These Weights Won't Lift Themselves!

Hi, welcome to episode 103 of my podcast. And yes, I did remember what this one was about. Will it be a little controversial? Probably, but I tend to look at things differently than most people. I point out logical flaws in tv commercials. If a movie doesn't make sense, I mention it. And maybe it is a little irritating to have things looked at and analyzed but this is what makes me a good trainer.So in this case we have a guy who doesn't know what his clients are feeling so he decides to gain weight. Then he loses it and has a whole new perception of his clients. Genius or Jackass?Well to get that answer you are just going to have to listen!Get in Shape in the Comfort of Your Own Home Become a member of M Factor Online Training for $10/month

Another episode where I recorded it and forgot about it. It is probably worth a listen.Get in Shape in the Comfort of Your Own Home Become a member of M Factor Online Training for $10/month

In Episode 97 I start on a series of basic principles you need to know. And you probably know if your metabolism sucks, so give it a listen.M Factor FitnessIn Home Personal TrainingSmall Group TrainingNutrition PlanningFacebookTwitter

Wow, episode 91! I wish I knew what great nuggets of information are in here but I don't. I have had a crazy couple of weeks and I didn't get to this part of the process for a while. Too long. I have forgotten everything about it except for I have a feeling it is pretty good.But you be the judge of that.M Factor FitnessIn Home Personal TrainingSmall Group TrainingNutrition PlanningFacebookTwitterInstagram

Note: This blog post is very different from the podcast. People generally don't like philosophy. They don't want to examine their life. It is a whole lot easier to pick apart someone else's life on tv than stare in the mirror. I get that. But this isn't sitting under the Buddah tree for days upon days. This isn't negative and I don't want to get in touch with your inner child. All I want you to do is take a few minutes and get an idea of what you want to look and feel like. More to the point, get a realistic idea of what you are willing to do to achieve this. Everybody thinks about this but few people actually formulate what they want. Given your situation and the where you are in your life, what would make you happy?Bad Example:"Dude, I want to get shredded. I want an 8 pack and I want chicks hanging all over me and guys to be afraid of me. I weigh 140 pounds and work a job and go to school. I have 20 minutes to workout and I can do that 3 times a week."You may be laughing but this is not uncommon. The goal is unrealistic and the time frame is unrealistic. His understanding of exercise is minimal at best. This does not make for a philosophy. This makes him a sitting duck for supplement companies promising to "Jack You Up". He may say this and get high 5's from his "bros", but it is not system of thought. At best it is a weird daydream/fantasy.Good Example:"I want to use weight lifting as a way to get stronger and shape my body. I don't care about being the strongest or biggest guy on the block or having an 8 pack. What is important to me is to have a strong body that feels good, moves well and functions without pain. I want to enjoy life and eat what I want without feeling guilty. I will do this as long as my body fat stays between 10%-12%. Any higher and I will take corrective action. I will live a healthy, fit life without obsessing over every detail."That is my personal fitness philosophy. This way of thinking makes fitness a tool for me to use to improve my life, not tie me down.Tips on creating a philosophy of fitness1. Make it realistic. You can always upgrade later on. Make it "Good Enough".2. What type of exercise will get you there the quickest? Example: Don't choose running if you want to build muscle.3. Is that type of exercise appropriate for someone who is your age, health and experience level? Do you need to work up to it? Example: Don't join CrossFit if you are 50 pounds overweight and never lifted a weight in your life. Work up to it.4. Can you fit that type of exercise into the times you have available to workout?  Example: Don't expect massive change with 20 minute workouts 3 x week. Even if you hear it on an infomercial at 3 A.M!5. Are you going to like it or can you make it work for you? I don't expect my clients to laugh and giggle at the thought of doing squats. Quick Tangent: Does it bug you when you watch a workout DVD and everyone is smiling and high fiving each other? Yeah, me too.Chances are you don't look forward to brushing your teeth or taking the trash out but you know you need to do it. All I am asking you to do is get started. Once you get into a routine, you will recognize the fitness landscape. Get in the game, then make changes on the fly. Example of a good change on the fly:"Kettlebells look interesting. I already have a good strength base, let's try this out."Bad example of a change on the fly:"Dude, Shaun T is ripped. I can get that in 10 minutes a day? Screw the weights, man, I am doing jumping jacks!"I hope this helps. If you need help, get in contact with me. I offer online and in home training and do consultations over the phone.M Factor FitnessIn Home Personal TrainingSmall Group TrainingNutrition PlanningFacebookTwitterInstagram

