For many women weight training is an afterthought, something they might play around with after they’re done with their aerobics class if there’s time, or after toning and shaping on the stairmaster or treadmill.

Not Patty.

She understands the value of weight training for weight loss and fat burning by permanently raising the resting metabolic rate via increasing lean body mass.

And she knows what High Intensity Training means, and how to put in a maximum effort.

A credit to the Nation, to be sure.

This workout features a nice double pre-exhaustion sequence–starting with the Med-X sidelying hip extension machine (you probably haven’t seen this before), then isolating the lateral hip muscles with the hip abduction machine, then finishing everything off with one set to failure on the Med-X leg press.

Keep in mind that if you’re going to target a certain body part in a workout with extra exercises, it is wise to decrease the amount of exercises you do for the rest of your body, in order to keep your total workout volume low enough that you will still be able to adequately recover in a timely fashion. You only have one gas tank; if you make one part of your workout longer, you need to make the rest shorter-otherwise you risk overtraining, and your efforts will be wasted because you won’t build muscle.

The rest of Patty’s workout that day consisted of 1 set of chest press, 1 set of seated rows, and 1 set on the old-school pink Nautilus ab machine. That’s it. (The remainder of the workout is shown on the second video below).

Check out this video for the butt-blaster workout:

Check out this one for the rest of the workout:

Don’t forget to leave a comment about Patty’s workout below!

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If you are a strength training history buff–you are in the right place.

We are very fortunate to be hearing from a guy who was there at the very beginning with Arthur Jones himself!

I am pleased to present none other than Joel Waldman of Belmar Fitness in Belmar, NJ.

Joel, at 62 years young, can bury just about anybody reading this in a high intensity workout, and is still taking people through workout routines at Belmar Fitness to this day.

Get ready to go back in a time capsule to the early days of Nautilus, and hear some of the best Arthur Jones stories ever, as Joel shares what he has learned about High Intensity Training in his 40-plus years of experience, and reveals:

• The highly unusual thing that happened when he tried out his first weight set
• How bodybuilding contests were conducted in the late 60’s/early 70’s
• The “life changing event’ that turned him on to High Intensity Training
• The 2 people who have shaped his entire life
• Why he’s memorized Arthur Jones’ phone number to this day
• What “The Motivator” means
• His experience with “Bulgarian Power Burst” training 
• The incredible equipment he has at his facility (you’ve never heard of it-trust me)
• The techniques he uses to train around injuries
• His “one ingredient” theory of nutrition
• And much, much more!

 
To hear the Joel Waldman interview, just click on the play arrow (the little triangle on the left) below:

Don’t forget to leave a comment below and let Joel know what you thought of his interview!

Click here to check out Joel’s website

Check out this video of Joel doing negative-only pullovers with 635 pounds a few days ago (62 years old!):

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Mike Mentzer was one of the greatest bodybuilders in history, and the first guy who, through his writing, got me excited about High Intensity Training. I was in my early twenties at the time, frustrated by my lack of progress training 6 days a week with multi-set workouts.

In April of 1996, my wife (then my fiance) Patty and I arrived at Gold’s Gym in Venice, California so I could go through a workout personally supervised by Mike.

We started with a chest workout, which consisted of a pre-exhaustion superset–the Nautilus 10 degree chest fly, followed immediately by the Icarian incline press. The fly, a single-joint exercise, would isolate the pecs; the incline press would then utilize the fresh muscles of the shoulders and triceps to push the pecs to a deeper level of fatigue.

The chest fly consisted of one set to failure, followed by a “static hold”, where I held the arm pads together in the contracted position for as long as I could, then fought the weight inch by inch back to the starting position.

After the static hold, we literally ran to the incline press for a set of 1-3 reps; that set was concluded by performing a few “strongest range” reps, working only in the last 15-20 degrees of movement nearest the lockout position, until no further movement was possible.

After that was over, my chest was fried. The whole thing probably took all of five minutes.

Now it was on to the back workout.

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Once I finished with the incline press, my chest, shoulders and triceps were smoked. Now it was time to work the back, so we made our way over to the pulldown machine, also located in the third room.

Once we got there, I noticed Mike was looking at me kind of funny. He said “you look a little pale. Go walk around for a few more minutes”.

I was so super-motivated working out with him, and so intent on doing my best, that I had pushed myself to the point of almost passing out.

