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[00:00:08] January 21st, 2020 and today is the blueprint Powell hour, which we'll start just a moment with my
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[00:01:35] Carl Lanore: [00:01:35] How are you doing, Rob? I
[00:01:37] Coach Rob Regish: [00:01:37] am doing fantastic. Uh, for now the dogs are quiet and it's 27 degrees, which is 20 degrees warmer than what I woke up to. So, so far so good.
[00:01:49] Carl Lanore: [00:01:49] Yeah. I, it's, it's 19 here. You see the way I'm dressed. I mean, like, I haven't even, I haven't shaved since I think Saturday. [00:02:00] That's when it's so obvious to me.
[00:02:02] I'm an old fart. When I don't shave and I wake up in the morning and I look in the mirror and I see my father, listen, we'll tell everybody out there, especially the guys right now, make peace with who your father is because you will become him. I know you don't think you will. I know you're like, no, I'll never be my father.
[00:02:22] Okay? Just remember I told you anyway, my father was cool and I really enjoyed him and loved him and so, and I miss him literally daily. So many of the things he told me. It's come true. Like things about life, like you'll see, you'll see. Just like I'm telling you guys right now, no, call mine. I wish you were here anyway.
[00:02:45] What's new in the world of coach Rob ruggish.com?
[00:02:48] Coach Rob Regish: [00:02:48] Well, what's new was what I spoke to last week. Um, the synth of Jim presale is, has been ongoing. Um, I did not have an opportunity to check in with. John Drake, [00:03:00] uh, before the show. However, if he's not shipping now, he will be shortly, and he's got some really deep discounts, uh, on, on bottles down there.
[00:03:09] So look, it's been out of stock for four months. You know, it's time people have been waiting, uh, and it's coming back the best I can tell you. First come, first serve. So get, get in line, I, I guess is the message. So,
[00:03:24] Carl Lanore: [00:03:24] and on that note. I am organized today. Hold on a second. Let me open up the sheet and get the first question up here.
[00:03:33] The first question comes from Stewart cops. So Stewart says, or asks, let me get back to the questions. How long, sorry. Um, I have a question for you, Rob. You. I use mass pro, sent the gen X to product and love it. It has amazing effects on my body and it's definitely a quote unquote drug like. Uh, affect, my question is, does the product need to be [00:04:00] cycled on and off due to the power of carotenoid extracts?
[00:04:05] Or can I just use it year round?
[00:04:07] Coach Rob Regish: [00:04:07] Yeah. You know, the funny thing was, I read this question to my wife, um, and I mentioned that despite my best and most honest efforts, people will still. Here, this question about Cynthia gin and all that, I'll get accused of, uh, Stuart isn't real. Stuart
[00:04:26] Carl Lanore: [00:04:26] Stuart, age question, a stage question, right?
[00:04:29] Yeah.
[00:04:30] Coach Rob Regish: [00:04:30] Right. Or I'm compensating him, et cetera, et cetera. And the reality is nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, I just got robbed before I jumped down there, here field and another question or two from Stewart. So listen, whenever the case. This is a frequently asked question about the product.
[00:04:48] So you're, here's your answer. The truth is there is no need to cycle Cynthia, Jim, due to the fact that neither or any ingredient [00:05:00] in it disrupts your body's endocrine or other system. There is no shutdown. Uh, there's no liver stress, no lipid issues that you need to be concerned with. Now. People get concerned about such things because anything that works, like a drug is usually associated right.
[00:05:21] With side effects. Yes. That's not the issue here. In fact, if anything, uh, I would say the longer that you're on it, the more your health and performance. Benefit. Now I can say that, uh, in part due to the fact that the, the amount of her ponticum in Cynthia in the recommended daily dose, let's call it, is very substantial, uh, which it's a lot more than I think what most people bargain for.
[00:05:50] So let me put it this way. Uh, there is enough for pontic. I'm in there for a relatively lean 300 pound man. [00:06:00] And that's going by the most often cited dose in the literature, which I think if you'll check, you'll see it's five milligrams per kilogram. Anyway, the health benefits, um, are, are really interesting.
