In this week's episode I talk about my side project Plant-Based Performance.
Plant-Based Performance is a project I've put together to benefit animal welfare. Right now it is a series of two books the content of which is made up of unique contributions by myself and over 40 other vegan athletes, health and fitness professionals, and activists.
People like former UFC fighter Mac Danzig, WWE superstar and hall of famer Amy "Lita" Dumas, ultrarunner and author Matt Frazier from No Meat Athlete, registered dietitian Matt Ruscigno, Stic.man of the hip hop duo Dead Prez, professional bodybuilder Torre "Tha Vegan Dread" Washington, and many more!
100% of all book sales go directly to benefit the following organizations: Mercy For Animals, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, and Forgotten Animals Rescue.
I hope you enjoy this week's episode, and to learn more about Plant-Based Performance and and to help us support these amazing organizations by grabbing your copies of the books, visit us on the web at:
Also, if you are a vegan athlete, health and fitness professional or activist and would like to get involved with future projects email me at scott@extreme-fitness.org.
In this week's episode I discuss what I feel are the most important variables in developing a training program, loading parameters, specifically: intensity, sets, reps, and volume.
We look at why intensity is NOT a "backwards ball cap and grimace", the inverse relationship between intensity and volume, why bodybuilders get it wrong when they say that slowing down rep tempo increases intensity, and why it's important to train with near maximal and maximal weights whether the goal is absolute strength or hypertrophy.
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In this week's episode I talk about restoration and recovery and why I feel these methods are under-utilized. One of my mentors Dr. Ed Thomas has said that "fitness shouldn't hurt" and that training should be restorative.
I think this becomes even more important as we age, as I know many people who cannot train at high intensitites very frequently due to not being able to recover from heavy training like they could when they were younger.
I also talk about the appropriate recovery methods to implement for sympathetic or parasympathetic dominance.
We need to become smarter about our training and having a good handle on restoration and recovery measures is the first step.
I hope you enjoy this week's episode and if you have any questions or suggestions for future topics please leave them in the comments section below!
In this week's episode I talk about pre- and post-training nutrition as well as some recommendations I've learned from various industry related sources.
I also briefly discuss the recommendations from Dr. John Ivy in his book "Nutrient Timing".
In addition I talk about my own pre- and post-training nutrition as well.
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