On the back wall of the gym they had garage doors, and since it was nice out they had the door in the third room open. I went over to it, took in a few deep breaths of fresh air, and tried to relax a little.

After a couple minutes I was ready and anxious to continue. I stood before the pulldown machine, and Mike explained this would just be one set to failure-no pre-exhaustion superset (which was fine with me!).

I took a narrow, underhand grip, sat down, and began my set of slow, controlled reps. After several reps I reached the point of failure, where I couldn’t pull the bar under my chin any more. At that point I stood up and re-racked the weight.

As I stood in front of the machine huffing and puffing, Mike said “reset yourself psychologically for a static hold”.

After about 10 seconds I grabbed the bar again, sat down, and pulled it down to my collarbones and “locked it in” there. I held it for as long as I could, fighting every inch of the way back to the starting position as my strength gave out.

My lats, rear delts and biceps were toast. We moved on to shrugs, my final exercise for the day.

We proceeded to a plated-loaded shrug machine, where you stand in between the handles and load barbell plates on to the machine in front of you (sort of like a wheel barrow). This was a great way to do shrugs, since it was more comfortable than using a barbell, and you could really load up the machine safely, unlike using dumbells.

Mike actually had me do a few warm-up reps, mainly to prepare me to lift the heavy weight from the floor for my work set without injuring my low back. “You haven’t done anything to warm up your hips yet”, he said. Safety first.

Once the machine was loaded up, I got into position, lifted the handles and started shrugging. Mike really emphasized getting a full contraction at the height of the movement. “Shrug your shoulders up to your ears, then squeeze it up another fraction of an inch,” he urged.

During the set, a couple of people walked in front of me, and I must have looked at them for a split second, because all of a sudden Mike started yelling really loud: “Don’t worry about these other people! They don’t care about you-they’re all narcissists! I’m the only one here that cares about you!”

Nobody really paid any attention-except me of course. Maybe they were used to it, or maybe he was right about them. Probably both. Anyway, it did the trick and got me re-focused. As with the pulldown, I finished the set at the point of failure, then rested a few seconds and performed one last static hold.

And with that the workout was over. I distinctly remember my arms being numb from the elbows down, and my whole upper body felt swollen. There was no doubt I had activated untapped muscle fibers, and stimulated new growth.

As we walked out of the gym together, Mike turned to me and said, “today you learned something about intensity”. (File that under understatement of the year). And he was right-that one workout made an impression on me that has remained ingrained to this day. It was literally the learning experience of a lifetime.

After the workout, we sat outside in front of the gym where Mike reviewed the workout with me, and gave me a written outline of what to do when I returned home.

The routine was as follows:

Monday:
Chest
1. Pec deck or flat bench dumbell flyes, 6-10 reps
supersetted with
2. incline press (preferably on a smith machine), 1-3 reps
Back
1. Nautilus pullover, 6-10 reps
supersetted with
2. Close grip, palms-up pulldown, 1-3 reps
(every other workout-just pulldown)
3. Regular (not stiff-legged) deadlift, 5-8 reps
(can substitute shrugs occasionally)

Friday:
Legs
1.Leg extensions, 8-15 reps
superset with
2.Leg press, 8-15 reps
3. Standing calf raise, 12-20 reps

Tuesday:
Shoulders and arms
1. Dumbell laterals (preferably Nautilus laterals), 6-10 reps
2. Bent-over dumbell laterals (preferably pec-deck), 6-10 reps
3.Standing Barbell Curl (preferably Nautilus curls), 6-10 reps
4. Tricep Pressdowns, 6-10 reps, superset with
5. Dips, 6-10 reps

Saturday:
Legs
1. Leg extensions, 8-15 reps, superset with
2. Squats (preferably in a Smith machine), 8-15 reps
3. Calf Raises, 12-20 reps

Wednesday:
Start the four workout protocol over with chest and back.

As far as nutrition, Mike instructed me to complete a 4-day food diary and get a daily average of my calorie intake; then on day 5, increase the average calories by 300-400. He advised me to keep the macronutrient percentages at 60% carbohydrate, 25% protein and 15% fat.
After our discussion, we had a “photo-op”, and then Mike was off.

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I started the routine as soon as I returned home, and raised my daily calorie intake to 2900. After about a month, my progress stagnated, and I consulted with Mike by phone to discuss what to do next.