[00:06:12] It should be most apparent in your cholesterol and your fasting blood sugar numbers as in it lowers, uh, both of them is, especially if you're used to running borderline or certainly high. Um, now even better, the antioxidant content or reposit comb is something that's very little discussed. Um, but it is substantial and it addresses the real problem, at least to my mind.
[00:06:40] Um, especially if you're talking about cholesterol in any form. It's not high cholesterol. It's oxidized cholesterol as far as the blood sugar is concerned. Um, you know, it, it is consistent. With the literature on such meaning it's been shown to [00:07:00] increase glycogen content in the muscles, probably by way of improving muscle cell insulin sensitivity.
[00:07:07] I don't know if they've worked that out yet. Um, but more glycogen, more ATP, you know, more. Basically all the stuff in the muscle cell, uh, has been re recorded now for decades. Having said all of that. I do recommend coming off stuff, the gym, let's say every eight weeks or so, at least for a few weeks now.
[00:07:31] Why? So? I personally think almost all supplements should be cycled. I also think it helps to resensitize your system. To the effects of the product. And if it isn't an actual physical recenter motivation, uh, it would be mental, meaning your perception of how the product works. You might be taking it long term and think, geez, I don't feel anything from this anymore.
[00:07:58] Well, let me tell you, you [00:08:00] come off for a couple of weeks, you're going to feel like you got hit by a train and you'll know exactly what it does. Uh, so that's one way of doing things. And you can also. Uh, let's say, what are a twin pack? Use the first bottle daily, just like it is recommended on training days and off days, and then run the second bottle, uh, on training days only.
[00:08:25] Okay. So let's say for the next 30 days or even 60 days, that works for most people. Uh, and I wholeheartedly recommend it. I do it myself sometimes. Ever since the product debuted, I have looked for ways for people. To use less to use it more efficiently and different ways to make a bottle go farther. Why?
[00:08:50] Because it's an expensive product. It's extremely expensive to manufacture. You know, the, the amount of raw ingredients that cost [00:09:00] of them that go into Cynthia, Jen, are. Extremely substantial, more so than any other product that I'm familiar with, or at least then I prim you that until the numbers on.
[00:09:10] Finally, let me say this, I have had a commercial here running on SHR for the better part of what, a year and a half, two years, and it speaks to drug like recovery. Now you can choose not to believe it. Uh, but, but that is the truth. And I damn sure wouldn't have run that commercial with those words in it.
[00:09:37] If I knew full well, it didn't live up to that expectation in 90 plus percent of the people that use it. You know, whether people choose to believe that or not, I'm not concerned with when I am concerned with, is helping people like Stewart that do know the truth, um, and want to use it most effectively.
[00:09:57] So, you know, it's [00:10:00] really, sometimes it's. The availability repotting them makes me a little nervous because someday, you know, who knows? We might not have access to the stuff. And if that comes to pass, I am entirely certain that Samantha, Jen will be remembered in the same vein as the original metrics as preteen.
[00:10:23] And, um, let's say ultimate orange. Dan do Shane's pre-workout. So listen. Get it now while you can. Um, and I'm very certain you're going to like what you experience.
[00:10:38] Carl Lanore: [00:10:38] So this actually came up right now in light of your discussion about taking time off. Jeff Clifton, I'm sorry, Joe says, how much time should I take off from tribulus and what's the most effective dose?
[00:10:51] Do you have a Trib product?
[00:10:55] Coach Rob Regish: [00:10:55] I do not have a trim product. Um, there are three that I recommend. The [00:11:00] first is the original try Bestin. The second is, um, Fimo herbs tribulus and the third is adapted Jeanette . The first two products are standalone trip. So if you're just interested in trip, those would be the two to use.
[00:11:19] Last one is a combo product, but it's got a whopping 1500 milligrams of Bulgarian trivet. All three are sourced from Bulgaria as far as how long did it take off? It depends on what you're using it for. I would say a minimum of two weeks, and let's call it a maximum of six. Personally, I use tribulus for the fact that I, you know, in the studies.
[00:11:43] It dramatically cuts down on muscle damage. Right. And I have issues with have had issues with rhabdo. Uh, and so I think for the average person though, that doesn't, it's going to improve their recovery. So, and probably their [00:12:00] IGF one numbers as well. As far as dosage goes on the low end, I'd use 750 milligrams a day on the high end, 1500 that is supported in most of the literature.
