Posts Tagged ‘Interview’

Around the Web (Me sightings)


15 Jan

Since the launch there has been a massive amount of activity going on, tons of interviews/reviews, and conversations. I wanted to highlight a few and talk about some things.

Roni’s Weigh

Just Yesterday I did an interview with Roni who runs Roni’s Weigh. It is crazy to think that someone just chronically their journey could have such a following, but if you talk to her you see why. She is truly just a  nice person, and it was fun doing the interview with her. Head over to read the interview.

FitCast

This past Sunday I was on the Fitcast with Tony, Jon, and Kevin. Jon dropped some serious knowledge and I heard a rumor that a book is in the works (allegedly). I have been a fan of Jon from the get go, if you haven’t checked him out before, make sure to head over to his blog/site. If you haven’t been checking me out on the fitcast, get to it, and you can hear all about how I made out with Chris Daughrty in this weeks Off Topic.

A to Z Fitness

Sarah over at A to Z Fitness did a really thorough review of the book, and just in general is a pretty cool chick. I have been following some of her tweets on my twitter and always funny or informative. Def stop by and check out the review.

Fat Boy Ryan

Ryan Viers is a former client of mine and is the hubby of Sheila over at LiveWell360. He recently released his story and its pretty awesome (I may play a small role). I love those guys, they are extended family. Stop by, read his story, and if you get the urge grab at T-shirt ( My tank top is coming any day now).

Events and People to Watch in 2009


31 Dec

Sometimes you get so lucky with who you get a chance to talk to that you have to brag a little. Information on health and training isn’t just about the information, it is also about the person. Recently I have been hit hard with how important it is to surround yourself with good people. That isn’t to say that these people aren’t brilliant or that they are boring either. I am just saying they are that good.

There are also some amazing things that are happening and events coming. Here is my short, but important list of what to watch for in 2009.

(In particular order of awesomeness)

1. Tom Venuto

This isn’t a “upcoming” list, it is a “lookout!” list.  Tom, meet world. World, get ready to say hello to Tom.  On Jan 8th the Body Fat Solution is going to launch and I am putting my money on Tom to go to legendary status. The book is amazing. I have a full video review of it coming for you. In short, it will be the best diet book on shelves, period. I am not even going to link you to it because I want everyone to get it that day and help raise him up to the top of that best sell list. In the meantime you can grab burn the fat, I highly recommend it.

2. Alan Aragon

I am not going to lie, I am 100% bias in this situation because I downright love the man. Yes, I said it, love the man. Brilliant? Check. Trustworthy? Check. Impeccable research? Check. Funny? Check.

You want it, he has got it. I don’t know exactly what is coming up next, but I can assure you, it will be epic.
Please do yourself a favor and get yourself a copy of Girth Control or join the monthly research review. There isn’t a affiliate program, so when you check out in the comments section please write “Thank you Alan, you swole sexy studmuffin.”

PS-Especially write this if you are a guy.

3. JP Fitness Summit 2009

Would you like to get a chance to hang out with me, Alan Aragon, Jamie Hale, and Lou Schuler for a weekend?
We may speak for a few hours, but the rest of the time we are going to be having a great time, eating some food, I will NOT be singing karaoke dammit, and in short, it will be a blast. You can talk to me, ask me anything you want, and have a weekend to remember. By the way, I get nothing for you buying, and if no one comes I am still going to have a blast. Go grab a ticket.

4. FLzine

Hint #1: FL does not stand for Fat Loss.

Hint#2 : Are you excited about a new forum, audio, interviews, free ebooks, and the best information you can find on the net?

Hint#3: Are you down for helping me out because I am going to need you. Moderators, writers, editors, and readers.

Where making our own rules, we are going to have our own voice now.  If you want to be apart of it, please, just let me know. The only qualifications you need?

Integrity
Honor
Humor
Compassion
Thirst For Knowledge
The Desire for Change

If you don’t have those things, then no need to apply.

Drum Roll Please!


11 Jul

The lucky number is……

37! (Kyle is the winner)

Ah, but wait…

Kyle already had the books and we had a nice talk. We decided together that…

Christi, it looks like your Birthday is coming early. Please confirm that your comment email is your direct email and you will be getting your books today :)

I hope that this now means some of you will be a little more inclined to give some comment-loving, questions, suggestions, or whatever.

