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December 6, 2011 · Filed Under Bodyweight, Conditioning Triplets, HIIT X-treme, Kettlebell · 1 Comment 

ROD

Tuesday, 06Dec11

 

Ready for Anything Training!!!!!

This class is a 1 hour ass kicking circuit that will leave you in a puddle of sweat.

Your cardiorespiratory and muscle strength will benefit from our motivational, challenging and fun circuit training set to energetic music.

Let’s see what you’ve got!!!!

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H.I.I.T.

This class is for the skilled NLPer in advanced Barbell & Kettlebell techniques. The participant must be familiar with movement’s such as Deadlift’s, Clean’s & Front Squats.  There will be No Gloves used or modification of the exercises. If you can only get 5 reps and you have to stop, then rest until you can continue the set. Thats what it’s all about. So that the next time we perform this ROD you will see and feel the improvements in both increased strength and decreased time. Please, Please!! make sure you post your time to comments. This is mandatory for this class. We need a reference we can come back to.

X-treme ROD

3 rounds for time… Go Heavy or Go home.

  •  6 Hang Squat Cleans
  •  9 KB Squat-Press-Stand (alt 3 r/l)
  • 12 Box Jumps
  • 15 Push-ups
  • 18 Mtn. Climbers

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ROD

Friday, 23Sept11

 

Spartan Pre-Race Warm up.

The day before a race you should totally rest. Fill up on good carbs, but if you can’t resist the unrest or your not rrunning the Spartan Race.  Here is a soulution.

As many rounds in 20 mins of…

  • 10 Reclines
  • 15 Pushups
  • 20 Air squats

Let’s do this fast and furious. Then rest all day.

Here at NLP we have been preparing members as well as non-members for the Spartan Race. We just want to take this time and thank all of you for participating in some of our most grueling workouts to date. An extra special thanks will go to those who started preparing with us who are now full fledged members. We will be there at the race, to watch all the NLP’ers place high in the ranks. Good Luck !!!

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ROD

Thursday, 22Sept11

 

 

Ready for Anything Training!!!!!

This class is a 1 hour ass kicking circuit that will leave you in a puddle of sweat.

Your cardiorespiratory and muscle strength will benefit from our motivational, challenging and fun circuit training set to energetic music.

Let’s see what you’ve got!!!!

Please RSVP by clicking on Class Sign Up ….. one class limited to 20 participants.

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“Spartans believed while on this earth they should achieve one moment of Excellence and understood they might die trying!” 

                              The Staten Island Spartan Race in  days

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ROD

Monday, 19Sept11

 

Monday-Monday

40 seconds work/20 seconds rest x 5 rounds. No rest period.

  • Reclines
  • Bear crawl foward/backward (length of gym)
  • DB Snatch (L heavy)
  • DB Snatch (R heavy)
  • Kettlebell swings

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Athletes ROW (Routine of the Week)
Warm-up
Always start with the Med-Ball chops/hip/leg raises/core work
6 reps of foward – lateral – transverse (rear)  lunges
2 rounds of Band walks
2 rounds of Skips
2 rounds of Butt kickers
Pre – Routine
20 Squats
20 Jump lunges
10 Jump squats
10 Burpees
Then proceed to instruct the KB swing…If time permits, do the ROD
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September 13, 2011 · Filed Under Bodyweight, Conditioning, Dumbbell Training, Nutrition · 4 Comments 

ROD

Wednesday, 14Sept11

 

Dumb Runner

Three rounds for time of:
400-meter run
Dumbbell thruster 25# and up – 21 reps

Post time to comments.

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Cybersex examined by UNB Fredericton student

 

 

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A New Brunswick researcher is delving into the world of cybersex in a study that is drawing international interest.

Krystelle Shaughnessy, a graduate psychology student at the University of New Brunswick, said the topic came to her while she was in a long-distance relationship.

‘A key piece in the research I’m conducting right now is, who do you have cybersex with?’—Krystelle Shaughnessy

She said where her grandmother would have put pen to paper to maintain such an affair, and her mother would have picked up the phone, her natural medium was online.

