Carmen and Parker Training 03/02/14

So Carmen has had a leg injury for the last 5 days and could not train hard at all.   But she came over to train on Sunday night and did situps. pushups, stretching and then 20 minutes of jiu jitsu.  

She gained 2 lbs over the 5 days with no exercise and so she was ready to get back at it to get her routine going again.  

She has still been staying on her diet, drinking lots of water and using her juicer too, But it is very hard to lose weight when you cannot train,

This week she should be coming back hard at it and get back on the program,

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Carmen's Training 03/01/14

She lost 5 lbs last week but she also pulled a muscles in her leg going way to HARD and LONG in jiu jitsu practice. 

Remember moderation is the key.  She is on the mend and should resume training this week.

Her diet has been clean, she has a new job, and she is motivated to get this done

And she will - a little bit more each week,  She should be back on the mats next week or so and back at the gym hard too

Cross Training 

Simply put I believe in it.  To do the same routine each day not only causes boredom and staleness in your training, but it also will cause you to lose motivation, skip workouts and most importantly to not make gains or improvement.

For this means playing competitive sports,  I play tennis,  run sprints, hike mountain trails,  do jiu jitsu,  yoga-, etc.  

I love to be outside when I exercise so these sports are perfect for that.  Plus they keep me in great shape, burn calories, and make me refreshed when I am in the gym with the weights. 

Do they make you lose some bulk? Maybe a little but who wants to now be able to move the muscle that they have right? 

When is the best time to train 

I spent over 17 years training a 4am at Golds Gym in Venice Beach California. Now I did not think anything about this for there were 20-40 other people in there also by 4:30AM and that included females.

Was I stiff at that time of the morning? Not really but it does take longer to warmup the earlier you start. And you will not be as strong as you will be in later in the day.

But you will also get your workout in each day not matter what for work-Family- etc issues will not be able to intefer with any of your workouts for you will have already got it in before you start your day.

Yes as you get older you will sometimes you need to stay late at work, you have dinner meetings, and Family events which will make you postpone or cancel your workout.

Now for some technical analysis. ! The latest research on your body's circadian rhythms, which are its internal clock, have shown that the peak of several of the most important (anabolic) hormones occur at both 3 and 11 hours upon your awakening. Well, according to science, if you wake up at 5:00 am, you are at your strongest at either 8:00 am and 4:00 pm..

Furthermore according to many strength coaches - such as Olympic Strength Coach Charles Poliquin, your joints like your knees, shoulders, may not be warm first thing in the morning.

What they are referring to is the synovial fluid which lubricates your joints require about 3 to 4 hours to reach an optimal level of warmth which will increase your bodies flexibility. This will provide a increase in athletic performance while decreasing the chnces of injuries.

So if you have the time to train at the 3 or 11 hour upon wakening then you now know it is your optimum training time. But do not worry if you do not. Some of the best bodybuilders and athletes in the world have trained at every hour of the day.

Training at 60 years old 

These are pics from 02/13/14

Have been swamped training  everyone else but now I am going to spend some time on myself this year too

So before we start with the excuses of why we cannot train let me remind you

• I am now 60 years old
• have carpal tunnel syndrome for the last 3 weeks in right wrist
• full time job teaching 
• coaching tennis 
• training people
• working on 4 websites

But I am still going to get this done.  

I will train at 6:15AM to 7AM.   And then another time at night too.  Going to be putting my training routine, diet, and other training info too, 

Will track each week too