Working Out With Weathereye

As you all know, I am in superb physical condition. I had to stop going to the beach because the sight of my rippling upper body has been known to cause people to faint at the sight of it. “You look like a condom stuffed with walnuts,” one woman said earlier this year. I took that as a compliment.

I just got in from a triathlon — I do them for fun, every morning — and it occurred to me that I should share some of my workout wonder-tips with the rest of you. After all, who wouldn’t want to look like a 40-something guy who spends most of his time in the basement, on the Internet, eating Doritos? Hey, I understand, and it’s okay to be jealous.

Here are some workout tips I have picked up over the years. They have made me the man I am today:

1. Forget going to the gym. Those places are just excuses for people in spandex to sneak a look at you while you’re in the shower. And the machines are tricky to use, and usually sweaty. My local YMCA is all right, but the snack bar serves nothing but juice and salads and healthy sandwiches. A man needs a burger after a good workout, you know?
2. Set yourself up at home. You need a sweatband to go around your head, a pair of shorts, running shoes and a clear area to warm up. Warming up is crucial. Stretch, bend, wave your arms around. You can often go right from warming up to cooling down and it will look like you’ve had a good workout.
3. Crucial to the home workout environment: a television. Place a TV where you can see it. This way you can get caught up on your shows while you catch your breath. Catching your breath is very important and makes up 95 percent of any workout. Just sit still and breathe. This is key.
4. Buy a pair of dumbbells. If you have to wear a short-sleeved shirt and someone you like is coming over, pump the dumbbells as many times as you can. Your arms will get all pumpy for a while and you will look buffilicious.
5. Running long distances is really important. What you do is get your significant other to drop you off at the beginning of the running trail. Bring a bottle of water. Start running. As soon as you’re out of sight, slip into the forest and sit there reading a comic for about an hour. When you’re due to be picked up, pour your water bottle over your head and start breathing heavily. Works every time! What a workout!
6. Carry a water bottle everywhere you go. It’s okay if it has beer or pop in it, as long as it has a gym logo on the side. This indicates you are serious about your fitness.
7. Wear athletic clothing all the time. This allows you to squeeze in a workout wherever you are, and that shit is very comfortable, too.
8. A home gym machine can be really handy, and they’re always for sale on Kijiji and Craigslist, because a lot of losers buy them but never use them. Mine is right here beside me, with that box of comics on it. Every afternoon, I spray it with water so it looks all slippery and sweaty, then I sit on it watching TV. Breathing heavily works in this circumstance. It’s really handy for drying clothes, too.
9. Don’t waste money on those “power bar” things. They cost like three bucks each. You can get the same effect from the two-for-a-dollar candy bars at the back of the grocery store. O Henry is really nutty, and nuts offer the protein you need to be hot like me.
10. Control top nylons aren’t just for women.

Follow some of these tips, and you too can look like a podcaster.

The Deadpool Mega Muscle Mass Workout – Part Four

Continuing on from Part 3 of the Deadpool Mega Muscle Mass Workout…

Psoas

Hip Flexion

In most of my clients, I see the unfortunate combination of weak yet chronically tight psoas (hip flexors).

So, for this muscle group, I like to combine strength training with an aggressive flexibility routine.

So, if you are going to train your hip flexors with this program, you NEED to balance it with some flexibility work.

• Heavy Partial: N/A
• Isos: Flexing your hip, push your knee/thigh into an immovable object and hold for 2-5 seconds per rep for 3-8 reps. Options include the underside of a table with your upper-body weight pushing down on the tabletop, or leaning against a wall & driving your knee into a stability ball placed against the wall, or this supine method shown in the video

• Plyos: N/A
• Vibrations: High Knees -  3-8 reps per leg

Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Hanging Leg Raises – 3-8 reps

Glutes/Hams

Hip Extension

• Heavy Partial: Partial Deadlifts or Good Mornings out of a Power Rack – 3-8 reps
• Isos: Using the same Power Rack, grab an unloaded barbell and Deadlift or Good Morning the bar up into the Power Rack pins. It’s your muscular force pulling up into an immovable object (the power rack) (see the iso bicep curl video for reference) – 3-8 reps

• Plyos: Broad Jumps – 3-8 reps

• Vibrations: Bodyweight Hip Thrusts -  3-8 reps – move as quick as possible

Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Hip Thrusts or Deadlifts or Good Mornings – 3-8 reps

Hams

Knee Flexion

• Heavy Partial: Partial Glute-Ham Raise (holding DB or band resistance) – 3-8 reps
• Isos: Partner assisted Isometric G-H Raise or Leg Curl (have a partner resist your movement) – 2-5 sec hold for 3-8 reps
• Plyos: N/A
• Vibrations: Seated Band Leg Curls -  3-8 reps per leg – move faster than the big fella in the video

Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Glute-Ham Raises – 3-8 reps

Quads

• Heavy Partial: Partial Squats out of the Power Rack – 3-8 reps

• Isos: Iso Squat out of the Power Rack (barbell or hip squat belt) – hold each rep for 2-5 seconds per rep for 3-8 reps.

