In This Issue
– Robertson Training Systems Updates
– Nutrition Tip
– Exclusive Interview: Leigh Peele
– New Articles and Blog Posts
Robertson Training Systems Updates
New article up!
I had a new article go up at T-Nation last week; you can find it by following the link below:
MR on the FitCast
For those of you who like the audio interview, I was a co-host on the FitCast last night. Basically, it amounted to Kevin and Tony grilling me for 45 minutes, but hopefully there’s some good information that will help you training. Here’s the link:
Episode 105: Robertson’s Bulletproof Surprise
I-FAST Accepting Interns
I’ve received numerous e-mails asking if Bill and I will be taking interns in the future. After some lengthy discussion, Bill and I will be accepting our first round of interns this January. Please keep in mind this will be a 12 to 16-week commitment, along the lines of what would be required at a major university. New interns can start at the beginning of each respective month:
January
May
August
If you are interested in interning at the facility, please shoot us an e-mail at [email protected].
Nutrition Tip
Increasing Water Intake
By Dr. John Berardi
Sedentary individuals should drink at least 2L or about 8 cups of water per day, athletes should drink at least 3L or about 12 cups of water per day, and athletes in hot weather climates drink at least 4L or about 16 cups of water per day.
Since following these recommendations can prevent dehydration and can actually assist with fat loss, you’d have to be a desiccated fool to ignore them.
However, try as they might, some individuals find it difficult to ingest up to a gallon of water per day. So try out these three proven strategies for increasing water ingestion:
1- Drink cold water – cold water is more palatable, improving “mouth feel” and ingestion
2- Add lemon – lemon increases urge to drink and also kills bacteria
3- Chuggables – always carry some sort of jug of water around to ensure you’re drinking. Rubbermaid makes a nice blue top container (Chuggables) that we recommend to our clients.
If you like this tip and want to learn more about JB and his products, check out his Precision Nutrition website.
Exclusive Interview: Leigh Peele
MR: What’s up Leigh? I already know you totally rock, but my readers may not. Please introduce yourself…
LP: My name is Leigh Peele. I am a NASM certified trainer out of Greensboro, NC. Pisces, I like water sports, and enjoy long walks with my dog. Oh and work wise, I like to put a heavy work focus on research towards training, hormones, fat loss, recovery work, and nutrition.
MR: So what got you into the field?
LP: I was a mediocre athlete growing up. I came from a very sports driven family. My dad plays golf, my brother is an excellent baseball player, mom can shake a tail feather, and I kind of got a little bit of it all. I was particularly good a softball and soccer though. As well I to dance, and train towards progressing that to this day.
When I got older I let my body go, health go, and basically was spinning my wheels and wasn’t really happy with how things were turning out. I wanted to get in better shape so I looked into it, found out how wrong everything I had ever known was, and have been obsessed with learning what is right ever since.
MR: Okay, enough fluff – you’re well known and respected within the industry because of your fat loss materials. If you had to pin down one or two things that people are consistently doing wrong, what would they be?
LP: Number one is thinking calories don’t count. In all aspects, the energy that you take into your body counts, period. It doesn’t matter if you are draining yourself of energy or stuffing yourself with energy, it is energy that matters. Calories are that energy and yes, they matter.
The other thought, truthfully, is thinking that you are above the basics. We have over complicated things so much that we think the only way we can achieve fat loss is to stand on our head while cycling carbs, doing twenty re-feeds, and watching our fruit intake. It is just gotten ridiculous. My hope is to bring it back to the basics and getting people back down to reality and realizing that keeping it simple is going to help you get closer to where you want to be. The 30 year old male looking for 8% has to get there the same way as the 30 year old male looking for 20%.
MR: A few months ago I read your “Fat Loss Troubleshoot” manual; can you tell the readers who exactly this product is geared towards? And what will they get out of it?
LP: It is geared towards anyone. If you need to lose fat then you need to read this book. This is not self posturing, this is just truth. It teaches you all you need to know about fat loss.
It is funny, I got an email from a person saying that “they knew all this already” and not to be rude but, if you knew it all, you wouldn’t be on my sales page, period. If you are having a hard time losing fat, I assure you, this will fix the problem. That is if you will let your ego let you.
The book is a teaching manual. It teaches you to fish. It teaches you everything you need to know to lose fat. If you think you need to get more complicated than it, then you skimmed 😉
MR: I really enjoyed your video blog on portion sizes; can you explain how integral it is for many people to actually measure their food correctly?
LP: Yeah it has caused quite a stir. It even got featured by hungry-girl.com which totally crashed my site but I appreciate the strays that stayed around. A lot of people try and challenge the video but they aren’t getting the point. The point of the video is to show you, albeit in dramatic fashion, how being off in your caloric intake can lead you to not only being stuck in fat loss, but how easy it is to gain fat especially in a society of doggy bags bigger than the meal you ate.
I could dive really deep and talk about how the video shows the nitty gritty of what lies deep into the heart of obesity issues in our world and why a digital scale could save us all from one of the top killers in the country, but for the time being I will just leave it at “it is simple take on the importance of energy accountability.”
MR: What I really like about your materials is the fact that you respect the psychology involved in not only training, but life as well. What psychological roadblocks do you run into with your clients?
LP: Fear. 100% it is fear. Fear of change. Fear that I am wrong, that the science is a lie. Fear that they are the 1%. Fear that they can’t physically do it or that they are mentally too weak. Fear.
How do we battle fear?
Education. We are afraid of what we do not understand. That is what I am trying to do, just teach you so that the fears are less.
MR: Okay, last question – what is one mistake you’ve made in the past with your clients, and how have you gone on to change or improve upon it?
LP: I still make mistakes, I am still learning. I hope to be learning for the rest of my life. I would have to say though that the worst thing anyone training can do is assuming your client knows something. It is hard, especially when you get into such advanced discussions and issues like we do about health and nutrition. I have to remember that people still don’t know what a fat is. People in general still don’t understand basic nutrition and training. I try to remind myself of that, and try not to assume too much because it is those basics that really matter in the end.
MR: That’s great stuff Leigh, thank you!
Where can my readers find out more about you?
LP: I have a blog I update often and that hopefully is going to turn into even more in the future at http://www.avidityfitness.net and you can get the Fat Loss Troubleshoot and Metabolic Repair at http://www.fatlosstroubleshoot.com.
Stay Strong
MR
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