What a great group of people I have here! Look at how many of you gave offers of helping out another! That’s a community! That’s the kind of support you need for fat loss! Are you getting it? If you’re needing an extra kick then hop over to the forums at JPFitness and start a training log or a thread.

As for today’s blog news, I updated the interview with Martin Berkhan on his application of the IF eating approach. And it’s now much easier to navigate as well. Check it out here…

http://avidityfitness.net/2008/01/12/interview-martin-berkhan/

Interview with Alwyn Cosgrove


19 Jun

I recently had the pleasure of talking with Alwyn Cosgrove about The Fat Loss Troubleshoot and Metabolic Repair Manual.

I think the interview does a good job at answering some questions about the books.

Go give it a look!

http://alwyncosgrove.blogspot.com/index.html

Do you REALLY know what calories you are getting eating out?


08 Jun

Restaurants make a boo-boo.

A client of mine sent me a fantastic article on restaurant calories. This isn’t just another article about how shocking it is that there are 2900 calories in a serving of fries. For a good article on that though check out this article here at Men’s Health.

http://www.menshealth.com/20worst/worstfood.html

No, this article was REALLY awesome because they took the food that had a nutrition guide list of the calories that it had, went and tested it, and got the REAL results.

In some cases it was obvious that it was a little extra sprinkle of this here or there. However, some meals were off by over 500 calories.

This just reaffirms why to NEVER put your hard work and results in the hands of someone else.

You will also find it funny that some of the biggest ones off are the “guiltless or skinny” selections.

Check out the article here: http://www.abc2news.com/content/themenutest/story.aspx?content_id=c40e7a71-d186-4fce-85c3-2eb0f2973118

The Video Interview here: (not all perfect stuff but she makes some good points)

http://www.abc2news.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=9896@wmar.dayport.com
And the actual chart difference here:

http://www.abc2news.com/sites/wmar/images/themenutest/RestaurantComparisonChart.pdf

Feature: Exploding Fat Loss Myths by Jamie Hale


28 May

I have talked with Jamie Hale in the past with a great interview that you can find here, but first a bit of an introduction for those who are new to the name.

Jamie Hale is one smart guy, sometimes he will say something and I think “man, when am I going to be able to think like that?” He recently gave me an article called “Exploding Fat Loss Myths” in which Jamie hits on some various fat loss topics. Well, you know me and how I love my fat loss, so what we are going to do is focus on one myth at a time and discuss some of the genius or, for some, downright decipher that is Hale. This might be a bit “heavy” for some, but I am going to lay it out in the following discussion. It should be fun!

(If you get lost just hang on till the end. It will all be explained.)

Exploding Fat Loss Myth #1

Jamie Hale-Claim: To remove body fat you need to use it as fuel. The muscle fibers that are fueled by fat (’slow twitch’ fibers) are the ones that produce easy movements.

Jamie Hale-Status: You don’t have to learn how to use fuel. Are you aware that you’re burning fuel 24 hours per day? When you’re sitting doing absolutely nothing you are burning fuel. Many tissues can use free fatty acids for fuel, not just slow twitch muscle fibers. Losing body fat relies on way more than just the activity of the slow twitch muscle fibers (how about cal deficit).

Using slow twitch muscle fibers nervous stimulation is required (CNS requires cals although not fat calories). High-intensity exercise often results in a lower RQ (indicating higher proportion of fat) than a low intensity exercise post-workout. Below is a brief description of what occurs during mobilization of stored fat and oxidation of fatty acids via an excerpt from Fat Burning How it Works by Jamie Hale. I also added a few additional comments to make the information more precise.

- Bodies have two major stores of fat that provide energy. Those are 1) adipose tissue 2) intramuscular triglyceride (IMTG).

- Adipose tissue stores fat in the form of triglyceride (triacylglycerols). TG is composed of a glycerol backbone with three FFA attached to it.

- IMTG are droplets of fat stored within the muscle fiber.

