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Extreme Diet and Training Tip: Enter the Crotch Rocket
May 17th, 2009categories: Diet and Nutrition, Extreme Training
Are You Ready for Summer?
If you are Serious about Getting in the Best Shape of your Life while having Fun, and have an Open Mind, the following plan may be just what you need. In addition to shredding fat, you will build super-hero strength.
Extreme Crotch Rocket Training
Step One: Buy a crotch rocket (a race ready motorcycle). They are relatively light, 400 pounds or so, and very compact.
Step Two: Buy a one-piece leather racing suit with kevlar inserts, boots, gloves and a full-face helmet.
Step Three: Take a rider’s safety class and get your motorcycle license.
Step Four: Get all your gear on and mount and dismount your motorcycle, ten times from the left side and ten from the right. Be careful not to kick your new bike as you get on and off.
Step Five: Ride one hour a day in traffic, preferably down hill.
What this will do for you. In the warm weather, you will be hot and miserable and you will feel the fat on the inside of your thighs being cooked off. In the cold weather the fat will shiver off.
The Crotch Rocket Position is Extreme: You will be in a half-pushup position which will give your upper-body a serious workout. The steeper the hill, the more weight on your wrists, forearms, shoulders, chest, and traps. Your neck and traps will get an additional workout from holding your head, and helmet up. Turning side to side to see what is behind or next to you is an effective core workout. (Generally, crotch rocket mirrors do little more than provide you with a nice view of your elbows.)
It’s that simple. And riding is really FUN!
If you don’t fit on your new sport-bike, it happens, proceed to Alternate Step Four.
Alternate Step Four: Put all of your leather gear and helmet on and push your motorcycle around the neighborhood for one hour. Do this until you fit on your crotch rocket.
For the CRUISER CROWD who would rather walk than be seen on or near a crotch rocket, the following variation of this Extreme Workout is for you.
Step One: Ride your heavy, 600 pound plus, but comfortable iron motorcycle for ten minutes, in any direction, preferably down-hill.
Step Two: Stop and get off.
Step Three: Push your motorcycle home (for some this is a familiar drill, except they cursed the whole way).
Finally, for the really STRONG who Flip Tractor Tires and drag Locomotives around as part of their training routine, use the following:
Alternate Step Three: Deadlift your Cruiser and carry it home. (Serious Professional Strongmen Athletes only.)
Unfortuantely, modern cruiser bikes, except for those with “Ape Hangers” (handlebars that require the rider to hold his arms over his head to hold on) are too comfortable to produce any Extreme Training benefits.
Extreme training can be fun, and riding a Crotch Rocket will provide you with a Stealth Extreme Workout.
If you don’t believe that this really works, just take a look at the next Crotch Rocket Pilot that screams by you. If you can see him or her at all you will find that in most cases the pilot is lean and mean. And, the reason that the pilot is driving so fast is because the wind pressure at hyper velocities reduces the pain of enduring extended period of Total Muscular Failure created by the Extreme Riding Position. In other words, the WIND HOLDS THEM UP.
Just make sure to get your doctor’s (and significant other’s) approval before attempting any of the feats of strength suggested above.
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Extreme Training Diet Tip # 1
May 14th, 2009categories: Diet and Nutrition, Exercises, Extreme Training Routines, Mental Muscle
Are you Trying to Lose Fat?
Do you find that the closer you get to Six Pack Abs the harder it becomes to eliminate the last remaining pockets of visible bodyfat?
There is one very important reason for that.
Loosing weight is EASY. EAT LESS. EXERCISE MORE.
Losing FAT, NOT SO EASY. And, most of the Experts who study and write about weight loss are LEAVING OUT VITAL INFORMATION.
You see, at the Extreme Training Zone we discovered that Everybody Responds to Training Differently. This was discussed in a prior Extreme Training Article. Well, it should be no surprise that EVERYONE RESPONDS TO DIETS DIFFERENTLY.
It is important to understand that your body is Designed to Preserve itself. And, everyone’s body is different. We range from people who store everything they eat, to those who seem to store nothing no matter what they eat.
What kind of a person are you? Please!
IN ORDER TO LOSE FAT YOU NEED TO LEARN TO LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. As complicated as your body is, your mind has the ability to monitor, at a high level, what is going on. It just takes a little bit of information, a lot of paying attention to yourself, and a great deal of self control.
Remember, YOU ARE IN CONTROL OF YOU. Consider that if you “lose control” who is left to run the show?
If you truly desire to achieve a lean body – very little visible fat – this RULE will help put you on the right track.
When you have a craving for something, Pay Attention. The Craving is your mind’s way of telling you that something is running low. Notice, the word LOW, not OUT.
In order to lose fat you need to burn fat. Craving Carbs tells you that you’re body is getting close to burning fat, which it would rather not do. Your body is telling you “GIVE ME SUGAR (CARBS) SO I CAN PRESERVE MY FAT AND STORE THE EXTRA.”
What you should tell yourself is “NOW IS EXACTLY THE TIME NOT TO EAT ANY CARBS AT ALL.” Why? Because that craving, or disguised hunger, is letting you know that you’re BURNING FAT. If that does not motivate you and inspire you than perhaps nothing will.