Shaughnessy wondered how many other people were doing the same. She said while there is plenty of research into sex addiction, deviant behaviour and child pornography, there was little on “normal” online sexual activity.

“I think my key thing going into this was to try to normalize a behaviour I think is fairly normal,” she said.

The Fredericton woman’s curiosity led her to examine the online sexual behaviour of young adults.

Her first paper asked university students to define cybersex.

“Most people are saying cybersex is something that is interactive, involves at least two people and it has to happen in real time,” she said.

Her second study looked at gender similarities and differences. Her results showed most people engaged in some form of cybersex, ranging from viewing erotic material to maintaining sexual relationships.

She said she was surprised that in the relatively anonymous world of the world wide web, men and women behaved as they often do offline:

  • 83 per cent of men viewed sexually explicit videos or photographs online
  • 31 per cent of women viewed sexually explicit videos or photographs online
  • On average, men and women engaged in cybersex two to three times a month

Shaughnessy won the 2010 International Academy of Sex Research’s best student manuscript for her research.

She sampled 217 students in the 2005 work and is now expanding her work.

“A key piece in the research that I’m conducting right now is, who do you have cybersex with? One thing that is across the board — whether I’m talking to researchers, students, anybody — is this notion that cybersex is two strangers hiding from their offline partners engaging in sex online, and I don’t think that’s reality,” she said.

 

 

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September 5, 2011 · Filed Under AMRAP, Conditioning, Dumbbell Training, Kettlebell, Muscle Endurance · 3 Comments 

ROD

Tuesday, 06Sept11

 

AMRAP one of many…

As many rounds as possible for 10 minutes

15 Kettlebell swings
15 DB’s floor to overhead (anyway you can)
15 Pushups

Rest 1 minute… breathe & go another

10 minutes for as many rounds as possible

10 DB Squat cleans
10 KB Squat thrusts with jump
10 MB V-ups

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ROD

Monday, 05Sept11

 

                                               

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Try to follow these 7 principles everyday for everything you do !!

                   Nxt Level Coaches                              Sacred 7 Gym Principles
1. I promise to do my best. My best will vary from day to day, minute to minute. But in that minute I will do my absolute best.    

 

2. If I can run, I run. If I have to walk, I walk. When I am forced to crawl, I crawl. Then I rest and live to fight another day.

3. I may struggle, curse, and cry but I will never quit.

4. I will never criticize or beat myself up for what I can’t do today. I will just try again tomorrow.

5. I promise to believe in myself, beginning each workout with the thought that “I can do this!”

6. I show up to my workouts because I am committed to my health. My commitment to health is an act of self-love.

7. I acknowledge that my diet is the most important part of my program. The cleaner it is, the better I do.

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August 25, 2011 · Filed Under Bodyweight, Boxing, Conditioning, Fat Burner, Ready For Anything · Comment 

Tonight we will only have the one boxing class at 7:45PM.

WE WILL ONLY HAVE ONE 7:45 PM EVENING CLASS PER NIGHT. WE WILL RESUME OUR REGULAR EVENING CLASS SCHEDULE ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH.

 THE 11:00 AM MORNING CLASS WILL BE CANCELLED AS WELL TILL WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7TH.

THANK YOU, 

NLP 

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ROD

Thursday, 25Aug11

 

Ready for Anything Training!!!!!

This class is a ….. let’s see what you’ve got, are you Bad Ass enough, leave nothing in the tank, punch, kick, jump, run, crawl, swing ….we throw anything at you 1 hour boxing circuit .

Your cardiorespiratory and muscle strength will benefit from our motivational, challenging and fun circuit training set to energetic music.

Let’s see what you’ve got!!!!

Please RSVP by clicking on Class Sign Up

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“Those who do not find time for exercise now will have to find time for illness.”

Progress and Motivation

Before you begin this program or any training program you may scarcely believe you have any hope of reaching the levels of fitness you may want to reach.  “Sheesh…,” you say, “I can’t evenseemy toes, no less touch them, and you’re tellin’ me in a year or so I’m gonna be able to do 20 NLP pushups without losing a breath of air?  Gimme a break!”

