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Video Friday – Steve Cotter

Coach Dos Remedios told me about this Steve Cotter video when I was at the Fitness Summit two weeks ago. When he was describing it I didn’t believe him…but its true. Check it out and you’ll be just as amazed as I was.

Tags: steve cotter, youtube, pistols, kettlebells

Starbucks, Naked Nutrition, & Things I Can’t Stand

It is pretty crazy around here with the semester ending and the launch of Your Naked Nutrition Guide coming closer everyday. Here are some random thoughts for today. Be prepared for some rambling as I’m not sure where this post is going.

Vente Coffee at Starbucks – I was very tired this morning and passed a Starbucks on my way to drop off some exams at the University Grading Center. On my way back I stopped in. Upon walking in the door you truly realized that this place is not about coffee but atmosphere. It made me think about gyms. Have you ever trained at a really great gym? I’m not talking about a place with great equipment but great atmosphere. Great gyms, like Starbucks, are not about the weights or equipment. They are about the atmosphere. Back to the coffee. I ordered a vente (why don’t they just call it a large) of whatever the blend of the day was, no cream or sugar. Whoa! Those things are huge! Carrying around that massive coffee for the next hour or so made me feel like I was broadcasting to the world that I was over tired and trying to overcome it by self medicating with caffeine. Five hours later I’m still rev’d up.

Naked Nutrition – My inbox has been flooded over the past week with people asking about when YOUR NAKED NUTRITION GUIDE is going to be released. Very Soon. I’m going away this weekend to a scientific conference and when I get back things should be finalized with the webpage and various other tasks that are slowing the release. I appreciate your patience.

Things I can’t stand – It is amazing that in one day I had two interactions with two separate people regarding the number one thing I can’t stand. I can’t exactly get into the details of my interactions as these people may stumble upon my blog but here’s the theme.

It drives me nuts when people are so set in their ways about a topic or idea that they refuse to even entertain the idea that they are wrong or an alternate approach would work.

Mike Boyle has a great quote regarding this: “People don’t want to hear new ideas, they only want to hear shit that validates the stupid they are already doing.”

I work very hard to be open to all kinds of nutritional ideas and approaches but my number one turn-off it people who have “figured it out” and are not interested in any other opinions or approaches.

Tags: starbucks, Naked Nutrition Guide, rant, turn offs

Video Friday – Fitness Summit & Dave Schmitz

The video of today is from the JP Fitness Summit this past weekend. Dave is an awesome guy with a lot of great stuff to say. Here’s a little taste of his energy.

P.S. This was around 8:30 in the morning. He was still working people out a 8:00pm…the guy is a machine!

Tags: band training, dave schmitz, jp fitness summit, exercise

Whole Foods Protein Powder Reviews

I’ll have more on what when down at the JP Fitness Summit in the upcoming days. Here is a review that I received from a avid Street Smart Nutrition reader regarding several of the protein powders found at Whole Foods. Enjoy!

All these protein powers were taste-tested with the following smoothie ingredients:

1.5 cups vanilla soy milk
.3 cup acai paste
.5 cup frozen raspberries and blueberries
.3 cup green tea

(Blended for 30 seconds in electric blender)

Here’s a short review:

Brand: Biochem Sports
Product: 100% Hemp Seed & Whey Protein Isolate
Protein per serving: 25 grams
Flavor: Vanilla

Comments: The hemp sounded interesting, and is organic, but the whey made it taste totally gross! The consistency was definitely thicker than my standard protein power, the delicious Whole Foods 365 Brand of Vanilla soy protein (24 g protein).

Brand: Peaceful Planet “The Supreme Meal”
Product: Quinoa, Millet and Amaranth, non-GMO pea protein isolate
Protein per serving: 17 grams
Flavor: Vanilla

Comments: The flavor was mild, with hints of the grains, like oak aged chardonnay. The consistency on the tonque felt like a suspension, with tiny protein-power granules grating around. Overall, a wholesome earthy powder. I woudl definitely try it again, or spring for a canister and bake with it.

Brand: Soytein
Product: Non-GMO Isolated Soy Protein
Protein per serving: 14 grams
Flavor: Vanilla

Comments:Sort of unappetizing, kind of like whey. An odd taste for a soy powder product. Not memorable, definitely would not try it again.

Brand: Nature’s Life: Super-Green Pro 96 Soy Protein Power
Product: Non GMO Identity Preserved Soy Protein Isolate
Protein per serving: 25 grams
Flavor: Vanilla

Comments: No notable flavor, a little grainy in consistency, but not chunkiness or lumps, very smooth blend. Not sweet. A good neutral soy product. Left wondering what Identity Preserved soy isolate is. I would buy this again.

JP Fitness Summit – Day 1

I’m back from day one of the summit getting ready to go over my Nutrient Timing talk for tomorrow. Today was great and very informative. Here’s a run down of the talks in order of appearance:

Lou Schuler – This was an amazing way to kick off the summit. Lou talked all about Fitness/Muscle magazines, how they lay out their magazines, and what effect that has on content. He also discussed how to go about getting your writing into magazines. Lou is a great guy (with a great blog).

Alwyn Cosgrove – Alwyn gave his Real World Fat Loss talk. His talk is interspersed with amazing before and after photos of clients from his facility. Alwyn has a very practical and effective approach to getting his clients lean fast. Basically harder work is better and you get done faster.

Coach Dos Remedios – Dos is the NSCA Strength coach of the year. I again was riveted by the information he had to share. Dos can get 100 football players in and out of the gym in 50 minutes with no assistance – Amazing. The premise of Dos’s talk was his new soon to be released book. It was a great preview and I picked up some strategies that I am going to apply to my training starting this week.

Zig Zigler – No this isn’t the famous salesman. Zig’s talk was all about the feet and how foot problems can lead to other imbalances higher up the body. All in all pretty interesting.

Chad Waterbury – Again, a great talk. I love Chad’s methods. He spoke about the nervous system and then started discussing some of this new theories about how to maximize hypertrophy via maximal motor unit recruitment. Chad has talked about training and the CNS before but this was totally new. We spoke about this new theory a bunch after his talk – cool stuff. Again I have some new strategies that I am going to apply to my own training this upcoming week.

Other things from today:

*Finally got to meet Lisa Holladay who edited Your Naked Nutrition Guide.

*Met and chatted with “Coach Mike” (from Precision Nutrition) a bunch. He’s a very smart guy.

*Talk about smart guy’s I was floored by Bill Hartman today (and he hasn’t even spoken yet!). He diagnosed my shoulder problem in less than 3 minutes. He is truly is the smartest man in fitness.

*Also got to meet and speak with Nate Green a bunch. Nate is a great up and coming guy in the industry.

That’s all for now. Gotta go over my talk.

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