Tag Archives: Weight Loss
2/22/2012 Snatch and Deadlift
- Random, I know.
Strongman events on Saturday the 18th. Hit 320 log x 3. Clean each. Did 310 stone for a bunch of reps. Struggled a little on the stone. Haven’t touched one since December.
Monday – bench 355 x 6
2/22
Clean grip snatch worked up to 239 x 1
Box jumps worked up to an easy 42″ x 5 with minimal knee tuck. I need a much bigger box.
Deadlift
465 x 5
540 x 5
610 x 6 – pretty happy with this
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A Definition of Hard Work and Commitment
There is a recent blog post on the strengthcoach blog about the disconnect between the trainer and client. Read the post here. I really liked the post and thought that I would share it with you.
The article talks about the difference between what is important to the client and what the trainer perceives to be important to them. While fitness may be the number one priority for the trainer, it may only be 3rd or 4th on the list for the client. To the client, fitness is typically just something they do a couple of times per week to fulfill a need to lose weight, reduce medications, or increase self-esteem. The quicker the trainer realizes this, the better.
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Top 10 things Learned And Achieved For 2011
Yesterday, I received an email from one of my clients that I thought I would share with everyone. I thought it was pretty cool. She put together a list of things she learned and achieved over the course of the year while working out with us. Here’s her list:
1. Designating 4 specific days and times at the gym is more effective than saying I’ll go 4 days a week.
2. I have kept 90% of my training appointments in the past year.
3. I have trained a minimum of 3 sessions per week for 13 months now, the longest workout streak of my life.
4. The number on the scale is my daily FYI, fluctuating often and therefore, no longer makes or breaks me.
5. I look forward to working out.
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Top Ten Of 2011
Yep, it’s that time of year again. At the end of each year, I go back and review which of my posts got the most web traffic. Here’s this year’s top ten:
1. Does Muscle Fiber Type Effect Performance In this post I talk about the differences in muscle fiber type and how it affects an athlete’s performance.
2. The John Broz Method One of the more popular topics in the strength training world in 2010 was the training that John Broz does in his Las Vegas gym. This post discusses my opinions on what he does.
3. The Real Reasons Why People Don’t Exercise The name says it all. These are the reasons why people don’t workout.
4. Is A Calorie Really A Calorie? In this post, I discuss some of the myths about nutrition.
5. Spot Reduction Revisited In this article, I talk about a T-Nation article on spot reduction.
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This Is Who We Are.
At Nunn’s Performance Training, we are about half way through our second year being in business. During that time, we have always kind of struggled with our identity. Are we an adult fitness studio? Are we sports performance? What is our brand? Are we corporate wellness? For most businesses, these types of things are usually decided before it is ever incorporated. For me, it wasn’t. This business was started out of necessity. Not an “entrepreneurial seizure” as Micheal Gerber would put it. Every gym that I had worked for had a failing business model and went under quickly. So quickly that I had to scramble to figure out something to keep cash flowing in. This is where Nunn’s Performance Training was born. So when setting up my business, I looked at who my clients were. I had a handful of adults and a handful of middle school and high school athletes. All of which have been with me for several years and through a couple different failed gyms. They followed me from one gym to another, my garage, and eventually into a space I could call my own. Why did they follow me? Because they were serious about being the best versions of themselves.
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Deadlift, Bench, Squat 10/16 week
OK, well, I haven’t been very good about posting my workouts, so we’re going to catch up! After last month’s workouts, I felt confident in increasing all of my numbers…..and I paid the price when I chose to increase more than what was recommended. It’s hard to remember this is a slow process toward strength when I want to be able to do things NOW!! 
So, this has been a lesson on patience for me.
Sunday’s workout 10/16
So, I’m normally really stoked for Deadlift day – because I find it fun to pick up relatively heavy things. Well, for whatever reason Sunday, I wasn’t feelin’ it at all. Probably because I recently switched from Mon,Tues,Thurs, Fri workouts to Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs. So, the one day I wasn’t in the gym (Sunday) became the first day of my workouts which put me back in the gym…probably not so smart on my part But, here’s how it went
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Change Requires CHANGE
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”- Albert Einstein
Many people come to me because they want to make a change in their life. Whether it be weight loss or becoming a better athlete, change is required. If your goal is weight loss, you’ve got to make changes. Big ones. Probably the thing I see most often are people who come in and think that because they workout one time per week and don’t change their eating habits, they will get results. Sorry, it’s not happening. Actually, we’ve taken away the one time per week training option all together. I now only take on serious clients who are ready to make changes. Dr. Robert Adkins (of Adkins Diet Fame) once said, “You became overweight because you did something unbalanced. It should stand to reason that you will have to do something unbalanced to lose the weight.” Basically, he’s saying that you sat around and ate too much and that’s why you gained weight. Why does it surprise you that you’ll have to do the opposite of that to lose the weight? Change is hard for many people, but if its worth it for you, you’ll do it. Like the video below says, if you want to be successful, you need to want it worse that you want to breath. Are you willing to make those changes? |
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New Addition To The Site: Exercise Library – Glute Ham Raise(DIY version)
In an ongoing effort to offer quality content on this site, I’ve decided to add an Exercise Library catagory. The Exercise Library will be updated periodically with video demonstrations, brief describtions, and tips on how to implement the exercise in your training program.
The first exercise in the library will be the poor man’s glute ham raise. Glute ham raises are an excellent exercise to develop the muscles of the glutes, hamstrings, and low back. I like them because they are a knee dominant way of hitting those muscle groups versus hip dominant exercises like RDL’s and Goodmorinings. Add these in as an assistance exercise to your deadlifts and squats. A typicall rep range for these is 5 x 10 or 4 x 12.
I use the term “poor man’s” because I do them without the use of an actual GHR. Here is what I do:
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A Couple Interesting Fat Loss Tips
The last few months I’ve come across some articles that have
changed how I thought about fat-loss. I’m guessing a lot of you if you were to
tell a friend how to lose weight you’d probably give the simple, “eat less and
do more cardio.” Well, that sounds easy enough, but doing too much of those can
actually be counter productive in the fat-loss game.
If you eat too little and practically starve yourself (under about
1,000 calories a day) your body will actually start to store more fat. Our
bodies are very, very good at adapting. When we eat less, it adapts and “holds
on” or stores all the extra calories (energy to our body) that it can to
“survive.” What do extra calories store as? You guessed it, fat. If you consume
too few of calories, your body may actually store fat, instead of getting rid
of it.
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Tagged Avon, Being Awesome, Conditioning, Indiana, Indianapolis, Jeff McDole, Long Slow Distance, nutrition, Speed, Weight Loss
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4 Things I’ve Learned About Training in 8 Months
1. Good Trainers Care
Good trainers genuinely care about helping people live better, healthier lives. They really want to help their clients reach their goals. I can imagine that most good trainers are competitive and see that helping their clients reach goals is a challenge. If a client of mine is not making the progress they want to be making, I can guarantee that I will work to find out what to do to get them there. A lot of the other good trainers I’ve followed and/or talked to seem to have the same mind set.
If you have a trainer or are thinking about getting one, don’t be afraid to ask them why they train people. If their answer is a) to make money or b) because I enjoy training myself, you should probably look elsewhere for multiple reasons which Jason has touched on many times! Most specifically, they’re probably a trainer listed here! Your trainer should have some kind of answer that relates to wanting to help people and bring world peace. Okay, maybe not the latter but they should be ambitious and at least seem excited and willing to help!
