When Dr. John Berardi dropped me an line the other day,
telling me all about his new program, I thought for a second
the guy had lost his mind.
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Now, don't get me wrong. I respect Dr Berardi. He's
recognized as one of the top nutrition coaches in the world.
And his programs get people results. Fast.
However, when I watched this video he sent over, and learned
that he's giving away $40,000 of his own money, he
definitely got my attention.
Check out this blog post for yourself.
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Now, to qualify for this reward, you have to participate in
the Lean Eating program. But that's a no brainer. You
should want to do that ANYWAY if you're interested in body
transformation because there is nothing else like it.
You get 6 months of world class coaching, the type of
coaching you can't find, well, anywhere. And, during these
6 months, if you achieve the best body transformation,
you'll win 10K.
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Worst case scenario, you come out with the best body of your
life. Best case scenario, you come out with the best body
of your life, and 10 GRAND.
So, I highly encourage you to check out this post below. In
it, Dr Berardi shares with you two critical components for
body transformation success.
And then he tells you exactly how one man and one woman are
going to swoop in and claim $10 G's of his own money.
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Now, this message is time sensitive. No, it's not gonna
self-destruct or anything. However, spots are limited in
this program. And LOTS of people want in.
So, if you're interested in finding out exactly how to eat
to get in the best shape of your life, click the link below.
10 grand may be waiting for you on the other side:
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Thanks for all of your support!
Nathan-Precision Nutrition Practitioner
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Thoughts on SWAT conditioning
I recently received a message asking about strength and conditioning for law enforcement, speciffically a SWAT breacher. Below is my reply on my thoughts on it.
Hey (insert silly false name here to protect identity), first off thanks for protecting your local citizens every day. It's a job not many respect until they need you.
Here's my philosophy on Law enforcement training in general. For a patrol officer, the most common thing they will be doing is slinging people not objects. You already do MMA, just make sure you include grappling of your choice that meshes with your dept policies and programs. So that could be considered your strength work. Now for operator duties you'll need a little bit extra juice for breaching, crarrying around extra weight, assaulting objectives, mental clarity for long periods during a stand off, etc. For that you can work in any quality strength program. Joe DeFranco, Jim Smith/Diesel Crew, Dan John, Alwyn Cosgrove, Charles Staley are all excellent choices.
Again for patrol officers, the grappling will be sufficient conditioning and very specific. To expand for you team role add in a crossfit metcon or some kettlebell snatch work twice a week. Also some sledgehammer work laterally against a target about the same height as your average door breach along with some med ball twisting throws should work some nice specificity into your hoolie work, when dynamic breach isn't acceptable.
So putting it all together, couple different ways. cycles of four days of ramping intensity, I've found to work better than any other protocol I've used. It will force you to recover so you can actually go all out on your high intensity days. Each cycle of four days consists of a day each of no intensity, low intensity, moderate intensity and high intensity.
On the no intensity days, do a ton of joint mobility work, you can also think of this as the 'off' day. But it's not off, it's active recovery.
You'll follow this up with a low intensity day. On this day practice your tactical skills, dry fire or live fire if possible, and also use this day to work on your flexibility. PNF, dynamic flexibility, foam rolling or yoga type stretches are all good here. Think of this as your active recovery day, feel free to break a light sweat, but nothing above 60%. Concentrate on opening up your upper back, pecs, shoulders and hip flexors as those are the most tightened by body armor and sitting in a patrol car.
Next on your moderate day is either your strength or conditioning work. Whichever you feel is currently the better of the two, you'll place here and they can be flip flopped every few weeks if needed. Usually most place their strength here, preferably full body work. Deadlifts, squats, weighted pullups, gymnastic skills or any other difficult strength/strongman work you like here. If you do any sparring or want to take your body for a test drive in some form of competition, approximately 4-6 hours after your moderate workout is the opportunity.