At that point, he told me to take a week off, then begin this routine:

Workout A:
1. Squat or Leg Press, 8-15 reps
2. Pulldown, 6-10 reps
3. Dips, 5-8 reps

5 days later-

Workout B:
1. Deadlift, 4-6 or 5-8 reps
2. Overhead press, 5-8 reps
3. Calves, 12-20 reps

He also told me to raise my calories from 2900/day to 3200/day.

Following this routine, I reached my highest ever body weight (193 pounds), and achieved my highest ever strength levels in those exercises, including 350×5 on the deadlift and bodyweight + 80×8 on dips.

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Tragically, Mike passed away on June 10, 2001 from heart disease. The memories of my experience with him stay with me and motivate me in my training to this day.

Mike Mentzer not only taught me how to train, but also how to think, and apply the lessons learned in training to the rest of my life: to analyze situations with logic and reason, make a plan first, apply the plan with 100% intensity, and reflect and adapt until the goal is ultimately achieved.

He also encouraged and inspired me with my writing, which led to the many training articles I have had published, and most recently my e-book, High Intensity Muscle Building.

He is missed, but the lessons live on.

(Click here to check out Mike Mentzer’s website, where you can also order his books).

Copyright © 2010 by Dave Durell. All rights reserved worldwide.

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Get ready for an engaging, interesting and enlightening dialogue with fitness expert, gym owner and author Fred Fornicola. Fred has been involved in the Iron Game for a very, very long time (sorry Fred, but it’s true), and in this thought-provoking interview he shares with us the wisdom his years of education and experience have brought him.

Turn up your speakers and get comfortable as Fred explains:

• How Mythology led him to High Intensity Training
• Who his training mentors were, and what he learned from them
• How he deals with training injuries
• His experiences with static-contraction training (DON’T MISS THIS!)
• The guidelines he uses to gauge the effectiveness of a workout
• His experiments with decreased training volume
• The relationship between different personality types and training
• Why it requires high levels of discipline not to train
• And much, much more!

To hear the Fred Fornicola interview, just click on the play arrow (the little triangle on the left) below:
(NOTE: There is pretty strong static between the 23rd and 30th minute of the interview-sorry, I couldn’t remove it-listen extra closely for those few minutes)

Don’t forget to leave a comment below!

Click here for Fred’s website

Click here to buy Fred’s Dumbbell Training book at a special discount!

Check out this video to get an inside look at Fred’s facility:

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1. My girlfriend Patty became my Fiance Patty.

2. I opened a box that contained a letter from Mike Mentzer, stating that Patty had arranged to have him train me sometime in the near future. And wishing me Happy Holidays.

I had recently worked with someone who had been personally trained by Mike, and Patty could tell how cool I thought that was. Somehow, she had figured out how to contact him, and arranged the workout at Gold’s Gym in Venice, CA and subsequent phone consultations.

We planned a California vacation around the workout, which would take place in April of 1996.

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Mike Mentzer was the first guy who, through his writing, got me excited about High Intensity Training. I was in my early twenties at the time, frustrated by my lack of progress training 6 days a week with multi-set workouts.

Early in his bodybuilding career, Mike himself had been in that position too. He placed 10th in the 1971 Mr. America contest, which was won by 19-year-old sensation Casey Viator (who is now my neighbor). Mike befriended Casey, and found out that Casey was using a training system that was radically different than what everybody else was doing-maximum effort, short and infrequent workouts.

Casey told Mike he should talk to Arthur Jones, the guy who had trained him, who was also the inventor of Nautilus exercise equipment.

Mike did that, learned all he could from Jones, developed an unwavering commitment to High Intensity Training, and became the world’s most vocal and well known advocate of the system.

He also became one of the greatest bodybuilders in history.

Mike retired from bodybuilding in the ’80’s, left the scene for a while, then resurfaced in the ’90’s as a trainer.

By training dozens of clients, and consulting with hundreds who sought his advice, Mike had refined his system to what he felt was the most productive methods of High Intensity Strength Training to date.

I was anxious to experience these methods for myself!

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The big day finally comes, and we arrive at Gold’s Gym in Venice. Gold’s Venice is the most famous gym in the world, known as “The Mecca” by bodybuilders. the gym consists of 3 large rooms, each one stuffed with every piece of training equipment you can possibly imagine.

