Eat to Live not Vice Versa

February 26th, 2011 Administrator No comments

In Order of Quantity…

  1. Mixed Vegetables of all Colors (Heavy Greens)
  2. Mixed Fruits in the Morning and Before/After Training Sessions
  3. Chicken (Includes Eggs), Fish, or Turkey at Lunch and/or Dinner
  4. Mixed Nuts in Between Meals
  5. Mix of Various White Cheeses and Soy Milk
  6. Eat Small Amounts of Brown Rice, Whole Grains, and Oats (Only for Breakfast/Lunch or Prior to Heavy Training)
  7. Dark Chocolate and Peanut Butter

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Bodyweight Power Training for 2.13.11

February 13th, 2011 Administrator No comments


Bodyweight Power Conditioning

The goal here is to finish the circuit with speed and power. The load is lighter so that maximum speed of each movement can be achieved.

Complete Circuit 5x’s

Speed Pushups/Plyo Pushups x 20

Inverted Rows w/ Rings x 20

Power Clean and Jerk x 5

Power Sprawls x 5 – Sprawl and perform a plyo pushup, return to your feet and do a vertical jump.

Fully Recover between rounds…

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Complete each exercise for 3 sets.

Plate Crunches x 20 (45lbs Plate)

Romanian Deadlifts x 10 (Light-Medium Load)

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Circuit Training with the KettleBell

January 16th, 2011 Administrator No comments

For Core Power, Conditioning, Single Arm Strength, and Grip Training

Holtrain Kettlebell Circuit
Repeat Thrice – (Do not set down the Kettlebell until the circuit is complete!)

Single Arm Alternating Swing x 10 ea
Hip Circles x 10 ea Read more…

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Crosstraining for 1.30.11

January 30th, 2011 Administrator No comments

Mix it Up!

Boxing 3 x 3 min rounds

Thai Boxing 3 x 3 min rounds

- Dumbell Circuit -
3x thru
Bent Row
Curl to Press
Shrugs

Handstand/Headstand

Grip Wrist Rollers 3 x each Direction

Planks All Directions

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2011 Houston Rockets Run

January 23rd, 2011 Administrator No comments

The morning of the 9th Annual Houston Rockets Run turned out to be a frigid 33 degrees but that didn’t stop Rockets Fans from showing up this year in great numbers! The scenic run through midtown, through the Toyota Center and onto the Rockets homecourt makes this one of the most unique fun runs in town.

But don’t be fooled by the term ‘fun run’, there are still some serious runners Read more…

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The 4 Hour Body by Tim Ferriss

January 20th, 2011 Administrator No comments

Lifestyle author Tim Ferriss travels the globe and scours the research archives to bring you the latest and greatest information around fitness, health, and the pursuit to optimize the human body!

Tim converses with the top players in each field to put cutting edge knowledge in your hands, definitely worth your time to read through this one!

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