This is a supplements blog post by Grant Lofthouse
I was actually going to write this post for my clients in our private, memebers only area. But for some reason it ended up on my blog. I have no idea how that happened.
Anyways…
I thought I would take the time and show you in this blog post the most current, up-to-date supplements that I recommend to stripping body fat and improving health and performance.
I’ve tried most supplements on the market and I won’t lie… most of them are absolute bull shit – pumped with cheap artificial crap that does more harm than good.
Since I’m a huge fan of keeping things simple, I will continue the trade in the supplement field as well.
Here’s my list of the top 5 supplements that’ll do the trick…
1.) Protein powder – since protein powder in under large demand these days. Most companies take shortcuts and get their protein from sick cows pumped up on drugs. And for that reason there are only 2 that I recommend…
This is a diet and fat loss guest post by Dave Nelson
What is alkalising? Is it important for fat loss?
Being alkaline is necessary for the body to resist disease. The human body was created to heal and protect itself, but through poor nutrition an a highly acidic world we live in, our cells performance is effecting and we fall ill!
Alkaline is measured on a scale of 0-14 called the pH scale. (the levels in your blood stream the best indication)
7 is mutual, with 7.4 being an optimum alkaline state. At 7.4 our bodies are rich in oxygen and as mentioned, our cells thrive and fight illness and disease.
In an acidic body, our cells are low in oxygen and malfunction and in some cases mutate which can lead to cancer growth etc. Dr Wallberg a Noble Prize winner discovered that cancer and disease cannot live and breed in an oxygen rich environment.
Where does this acid come from?
This is a interview post with Dave Nelson
Dave NelsonSince you follow more of the “fitness model training style” how can you best explain the difference between the two? And also outline the positives and negatives of both sides of the training styles…
Yeah sure, well the main differences I see between people only worried about the “fitness model look” and those who are looking to improve overall health and well being starts with their nutrition.
The people I see chasing “the look” often have diets full of chemicals and preservatives for starters. When starting out I too, was guilty of downing lots of diet coke, caffeine filled fat burners and low carb products with heaps of hidden toxins in replacement of sugars and fats.
Often its only the calorie intake that is even looked at with no consideration of long term health or effects these chemicals may be having on your health.
Whereas the people who want to improve health and well being avoid additives, preservatives and are more often far more worried about getting their daily requirements of fruit and vegetables and therefore are fully nourished and healthier people. They try and eat as naturally as possible and therefore are a lot more resilient to lethargy, poor skin, illness etc.
The exercise programs between the two groups are quiet different, people chasing that “Hollywood look” often only train visual muscles such as chest, arms and abs. This creates a huge imbalance and can create a lot of pain and leads to injuries.
Whereas your clients for example Grant, are trained really well, concentrating on balancing muscle groups, flexibility, core and overall strength.
This is a interview post with Dave Nelson
Hey what’s up Grant here,
I managed to get a hold of my buddy Dave Nelson, and got him to spill the beans on some diet stuff.
In part 1. we cover…
Diet structure mistakes.
Protein, fat and carb mistakes.
Supplement mistakes.
And part 2. we cover…
How Dave structures his diet.
His protein, fat and carb strategies.
And what supplements he takes.
You can check out part one here…
Hey welcome back to cardio haters, by the way I’ve managed to get a hold of a top American female trainer which I will be interviewing next week or so. If you have any questions for her just pop them in the comment section at the bottom of this page and I’ll get her to answer them for you.
Ok longevity part 4 if you have missed any of the pervious posts you can view them here…
- Longevity Part 3: Recovery finisher
- Longevity Part 2: Balance Push to Pull
- Longevity
I was originally going to just give you a list of foods that promote health but the other day this idea just popped into my head. I figured since I already embrace longevity and I always get a few questions a week about my diet, I might as well talk about it in this post.
First off I want to point that in my experience I have found that there’s no ‘one size fits all’ kind of diet. I can also state that EVERY diet works, but the problem with 95% is they are usually too unrealistic and as of a result the retention rate is low. A diet is only as good as how long you can stay on it.