[00:12:12] Oh, and that's how I run it.
[00:12:16] Carl Lanore: [00:12:16] Okay, next question. So hold on a second. Let me
[00:12:20] Coach Rob Regish: [00:12:20] jump over here.
[00:12:25] Carl Lanore: [00:12:25] The next question comes from Mike. He knows, cause I've heard you talk here about the heavy hitter drugs like anhydro 50 methyl one test, super droll and trench. I've also heard you talk about non steroids. That also seems to work, at least to some degree, like MK six 77 and various growth hormone peptides and stuff, and of course, eating to build a lot of muscle.
[00:12:51] I do the best I can to educate myself about performance enhancing drugs. But let's say I'm not concerned with [00:13:00] legalities like you are, other than staying on too long. What do you see as the main problem from using these drugs.
[00:13:11] Coach Rob Regish: [00:13:11] I think the things you need to consider, uh, they range from little things that can be little more than a nuisance all the way up to and including a very serious health condition.
[00:13:22] Um, all of that needs to be taken into consideration, especially when you're going into the black market. But as an example, um, using any of the options that you mentioned. Is going to put weight on you. And I mean, in some cases, like methyl one test very fast, and some people, uh, that's true. Also for MK, six 77.
[00:13:46] It's not unusual to put 10 pounds on, you know, in 10 days or less with both of those products that would result. In your, let's say body weight exercises be becoming [00:14:00] nearly impossible, 10 pounds, a quick wave is going to kill you. It's the difference between, you know, get getting something and not even close.
[00:14:09] Um. So that would be a big step back. However, the added body weight is probably only going to help you on things like the bed squat and deadlift. Okay. We can see this. Uh, certainly in power lifting. The biggest predictive indicator of one of the serious health conditions are nasty surprises that you need be concerned with is probably having a preexisting condition.
[00:14:38] So let's be clear, as a class of drugs and the way scientists study drugs, um, and categorize them, steroids are remarkably safe medications. You will find the occasional case report of a heart attack, a stroke. Um, you [00:15:00] know, other really, really bad things. But to the best of my knowledge and ability to look at those issues critically and those cases critically, almost every one of them had a preexisting health condition.
[00:15:16] So, and it also matters, right? Which, which type of drug you're on. Being on testosterone is one thing. Being on trend is quite another. You know, if you're on trend. And you've got preexisting conditions. The side effects range from, I think we talked about it last week, right? Insomnia, night sweats, elevated heart rate,
[00:15:39] Carl Lanore: [00:15:39] elevated blood pressure, uh, renal re, uh, uh, renal.
[00:15:43] What is it? Pulmonary, uh, an elevation in pulmonary blood pressure. This is why trend crushes your. Uh, aerobic conditioning, you may be able to run sprints one day, and by the second day you're on trend. Walking up the stairs [00:16:00] makes you Huff and puff. It dramatically increases our pulmonary blood pressure, and that's the PO.
[00:16:05] The pulmonary blood pressure is the blood pressure between the lungs and the heart. Very, very, very, very dangerous ticking time bomb.
[00:16:13] Coach Rob Regish: [00:16:13] Right? So
[00:16:18] consider two different cases. Someone. Someone without preexisting conditions. Um, those side effects are going to be uncomfortable or maybe, you know, to say the least. However, um, they're going to be able to tolerate them for however long you know that they're on it. Someone, however, with preexisting conditions like a heart arrhythmia, they might have a heart attack and die.
[00:16:45] You know, someone with preexisting high blood pressure add a drug on top of that, which is known to increase blood pressure and then give them a pre-workout, which increases blood pressure on top of that. That's a real, that's a, that's an issue. [00:17:00] Uh, let's see. What else? If you have a family history, I would say of heart disease, most orals in my opinion.
[00:17:08] We presented unacceptable risk to reward ratio. Why? Because most orals will decrease good cholesterol and increased bad cholesterol. So for people that are already running with, with bad numbers in that department, piling on with powerful orals is asking for trouble. The most common preexisting condition that is problematic.
[00:17:35] And this is, in my opinion, way at the top of the list, high blood pressure, most steroids, increased body weight. Getting heavier, even if it is muscle, is a factor in higher blood pressure. So I would tell you that before getting on any of this stuff, no, your blood pressure numbers know your family history.
