By Elliott Hulse
Co-Author
of Lean Hybrid Muscle
| If you're
like me, you probably want nothing more than to feel like a
'super-stud' every time you take your shirt off in public. You
want to have the confidence to say, 'Boy, this sweaty shirt
is chaffin' me', then reach over your shoulder and tear your
shirt off like Brad Pitt in Fight Club. When you know that your
pecs look like two soup bowls inserted beneath your skin, and
your abs are as hard the asphalt you stand on, it's tough to
keep your shirt on! |
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Today you are gonna learn the top
5 training principles that you MUST implement in order to make your
physique and performance goals… a reality. But, before I open
the info-floodgates, there is something you've got to understand.
Men… all men, should recognize that we are athletes and our
training programs must reflect this.
Even if you're a 'pencil pusher' or
a 'white collar crook', the essence of your being is athletic. In
order to see any type of fitness results it is essential to recognize
that Squats, Power Cleans, 40 Yard Dashes and Vertical Jumps are
not only for NFL Combine participants… they are for you!
1. You're An Athlete By Design
The foundation principle of everything
that I teach all begins with one extremely powerful phrase: “We
are primal beings living in a modern world”
Our physical bodies have been unchanged
for thousands of years. In fact, today, our bodies are an exact
expression of what our ancestors were over 100,000 years ago. It
is believed that it takes about 100,000 years for 0.001percent of
a genome to change… so yourself and Primal Man are for all
intents and purposes… the same.
What has changed is how WE have chosen
to live, if you can even call it that. As we have 'advanced' in
technology we have regressed in physical strength and stature.
We function at a much lower capacity
than were inherently capable of. This is analogous to those people
who buy off-road vehicles that will never see anything but concrete!
You've been given the ultimate athletic tool… use it.
2. Short, Hard and Intense Workouts Yield Lean, Hard and Muscular
Bodies
When you spend over an hour in the
gym sitting on useless 'fitness machines' while you're waiting to
do your 'next set'…your nervous system's primal response is
to release Cortisol and Glucocorticoids - which are stress hormones,
(these make you sick, sad, fat and, stupid) in response to your
body thinking… “Holy Cow, we've been training for over
an hour… perhaps we're being chased by a tiger and need to
preserve body fat”, then it begins sacrificing muscle tissue
for energy! This is called The Catabolic Effect. Also, workouts
exceeding 1 hour have been shown to be associated with a rapid decrease
in androgen levels.
This is why marathon runners look
so emaciated… id much rather look like one of those Lock, Stock
& Ready Sprinters with muscles rippling across their backs and
abs.
3. Aerobics and Cardio Training Is Boring & Ineffective
Strength coach Charles Poliquin has
coined the phrase “Chunky Aerobic Instructor Syndrome”
(CAIS). You've seen them, they do cardio all day long… don't
you think that they would be a bit leaner? Well, there is a scientific
reason as to why they are cubby even though they bounce up and down
on those colorful blocks all day long. In fact research has shown
that aerobic instructors who taught an average of 3 hours a day
maintained a body fat of 22-24% - mind you, that Olympic athletes
hover around 9%.
Especially with repetitive exercises
like aerobics the body adapts quickly to the stimulus and ceases
to respond to the stimulus. Also, you begin to become very fuel-efficient…
Listen, think of a metabolism that has adapted to long treks of
cardio as being a Honda… it burns very little fuel (i.e. fat)
but can go miles and miles. Think of a metabolism that is roaring
with increased mitochondria activity (as is present in someone who
weight trains with circuits) as a Hummer, large fuel combusting
metabolism!
Here's Why this is so important! You
want a stronger heart, without the fat saving response of long boring
cardio treks. That is why I teach my clients how to do work capacity
sets. We take 4-6 exercises and complete them back to back with
no rest and aim to complete them all with in about 2 minutes…
if your heart is not ready to pound out of your chest after that,
then maybe you should visit your veterinarian!
Here's a simple circuit that you can
do at home - first 20 squats, then 20 lunges, then 'step ups' on
a bench 10 each leg, finally do 10 squat jumps and get it all done
in less than 90 seconds! Kick-ass workout!
We begin every session with Plyometrics
and then get right into 3-5 “work capacity” sets for upper
and lower body.
4. Get High on Oxygen & Sunshine
Besides the fact that training on
treadmills and 'sit down' exercise equipment is less effective than
getting your feet on the ground and learning how to use your own
bodyweight, training indoors can be detrimental to your performance
and fitness results.
As 'primal beings' we are in need
of several vital elements and forms of energy. The suns rays are
nourishing to your mind as well as body. It is well documented that
those who live in the cooler northern climates that enjoy less sunshine
through out the year are several times more likely to suffer from
depression.
Also, if you're like most Americans
you work and live indoors (maybe). In fact, the average person spends
90% of their time indoors. Several health experts have propounded
that our homes and workplace are the most toxic environments in
our lives. Many studies have stated that toxic particles and fumes
found in your home and workplace include: air fresheners, spray
starch, paints, mothballs and even 'new car' smell kills more people
every year than automobile accidents!
So, what do you do? Train in the great
outdoors! When I train my Strength Camp clients at Vinoy Park in
St. Petersburg Florida, not only do we benefit from the sweet bay
breeze but also the scenery is beautiful enough to give a nun spring
fever!
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5.
It's Gotta Be Fun!
Drop out rates
for exercise programs are almost as high as the drop out rate
in my old middle school! The bottom line is, if you don't
enjoy it - you wont do it. The most effective way to ensure
that you stick with your training program is to change it
often. This doesn't mean hop from one modality to the next
before you get any results. It means stick with your weight-training
program for a minimum of 90 day but change the exercises you
use for each body part at least every 3 weeks.
This not only keeps
you interested but also, your nervous system will be challenged
with the new exercises and be forced to adapt. This yields
fast and long-lasting results!
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It's no secret that our ancestors
were physically, in much better shape than overall, we are
today. For ordinary people, their day-to-day lives were
much more physically demanding than ours. Back in the day
if you wanted to eat you had to go hunting or catch some
fish. Everything was functional. In today's world most of
us are subject to the triple seated threat as I like to
call it-sitting at our computers, sitting in the car or
sitting on the couch.
In this report Mike and Elliott
explore how some of this planet's all-time greatest elite
warriors of the past developed some legendary physiques.
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