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My new blog address is located at gamefitperformance.blogspot.com. I wanted to make sure that you had that new address so you did not miss a beat!

The Last Lecture

This past weekend I had the good fortune to attend a lacrosse banquet and had a great time. One of the speeches that was given actually brought me back a couple of years. The player giving the speech quoted some points from Dr. Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture.” I wanted to share a link from a video of Dr. Pausch’s lecture on the Oprah Winfrey show. Take a moment to listen to this inspiring and humbling presentation.

Today’s workout

20 Minute Conditioning workout (Intervals)

Strength Training was:

Trap Bar Deadlift

DB SLDL

DB Incline

Pulldowns

Ab Wheel

10, 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 reps of each.

23 Minutes on the dot!

Precision Nutrition Tip of the Week

When you are grocery shopping, do you take your time to read the labels of the items that you are buying?  Personally, I take my time to walk the aisles and read the information.  Remember, you have to educate yourself on what you are buying to put in your body.  Just because somewhere on the box it says the food is healthy doesn’t necessarily mean that its entirely true.  John Berardi’s new nutrition tip tells you why…

Unhealthy ‘Health Foods’
by Dr. John Berardi

Products that claim to be ‘Cholesterol Free’ and ‘Low in Saturated Fat’ often have the most trans-fatty acids. Unfortunately these are the products that most of the public thinks are ‘healthy.’ Remember, trans fats have absolutely no place in the diet! They’re the only type of fat highly associated with very negative health outcomes.

For more nutrition tips and all around nutrition information, make sure you check out Precision Nutrition

The Man Maker workout

It’s the title that caught your attention, isn’t it?  Well, I have to give the credit to Dan John for naming that workout.  I was reading an article of his recently and he was discussing the 23 minute Man Maker.  It’s five exercises and you go from exercise to exercise.  The first round begins at 10 reps for each exercise.  The next round is 9 reps of each.  The workout continues until you reach 1 rep of each.  It’s a hard day in the weight room. I set the clock for 23 minutes and counted down…I was able to finish with 2:04 on the clock.

Give the article a look over and see what you think.

Precision Nutrition Article of the Week

Have you thought that you have been doing everything right and you’re just not seeing the results that you want?  A nice healthy breakfast and you are seeing your waistline grow instead of shrink?  Well I may have some suggestions on how to get help you get in the shape that you are looking for.  What you really have to focus on is NOT restricting yourself when it comes to eating.  Eat healthy but eat Smart.  One of the down sides of strict eating is that you sometimes falsely “reward” yourself with unhealthy choices:

Meal 1
1/2 cup oats, 4 egg whites

Meal 1B, aka “I feel restricted and deprived.”
This is when the day begins to feel daunting and the meal plan feels very restrictive. Translation: Time to retaliate. Next stop – coffee shop for a jumbo coffee with extras and a scone.

To see a list of other meal disasters click here to see the complete article by John Berardi and his team at Precision Nutrition.

These tips are sponsored by Precision Nutrition - my pick for the best nutrition and supplement resource currently available. Containing system manuals, gourmet cookbook, digital audio/video library, online membership, and more, Precision Nutrition will teach you everything you need to know to get the body you want — guaranteed.

Do This…

…Pick up any article by Dan John and read some of his insights.  I recently read one of his articles titled, “Four Challenges to Light your Fire!” If you are serious about being in the weight room and serious about seeing results then I suggest giving this article a quick read.  He gives a couple of challenges for you to try in your workouts.  For those out there who think they’ve done it all in the weight room and have no room for improvement…try some of these.  Good luck

Women’s Lacrosse Training Manual Preview

I wanted to take a minute to share a little preview of the Women’s Lacrosse 10 Week Strength and Conditioning manual with you that I now have available at Game Fit Performance Training.  The complete manual has over 100 pages of valuable information which is designed to help the athlete improve their strength, agility, and fitness for the sport of lacrosse.  Check out the 8 page preview here:  Game Fit Performance Training 10 Week Strength and Conditioning Manual for Women’s Lacrosse

Precision Nutrition Tip of the Week

 

It’s time to get focused.  The summer cookouts are over and we all know that you probably had more than your fair share of cheat meals at those parties!  But now that the cookouts are over, its time to put away the thought of “it’s ok to have that cheat meal.”  Well, its ok to cheat if you’re in a position to have that cheat meal.  If you’re too fat…well then you have to focus hard to obtain the results you want.  So with that, I want to share with you Dr. Berardi’s tip of the week:

Tip #12
Skip the Cheat Meal, Fatty
by Dr. John Berardi

Cheat meal frequency should be minimized when you’re over 15-20% body fat. Basically, the fatter you are, the more likely that any excess food will be shuttled toward body-fat storage rather than muscle mass. So skip the cheat meal unless you’re lean. And even then, think of it as an alternative food meal – not a cheat. Cheat meals are usually glorified forms of dietary debauchery. Alternative food meals allow for something a little different from the norm without the trough.

These tips are sponsored by Precision Nutrition - my pick for the best nutrition and supplement resource currently available. Containing system manuals, gourmet cookbook, digital audio/video library, online membership, and more, Precision Nutrition will teach you everything you need to know to get the body you want — guaranteed.

Women’s Lacrosse Players

Would you like me to train you for less than fifty cents a day?   

Are you interested in improving your fitness during the game? 

Are you interested in improving your explosive speed off the 8 m?

If you answered yes to any of those questions then I want to make you aware of my new training manual for lacrosse.  Following the workouts in this manual will help prepare you for the demands of lacrosse.  The training program lasts for 10 weeks and requires you to workout 4 times per week.  The cost of the training manual is less than $20 therefore each workout will cost you less than 50 cents!  Are you willing to invest less than 50 cents per workout to reach your goal?

If you are interested in improving your strength levels and conditioning levels for lacrosse then you need to check out my new training manual.  Good luck.