I first saw this thread, I was going to chime in with the usual "throw the weights around 3 times a week and eat right" routine. My cardio consists of horizontal pelvis thrusts...sometimes vertical as well. This usually goes on for upwards of 5 minutes. Then its off to the showers. 
Glad I didn't have chance to post though...this thread is clearly out of my league.
Props to Matt...very informative thread. How the hell did you learn all this stuff in such a short amount of time. Are you Doogie Howser or something?
Glad I didn't have chance to post though...this thread is clearly out of my league.
Props to Matt...very informative thread. How the hell did you learn all this stuff in such a short amount of time. Are you Doogie Howser or something?
Point being what? He's the first personal trainer that died?
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When I first saw this thread, I was going to chime in with the usual "throw the weights around 3 times a week and eat right" routine. My cardio consists of horizontal pelvis thrusts...sometimes vertical as well. This usually goes on for upwards of 5 minutes. Then its off to the showers.
Glad I didn't have chance to post though...this thread is clearly out of my league.
Props to Matt...very informative thread. How the hell did you learn all this stuff in such a short amount of time. Are you Doogie Howser or something?
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the point is that i made a grammatical error by saying he "lives" for it, which is a tense error since he is dead
don't infer.
as for poliquin. i have been a fan of poliquin for years, as well as Dr. Squat Fred Hatfield.
it's pretty good stuff.
weight training falls under (i believe it's called) pareto's principle.
80% of max benefit can be gotten from 3 workouts a week, 40 minutes or so, of hard lifting with complex multijoint exercises, with preferably more than 1/2 of them open chain ones
examples are : deadlift, power clean, standing overhead press, squat, pull up, etc.
it's not frigging rocket science, although to achieve ELITE levels of performance one can eke out another (as an example) 10% of performance with triple the effort/volume of the above.
as you get closer to your "theoretical max" you have to do geometrically harder work to achieve.
but generally speaking, it's just a matter of lift heavy stuff on a periodic basis, eat solid food with lots of fiber, micronutrients, antioxidants and PROTEIN, get plent of water, get your EFA's (i like fish oil myself), you can add some supplementation as well, and get lots of sleep.
don't infer.
as for poliquin. i have been a fan of poliquin for years, as well as Dr. Squat Fred Hatfield.
it's pretty good stuff.
weight training falls under (i believe it's called) pareto's principle.
80% of max benefit can be gotten from 3 workouts a week, 40 minutes or so, of hard lifting with complex multijoint exercises, with preferably more than 1/2 of them open chain ones
examples are : deadlift, power clean, standing overhead press, squat, pull up, etc.
it's not frigging rocket science, although to achieve ELITE levels of performance one can eke out another (as an example) 10% of performance with triple the effort/volume of the above.
as you get closer to your "theoretical max" you have to do geometrically harder work to achieve.
but generally speaking, it's just a matter of lift heavy stuff on a periodic basis, eat solid food with lots of fiber, micronutrients, antioxidants and PROTEIN, get plent of water, get your EFA's (i like fish oil myself), you can add some supplementation as well, and get lots of sleep.
and of course it also depends on goals.
depending on goals, a trainer might be more inclined to use one methodology over another, but the basics are the basics.
for example, there are no strength/explosive/sports that athletes cannot benefit from power cleans. there are few better ways to improve coordination, muscle fiber recruitment, explosiveness, vertical leap, etc.
depending on goals, a trainer might be more inclined to use one methodology over another, but the basics are the basics.
for example, there are no strength/explosive/sports that athletes cannot benefit from power cleans. there are few better ways to improve coordination, muscle fiber recruitment, explosiveness, vertical leap, etc.
Is anybody here a competitive athlete? Like at a national age-class or former pro level?
I've been competing in cycling and triathlons for 20 years now and do about 6-8 hours a week of swim/bike/run in the off season and 10-15 hours a week from april to october. I'd like to get on the podium in my age-class at national championships this year and qualify for the Hawaii Ironman world champs.
I ride a 40km time trial in about 56 minutes and run a 10k in 37
I've been competing in cycling and triathlons for 20 years now and do about 6-8 hours a week of swim/bike/run in the off season and 10-15 hours a week from april to october. I'd like to get on the podium in my age-class at national championships this year and qualify for the Hawaii Ironman world champs.
I ride a 40km time trial in about 56 minutes and run a 10k in 37
Not sure if this apply's but I did play professional baseball (San Diego and Montreal) for 8 years. Now retired.
After a few heavy off-seasons of running, running and more running, I started doing road races with an ex-girlfriend... who herself was a national level 400m runner. I do miss many aspects of running but the little one now takes up a lot of my spare time. Recently I've moved to a more rural area with a lot of trails on the shores of Lake Huron so I've gotten back into it a bit this year. Your 10km time is quite good. Congrats.
p.s. Doing the 400's with the Ex in conjunction with the road races REALLY decreased my 5km and 10 times. Give that some thought... also, fartlek training and sprint work really took me to the next level... fwiw