Reading Time: 3 minutes On parts 1, 2, 3 and 4, we discussed the planning of the training program, pre-training food, pre-training supplements, and uplifting motivation, respectively. On part 5, I will discuss stretching. The subject of stretching is very controversial, especially when it is related to the one performed before the training session. In order to […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes On parts 1, 2 and 3 we discussed the planning of the training program, pre-training food and pre-training supplements, respectively. On part 4, I will discuss some uplifting motivation. And this brings me back to the times when I was working at Prentiss Hockey Performance. Ben and I were training partners during all my
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Reading Time: 5 minutes In part one I talked about The Training Program, on the part 2 I discussed about Pre-Training Food, and now it’s time to address Pre-Workout Supplements In general, when talking about pre-training supplements, you have two main options. The supplements that are meant to increase neural drive and focus, or brain supplements, and the
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Reading Time: 6 minutes How to Prepare for a Great Training Session – Pre-Training Food In the first part of these series, I talked about the training program, planning and measuring. On the second part of this article, I will address the subject of pre-training food. The subject of food is a little bit more complicated, and it
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Reading Time: 4 minutes How to Prepare for a Great Training Session – The Training Program This is a multi-series article, and in every post, I’ll address a different point on how to prepare for a great training session. Winston Churchill is credited with the expression “who fails to plan is planning to fail”, and even though
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The Russian Squat System Soviets were well known for producing impressive results on Weightlifting, and their performance at the Olympic games was absolutely outstanding. They were also well known for their devotion to strength training research with a large number of publications on different subjects, including the implementation of their training programs. From
Reading Time: 7 minutes It is easier to win the day if you make the right choices for breakfast. As my mentor used to say, “The first thing you put in your mouth in the morning… provided it is food… dictates all neurotransmitters for the whole day.” When working with clients ranging from world class weight lifters, world medalists
Reading Time: 8 minutes We’ve always been told that we are what we eat. But if you go a bit further, you’ll understand that we are actually what we absorb. Nowadays we have much less nutrients inside our cells than our grandparents. Modern agricultural systems and lower stomach acid levels (HCl) are two of the main reasons. The
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Part of my philosophy on training, and other aspects of life, is to keep eyes and mind wide opened, and be willing to try new findings, and that includes Sarcoplasm Stimulating Training for hypertrophy and muscle pump. Because of this, I found a training program in the Journal Frontiers of Physiology, called Sarcoplasma StimulatingTraining[1], originally