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Extreme Training: Real Fat Loss 6
November 17th, 2010categories: Combat Conditioning, Diet and Nutrition, Extreme Training
Bag Work 1
Now the Fun Begins.
Now that you have a handle on your caloric intake through the use of your food journal, and have shifted some of your meals around, it is time to Get to Work (See prior articles, Extreme Training: Fat Loss 1, Extreme Training: Fat Loss 2, Extreme Training: Fat Loss 3, Extreme Training: Fat Loss 4, and Extreme Training:Fat Loss 5 ( if you need a refresher.)
Understanding and refining you diet are important steps to fat loss. Maintaining a Food Journal is also Critical.
But the best results you will obtain are going to come from performing the Optimal Extreme Training Program.
Once you have determined your base caloric needs – maintenance calories (what you can eat without gaining weight) it is time to bring Extreme Training into the picture.
Just like Diet, Exercise is a very Personal thing. You should enjoy what you do, be challenged by it, and feel a sense of accomplishment that it so motivating you are compelled to return to the gym and train with an even increased level of intensity.
So, at this juncture it is time to make some decisions concerning what physical activities you enjoy or would like to try and set up a Plan of Action.
Your Plan of Action should be based on the following 3 decisions:
1. How much time are you committed to spend training on a daily or weekly basis?
2. How committed are you to achieving your fat loss goals?
3. Are you Willing and Courageous enough to try different exercise forms or are you a creature of habit who likes to do the same thing over and over? Creatures of habit tend to be Prey, where the Courageous are the Predators!
Then, you need to Plan and Commit to a Specific and Sacred time for your Training. This time must be included in your schedule as a critical level appointment with your Destiny. If you are willing to constantly shift your training time, or worse, skip it altogether, you need to question how committed you really are to achieving your objectives. Without Commitment and Consistency Nothing will Happen and you will end up back where you started from, or as is more often the case, worse off.
As you think about the above questions, there are 4 Essential Factors to keep in mind:
1. The better your Condition Becomes the more Intensity you will need to apply to your Work in Order to get Continued and Lasting Results.
2. Variety is Essential. Your body adapts to new exercises quickly. This is why the Extreme Training Zone recommends changing your workout from day to day – never do the same exact workout twice.
3. Increase your Training Program and Intensity Slowly. You will be training for the Rest of Your Life. Why rush things (and risk injury or burnout)? Go at a pace that you are comfortable with and every week add a little more. Increasing Intensity does not always mean an increase in exercise time. It means Working Harder on a Consistent Basis.
4. Finally, over the years more and more research is proving (and all of my clients can attest to this) that “long slow fat burning pace” workouts are far less effective at burning fat than intense work performed for a shorter duration. The good news is with the right Extreme Program you do not need to spend hours on a treadmill or exercise bike (you would be better off lifting the treadmill and bike and walking around the block with them).
On the Extreme Training Zone Program you will Work Hard, Work Fast, constantly mix things up, Learn and Develop skills, such as balance and coordination that you didn’t know you had and develop a state of Functional Strength and Endurance (real world stuff) that will melt away not only unwanted fat, but Years as Well.
Sound to good to be true? It’s not. The very real cost is Commitment, a Spirit of Adventure, Consistent Hard Work, and an Intelligent Training Plan with Intelligent Fitness Professionals (like those found at the Extreme Training Zone at Peak Physique in Denver Co.) to help guide you along the path to Optimal Conditioning.
The next Installment of this Extreme Training: Real Fat Loss series will introduce you to the basic Extreme Training Concepts ( some of which have been discussed in some detail on this site in prior articles) and help you design an individual program that you need to develop Razor Sharp Muscles, Cuts, Strength, Endurance, Speed, and the Body of Your Dreams.
Have Fun in Your Training and Prepare to Embark on the Exciting Journey of an Extreme Life!
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Extreme Training: Combat Conditioning Class Forming
October 25th, 2010categories: Combat Conditioning, Extreme Training, Martial Arts
CLASSES FOR MMA STYLE CONDITIONING AND TRAINING FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT ASPIRE TO FIGHT INSIDE THE CAGE…YET
After multiple requests for an Extreme Training Program that will get people into MMA Fighting Condition, the Extreme Training Zone started a group class focusing on Martial Arts Conditioning.
The pilot program runs Tuesday nights from 7:00 t0 8:30 at our training facility located at Peak Physique in Denver, Colorado. As the class grows, additional times and groups with higher skill levels and more focused objectives will be added.
The class is made up of athletes from all forms of Martial Arts. The Training involves Leading Edge Combat Conditioning Drills used by ELITE MMA fighters, Boxers, Kick-Boxers, Muay Thai Fighters and Ground Fighters.
The specific drills used involve balance oriented training, Combat Endurance Training with and without Weights, Chains, Kettlebells, Bands as well as Heavybag and Pad work.
After the class participants have completed the grueling workout for the day, the class moves on to train Hands-On Fighting Drills. The drills range from training blocking and counter-punching, to developing effective stand-up fighting combinations for each individual. As the class progresses, participants move into more and more realistic training scenarios ranging from light sparring drills to Full-Blown sparring with MMA rules (very few) with Takedowns and GroundFighting allowed.