[00:17:59] Uh, and [00:18:00] no. Any preexisting conditions if you have them. Um, and I also think step one, even if none of those things are true and you're perfectly healthy, step one is always going to have to be upping your cardio. You know, you're going to need the heart and lungs to carry all this new muscle that you want to put on.
[00:18:21] Why do people take steroids to put on muscle and lots of it? Well. The body's not going to recognize that muscle is permanent until it moves around with it, uh, for a while, until it gives it a blood supply that's going to come from the heart and raw lungs until it's going to have nutrients brought to it.
[00:18:41] Right? All of that factors in. So, um, you know, you should be losing fat and upping your cardio if that still hasn't worked on the blood pressure front. You can try sell receipt extract Hawthorn Berry, uh, various herbal [00:19:00] diuretics are also used to get the water off the most potent of, which is probably dandelion.
[00:19:05] Um,
[00:19:06] Carl Lanore: [00:19:06] and they'll also be a misguided approach to forcing your heart to work harder. So what we learned about five years ago was blood viscosity plays a bigger role in the heart. Working
[00:19:21] Coach Rob Regish: [00:19:21] hard.
[00:19:22] Carl Lanore: [00:19:22] Then the total volume of blood that are trying to move. And if you, if you take that information in concert with what Dr.
[00:19:30] James D Nicola Antonio discussed about the effects of sodium on blood pressure, it's exactly the opposite. Sodium attracts more water into the blood. It makes the blood thinner and blood pressures drops when you, when you, when you don't have enough sodium in your diet. Your blood gets thicker and then we revert back to the discussion we had about blood viscosity.
[00:19:57] When blood viscosity goes up [00:20:00] and the blood becomes more like sludge, the heart works harder and blood pressure actually goes up because they're trying to move an immovable object through its veins.
[00:20:10] Coach Rob Regish: [00:20:10] Yeah. So giving blood would also be, you know, a good thing.
[00:20:14] Carl Lanore: [00:20:14] Yeah, definitely. But, but don't be afraid to sodium, first of all, because you need, you need the water in your blood.
[00:20:19] You need it.
[00:20:21] Coach Rob Regish: [00:20:21] So long story short before using any of these things, the legal stuff, the illegal stuff. Um, understand if you have preexisting conditions and what they are, and then deal with them appropriately. If you can't do it on your own, see a doctor, you know, controlling blood pressure just because.
[00:20:45] You may have to take a blood pressure medication. Doesn't mean you're going to be on it for life, but think about it. What would you rather have? Runaway high blood pressure for a 12 week cycle or something lower than that and [00:21:00] managed and then when you come off, things go back to normal. Hopefully. It's a lot, a lot of different factors.
[00:21:07] I think the key thing being most of the items that you mentioned. Put weight on you and a lot of it more so than the other drug.
[00:21:16] Carl Lanore: [00:21:16] Well, anabolic steroids, anabolic steroids have also been shown to cause mild to severe insulin resistance.
[00:21:27] Coach Rob Regish: [00:21:27] We're
[00:21:27] Carl Lanore: [00:21:27] talking about in situ diabetes, basically because it, uh, most powerful androgens, uh, engine based out of Alix steroids.
[00:21:37] Have an effect on both insulin sensitivity and glute for translocation. And so when you take these into account, I mean, dr Connelly was the first one to explain this to me years ago. High doses of testosterone, high doses of any kind of androgen or just plain testosterone, it's going to make you [00:22:00] slightly more insulin resistant.
[00:22:01] When you become insulin resistance, your, your, your adrenals produce more angiotensin. Converting enzyme and angiotensin. As a result, angiotensin constricts all the blood vessels out towards the periphery of the body to bring blood into the core because it was a fight or flight mechanism. Oh my God, I'm being chased by a lion.
[00:22:23] We don't need blood in in the century portion of the fingers. We need to move all that blood into the core of the body so we can the heart, the lungs and everything can work cause all legs going to be moving really, really fast. But when you have a constant production of angiotensin, you have a constant constriction of blood vessels throughout the body.
[00:22:42] It's like stepping on a hose. When you step on a hose that has water going through it, everything South of your foot, the pressure goes up.