I played around on a few machines to warm up a little and try to control my nervousness. Then Patty told me “he’s here”!

Mike came in, introduced himself, and told me he was running a few minutes late, he had to talk to somebody out in front of the gym, and then he would be in to train me.

Patty and I watched him conversing with the guy through the window. Strangely, all of the sudden the guy started jumping up and down, literally, right in front of Gold’s Gym.

Mike came back in and apologized for the delay. I asked him why that guy was jumping up and down. Mike said it was because he was so excited about his progress since he had started training with Mike, gaining 5 pounds in 3 weeks.

It was time to get down to business, and Mike gave me a choice of 3 workouts: chest and back, shoulders and arms, or legs. I didn’t choose legs because Patty and I had hiking planned in Yosemite National Park later in the week, and something told me if I did legs with Mike Mentzer hiking wouldn’t go too well. I reasoned that my shoulders and arms would get plenty of work in the chest and back workout, so I chose chest and back.

The chest workout would consist of a pre-exhaustion superset–the Nautilus 10 degree chest fly, followed immediately by the Icarian incline press. The fly, a single-joint exercise, would isolate the pecs; the incline press would then utilize the fresh muscles of the shoulders and triceps to push the pecs to a deeper level of fatigue.

Mike believed it was essential to begin the second exercise as quickly as possible after completing the first, as even a 3 second delay would compromise the effectiveness of the superset. I was about to find out just how serious he was about that.

We went to the incline press first to warm up, where Mike coached me up on how he wanted me to perform the exercise: hands positioned as close together as possible, with the elbows flared out wide, away from the body.

Mike explained that this would maximize the range of motion provide maximum stimulation to the pecs. he pre-set the weight he thought would be right for me, and we proceeded to the chest fly machine.

After a few warm up reps, which allowed Mike to “guesstimate” my working weight, the real set began. Mike made sure I moved the weight slowly, under control, with no momentum involved, getting a good “squeeze” in the finish position. When I reached failure and couldn’t move the arm pads any more, Mike helped me get the weight into the finish position and had me perform a “static hold”.

A static hold meant I would squeeze the arm pads together for as long as I could; when they came apart due to my fatigue, I would continue to try to hold them as close together as I could, until inch by inch they ended up back in the start position with the weight stack touching down. This would cause additional growth stimulation by tapping into my static and negative strength levels.

As it turned out, he wasn’t satisfied with first static hold rep I did, so he reduced the weight a little and made me do it again. He said he wanted to make sure I really understood the concept and got a feel for how to do it correctly, and I was very appreciative of that. He obviously wasn’t just going through the motions of training me, he genuinely wanted me to get the most out of the short time we would spend together.

The moment the weight stack came together, Mike helped me out of the machine, yelled “LET’S GO!” and started sprinting to the incline press, located in the next room.

It must have been quite a sight–Mike sprinting at top speed through the gym, with me right behind him, and Patty right behind me with the camera. I’m just glad nobody got in our way, because I have no doubt Mike would have leveled anyone who was in our path.

Once we got to the incline I immediately sat down, positioned myself as I had been instructed, and pushed as hard as I could. The weight felt like a ton, and seemed to take forever to get to the finish position.

I heard Mike say, “perfect weight selection”. I found out later that the rep range on that exercise was 1-3 reps. Mike felt that since this was the second exercise in the pre-exhaustion superset, there was no point in extending the duration of the set, so the weight should be ultra heavy. Trust me, it was.

I got one rep on my own, and then one forced rep with Mike’s assistance, at which point I was convinced I was done. I let go of the handles, and Mike adjusted the height of the handles upward and told me to do as many reps in this position as possible.

Mike called these “strongest range” reps. He explained to me later that the last 15 degrees or so of range of motion on pressing movements provides the least resistance, due to favorable leverage factors. This can be used to advantage at the end of a set, when a full range of motion is no longer possible. Squeezing out a few reps in this small range totally exhausts any remaining strength available on that exercise, allowing you to safely get closer to total failure.

After a few of those, my chest was fried. The whole thing probably took all of five minutes.

Now it was on to the back workout.