Of course, not all participants are interested in the more intense sparring sessions and are encouraged to work at the level they are comfortable with. The Primary Objective of this Class is to Build Combat Levels of Fitness, not terrorize people.
The classes are well structured and designed to be of benefit to people of all fitness and fighting experiene levels. Everyone learns something that will improve both their Core Combat Conditioning and Foundational Fighting Skills.
The common elements are CHALLENGING AND VARIED WORKOUTS, HARD WORK and FUN. (Check your ego at the door).
Just how hard are the workouts? They are EXTREME.
As an addition to your normal training routine, this can be the Extra Motivation and Training Variety that will kick your fitness (and body fat) to your next desired level of Fitness.
For more information and to set up your Free Initial Training Session contact me at james@extremetrainingzone.com. In addition, if you have any ideas for other Specialized Classes, or areas to cover in Combat Conditioning, please let me know. We take your feedback seriously.
Yours in Extreme Training and continuing to provide you with the most leading edge information, ideas and training technologies to bring your Physical Conditioning to Higher Levels.
Extreme Training for Martial Artists: Economy of Training 2
November 8th, 2009categories: Combat Conditioning, Extreme Training, Extreme Training Routines, Martial Arts, Mental Muscle
Ridge Training
Want to take your Training to the Next level?
Go Outside and do some Extreme Training.
Take a few training items and head for an Extreme Place to work out. Use your Imagination and find a place that provides you with Fresh Air, Challenging Footing, and something interesting to look at.
What does this have to do with the Economy of Training? Everything! Training is something that can be done anywhere and at any time. But for this workout, you want to find a special place. The top of a mountain, the beach, a secluded area in the woods, a pile of rocks, a junkyard. Anything that is OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
What will this do for you? It will bring you Back to the Foundation of your Art.
The 3 Elements introduced today are:
1. Build the Foundation
2. Recharge
3. Focus
Every once in a while it is good to mix up your routine. This is not about changing exercises, sets, reps, weights, and rest periods – those are things that you should already be doing. This is about taking a step backwards and getting a new perspective on your training and your life.
One: Build the Foundation: Consider this. When a building collapses, or a city is ravaged by a natural disaster or time, what remains? The Foundations. Foundations and foundation walls. The rest collapses over time.
As you build your body and mind you should Focus on Strengthening the Foundation. For the Martial Artist, this means building the Core of your Art, your Stances. We’re not talking about Stances that Look Good. This is about Stances that Work. Do your stances work? How do you know? Try training them on a rock pile, in the snow, on the beach, on the side of a mountain, and you will discover that some stances are better than others, and you have an understanding of some more than others.
Extreme Range and flexibility, is not something just for show, but is about adaptability. Can you reach from one rock to another. Can you cross a stream and find the solid stance if you are attacked halfway across?
Remember that the Martial Arts is fundamentally about combat. The stances that can be so painful to execute in the safety of your Dojo are the foundation of your art. They are designed for specific purposes in various settings. Do you know what they are?
Go outside and find out.
In the process, and for this Training Adventure, do 500 Horse Stance Squats on various types of terrain and angles. Adapt. Adapt and pay attention.
Two: Recharge: Taking your training outside of the Gym or Dojo will change everything. Horse stance squats on boulders, in snow, or on the sand, will work muscles that you didn’t know you had. You will also feel a sense of power as you breathe in the unfiltered air. real air, with real smells, perhaps the scent of a Mountain Lion watching you train.
This is as much about Play as it is Training. Let everything go and appreciate your environment. Get Energized. Get Recharged. Find your Balance Points.
Three: Focus: Focus on your stances, not as a matter of classical, the way the stance is supposed to look, but what the Stance supposed to Do. This is about discovering what works, as well as what doesn’t.
Now that you’ve complete your 500 Squats in various positions (Side Horse, Front Horse, Fighting Horse) on different terrains, find something to lift.
Find a Rock or Tree Stump (use your imagination) that calls out your name. It should be something you can lift over your head at least 10 times.
Now the fun begins. Pick up the rock and throw it, just like you would throw an opponent. Pick it up and throw it again.
Start with 25 throws. If everything feels good, no muscles are feeling strained, go for another 25. If you think that throwing a rock is hard, try throwing a person who doesn’t really want to be thrown. The Rock is just a Rock. All it does is wait for you to figure out how to lift it and throw it.
Be smart. If something hurts, stop. Focus on what you are doing. If the rock (or other item) you first pick is too heavy, find another one. The rock doesn’t care and neither should you.
This is not about ego. It is not really about the numbers. It is about going outside into a new Environment and Returning to the Foundation, the Heart.
Don’t be deceived. This may sound all too peaceful and philosophical to be Extreme. However, when the workout is complete, you will appreciate the mind-side of this training adventure. Your body will be otherwise engaged with the process of walking.
Have fun and make it home safely.
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