Comments on: Fitness Experts – Who is Right? Who is Wrong? Are you Confused?

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:47:56 +0000

Health is also about the health of a mind – obsessive BB is obviously very harmful to health and with so much information out there, it is better to exercise (pun intended!) prudent when it comes to following health advice. A mastermind group is a pretty good idea but be flexible.

By: Alex Allmert - Hardcore Natural Bodybuilding Tips

Alex Allmert - Hardcore Natural Bodybuilding Tips — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:20:51 +0000

I completely agree Rusty, there is no such thing as an expert in any field, you could be good at what you do but there is always more to learn.

-Alex Allmert

By: Seane

Seane — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 07:43:11 +0000

I like that Rusty. Student of fitness! We are all students, I agree, students of life. Except we aonly have one chance of getting it right! Or do we!

By: Raymond - ZenMyFitness

Raymond - ZenMyFitness — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:37:06 +0000

Excellent advice there is so much info out there you need to question and test it yourself … I don't listen to people who are less fit than I am but am always interested in what they have to say.
Raymond

By: doria

doria — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:32:34 +0000

I was wondering why I don't get any bigger or stronger when I lift weights. I have eaten right and loaded up on the calories, I've gotten plenty of sleep. I have a routine that a trainer/ bodybuilder gave me at the gym. And I take all the right supplements. I have been lifting for about 4 years and all that has happened is practically nothing….can you please tell me what is going on with me?!

By: Robert C - The Wholesale Products Guy

Robert C - The Wholesale Products Guy — Sat, 29 May 2010 06:01:06 +0000

[Speaking of Martial Arts...I plan on taking a Krav Maga class in the near future. It is an Israeli method of close range hand-to-hand combat. It was perfected to teach people to protect themselves in some of the violent areas of Israel.]

Good choice. I plan to, at some point in my life when I have time, to take Kray Maga as well. I think it is the best combination of all the arts and you train for real world fighting situations.

With no disrespect to anyone's martial art discipline – but – I have taken karate and Judo and the way it was taught to me, was more for tournament, arena fighting, and "kata" competitions..

Furthermore, not saying that people are not dangerous who have mastered any martial arts discipline. It just takes years of dedication to be really good. I think KM can be more practical a martial art if you are short on learning time. But, I could be wrong..

Great blog…Robert C – The Wholesale Products Guy

By: tom

tom — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:29:15 +0000

Rusty:

I would like to comment about the term "fitness expert" that you have in the title of the blog. I appreciate you saying "I don't consdider myself an expert". You see, I come from the school of thought, too many fitness gurus or so-called experts are using that title without a leg to stand on.

In academic and many circles, 10hrs or 10,000hrs in a particular field of study or service can call themselves an expert.

For fitness guys:

1. Do they have a degree or advanced (Masters or PhD) in exercise science, physiology, kinesiology, etc…

2. Do they have a top notch Cert. NASM, ACSM, NSCA, ACE?

3. Have they been training clients for 10yrs or 10,000hrs? For the gung-ho training non-stop 40hrs a week for 52 weeks, it would be around 5yrs to do this, but most likely it would take around 10yrs to achieve the hours.

4. Do they have their CPR/AED Cert?

5. Have they taught coursework to others or seminars?

The closest guy I have found is Dr. John Ellis, founder of NESTA and Adventure Boot Camps….another guy I found is Dr. John Berardi, founder of Precision Nutrition and ScienceLink. There are others, but these guys have in the trenches for a good 20yrs and 10+yrs, respectively.

I just hope for the day that the fitness industry gets regulated and this whole crap about "fitness expert" will change.

My 2 cents.

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:58:58 +0000

When doing anearobic activity (sprinting or any heavy effort), your metabolism produces 2 ATP molecules (muscle fuel) for each oxygen atom and in aerobic activity it produces 38… which means aerobic metabolism is MUCH more efficient. So to burn a certain amount of calories, you need to jog for miles and miles, or you can just sprint a few hundred metres with HIIT.