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(To be continued)

Copyright © 2010 by Dave Durell. All rights reserved worldwide.
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Tom Kelso is currently a strength and conditioning specialist with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. Additionally, he trains clients at Sante Health & Wellness in the Chase Park Plaza, a preferred luxury hotel in St. Louis and does one-on-one training through Pinnacle Personal & Performance Training in Chesterfield, MO. A 23-year veteran of the collegiate ranks, he served as the Head Coach for Strength and Conditioning at Saint Louis University (2004-2008), the University of Illinois at Chicago (2001-2004), Southeast Missouri State University (1991-2001–where I was his assistant in 1999-2000) and the University of Florida (1988-1990). He first started in the strength and conditioning field as an Assistant Strength Coach at Florida in 1984, where he was also a weight training instructor for the Department of Physical Education from 1985 to 1988.

Kelso has also worked with athletes at the Olympic and professional levels, including Emmitt Smith and Errict Rhett of the NFL, Curtis Granderson of the New York Yankees, and 800 meter World Track Champion Mark Everett.

A strong advocate of safe, practical and time-efficient training, he has published numerous periodical articles and book chapters promoting such. His two solo projects, The Interval Training Manual and The Strength Training Workout Encyclopedia, are one-of-a-kind references for anyone seeking guidelines to improve fitness and strength.

Listen in as Coach Kelso shares his knowledge and experience with us about:

• His early training influences (both people and periodicals)
• The role of genetics in athletics and training
• His take on how to apply variety to your training, “muscle confusion”, and different types of equipment
• Overtraining vs. under-recovering
• AN ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING DISCUSSION ON RECOVERY
• How he introduces people to the concept of intensity
• The East German swimming thing that still makes him shake his head
• And much, much more!

To hear the Tom Kelso interview, just click on the play arrow (the little triangle on the left) below:

Make sure to leave a comment below with your thoughts on Coach Kelso’s interview!

Click Here To Check Out Coach Kelso’s Website

Check out this highlight video of Coach Kelso crushing this guy for half an hour (3 minute video).

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The first video features a tour of Doug’s facility, with some cool background music. Believe me, he’s got some SICK equipment in there, and plenty of it.

The second video shows Doug himself going through a High Intensity workout in classic style–slow, controlled reps to failure, moving quickly between sets, etc. (Note: check out the attachment Doug has on his leg press to provide continuous tension and avoid letting his muscles rest in the lockout position-excellent Doug!)

The third video is really a sight to see. This one features Doug, a former competitive powerlifter, performing his special once-a-month deadlift routine with over double his bodyweight! And that’s not all–he performs the first several reps standing on a block to make it harder; then when no more reps are possible, removes the blocks and continues! The workout is so intense, the guy on the wall behind him couldn’t bear to watch and had to turn away. Finally, when all that’s over, you will see Doug utilizing proper post-workout recovery nutrition techniques by consuming a special high-carb beverage immediately after his workout. Nicely done Doug!!!

Check out all 3 videos below, the leave a comment for Doug!
P.S. For an appointment at Doug’s Facility, call (318)-219-0098.

Video #1: Gym Tour

Video #2: High Intensity Workout

Video #3: Deadlift Workout

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I remember one day in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers weight room a few years ago watching Head Strength Coach Mark Asanovich training one of our offensive linemen. We had been made aware, by the athletic training staff, that this lineman had strained his right shoulder in the last game; he was cleared to lift, as long as nothing he did increased his shoulder pain.

While doing a trap exercise, the lineman grimaced as performed a repetition. He was obviously in pain. In between reps, Mark asked him if his shoulder was hurting; he admitted that it was.

Pro football players are trained to “play through pain”, and the great ones that I have met possess incredible mental toughness.

This lineman was no exception. He proceeded to attempt another rep, which brought the grimace back to his face.

“STOP!” Mark said. The player complied.

Then came the teachable moment-Mark told the player:

“Move on to the next exercise. This stuff is supposed to help you, not hurt you”.

There are times when all of us who work out hard, and are highly motivated to achieve great results, could benefit from that same teachable moment.

Sometimes the teachable moment is available only in retrospect, after something bad has already happened. A friend of mine recently told me about an NBA basketball player breaking his wrist after losing his balance while performing dumbbell bench presses on a swiss ball.

You may have also heard about the college football player who had a barbell crush his throat when he lost his grip on it while bench pressing. He underwent 7 hours of surgery, and fortunately is going to be okay.

Sometimes orthopedic problems resulting from poor training habits are long-term in nature, not becoming apparent until years later. Mike Mentzer told a friend of mine in 1993 that his lower back was “still f***ked up” from performing partial squats 1000 pounds 15 years earlier.