To be fair; you do need to get out of your comfort zone and be prepared to do things you don’t want to do, but if the diet doesn’t have any ‘room to move’ then the success rate aint going to be too good.
The way I see it is that if you can stick with a particular diet for 12 months as opposed to 2. The 12 month diet is going to have a greater long term success.
On the other hand if you’re getting ready for a wedding in 2 weeks and you want to look (but not feel) smoking hot, then you probably need to take the most extreme cautions available. I don’t recommend it, but it’s the truth.
My diet actually follows the complete opposite to most of them out there…
I know I have been teasing you with my new Ripped Without Cardio workout for a month or so now. But I’m happy to announce that the program is now live and 100% free. The program has a unique training method known as heavy, light and medium, but I have thrown my little spin on [...]
This is a diet blog post by Grant Lofthouse
Ok so Xmas day is around the corner (this Saturday for us Aussies) and I bet you want to enjoy the day without feeling guilty from stuffing your face with enormous amounts of food and alcohol.
Now for me Xmas day is easily the biggest and funniest day of my year. We (my family) spend time with both sides – my dad and my mums and we usually are flat out from about 11 am all the up to about 1-2am. It’s a big ass long day filled laughter, joy, gifts and food LOTS of food.
I want to take you back 2 Christmases ago in 2008 on Xmas day I was extremely careful with what I ate, I sacrificed a lot all that year to achieve my goals and wasn’t going to let that particular day ruin it for me. The only thing was I didn’t enjoy the day one bit. Now just like anyone else, I loved Christmas day but on that particular day it sucked because everyone else was eating glorious food I was stuck with carrot and celery sticks (not literally…but you get my point).
Now last year I tried to take a more smarter approach, I did the old “eat before you go” because that way I could prepare my own food and I knew exactly what I was eating. The only problem was when you eat at 10 in the morning it doesn’t last you until 1-2 am on boxing day. So come lunch time I was starting to feel it and I didn’t want to experience what I did the year before. So I just gave in and ate everything I found on the table.
I felt like a huge failure; especially when you are known as a personal trainer. Every time I put something ‘bad’ into my mouth it was like I farted in a church. Everyone would just stop and stare.
Now this last week I’ve been thinking of different ways to approach xmas day…
Did you have a bad weekend? I sure did. I’m human, shit happens and things don’t go as planned, what I mean by a bad weekend is when you do very little exercise, eat a heap of junk and just be a real lazy ass.
For me it started Saturday, I was at a mates house for the big AFL grand final and instantly all the bbq junk food came out. Chips, sasaguages, potatoe salad, bread rolls, wings and soft drink and not to mention all the alcohol. I didn’t drink (I only drink about twice a year) but the junk food and soft drink was enough on its own. Then I had a late night and yesterday wasn’t as bad in terms of food but I still wasn’t happy about it.
And now you probably know what I feel like… shit.
Lucky for me this isn’t the usual case and if you want to get to the body of your dreams then a weekend like the above should be very rare.
But like I said, I’m human and shit happens and I’m willing to admit that I had a bad weekend and now I’m ready to clean the mess up.
Here’s a few things that I do and you should do to get back on track and ‘make up’ for the bad weekend…
Hey hope you are well,
Believe it or not, science actually supports Cardio Haters. There are alot of reasons why but here’s an important one… long duration cardio increases a hormone known as cortisol. Cortisol actually eats muscle and INCREASES body fat this equals…
(a.k.a Bad News!)
So your next question I’m guessing is what do I do?
Well my first answer is diet; So today I’m going to give you 1 3 killer tips you can do (or swap) so you’re on the right track to a flatter stomach without even having to touch your runners…
Hey how you doin’, hope you’re having a great day.
Lately I have been getting a lot of questions about breakfast. Should or shouldn’t I eat it?
Well today I’m going to reveal to you my importance on breakfast and whether it will help you lose weight. I warn you my answer is not typical…
P.S. If you hate reading then I have done a video or if you’re at work and you can’t have the volume on then I have written it out for you….
Enjoy!