By: Jason G

Jason G — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:21:59 +0000

Sarcoplasmic hypertropy occurs when the body performs body weight exercises in the six to fifteen rep range if adequate tension is created and you come close to failure. Since most athletic people can do more than twenty pushups it is unlikely that any sarcoplasmic hypertrophy will occur. However if you are currently doing between six and fifteen pullups then you will get sarcoplasmic hypertrophy if the above conditions are met. Its important to realize that high rep(over twenty reps) body weight exercises are particularly useless for creating hypertrophy. High rep body weight exercises can be good for endurance training for athletes and individuals who want overall conditioning.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:29:58 +0000

I have been coming to your site for a while and I have enjoyed your approach on working out to get lean and not look like the Hulk lol. Most of the sites on here talk about getting big, but you are rare in talking about the hollywood look.

I think you can always learn something new no matter how good you are in something

By: baz

baz — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:45:53 +0000

Rusty

You talk about BOVA alot in your email, and being an australian myself i feel proud, even though i had never heard of him or had nothing to do with anything he preaches. I wanted to ask you if this guy looks physically like he knows what hes talking about. from what you share he sound like he knows what he is talking about but the best way to tell is is he uses his own methods on himself and has the body to prove it.

By: J.

J. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:31:36 +0000

Also, since most bodyweight exercises are not near the 1 rep max in terms of weight, and since people usually do more than 5 of them, wouldn't they generally lead to lots of muscle hypertrophy? But they don't seem to. I don't really understand this

By: J.

J. — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:27:22 +0000

Hi Rusty. I have been reading you articles for a while and really like your website. I have a few questions, but the only one I can remember right now is this one. Would it be good to alternate exercises that make the muscle bigger and ones that reduce the strength deficit throughout the course of one or two weeks? What I'm saying is, can I do one week of one exercise and then the next week do the other kind and keep switching off? And, if this works, could I switch off between hypertrophy and creating max tension every few days?

By: Alexis segura

Alexis segura — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:07:44 +0000

hi Rusty, once again from Mexico…I´m a little confused about my nutrition plan. I don´t know if a meal plan based on fruit and only fruit can help me keep my lean body.

In other order of ideas, have you seen the documentary about Greg Valentino and abuse/use of steroids? whats your opinion?

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:54:12 +0000

Real experts are too humble to admit it!!

By: Shaun

Shaun — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:39:40 +0000

These are points that I talk about all the time. To summarize that.

- HIIT is always great
- 1+1 minds = 11
- And Martial arts or similar activities are great for providing overall fitness. especially for those under 16's who want to get fit and build muscle.

Oh… and as mentioned, online is king. Power of the communities

By: julissa Guerra

julissa Guerra — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:19:21 +0000

its all about the diet-eating right, i work out hard 4 days a week, its only when im spot on in my diet do i see changes in my body

By: Adam @ Order Carisoprodol Online

Adam @ Order Carisoprodol Online — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:22:10 +0000

Most of the people got confused on how to start there exercise when they search a huge amount of information from the web. I think the best part of the whole internet fitness community is that it's sort of its own living, breathing, organism, with everyone's personal insights put together. Thanks for the excellent info you have here it really has helped me a lot in understanding and in working for optimal fitness and health.

By: Jason the Caveman

Jason the Caveman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:16:20 +0000

Hey Rusty,

Your blog is my core site, and if links are here I just click on them to read about them. Whenever I loose motivation or i need a boost, I just come here and read your recently posted articles. It somehow always leads to me being more motivated to stay on track towards achieving my goals in fitness.

By: Jeffrey343

Jeffrey343 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:10:31 +0000

One other thing that is frustrating is that the fitness magazines – even the ones that I think are good – make getting fit seem sooooo easy. My wife has a subscription to Prevention and Women's Health, both which I think are good mags. I think the fitness advice is sound, but I think they oversell the results that you should expect. My wife is not going to take off those last five pounds or get a perfectly flat belly by performing six simple moves three times a week. It takes pretty hard work to get results like she wants. I will say that the diet advice in those mags seems very good, but the vast majority of it has become common knowledge over the past several years. At least there are photos of cute fit women in there…