Weight training should not be a dangerous activity, if a few simple guidelines are followed, such as: controlled rep speed, proper focus without distraction, a safe training environment, and selecting orthopedically friendly exercises.

By orthopedically friendly, I mean exercises that do not put undo strain on your joints, bones or connective tissues.

A few orthopedically friendly choices I would recommend include: dumbbell or machine shoulder presses using a parallel grip, instead of behind-the-neck shoulder presses; close-grip, underhand pulldowns and chin-ups vs. the behind-the-neck variety; 1 arm dumbbell rows, cable rows or machine rows in place of bent-over barbell rows; and the controversial one-leg presses vs. squats.

I know squats are considered the “King of Exercises” by many people, and I don’t discount the fact that they are a productive exercise in terms of building lower body and overall size and strength-but they also put a tremendous amount of strain on your spine, not to mention your shoulders, knees and wrists. These affronts to your joints can be avoided, or at least minimized, by switching to a decent leg press machine.

I’m just saying, there’s no law that says you HAVE to squat, despite what some people would have you believe. You can get fantastic results on the leg press-the key is the level of intensity you use, not the modality.

Of course, if you don’t have access to a leg press machine, you can’t make that choice, so just make sure to use impeccable form, and keep the reps fairly high.

In the end, every individual needs to utilize the powers of reason and logic to make their own training decisions. Carefully consider your exercises choices-not only in terms of productivity, but also potential long-term adverse effects. Lots of things work-the key is a high level of intensity.

Don’t put yourself in harm’s way unnecessarily. Just like that Buccaneer lineman, you’ve got a lot of seasons left in your body. Strive for a long, productive, and healthy training career-when you get old like me, you’ll be glad you did.

Leave a comment below and let me know your thoughts on exercise selection.

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The first exercise is the lateral raise on the Med-x avenger machine. The set is carried to a point of positive failure, until the weight can no longer be lifted. At that point, a 10 second rest is taken; then a “static hold” is performed, where the weight is held as long as possible in the fully contracted position, then I fight the descent of the weight as long as possible, to exhaust the static and negative strength levels of the deltoids.

The lateral raise is an isolation exercise, with movement only around the shoulder joint. Once the exercise is over, a compound shoulder exercise-the overhead press-is performed with no rest between sets (except the time to get into position). The overhead press is a compound movement, which calls into play the triceps to drive the pre-exhausted deltoids to a deeper level of fatigue.

Once postive failure is achieved on the second exercise, the shoulders have had all the muscle growth stimulation they can handle. Time to move on to the next exercise.

Training in this fashion will build muscle at a rapid rate, provided adequate recovery is allowed.

Check out the video, then leave a comment below!

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Chris is the owner and operator of S.P.A.R.T.A. Training, a personal training company in the Washington D.C. area.

In addition, Chris has created and administers a High Intensity Training certification program and association for personal trainers.

Walk in to any gym in the country and you will witness personal trainers having their clients perform training routines that are ineffective at best and criminally negligent at worst. Chris is trying to put a stop to all that by offering a trainer certification that endorses safe and effective High Intensity Training principles. He and his staff of trainers practice this every day with the clients they train.

This is a dual purpose interview, where Chris not only shares with us not only his training experiences and insights, but also shares information about his H.I.T. training certification, and how anyone who wants to get involved with it can do so, no matter where they live or train.

Listen in as Chris breaks down for us:

• His own training experiences, including his “defining moment” that led him to High Intensity Training
• His early experience with H.I.T., and what he learned from Dr. Wayne Westcott and Ellington Darden
• How one of his personal training clients helped him start his own business
• What he’s doing to increase the awareness and popularity of High Intensity Training
• Techniques he uses to raise his clients metabolism
• The classic mistake he sees almost all other trainers making
• His viewpoint on overcoming training “plateaus”
• How to make sure you’re making true progress with your training
• The obstacles he deals with to find good trainers
• The advanced workouts he uses with MMA fighters and para-military personnel 
• The three critical things people need to do to lose fat
• The multitude of resources he has available for personal trainers
• And much, much more!

To hear the Chris Lutz interview, just click on the play arrow (the little triangle on the left) below:

Click here to check out Chris’ website and learn more about the H.I.T. personal trainer certification program

Leave your comments about this interview below!

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