Gimme a couple of weeks.  Very few people will start this program in worse shape than I was when I began to develop it. I was 248 lbs., worked my ass off and in only 3 months, I had reached my initial goal, of losing 20 pounds.  I had kept it off and continued to get into the best shape of my life.

Almost anybody can have the same success with this exercise program.  There’s nothing magical about any particular set of exercises or plan for doing them.  Developing physical fitness through exercise is just like losing weight: extremely simple, but based on an unpleasant fact most people would rather ignore.

Now that you’ve tried our training program, go make a note of it. You’ll feel better and better as you perform each day’s ROD’s, moreso after completing the exercises.  That’s nothing compared to how you’ll feel as you start to move up the progressions.  The long-term rewards from exercise are longer life and better health: this program provides short-term feedback showing your progress as you persist in it or lack of progress if you find too many excuses to skip the few classes and become a lazy-ass.

For an exercise program to work, you have to follow it.  All the exercise books in the world won’t make you healthy as long as they’re sitting on your shelf and you’re sitting on your ass.  This program is designed to motivate you to start it, progress through it, and keep it up for the rest of your life.

 

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August 17, 2011 · Filed Under Boot Camp Training, Boxing, Conditioning · Comment 

ROD

Thursday, 18Aug11

 

Ready for Anything Training!!!!!

This class is a ….. let’s see what you’ve got, are you Bad Ass enough, leave nothing in the tank, punch, kick, jump, run, crawl, swing ….we throw anything at you 1 hour boxing circuit .

Your cardiorespiratory and muscle strength will benefit from our motivational, challenging and fun circuit training set to energetic music.

Let’s see what you’ve got!!!!

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Arthur De Vany – Evolutionary Fitness

by Chris. Average Reading Time: about 6 minutes.

Arthur De Vany is someone I owe a lot to. He got me on the right path with Fitness and Nutrition and his blog posts throughout the years have served me with a wealth of information. In this post I am going to sum up some of his basic principles and show you how to get started working out and eating how we evolved to for optimal health. He was featured yesterday in a great article from the Sunday Times (British Newspaper) check out the article online here……………..

His basic premise for nutrition is as follows:

Entree @ Frank Restaurant - 88 2nd Avenue

Cook by colour and texture so that meals look beautiful. If busy, skip meals with little worry. You don’t have to have three square meals a day. Snack on nuts or celery. Drink plenty of water. I also drink tea, coffee and a little wine.

Carbohydrates

Avoid bread, muffins, bagels, pasta, rice, potatoes, cereals, vegetable oils, beans or anything in a package — empty, high-calorie foods with a high carbohydrate content. These kind of foods are not only detrimental to your health, they are of no use to your body unless your glycogen stores are severely depleted from overtraining and participating in events like marathons.

Flavour

Spice up your food with fresh ingredients such as basil, garlic, parsley, rosemary, spring onions, avocados and nuts, and use various oils, such as olive oil, for flavour.

Celery adds texture (and is good for testosterone too). I personally love to add a high quality Balsamic vinegar to my salads.

Fruits

Fresh fruits of all sorts are good; I focus on melon and red grapes. Fruit juice is out. I have one or two fruits with most breakfasts; now and then a piece with other meals. Fruits are one of the best ways for quick fresh energy, I usually try to buy local fruit, and find it important to feel and smell the fruit as these are good indicators of the freshness.

Vegetables

Eat lots of fresh raw, steamed, sauteed or grilled vegetables. Never use frozen, canned or packaged vegetables. Although Devany does not like canned vegetables I find them better than nothing and really enjoy canned pumpkin with some fresh berries and cinnamon mixed in.

Protein

Eat plenty of meat, such as ribs, steak, bacon, pork loin, turkey and chicken, but trim fat from the edges. Fish, seafood and eggs are also good choices. These should be a mainstay of most meals, protein with meals will improve satiety and keep you feeling fuller longer.

