Archives for September 2010

Adonis Index Transformation 3: Coaching Call 2

Proportions are the Key

We’re about 4 weeks into the second Adonis Index Transformation contest. Today we’ll cover some questions and issues that have come from the contestants including:

Interval Training for weight loss

Taking shoulder and waist measurements

The difference between the Ideal Adonis Index Ratio vs a 1-1.6 shoulder to waist ratio

Gym etiquette

…and staying on track by managing expectations.

John

Implied Goals vs Your Goals

Health and fitness marketing is designed around a set of implied goals such as: muscle building, weight loss, enhanced performance, a heightened feeling of well being.

These are the generic goals that most marketers assume you’re interested in but nobody can choose your goals for you.

Your goals have to be a personal choice. Once you’ve stated your personal goals clearly it becomes much easier to take action on them and avoid distractions that don’t bring you closer to your goal.

If you don’t state a clear goal you can end up with dozens of unfinished projects, lots of money wasted on programs, supplements, food and books. And worst of all you can end up discouraged and thinking that your a failure.

In this podcast we will discuss the following:

1. The implied goals of health and fitness marketing

2. Why it is important not to compare yourself to others

3. Accepting your genetic strengths and limits

4. Setting your own goals vs accepting an implied goal

5. Understand where you are right now and what to do to change it

6. Realistic vs unrealistic expectations

John

Adonis Index Transformation Coaching Call

We’re starting week 3 of the third Adonis Index transformation contest.

By now you should be into a routine with your workouts and getting a good handle on your diet. If your goal is building muscle you should be focusing on your intensity in the gym. That means eating enough calories to keep your strength up for heavy workouts (but not so much that you gain fat).

If you’re goal is burning fat you should be cutting enough calories to create a deficit every day while keeping your intensity as high as possible for effective workouts.

Both goals require discipline and effort.

In todays podcast we’ll talk about what to expect at this point of the contest, we’ll review the different workouts in the Adonis 3.0 system and what has changed. We’ll also give a few tips to staying on track and having success.

John

Muscle Wasting While Dieting – Fun With Numbers 3

Yes, I know it’s not exact. But still fun none the less.

(and made for a good lunch!)

Don’t forget, if you want in on the contest, make sure to pick up the Adonis Index Systems today and jump in.

Brad

Preventing Weight Lifting Injuries

In order to build the maximum amount of muscles and get the most out of your weight lifting workout you have to avoid injuries.

You could have the best work ethic, the smartest workout plan (ie: The Adonis Index Workout!) and the best gym in the world, but if you get injured none of it will matter.

Most of us will get some sort of injury from either playing sports, pushing too hard one day in the gym, or overuse.

Minimizing these injuries and keeping your muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments and bones as healthy as possible is the key to staying consistent with a good training program.

It’s this consistency with your training that will produce big time changes in your physique.

So you’re job is to train hard, and train smart and stay injury free.

In todays audio lesson I interview a good friend of mine Dr. Geoff Dover who does his research in athletic therapy.

We discuss:

  • How we get injuries from weight training
  • How to tell the difference between serious pain and delayed onset muscles soreness
  • How to decide if a pain is ok to work through or needs medical attention
  • What the mechanism of most injuries are
  • How to avoid common mistakes in the gym that cause injuries
  • Stretching
  • The importance of warming up

Geoff gives us some great insights into the science of injury prevention and what we can do to help avoid them.

John

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