• Plyos: Depth Jumps – 3-8 reps

• Vibrations: Jumping Squats – Bodyweight only -  3-8 reps

Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Squats, Front Squats, Zercher Squats, Bulgarian Squats – 3-8 reps

Calves

Gastroc

• Heavy Partial: Partial Standing Calf Raise (Machine)
• Isos: Using a barbell & a Power Rack, set the rack pins so that you can calf raise up into the pins (just like the iso bicep curls) 2-5 seconds per rep for 3-8 reps.
• Plyos: Ankle Bounces – 3-8 reps

• Vibrations: Light weight Calf Raises -  3-8 reps

Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Standing Calf Raises – 3-20 reps

Calves

Soleus

• Heavy Partial: Partial Seated Calf Raise (Machine)
• Isos: N/A
• Plyos: N/A
• Vibrations: Light weight Seated Calf Raises -  3-8 reps

Immediately after completing the wake up exercise, proceed to a set of heavy/explosive Seated Calf Raises – 3-20 reps

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Alright, that’s it for Part 4 of the Deadpool Mega Muscle Mass Workout

In Part 5, I will wrap this series up by showing you how to put together your own workout as well as introducing you to the Deadpool Getting Ripped Workout

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Ooooo! Kettlebells!

A lady came in and asked me about kettlebell training yesterday.

She had read in a magazine how it is…

“the ultimate form of training for fat loss and conditioning…”

…and how she is not going to bother with any other kind of exercise anymore.

Kettlebells

I’ve seen and heard this mistake many times before (I used to make this mistake myself when i was younger!).  What makes an “ultimate form of fat loss and conditioning” is not the tool you use…it is YOU and the way you do it!

You need to work your heart, lungs and muscles hard through lots of Movement & Variety.  Choose a few, good tools to help you do this, then work hard and enjoy yourself.

Use kettlebells if you end up working hard.  Or use dumbells, or barbells, or tree trunks, or kegs of beer!  Or my personal favorite, use a stopwatch.  It doesn’t really matter that much what tool you use, as long as you use it properly!

As for kettlebells themselves…I’ve haven’t used them yet myself, but I have it on good authority that when used properly they can be a fantastic part of a workout!  Lets face it, they are big heavy things that are hard to handle…of course they can help make you better!

But remember, they are only one tool, and you should have a toolbox full of different tools for different jobs.

“It’s the carpenter that makes the difference, not his chisel”.

Its's the carpenter that makes the difference, not his chisel.

Musculação X Ética

Instrutor x Etica

ÉTICA PROFISSIONAL

Nas palavras de FREIRE (2002, p.73) ”Existem vários tipos de professores: professor autoritário, competente, sério, amoroso, frio, burocrático, vaidoso, etc… Nenhum deles passa pelos alunos sem deixar sua marca”. Na musculação há muitos professores que fazem uso de métodos de ensino diferentes, mas hoje para grande massa de instrutores só existe um tipo possível de treino na musculação.

É impressionante o que “Os Caras” falam mal de seus companheiros de profissão em livros, na internet e até em Congressos.

O que eles deveriam saber é que nenhuma verdade é absoluta! Lembram do Doutor Cooper e à Aeróbica nos ano 80, tudo esta mudando, com advento da internet as pesquisas estão cada dia apresentando novidades neste mercado de fitness.

O que mais me aborrece é a quantidade de Instrutores com 1 ano de treino” 45 cm de Braço” e dizem para seus alunos que está tomando WHEY PROTEIN.

O pior está ainda por vir, colegas que se aproveitam da profissão para cantar todas as alunas da academia inclusive a “Jovens Senhoras” mal resolvidas.

Fica essa crítica – reflexiva para os donos de academias e um apelo não contrate esse tipo de gente que só é “bunitinho e bombadinho”.

Why Skin Care - What You Must Know

There’s really nothing else important when it comes to beauty than proper skin care. Your skin is what folk see first when they look at you, particularly the skin on your face, and so you actually want to make certain that you take proper care of your skin to keep it looking fresh and pretty for the entirety of your life.

When you’re creating a skin care regime, one of the most significant things to fret about is moisturizing and moisturizing your skin. Drinking enough water is critical. You must attempt to drink at least six to eight tumblers of water each day. Keep in mind that there’s water in food as well and so if you are not in a position to drink enough water you will still be getting it thru the food you are eating.

You’ll also need to moisturize your skin daily for a correct skin care regime. Choose a moisturizer that’s going to lubricate your skin but not leave it feeling greasy or oily. The best idea is to moisturize your skin after you clean it, which also helps to close up the pores after they’ve been opened from you washing your face.

Staying Young With effective skin care

Anti-aging skin care is particularly vital for skin care, because this is what will keep those fine wrinkles and lines off your skin. You do not have to turn to surgery to keep yourself looking young, and there are some wonderful revitalizing skin care products that are available on the market these days. Remember that prevention is the best step here, so always take care of your skin before fine lines and wrinkles become an issue.