So here’s the rule:
Instead of eating everything in site – which is what many people do when they get a craving – don’t eat anything for two hours. In two hours, eat a piece of fruit, or if it is a planned meal time, eat what you planned (not what you craved).
What you have just done is put yourself in the FAT BURNING ZONE for two hours.
Of course, you could get there by running for two hours to get into the “fat burning zone” (assuming you are in great running shape) and then keep running for another two hours to stay in the “fat burning zone”. Don’t believe it? How many runners do you know carry a healthy spare tire on their otherwise skinny bodies?
In the end, IT’S YOUR CHOICE.
Try this simple tip and you will be rewarded in many ways. You will burn more fat and you will feel more in control of your life, which is in the scheme of things even more important and satisfying.
Stay tuned for more EXTREME DIET TIPS.
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Extreme Strength Training Tip #2
May 8th, 2009categories: Extreme Training, Extreme Training Routines, Mental Muscle, Muscle Building
HOW EFFECTIVE IS YOUR MUSCLE BUILDING OR STRENGTH TRAINING WORKOUT PROGRAM? (EXTREME TRAINING FOR THE EXTREME.)
There is a simple way to find out. (Please remember where you are. Simple does not mean Easy.)
If you suspect that your Training is not Intense enough, try the following:
1. Pick a day when you can workout twice. Preferably once in the morning and once in the afternoon, or at least 4 hours later.
2. Do your planned workout in the morning, exactly how you always do it. Record everything you do. Exercise, Weight lifted, Reps, Rest Interval, and Total Time for workout.
3. Do that same exact workout in the afternoon with the goal of adding reps and adding weight. Record your Information again.
4. Compare how much weight you lifted in the first session verses the second.
Here is what you may learn:
You are in Amazing Condition because your second workout was better than your first. By the way, THIS HAPPENS TO MOST PEOPLE!
Now, there are “Experts” who can explain this phenomenon using terms like “neural-muscular efficiency” , which in simple terms means that you can get better at doing an exercise because of additional practice without actually getting stronger. Great!
STRONGER IS STRONGER
If your goal is to BUILD MUSCLE, getting stronger is the best approach. If your goal is to GET STONGER, well, GET STRONGER!
On the other end of the spectrum, if you were weaker in the second workout, GOOD JOB. You had great Intensity, Focus and have a program that is Challenging you. However, keep in mind that as you get Stronger, you need to constantly raise the bar in terms of the Challenges you set for yourself to Continue Developing.
If you were Stronger in the Second Workout, you are Extreme! Most people who fail to achieve their goals have no one to blame but themselves. In particular, their MINDS are the WEAK LINK. This is not your problem.
What now? USE THE INFORMATION YOU LEARNED. The fact that you were stronger in the second workout does not automatically mean that your workout is no longer productive. It could be that your Recovery System has become very efficient.
Some “experts” say that you need at least 36 hours between workouts to recover. Others say 48 hours are necessary. Others say that you should only work each body part one time per week or even ten days. Who is right?
The late George Sheehan, cardiologist, runner and writer, once said, “We are all an experiment of one.” He meant that everyone is different and everyone responds to different kinds of training in their own unique way.
Keep this in mind. YOU ARE AN EXPERIMENT OF ONE.
With that in mind, GET RID OF THE LIMITING BELIEFS you may have about HOW TO TRAIN.
FORGET ABOUT WHICH EXPERT IS RIGHT and LEARN TO THINK FOR YOURSELF.
OK, enough talk. Time for the Good Stuff . If you are up for an Extreme Challenge, try this. YOUR BODY WILL HATE/LOVE YOU FOR IT.
Plan for 50% more time for your main Workout than usual. For example, if you train for an hour, give yourself an hour and thirty minutes.
If your workout consists of 8 exercises, here’s how this will work.
1. Do your first set of the first exercise as usual.
2. Do a second set of the first exercise after a twenty second rest.
3. Then, immediately do the first set of your second exercise.
4. Next, do the third set of exercise one, second set of exercise two, and first set of exercise three.
5. Fourth set of exercise one, third of exercise two, second of three, and first of exercise four.
Continue this sequence until you have done eight sets of exercise one. At that point you will have performed a Compound Set with seven exercises. Continue until you knock off eight sets of each exercise, ending up with a final set of the last exercise.
This is the BASIC LEVEL STRUCTURE OF THE PERPETUAL MOTION TRAINING SYSTEM.
This Workout is Demanding and Rewarding.
For those who train in public gyms, it may be challenging setting up the weights for each exercise in the circuit unless you stick to the most productive exercises using Barbells, Dumbbells and Kettlebells. Just find a quiet corner, drag over the weights you need, and go to it.
If you are interested in this training concept and want more information, look for the next Extreme Training Article which will expand on the PERPETUAL MOTION TRAINING SYSTEM and provide some ideas for exercise selection as well as tips for the Combat Athlete looking to fine tune this system for the Ultimate in Combat Conditioning.
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