Hey, welcome to episode 84. as you can see by there title there is a lot going on in this episode.Yes I am in the doghouse. But should I be? If you ask me a question about fitness I will give you an answer. That is what I do. Here comes the tricky part. If you don't like my answer should you get mad at me? My wife certainly did but don't get mad at me, blame evolution. Topic 1: I said it before and I will say it again. A slow walk is not exercise. It is a stroll. If you go and walk around the mall it is a stroll. If you walk as fast as you can and you are breathing hard and sweating, that is exercise. Big difference. Walking the dog is very relaxing but it is not exercise. It doesn't mean it isn't important, it just means it should not and cannot count it as exercise. But if you are just starting out and are breathing hard going around the block, then you are exercising my friend. Doctors are now telling patients to walk because they are desperate to get any kind of movement out of them. Technically a stroll is better than nothing but not by much.Topic 2: Just got an email from a guy doing weekend certifications. I may be in the only industry where you can go from a guy off the street to certified master trainer in 2 days. Well I guess they have those mail order karate places too so I don't feel that bad. Think of all the time and money I wasted taking courses to become a master trainer when I could have just shown up at this seminar with a cup of coffee and a bag of donuts and walked out with a certification!Here is a really irritating article.http://www.cosmopolitan.com/food-cocktails/news/a36622/chipotle-calories-sodium-guac-is-extra/I hear what you are saying. How could a magazine such as Cosmopolitan, which is devoted to cutting edge nutritional articles, publish an article that is wrong? Wrong in my opinion but I am the one in charge here. Well, here is my teaser. You will just have to listen to it to see why 1,000 calories doesn't always equal 1,000 calories. M Factor FitnessIn Home Personal TrainingSmall Group TrainingNutrition PlanningFacebookTwitterInstagram

Welcome to episode 76. In this episode I am going to talk about 1 mental trick you can use to put yourself in the right mindset all the time. It helped me great deal with a feral hog at the DMV. There is also discussion about the idea of not training the same body part everyday. This is something I want to talk more about next episode because I really didn't to cover it the way I wanted to. In the mean time, here is the link to the 100-day Squat Challenge. Great article and an amazing feat of discipline.ResourcesMy SitesMyWorkoutProTV on YouTube    MyWorkoutPro.com Professional Online Training and Nutrition for $10/month   Facebook/MyWorkoutPro.comTwitter MyWorkoutProGoogle Plus MyworkoutProM Factor Fitness and NutritionMy AffiliatesProGrade NutritionBiotrust NutritionWhere to Find My PodcastListen on SticherListen on iTunes  Listen on PodbeanQuick favor: if you enjoy listening to my new podcasts,would you consider rating them and leaving a quick reviewon iTunes? It only takes a couple of minutes and really helpsus reach more people.Thanks and enjoy!Coach MikePS- Don’t forget to click the "subscribe" button on iTunes.You'll get automatically updated when we post new episodes. 

I found a cool fitness story on Yahoo, okay stop laughing, about a guy that loses 100 pounds. He does everything right and he achieved his goal in a year. Okay, it just happens that everything he does are things I have mentioned on this podcast but this is not about me. It is about Todd.We also talk about the other side of fitness. The people who go through a change and feel it is their duty to tell everyone how to live their life. Even if they are right, they can be pretty annoying. Finally we talk about staying hydrated in the summer and why 12 glasses of water a day may not be helping you.ResourcesMy SitesMyWorkoutProTV on YouTube    MyWorkoutPro.com Professional Online Training and Nutrition for $10/month   Facebook/MyWorkoutPro.comTwitter MyWorkoutProGoogle Plus MyworkoutProM Factor Fitness and NutritionMy AffiliatesProGrade NutritionBiotrust NutritionWhere to Find My PodcastListen on SticherListen on iTunes  Listen on PodbeanQuick favor: if you enjoy listening to my new podcasts,would you consider rating them and leaving a quick reviewon iTunes? It only takes a couple of minutes and really helpsus reach more people.Thanks and enjoy!Coach MikePS- Don’t forget to click the "subscribe" button on iTunes.You'll get automatically updated when we post new episodes. 

