Today is the last day you can get Joe Dowdell’s and Dr. Mike Roussell’s Peak Diet & Training Summit for $100 off.
I can’t tell you how important it is that you get this seminar.
First, the quantity of information is off the charts. 15 DVD’s and over 600 pages of information from two of the top guys in the fitness industry.
Second, they left no stone unturned in regards to the number of topics covered fully in depth.
This is one of those resources that is a must have because you go back to this information as a foundational reference time and time again. If I would have had this resource when I first started in the fitness industry, it would have saved me years of trial and error and countless mistakes.
Here’s a little Q & A from Dr. Mike regarding this seminar:
Question #1 – Can you give us a little idea of what is covered in
this resource?
Everything 
Seriously, this is the most comprehensive training and diet program
created to date. From a training perspective this program covers
assessment, periodization, how to training the different strength
qualities, how to structure a training session, energy systems
training, and how to manipulate sets, reps, tempo, and rest periods
for accelerated results.
The nutrition portion of the program covers the important of
identifying your clients’ location on the nutrition spectrum and how
to coach to them based on their place, core nutrition habits, results
driven supplementation, fat loss diets and their progressions, muscle
building diets and their progressions, and the science behind workouts
nutrition.
Question #2 – Why is this different from all the other diet & training
resources available today?
Okay so the elephant in the room regarding online diet and training
resources/products is that most of their creators are ‘reporters’ of
information and not practitioners. The information that Joe and
Dr. Mike share in this program is a combination of research and
practice. Nothing this comprehensive that has real world street
cred as ever been produced.
Question #3 – How will this help my training business?
With the Peak Diet & Training Design program you will learn how
to write better and more effective training programs. You will
learn how to train and coach to specific clients instead of using
a cookie cutter approach. From a nutrition perspective, you will
learn how to get you clients to eat better starting from day 1.
You’ll discover how to actually get them to make changes in
their diets that have an impact.
This program will help your training business by getting your
clients more results faster which will lead to better retention,
more referrals, and more money for you. Pretty simple.
Get it today and save yourself $100!
P.S. Don’t forget that you get 2.0 CEU’s from the NSCA as well.
Question: Hey Bill, what’s different about the newer version of Muscle Imbalances Revealed for the upper body?
There are 9 things that have been added to MIR2.
Update #1 – Mobility Med Ball Workout – A stack of upper body mobility exercises to help improve movement and stability in the upper body that can be done with a medicine ball.
Update #2 – UBD – Bootcamp Edition – A really easy and fast 4 minutes warm up that you can do with your bootcamp or clients to help get them ready for their workout and prevent injuries.
Update #3 – Upper Body Release – Some techniques for manual therapists on different techniques to release the upper body.
Muscle Imbalances Revealed Upper Body 2.0 <== 47% off
Update #4 – VIP Coaching Call # 1 – Where we answered a variety of question but some of the highlights are how to address strength differences on different sides of the body, lifts to address hip dominance and where does breathing factor in when teaching lifts.
Update #5 – VIP Coaching Call #2 – The first one was so popular so we did a second call. Highlights from this call were what to do with a meatheads that don’t want to do the corrective exercises, training considerations for femoroacetabular impingement (FAI), and what to do about piriformis pain syndrome.
Muscle Imbalances Revealed Upper Body 2.0 <== 47% off
Update #6 – Top 7 Core Exer cises – I asked Dean Somerset, “What are his Top 7 Core Exercises?” He shows them in this video.
Update #7 – Top 9 Meathead Exercises – I asked Tony Gentilcore, “What are the Top 9 Exercises for Meatheads to Lift More?” I go through them in this video.
Update #8 – Upcoming VIP Coaching Call – As you can see, from above. We will be doing one more of these. Make sure to send us your questions and we can answer them.
Update #9 – Forum Area to Ask Questions – We have set up an area that you can ask your questions. You can put your questions here and we will answer them.
Muscle Imbalances Revealed Upper Body 2.0 <== 47% off
Bill
So you most likely know that I’ve worked directly with Eric Cressey on the top-selling and highly regarded Assess and Correct, so any review of his new Show and Go: High Performance Training to Look, Feel, and Move Better is going to contain some level of bias. I admit this up front.