[00:22:50] Coach Rob Regish: [00:22:50] Yeah. Yeah. That's a good analogy.
[00:22:53] Carl Lanore: [00:22:53] You know, these drugs work. That's the good news. The bad news is these drugs [00:23:00] work. And they have effects that we don't. You have to, you have to manage them.
[00:23:03] If you're going to use some of these more powerful drugs, you really do. You can bet any body builder pro bodybuilder has close relationship with a doctor that's supplying him with things to mitigate the harmful effects of the drugs is using. And the reality is, one of the whole Mark requirements of being a pro bodybuilder is not experiencing side effects from these drugs.
[00:23:27] If you can, if you could shoot six grams of, uh, six grams, eight grams a week of, of androgens, take orals and everything, and you don't feel sick, you don't have a sleepless nights, your blood sugar doesn't go all over the place. You're not sweating all the time, then then this, you cut out for that job.
[00:23:44] That's what it basically means.
[00:23:46] Coach Rob Regish: [00:23:46] Do Shane made mention of that one? So what he said was, uh, it's similar to alcohol. You know, some people can really sock it away for a long time and in their systems deal with it [00:24:00] better than most. Yeah. There are other people that, you know, after a couple of drinks, that's it, man.
[00:24:07] They are shot. They, their systems do not handle it well. So it's a, it's a similar type thing. Similar type
[00:24:16] Carl Lanore: [00:24:16] thing, although quick,
[00:24:17] Coach Rob Regish: [00:24:17] I'm sorry. I was just going to say one of those drugs to steroids, you know, has legitimate medical uses, alcohol, us,
[00:24:24] Carl Lanore: [00:24:24] Hey, wait a minute. Back into 17, 1800. They use alcohol as a anesthetic for surgery.
[00:24:30] They got you so drunk you didn't feel the song. Your leg off with a frigging wood saw. You slept right through it. Great stuff. I look, we're going to take a quick commercial break and when we come back, uh, we have walk questions. Please post your questions if you want, if you're watching this. Live on Facebook.
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[00:25:28] Carl Lanore: [00:25:28] I enjoy the discussion about growth hormone boosting amino acids last week. Are aminos useful for anything else?
[00:25:36] And if so, what. Can they be used for? As you may have guessed, I'm still new to this and have lots of questions. I'm 17 years old and hope someday to compete in a bodybuilding show.
[00:25:48] Coach Rob Regish: [00:25:48] There you go. Yeah. Well, that's a great goal, but one thing I can tell you for sure is at age 17 there is no need for a growth hormone [00:26:00] booster.
[00:26:00] Did though. For test boosters, although they make them look also appealing. I saw this the other day. I was in the health food store as in a vitamin shop or something, and these two teenagers are looking on the wall and then what about a test booster? And the other one says, get that. We need to test goose.
[00:26:20] No, you don't. It's wasted money. The question though. His question is about amino acids. So before I get into which one does what, um, a brief word about, uh, some of them are in general. So in today's market, amino acids are not sexy. They don't convey the same, let's call it usefulness as creatine, or you know, the various stimulants that are in these pre-workouts that are, there's a new one like every other day, which means you will probably be, be surprised to [00:27:00] hear that some amino acids have been shown to work as well as weak anabolic steroids and
[00:27:07] That's the truth. And it's backed up by more than a couple of studies looking at, at their most basic level. Amino acids are the building blocks of life, which should give you a clue as to their importance, right? I mean, the, these are, these are essential nutrients and there are nine of them that you need to get.
[00:27:30] If we think about peptides, I don't think. I don't think there's anyone that questions. Some peptides are very, very powerful. Uh, drugs, compounds, whatever you want to call them. However, uh, peptides are nothing more than certain combinations of amino acids that tell your body to do something. And they do.
[00:27:53] They can do everything from boost growth hormone. Around the clock to turning your [00:28:00] skin golden Brown, to make it look like you've got a Tam without any sun exposure. Um, think about that, that that is, to me, that is incredible. Even singular, isolated amino acids like leucine, they can, it can do things like stimulate mTOR.