I feel the Amazing/Generic Ted's Fitness tips are polarizing. Does everyone know I am taking a poke at the fitness industry for the lame advice they give out or do they think I am being mean? Are people who use the word "Amazing" all the time offended? These are questions I may never know the answer to because no one has complained yet. So my thought is that you find the stupid advice of Ted funny. After a bit of a laugh we delve into pure seriousness with 5 things you are doing wrong in the gym. These are great tips and are worth wading through the rest of the stuff to get to. Enjoy!ResourcesMy SitesMyWorkoutProTV on YouTube    MyWorkoutPro.com Professional Online Training and Nutrition for $10/month   Facebook/MyWorkoutPro.comTwitter MyWorkoutProGoogle Plus MyworkoutProM Factor Fitness and NutritionMy AffiliatesProGrade NutritionBiotrust NutritionWhere to Find My PodcastListen on SticherListen on iTunes  Listen on PodbeanQuick favor: if you enjoy listening to my new podcasts,would you consider rating them and leaving a quick reviewon iTunes? It only takes a couple of minutes and really helpsus reach more people.Thanks and enjoy!Coach MikePS- Don’t forget to click the "subscribe" button on iTunes.You'll get automatically updated when we post new episodes. 

Let's be honest here, I had a number of false starts with this episode. So there are a number of things I probably mentioned that you just are going to have to listen to find out. I do have a pretty good 5 minute discussion of why the Stiff Little Fingers are one of the greatest punk bands in the world.I believe the rest of the podcast is devoted to talking about an article from T-Nation I posted on Facebook. There are 4 things people are doing for rehab. Are you doing them correctly? Not doing 4 things? Want to do 4 things for rehab? Well all you have to do is push play and let me fill you in.ResourcesMy SitesMyWorkoutProTV on YouTube    MyWorkoutPro.com Professional Online Training and Nutrition for $10/month   Facebook/MyWorkoutPro.comTwitter MyWorkoutProGoogle Plus MyworkoutProM Factor Fitness and NutritionMy AffiliatesProGrade NutritionBiotrust NutritionWhere to Find My PodcastListen on SticherListen on iTunes  Listen on PodbeanQuick favor: if you enjoy listening to my new podcasts,would you consider rating them and leaving a quick reviewon iTunes? It only takes a couple of minutes and really helpsus reach more people.Thanks and enjoy!Coach MikePS- Don’t forget to click the "subscribe" button on iTunes.You'll get automatically updated when we post new episodes. 

Episode 72 picks up on the broken promise that was episode 71. Here are the tools you need to fill up your nutritional toolbox. 5 critical concepts that pros use to gain and lose weight at will.ResourcesMy SitesMyWorkoutProTV on YouTube    MyWorkoutPro.com Professional Online Training and Nutrition for $10/month   Facebook/MyWorkoutPro.comTwitter MyWorkoutProGoogle Plus MyworkoutProM Factor Fitness and NutritionMy AffiliatesProGrade NutritionBiotrust NutritionWhere to Find My PodcastListen on SticherListen on iTunes  Listen on PodbeanQuick favor: if you enjoy listening to my new podcasts,would you consider rating them and leaving a quick reviewon iTunes? It only takes a couple of minutes and really helpsus reach more people.Thanks and enjoy!Coach MikePS- Don’t forget to click the "subscribe" button on iTunes.You'll get automatically updated when we post new episodes. 

Episode 71 never really goes into the nutrition toolbox but we do have a lot of fun with a tribute to one of my big influences, Mark Rippetoe. Just check out some of Rip's quotes.“Strong people are harder to kill than weak people, and more useful in general.” ― Mark Rippetoe“The deadlift also serves as a way to train the mind to do things that are hard.” ― Mark Rippetoe, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training“Humans are not physically normal in the absence of hard physical effort.” ― Mark Rippetoe, Starting Strength“There is no easy way to do a deadlift—not involving actually picking up the bar—which explains their lack of popularity in gyms around the world.” ― Mark Rippetoe, Starting Strength: Basic Barbell TrainingQuotes from goodreads.comI also fill you in on the ghost mansion. Is it haunted or not? I am not telling. Well, I will tell you in the podcast but I can't here. It would spoil everything.So give it a listen. I think it is a pretty good episode.ResourcesMy SitesMyWorkoutProTV on YouTube    MyWorkoutPro.com Professional Online Training and Nutrition for $10/month   Facebook/MyWorkoutPro.comTwitter MyWorkoutProGoogle Plus MyworkoutProM Factor Fitness and NutritionMy AffiliatesProGrade NutritionBiotrust NutritionWhere to Find My PodcastListen on SticherListen on iTunes  Listen on PodbeanQuick favor: if you enjoy listening to my new podcasts,would you consider rating them and leaving a quick reviewon iTunes? It only takes a couple of minutes and really helpsus reach more people.Thanks and enjoy!Coach MikePS- Don’t forget to click the "subscribe" button on iTunes.You'll get automatically updated when we post new episodes. 