You’ve probably already seen a lot of the great info that Eric’s put out over the last week in these videos:
http://www.showandgotraining.com/simple-squat-fixes.html
http://showandgotraining.com/simple-squat-fixes.html
http://showandgotraining.com/mastering-the-squat.html
If you haven’t seen them I suggest you take the time to do so now. They’re really great.
I haven’t reviewed Eric’s new Show and Go until now because I really haven’t had time to look over all the information until this past weekend, and I didn’t want to give an uninformed recommendation.
Let me start of by saying that if you’re looking for a program that’s been tested in the real world, in a real high end training facility, and with real results, you shouldn’t hesitate to follow the links and get this program for yourself (or if you’re a coach, get it for your athletes!). I was out in Boston this past May and saw this program in action. Based on what I saw, if you’re trying to get big, lean, and strong, you’re going to want this program.
Let’s talk about the 16-week program.
It’s built in 4 phases each building upon the previous. Each phase has all the essential components you’ll find in an effectively designed program: mobility and warm-ups, progressive program design, movement pattern balance, necessary bilateral and unilateral exercises, and fluctuating training stress (a key to progress).
There were two things I really like about the programming. If you followed Eric’s program in his book Maximal Strength, then you know you had to follow a four day per week program. This time Eric’s giving you options. If you can’t hit the gym for the four day per week program in Show and Go, Eric’s giving you a kick-ass 3-day option (there’s also a bonus 2 times per week option that’s perfect for an in-season athlete). The other thing I like about the programming, and by far the most powerful concept, is that the program is adaptable to your goals. With most programs you’re pretty much stuck with whatever goal is intended by the programmer. Eric’s done a great job of taking a effective base program and then giving you options to adapt the program to your goals.
If you’re an athlete, bodybuilder, powerlifter, or perform some other type of physical activity, there’s an option for you. He’s even addressed issues for those who have limited availability to certain equipment or addressing specific mobility issues such as improving your squat depth.
To make this an even stronger program, Eric has included the following bonuses from some other top professionals.
1. Five Fantastic Finishers by Tony Gentilcore
These are some great ideas to “top off” your programming. Some geared toward athletes and some for those looking to improve body composition. I’ll be stealing, or, uh, borrowing these for our clients at IFAST.
2. The Top Five Glute Exercises by Bret Contreras
Bret’s become known as “the glute guy” and he offers up his top 5 most effective exercises. Glutes are implicated in a variety of ailments from knee pain to lower back pain, so you’ll definitely find some use here.
3. Innovative Soft Tissue Strategies for Health and Performance by Chris Howard
Hard training often results in an accumulation of undesirable soft-tissue adaptations that can ultimately limit performance. Keep your shoulders, back, hips, knees, and ankles in great condition by keeping your soft-tissues in great condition with this info. Chris includes detailed videos of each technique to help you apply each technique optimally.
4. The Show and Go Quick Exercise Reference Guide by Eric Cressey
This contains every link to each of 175+ videos of all the exercises included in the program. You can even access these at the gym via your iPhone or Blackberry for a quick reference.
5. 2x/week Show and Go Training Programs for all four phases also from Eric Cressey
This is the programming bonus I mentioned before. Use this program when you’re short on gym time (great for vacations) or if you’re an athlete in-season.
Everything is inserted in the same template that Eric uses with his clients at Cressey Performance for easy management. I really think that Eric has created a program that will impact a lot people looking the next step in their programming.
If you’ve got some training under your belt and are looking to take your training to the next level, Show and Go IS your next step. You can get it starting at Midnight tonight. Don’t wait. Get it tonight!
Bill
Are you working to maintain or improve your thoracic spine mobility?
I hope so. It seems with all the assessments that I do in my PT clinics and at IFAST, I’m seeing more and more mobility issues with the thoracic spine on my patients and clients.
Most of these people with limited thoracic spine mobility also present with either neck pain or shoulder pain. This isn’t really a big surprise as we’ve known for quite some time that reduced thoracic spine mobility limits scapular mobility which, in turn, limits shoulder and cervical range of motion. As these joints typically require a great deal of mobility for normal function, it’s common to see compensations that lead to pain and injury.
Mobilizing the thoracic spine with a foam roller has become quite common in fitness and sports training fields, and while this is a great contribution to improving mobility, even the foam roller has limitations. When mobilizing your thoracic spine, you need to mobilize not just in the sagittal plane with extension mobilizations. You also need to mobilize in rotation and sidebending to optimize mobility.