[00:28:21] Uh, you've heard that a million times, I'm sure. Or in the case of gabber or lysine, the stimulate growth hormone, the
[00:28:30] Carl Lanore: [00:28:30] leucine, here's a good one for him. Dean. Leucine competes with serotonin in the brain. Serotonin is what causes fatigue. Fatigue starts in the brain, not in the muscles. Your, your willingness to give up happens way before your muscles become exhausted.
[00:28:46] There's a lot of evidence that taking a good dose. Of a high leucine containing amino acid blend that gets into you quickly. And this is really the secret behind thrive. I don't want to, I'm not plugging my own product, but this is why people [00:29:00] use thrive pre-workout, and they say that they train longer, but having a high dose of leucine before your workout actually will make you give you the ability to train longer because fatigue will be offset by the leucine competing at the serotonin receptor for serotonin.
[00:29:15] That's magic. And one other thing, and one other thing, Rob. Yep. Show me one pre-workout that has leucine in it.
[00:29:26] Coach Rob Regish: [00:29:26] None. No
[00:29:27] Carl Lanore: [00:29:27] pre-workouts. Have leucine in it. And here's an amino acid amino acid that's been studied and employed in blind. Uh, ran random controlled trials and has been shown to profoundly blunt the onset of fatigue. And I bet you you can't find a single pre-workout with, with amino acid blend containing high leucine in it.
[00:29:49] Coach Rob Regish: [00:29:49] Yeah. And I, and you know, this just came to mind. So if you think the big three test, G H N insulin are, you know, elemental [00:30:00] to muscle growth. There are, there are amino acids that will elevate all three leucine, or we went back to loosen. You take enough leucine, it's insulinogenic, so amino acids, very powerful, very powerful.
[00:30:16] Many people even fail to realize that Creotine itself. Creatine is a combination of arginine and . Right. And as a matter of fact, back in the early, I'll never forget this, in the early 1980s before anybody was talking about creating beyond a century, which was a book, you know, herbs, amino acid house, which is now unfortunately out of business.
[00:30:44] They had. A product that consisted of all three of those aminos, and yes, it absolutely had a discernible effect. Um, you know, other examples BCAs we've talked about it before. They [00:31:00] can stimulate muscle growth, however you need the other six essential aminos, um, to complete the process. So it's far superior in almost every instance.
[00:31:13] Carl Lanore: [00:31:13] Still fell a BCAs. They are so out of touch. Yeah. It's unbelievable. The science has shown it. EAs is what you need. EAs, not BCAs
[00:31:23] Coach Rob Regish: [00:31:23] EA. Yeah. Yup. And some of the latest research on BCAA is concerning, uh, from a, a diabetic perspective. But anyway, be that, be that as it may. Here's the real answer to your question.
[00:31:38] Here's your game plan on amino acids. Dollar number one. I've always said it should be spent on the essential amino acids and flooding your body with those during training in around training. It is probably the most powerful thing you can do supplement wise to optimize your training. Okay. And [00:32:00] get better results faster.
[00:32:01] Now you can add different things from there. There are a lot of different aminos, but do not skip. The essential aminos in whatever form you get them. They need to come before pre-workouts, before test, boosters and yes, even before creating. Um, so that's my answer to your question. Uh, that they certainly are interesting substances and the final chapter has not been written on their mind.
[00:32:30] Convinced
[00:32:31] Carl Lanore: [00:32:31] you've got a good, yay, you got a good EAA product
[00:32:33] Coach Rob Regish: [00:32:33] coach. Yeah. Amass pro sensitive.
[00:32:38] Carl Lanore: [00:32:38] Oh yeah. It's got essential amino acids. But do you have, I mean, like if somebody just wanted freeform EA scoops of it,
[00:32:45] Coach Rob Regish: [00:32:45] yeah. Um, now makes a product called amino nine essentials. It comes in pills and powder. Get the powder.
[00:32:52] It's a much better buy. You're gonna need to do a little flavoring with it, you know, lemon water, crystal light, whatever. [00:33:00] Uh, they're, they're somewhat bitter. But you got to do it. I mean, and money spent anywhere else. If you're not spending it, there is money wasted on supplements. Anyway, that's my opinion.