Sun lotion is important, because this will help to protect your skin from the damaging UV rays of the sun. You should generally wear sunscreen before going tanning or perhaps doing daily activities if you’re going to be out in the sunlight for an extended period of time. You may even wish to make it simpler and just employ a moisturizer which has sun lotion already in it, as this can make the method much easier.

Sleep is also important if you need to steer clear of wrinkles, because sleep is needed for healthy, radiant skin. When you’re sleeping your body finally has the time to repair itself and if you don’t get enough sleep your skin will begin to appear dry and lifeless so you want to try to get at least eight hours of sleep each night.

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Go Go Go!! Marathon Weekend in Chicago!!

Happy Marathon Weekend Chicago!!! Best of luck to all my friends running this weekend & to the 40,000+ people making their attempt at the marathon! You don’t know how proud your friends & family are of you, and how many people you inspire by taking on this goal. Marathon weekend is a perfect time for anyone (runner or not) to take a look at themselves & do a little inventory on their own personal goals. 

Committing to a marathon training program is actually a bigger goal than doing the race itself. When you commit to do a marathon, you are committing your mind, body & spirit to 18 weeks of focused workouts, hours spent stretching and caring for a body that you are really putting through the paces, & sacrificing things like sleep & relaxation time to ensure you are running enough miles to be ready for the big day. 

Take a look at your own goals & determine if you’ve made a “marathon commitment” to them, or if you are actually sitting on the proverbial fence with those goals. You cannot expect to run a marathon & slack off in your training. If you do, you will end up in the medical tent on race day – if you even make it to race day. You have to follow the proper steps to ensure success & accomplishment of that goal of running 26.2 miles. How does your personal goal commitment compare to the commitment that marathoners make to their goal? 
Have you picked a clear end goal? It could be a certain weight, a certain ability-like doing 20 perfect pushups, a bodyfat goal, a clothing size goal, a goal of making fitness part of your regular lifestyle by achieving 5-6 days/week of exercise from here through the foreseeable future. 

Have you determined what the training plan should be for that goal? People don’t accidentally get fit, just like they don’t accidentally run 26.2 miles. You have to have a plan for any goal to be accomplished – what are you going to do, how are you going to progress it, when are you going to be progressing by, what are you going to eat, how often are you going to stretch, what are you going to change to ensure you have time to train for and reach your goal? If you don’t know how to do this, you’ve got fitness pros like myself ready to answer personal questions & help you set up a training program, and there are hundreds of books out there, just make sure if you choose a book, that you’re picking one that is right for your goals & that was written by someone with half a brain for fitness.

Have you focused your mindset on your goal? There’s not a workout that goes by for a marathoner that they are not thinking about the end goal of running the race & completing it. When you’re working out, do focus your mindset during the workout on what you want the end result to be? Or do you think over and over in your head, “this is so hard,” “I don’t want to be doing this anymore,” “I hate this”? Remember that your mindset is one of the most powerful tools you have in your quest to accomplish a goal. Make it work for you by focusing your mindset to the end goal & the appreciation of the training you’re doing to accomplish that goal. 

Good luck to everyone who has a fitness goal – it may not be to run a marathon – but it’s a noble goal if it’s one you can get behind 100% and commit to!

Special good wishes to: TINA!! LONGRY!! GLEN ELLYN RUNNERS!!

p90x: Workout Hell

I decided to try p90x ( you know, the infomercials by Beach Body) after hearing from several friends that the program actually works. I have a membership to the YMCA, and I do go sometimes to muscle conditioning classes or to do a stint on the elliptical machine. But most of the time, I choose to do something instead of the y or put it off and then decide not to go altogether. I like working out at home because I can be terrible at the exercises and no one is watching me. When I go to the y, I feel like I need to dress up because so many people I know work out there. I end up feeling self-conscious and then I don’t get the full results of a decent workout.

p90x is a 90-day workout based on muscle confusion (a term I don’t completely understand). There is a video for every day during that period, and on the 7th day of each week, you have the choice to either rest or do a stretch sequence video.

I am on day four, which means today I will do Yoga X, which I guess means EXTREME yoga, since every video is INTENSE AND EXTREME (!!!).

• Day One: Chest & Back, Ab Ripper X
• Day Two: Plyometrics
• Day Three: Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X
• Day Four: Yoga X

The Chest & Back video basically consisted of push up and pull up variations. I can’t do a pull up. I’ve never been able to do any sort of pull up, even as a kid on the playground. So I at least tried every exercise and did most of the push-ups. The combination of the first day and the second day’s Plyometrics made my body ache and unable to climb stairs. The next day was brutal, especially the Ab Ripper X, a combination of 349 ab exercises, and I felt like a beached whale slowly gaining rigor. 

I’m about the do the fourth video, and I’m hoping the yoga won’t be some sort of extreme workout disguised as something I really enjoy. Wish me luck.

Inspiration of the day:

I’m a sales associate at Fossil and we just got the Maribelle leather bomber in.

It’s absolutely gorgeous, and with a hefty price tag of $200, definitely something I’ll be saving up for.

-Hope