Last is your high intensity day and most will place their conditioning here. If you decide on one of the programs from the guys I listed you may have to put your strength here because many of them are just too intense to have anything follow them. But for conditioning a high intenisty metcon of at least 20 min can go here. About once a month or so ensure to get a longer metcon or a weighted hike for some mental challenge. And of course you can put any kettlebell conditioning work here as well. I like the snatch VO2 protocol.
If you prefer 5 day/week cycles, not to fear. Just do your moderate on Mon and Thurs. High on Tue and Fri. Mobility and active recovery/flexibility improvement on Wed.
Just kind of my philosophies on things. Let me know if you need anything else at all or have any questions.
Nathan
Something I forgot to mention is make sure your training does not interfer with your job performance. Some sore muscles may not slow you down too much on the exterior, but it's not worth risking not knowing how it's actually affecting you on the inside.
Hey (insert silly false name here to protect identity), first off thanks for protecting your local citizens every day. It's a job not many respect until they need you.
Here's my philosophy on Law enforcement training in general. For a patrol officer, the most common thing they will be doing is slinging people not objects. You already do MMA, just make sure you include grappling of your choice that meshes with your dept policies and programs. So that could be considered your strength work. Now for operator duties you'll need a little bit extra juice for breaching, crarrying around extra weight, assaulting objectives, mental clarity for long periods during a stand off, etc. For that you can work in any quality strength program. Joe DeFranco, Jim Smith/Diesel Crew, Dan John, Alwyn Cosgrove, Charles Staley are all excellent choices.
Again for patrol officers, the grappling will be sufficient conditioning and very specific. To expand for you team role add in a crossfit metcon or some kettlebell snatch work twice a week. Also some sledgehammer work laterally against a target about the same height as your average door breach along with some med ball twisting throws should work some nice specificity into your hoolie work, when dynamic breach isn't acceptable.
So putting it all together, couple different ways. cycles of four days of ramping intensity, I've found to work better than any other protocol I've used. It will force you to recover so you can actually go all out on your high intensity days. Each cycle of four days consists of a day each of no intensity, low intensity, moderate intensity and high intensity.
On the no intensity days, do a ton of joint mobility work, you can also think of this as the 'off' day. But it's not off, it's active recovery.
You'll follow this up with a low intensity day. On this day practice your tactical skills, dry fire or live fire if possible, and also use this day to work on your flexibility. PNF, dynamic flexibility, foam rolling or yoga type stretches are all good here. Think of this as your active recovery day, feel free to break a light sweat, but nothing above 60%. Concentrate on opening up your upper back, pecs, shoulders and hip flexors as those are the most tightened by body armor and sitting in a patrol car.
Next on your moderate day is either your strength or conditioning work. Whichever you feel is currently the better of the two, you'll place here and they can be flip flopped every few weeks if needed. Usually most place their strength here, preferably full body work. Deadlifts, squats, weighted pullups, gymnastic skills or any other difficult strength/strongman work you like here. If you do any sparring or want to take your body for a test drive in some form of competition, approximately 4-6 hours after your moderate workout is the opportunity.
Last is your high intensity day and most will place their conditioning here. If you decide on one of the programs from the guys I listed you may have to put your strength here because many of them are just too intense to have anything follow them. But for conditioning a high intenisty metcon of at least 20 min can go here. About once a month or so ensure to get a longer metcon or a weighted hike for some mental challenge. And of course you can put any kettlebell conditioning work here as well. I like the snatch VO2 protocol.
If you prefer 5 day/week cycles, not to fear. Just do your moderate on Mon and Thurs. High on Tue and Fri. Mobility and active recovery/flexibility improvement on Wed.
Just kind of my philosophies on things. Let me know if you need anything else at all or have any questions.
Nathan
Something I forgot to mention is make sure your training does not interfer with your job performance. Some sore muscles may not slow you down too much on the exterior, but it's not worth risking not knowing how it's actually affecting you on the inside.
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