For those of you who are using the Assess and Correct program, you’ve already experienced the benefits of approaching thoracic spine mobility from multiple planes.
At IFAST, we’ll also reinforce thoracic spine mobility during horizontally loaded cable exercises, like horizontal pushes and pulls, as well as unilateral shoulder exercises such as PNF diagonals, and total body exercises like chops and lifts.
What else can you do to positively influence your thoracic spine mobility?
You need to reinforce it throughout the day. There’s a concept called competitive adaptation in fitness and rehab fields. Basically, it means that what you do most often or with the strongest stimulus will result in the greatest adaptation.
For instance, you’re most likely sitting in front of a computer as you read this. If you spend a great deal of time doing computer work or playing video games, break the postural cycle every 15 minutes by sitting up as tall as possible to reduce the slouching influence. Make sure you stand up and squeeze your buttocks together every 50 minutes or so. If you drive long distances on a regular basis, stop every hour to stand and stretch.
The real fix is a matter of breaking those patterns that negatively influence thoracic spine mobility and then doing enough progressive mobility work to assure optimal thoracic spine mobility.
Other Stuff…
Congratulations to Mike the Intern on the completion of his IFAST Internship and his graduation from Western Michigan.
My good friend and fitness director at Men’s Health Magazine has a brand new book combo out for Christmas.
The Men’s Health Big Book of Exercises
The Women’s Heatlh Big Book of Exercises
Order it now and you can have 619 new exercises for your best body in 2010. Oh, and you’ll also get some cool workouts from yours truly in there too.
Bill
Welcome to Friday…
If you missed it last night, Dr. Bret Hoffer and I did a great interview discussing all aspects of golf fitness. We talked for over an hour and covered some very important topics and shot down some common misbeliefs. Even if you missed it, you can still hear it as well as listen to seven other golf fitness pros HERE. For those that were on the call, I hope you took advantage of the special discounts.
My friend Rachel Cosgrove has a new book that became an instant best-seller. If you’re having trouble understanding why women have issues losing body fat, this is the book to get. You can get it at The Female Body Breakthrough. She’s also going to have a terrific coaching program to go with it, so make sure to sign-up.
Good luck to our guys from IFAST who are participating in the USAPL Monsters of the Midwest powerlifting meet this weekend. If you go to the website you can see one of our mascots, Kyle, pull an easy 500 pound deadlift at a bodyweight of 165.
Assess and Correct feedback is starting to roll in and it’s nothing short of spectacular. Don’t forget to check out the FAQ is you have questions about it.
Don’t forget to root for the Colts this Sunday as they take on the evil New England Patriots. It’s always a great game to watch.
Have a great weekend.
Bill
We’re already getting great feedback and questions regarding Assess and Correct, so I thought I’d start this week by answering a common question.
Q: Bill, I noticed that you, Mike, and Eric use the seated 90/90 position as part of one of your progressions in Assess and Correct. I read somewhere that some people had concerns about it irritating the posterior hip capsule. What’s your take on this?
There are some therapists and trainers that are concerned that the hip capsule can be stretched to often resulting in a “loose hip capsule” and hip joint instability. My response to this is that it’s possible but unlikely during intentional stretching activities.
If you consider the way capsular tissues adapt to stress in actually adding length, you need very long duration, low load forces applied repeatedly over a long period of time. Doing so results in what are called plastic adaptations. This means that the tissues adapt by adding true length to the collagen fibers that make up the capsule which is a relatively permanent adaptation.
Occasionally, we’ll have to use this type of stretching if we encounter a shortened capsule in the PT clinic or in the gym, but it is truly an exercise in self-discipline and determination as it is not very comfortable and may last up to 20 minutes at a time several times a day. Most plastic changes in the real world are a result of repetitive behaviors or postures that place tissues on stretch under low load conditions such as chronic postures or crossing your legs the same way for extended periods of time as many people do rather than the result of typical stretching protocols.
Considering the volume of total exercise, the protocols used in Assess and Correct, AND the way connective tissues adapt to stress, it’s doubtful that hip capsule will be overstretched. The exposures aren’t long enough to result in plastic capsular changes.
Bill