Sample Menu

  • Breakfast  – Eat last night’s leftovers: turkey with jarlsberg cheese and fruit, bacon with red grapes, omelettes with rosemary, olives and spring onions. 2-3 Boiled eggs with a piece or two of fruit and coffee is a great breakfast.
  • Lunches – Usually salads, with red cabbage, romaine lettuce, spring onions, garlic, kale, broccoli or cauliflower, with salmon, tuna, turkey, chicken, pork or steak. Feel free to throw in a fresh piece of fruit or a punnet of berries.
  • Dinners – I sometimes eat a whole rack of ribs with salad and vegetables. Or a large steak, trimmed of fat. Almost always there is a beautiful salad and vegetables. I find it important to have my largest hit of protein in this final meal as it helps me wind down and relax, usually allowing me to sleep better. A  glass of wine or beer is also acceptable with dinner.

Don’t be afraid to skip a meal and prolong your overnight fasts, I often workout first thing in the morning eat a decent breafast  and eatwithin the hour afterwards. This is great for Growth Hormone release.

 

 

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July 7, 2011 · Filed Under Boxing, Conditioning, High Intensity Interval Training · Comment 

ROD

Thursday, 07Jul11

 

Ready for Anything Training!!!!!

This class is a ….. let’s see what you’ve got, are you Bad Ass enough, leave nothing in the tank, punch, kick, jump, run, crawl, swing ….we throw anything at you 1 hour boxing circuit . 

Your cardiovascular and muscle strength will benefit from our motivational, challenging and fun circuit training set to energetic music.

Let’s see what you’ve got!!!!

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We would also like to congratulate  those members I did not list yesterday and who deserve recognition for running in the The Arielle Newman/Pepper Martin Memorial West Brighton 5 Mile Run.

334 Evangelia Gialouris   241  24                      F 47:30.00  9:30  (we know her as little Eva)

363 Maria Porceddu        268  44                      F 48:59.00  9:48   (we know her as little Antonella)

I wish the above listed would use the name we all know and love… thank you very much!

Congratulations !!!

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Visualize the attack

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Dave Berenbaum has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism. He loves to write, but his passion is for fitness. He is also an active member of  Nxt Level Performance.

Manhattan Fitness Trends Examiner, July 1, 2011

“Free your mind and your body will follow” (Kai Greene, FLEX Magazine, “A New York State Of Mind,” May 2011). IFBB Pro Kai Greene lives by this quote and all of us should follow his lead.

It has happened to the best of us. Sometimes, it isn’t something we can control; our body just takes a complete 180. Whether you are a regular attendee or you find yourself giving the “I’m going to start going to the gym” speech, this will happen to you. Realistically, the hardest part of working out is actually getting to the gym.

It’s close to bedtime the night before of your favorite bodypart to work out and all you can think about is getting to the gym the next morning. You get a good rest, eat a good breakfast and get dressed into your “uniform.” You’re ready to go. Then something happens.

Maybe it’s in the late morning and you want to watch an episode ofThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” or maybe you want to catch highlights of Sportscenter-” everybody loves the Top Ten. Or maybe you just got back from the shore and you’re still “sick.” But this is nothing new, because you’ve been through this before, right?

Wrong. This time it’s worse, because it’s the present. Every distraction, old or new, is another obstacle- and far more worse. However, you can overcome it. This brings me back to the article on Greene.

 ”The mind is everything. The mind creates the reality that you will see manifested in your life” (Greene, FLEX, May 2011). There is a difference between thinking about your workout and visualizing your workout. It doesn’t matter if you’re a male trying to put up your new max weight on the bench press, or a female trying to tone her lower body; visualize your trip to the gym, visulaize what you wish to accomplish, visualize yourself performing whatever workouts you plan on doing, and do this before you even go to sleep the night before.

Visualization is a key to succeeding, but is it the most important factor?

According to the “hip-hop preacher,” Eric Thomas, there is something more important than visualizing the attack. Everybody has goals in life; including goals in the gym.When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll succeed.” When waking up in the morning and getting in your car is no longer a second thought, you’ve overcame the most difficult task in making yourself look and feel better. As 8-time Mr. Olympia bodybuilding champion Ronnie Coleman says, “Ain’t nothin to it, but to do it.”

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