- IMTG are contained within the muscle and can be used directly, FFA from adipose tissue must be carried through the bloodstream to the muscles to be used for energy.

- Fats are broken down to fatty acids and glycerol. Glycerol enters the glycolytic/glucogenic pathway via glyceraldehyde 3 phosphate (can be used to from TAG in liver as well). The free fatty acids move through the cell membrane of adipocyte, and bind to albumin in plasma. They are then transported to tissue where they enter cells. Keep in mind regardless of FFA blood levels the brain (although the brain can use ketone bodies) and erythocytes cannot use free fatty acids for energy. Breakdown of TG is initiated by HSL (hormone sensitive lipase), which is primarily influenced by insulin, and the catecholamines. HSL removes a fatty acid from carbon 1 and or 3 of TAG. Additional lipases including Diacyclglycerol and Monoacylglycerol remove the remaining fatty acids (Harvey & Champe 2005).

Adrenaline and nor adrenaline bind to beta-adrenergic receptors in fat cells stimulating HSL causing FFA release

FFA is burned in the mitochondria to produce ATP and acetyl-CoA

Okay don’t freak out! He does this; it’s part of his charm.

What is the above explaining, what is it saying?

First the claim…

The claim says that it’s best to burn fat by usage of slow twitch muscle fibers. So the best way to understand why this is said is to look at the difference in muscle fibers.

Muscle fiber types are in two main types: slow twitch (Type I) and fast twitch (Type II). Fast twitch fibers can be further separated into Type II (a) and Type II(b). Each body is set up with certain amount of each of these fibers.

 

Each kind of muscle fiber has a preferred fuel system. Short-twitch fibers are more oxygen-based and endurance-driven. The lower level of intensity, the more you are using your slow-twitch muscle fibers. Slow-twitch provides more energy per unit of fuel and allows the use of multiple types of fuel (fats, lactate,glucose). Mostly though, free fatty acids are the energy source for slow-twitch muscle fibers.

In the fast-twitch fibers the reverse is true with little to no oxygen and glycogen (stored carbohydrates) being the main source of fuel.

So in short, walking uses fat as fuel, fast running uses more glycogen (stored carbs) as fuel. Makes sense?

Now the claim is since this is the case, doesn’t this mean that we should only worry about training in a slow-twitch zone if fat loss is the goal?

This is the common myth that Jamie is, very technically, debunking. And let’s be clear, this is science, this isn’t Jamie’s opinion. He has explained it in the technically scientific way, and I am just translating the technical.

Moving on…

Question? If you are in a deficit and have nothing but stores to go to period, wouldn’t almost any training you do be a fat burning zone? If you said “yes,” you would be right. A deficit is the ultimate decider or fuel burning fate, or more so quantity of that fuel. Ideally, fast- and slow-twitch muscle work off of a preferred fuel source but, in the end, the body is going to take what it needs from where it can get it.

Doesn’t this by the way bring up a great scientific point of why it’s pretty dumb to continuously do high interval training on very low carb diets? Just wanted to throw that out there.

 

The last part of Jamie’s Input is simply him explaining how stored fat gets from point storage to point burn. If you want to look up the long words go right ahead, but I can make it really simple for you.

-When you stop using what is running through your system in food just eaten, when you have to go into storage, this process begins.

-Depending on what you are doing and how aggressive it is what gets “first dibs” as far as fuel usage goes.

-Glycogen (stored carbs) will deplete much faster than Fat (stored fat).

-At some point if training long enough or in enough of a deficit you will be burning into stored fat. The funny thing is, with no stored glycogen going on your intensity is going to be pretty low anyway. So keep that in mind.

-In the end it doesn’t matter what kind of training you are doing when it comes to fat loss, you have to hit negative to get to the fat. It doesn’t matter if that negative is in sleep or while walking your dog, the process of utilizing fuel from stored fat has to happen to use fat and it doesn’t require any type of muscle usage or zone to burn it if you’re in deficit.

To find out more information and to pick up the latest book by Coach Hale go here.

If you need someone to help you explain all this craziness and take out the bull swing by here! I think they’ll look good together.

 

 

 

 

The Fat Loss Troubleshooter – Leigh Peele

Common Sense Meets Advanced Knowledge