Worst title for an episode ever? Maybe but now that I have your attention I guarantee you will learn something this week. Too many people waste time in the gym. No, not getting water, looking at their smart phones or leaning on machines. I am talking about wasting time while you are doing the exercises. I will take the lowly bicep curl and give you the timeline to show you what versions to do and which ones to avoid.ResourcesMy SitesMyWorkoutProTV on YouTube    MyWorkoutPro.com Professional Online Training and Nutrition for $10/month   Facebook/MyWorkoutPro.comTwitter MyWorkoutProGoogle Plus MyworkoutProM Factor Fitness and NutritionMy AffiliatesProGrade NutritionBiotrust NutritionWhere to Find My PodcastListen on SticherListen on iTunes  Listen on PodbeanQuick favor: if you enjoy listening to my new podcasts,would you consider rating them and leaving a quick reviewon iTunes? It only takes a couple of minutes and really helpsus reach more people.Thanks and enjoy!Coach MikePS- Don’t forget to click the "subscribe" button on iTunes.You'll get automatically updated when we post new episodes. 

Welcome to episode 69. Who really needs "Amazing Ted's Generic but Amazing Fitness Tips" when you can just get on Yahoo and get all the bad advice you could ever want? Today we look at "7 Quirky Tips" found on Yahoo. I would replace the term "quirky" with any number of words that relate to the number 2 but again that is my opinion.But first we wrap up revolution talk. I wanted to clarify a couple things I mentioned last week. By revolution all I mean is that the institutions we grew up trusting and respecting are letting us down. I am talking about government, medicine, media ....everything. Things seem a little weird these days, don't they? There are many people are predicting a big change as we break away from believing in those old institutions and start rethinking ourselves and the kind of life we want. Count me in! This is finally going to be the 21st century.ResourcesMy SitesMyWorkoutProTV on YouTube    MyWorkoutPro.com Professional Online Training and Nutrition for $10/month   Facebook/MyWorkoutPro.comTwitter MyWorkoutProGoogle Plus MyworkoutProM Factor Fitness and NutritionMy AffiliatesProGrade NutritionBiotrust NutritionWhere to Find My PodcastListen on SticherListen on iTunes  Listen on PodbeanQuick favor: if you enjoy listening to my new podcasts,would you consider rating them and leaving a quick reviewon iTunes? It only takes a couple of minutes and really helpsus reach more people.Thanks and enjoy!Coach MikePS- Don’t forget to click the "subscribe" button on iTunes.You'll get automatically updated when we post new episodes. 

Who know the most popular segment of my show would be "Amazing Ted's Generic Fitness Tips"? This is a segment where I basically make fun of my fellow trainers and all the generic advice they offer. Oh, and the fact they overuse the terms "amazing" and "exciting". Just having a little fun. If you get offended, calm down.So the serious part of this podcast starts with the revolution. Honestly, I don't know if I did a good job explaining this. Things just feel weird these days and I think the reason is that a change is coming. There will be the old institutions trying to cling to power even though they are corrupt and out-dated. No, I am not talking about revolution in the sense of a communist takeover. That is silly. But the old ways of thinking are no longer serving most people. For a country with a huge amount of wealth, we rank as an unhappy nation. Just my opinion but a reason we are so unhappy is that the things the media promises will make us happy never do. Political correctness will not make you happy. So take a listen and let me know what you think.ResourcesMy SitesMyWorkoutProTV on YouTube    MyWorkoutPro.com Professional Online Training and Nutrition for $10/month   Facebook/MyWorkoutPro.comTwitter MyWorkoutProGoogle Plus MyworkoutProM Factor Fitness and NutritionMy AffiliatesProGrade NutritionBiotrust NutritionWhere to Find My PodcastListen on SticherListen on iTunes  Listen on PodbeanQuick favor: if you enjoy listening to my new podcasts,would you consider rating them and leaving a quick reviewon iTunes? It only takes a couple of minutes and really helpsus reach more people.Thanks and enjoy!Coach MikePS- Don’t forget to click the "subscribe" button on iTunes.You'll get automatically updated when we post new episodes.