PROTECT THIS HOUSE. I WILL.

Friday, December 19, 2008

Theresa Plunkett is my savior

thanks so much for the coffee this morning after my alarm malfunction.  You are my hero.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Visit From Fellow Affiliate Owners

Mike and Lynne from Valley Crossfit were visiting Dayton, and dropped in to see how we do what we do.   Some nice pics of yours truly on their daily blog

CFPA-10

Monday, December 15, 2008

Congrats to all my swimmers

congratulations to all the PowerAthlete swimmers that kicked butt this weekend at the Makos Swim Meet. 

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Don't Follow Professional Athletes

I just received Laird Hamilton's new book, which documents his thoughts on how to live a productive and balanced life. 

I have huge respect for Mr.Hamilton, his spiritual connection to the water and the earth is truly inspiring, and the holistic way that he lives life is amazing.

When I was first looking for his book, I landed on a few forum sites, where different people where explaining how they were going to start following his way of life and his training, and how it would make them a kick ass _____ (fill in the blank, I saw everything from a better surfer to a better firefighter)

Where we common mortals make the mistake, is that these amazing human beings are the genetically the top one percent of all of us.  Laird could eat coco puffs and watch TV all day, and still be a much better surfer than most people, Michael Phelps could take a year off swimming, and still beat 99 percent of the population of this planet in the 400 IM.

The point that I am making is we should take inspiration from these people, not try and emulate their training or dietary habits.  I read that Michael Phelps ate nothing but pizza in Beijing, and still beat everyone!

The average person doesn't have the genetic make up to withstand their training or dietary habits and still be successful.

Two classic examples, my favorites are the young men that try and follow the "Nebraska football program" or the "Notre Dame football program" or those that find a "super hardcore special forces workout" on the web and try to follow it. 

Trying to excel is fantastic, but realism in the face of injury or other negative turns of events trying to follow such programs, is an indication to re-evaluate the intensity rather than push through the pain with some ideas of grandeur.

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Gaining Weight

Football is finally over, my boys have done we, and we are back to the same questions, "how do I gain weight for next season?"

To anyone over the age of 35, this question seems silly, as weight gain seems to be what you are fighting, but to a teenage boy, who has a metabolism in over drive, it is a serious problem.

First of all junk food will do the job, but not in a positive way.  You will gain weight but not a the right kind.  Anytime you eat more, the weight you gain will be both muscle and fat, what is important is what percentage of fat and muscle you gain.

In order to keep the amount of muscle gained as the higher percentage of total weight gained, I suggest to my athletes that they stick to as much natural food as possible, and avoid processed foods the majority of the time.

The benefits of natural foods is they have natural controls built in, to control absorption of calories at a steady rate, high amounts of fiber help significantly.  Fiber is most prevalently found in natural foods, and not very often in processed foods.

I suggest a diet high in protein and good sources of fat, combined with high fiber carbohydrate sources, such as brown rice, whole wheat pasta, and of course all the fruit and vegetables you can eat. 

Good sources of fats would be from nuts, as in natural peanut butter, or cooking oils such as olive oil.

High protein is from any meat source, or eggs or milk (preferably whole, vitamin D milk)

A sample day would look like this:

  • whole grain cereal with whole milk
  • scrabbled eggs (whole eggs not egg whites)
  • fruit (apple, orange, banana, etc)

 

  • apple or banana with ample peanut butter 

 

  • whole wheat bread lunch meat sandwiches with cheese
  • whole milk
  • fruit and ample peanut butter

 

  • mixed nut and dried fruit

 

  • meat  large portion
  • whole wheat pasta or brown rice
  • ample vegetables

 

  • ice cream and fruit smoothie

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Max Plunkett most improved

After one year with Power Enterprises, Max Plunkett won the most improved senior award for his state winning football team.  See what Power Enterprises can do for you.......

"Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it." Bruce Lee