[00:33:14] Carl Lanore: [00:33:14] Okay. So Mike Grady says, I'm writing you again. Uh, I asking for a new fat loss supplement. Is there anything out there that's worth trying
[00:33:28] Coach Rob Regish: [00:33:28] for short answer to your questions? No. Um, it's all just. Rehashed hash every time I look. Um, and what that means is, you know, things like caffeine, CLA, conjugated linoleic acid, uh, and, and you'll him be dressed up now under different names.
[00:33:50] I'm actually seeing yohimbe be now under some really creative names.
[00:33:54] Carl Lanore: [00:33:54] I really like Watts, so we can walk, cause I don't like yohimbe being, I don't want to use it.
[00:33:58] Coach Rob Regish: [00:33:58] Oh. [00:34:00] Coriann something or other. They're there. They're just playing with like Latin, different Latin names and terms for it. Um,
[00:34:07] Carl Lanore: [00:34:07] yeah, it's like, it's like if you ever read some of these products where they have like this fancy name, uh, Bulgaris V Tay, and then it says , and then it says.
[00:34:17] Oatmeal. It's like, you know, I know it's the stupidest thing in the world. It's like, Ooh, there's orga Bulgaris Vitay in here, and then you realize it's just another way of saying oatmeal. It's like, what's, how are the consumers just that stupid or these companies just that stupid. Which one is it? I
[00:34:35] Coach Rob Regish: [00:34:35] think the companies are being stupid, especially so in your heavies case, because.
[00:34:39] You know, you'll hit me. Is, is a very dangerous ingredient in my opinion, especially when it's Cohen, Justin with other stimulants. Yes, it is in supplements in the amount of one to three milligrams. Think about that is a very strong product and, and you know, talk [00:35:00] about jumping your blood pressure. My God, you know, your skin crawls, you get sweaty
[00:35:05] Carl Lanore: [00:35:05] and makes me feel like sticky and balmy.
[00:35:08] Coach Rob Regish: [00:35:08] Right. Right. It's not, it's not my favorite thing, but anyway, the truth of the matter is that there's nothing, at least that I can see in the near term or the longterm that's going to beat the good old ephedrine caffeine stack that I've been over a million times and it's still freely available to, you know how the general public has missed this.
[00:35:34] At first I was like, how? It's just beyond me. How can they not know anyone that does? Just a cursory amount of research is going to see it.
[00:35:43] Carl Lanore: [00:35:43] Yeah, but it's because it's because the government has freaked them out about ephedra and F Adriene in general. That's really what it is.
[00:35:50] Coach Rob Regish: [00:35:50] That's a, that's a big part.
[00:35:52] Carl Lanore: [00:35:52] There are still people out there, Rob, that won't buy tryptofan because of what happened in the, in the, [00:36:00] in the 90s with the tainted trip, the fan and all those people die and it's like, I'm just not going to buy tryptofan ever again.
[00:36:06] Coach Rob Regish: [00:36:06] Yeah. So what? So we have one subset of people out there that have heard of ephedrine and they're scared of it.
[00:36:13] Uh, however, there's another subgroup of people out there, and this is true. The more time that goes by, the truer this is, there's a group of people that have never heard about it because, uh, it was banned at least for sale and supplements way back in 2004. Well, so that's what, 1516 years ago. You know that that's a, a, a generation of kids that are just getting into weight training.
[00:36:43] They've never even heard about it. So what I have done then is not just advocate, I think for its use, at least when I'm asked, but look for additional compounds that stack well with it. And thus far, uh, I've identified [00:37:00] three, I won't. Go into the other two. I try to save that for my subscribers, but one of them and a really good one is EGC ECG from green tea, epi, Gallo, catechin galley.
[00:37:12] It's a catechin, a founding green tea, and multiple studies show. It increases, uh, the burning of body fat all by its own, all by its lonesome. Okay. Um,
[00:37:26] Carl Lanore: [00:37:26] what else? It does. It re reduces the, the absorption of iron. For those of us who are starting to realize that iron in large amounts in the body is actually bad for you and ECGC actually, if you, if you eat a steak and drink green tea around it, you'll absorb everything but the iron.
[00:37:50] Coach Rob Regish: [00:37:50] Yeah, and I'm glad you brought that up. There are a couple of negatives. I recall seeing and he
[00:37:56] Carl Lanore: [00:37:56] not a negative. To me that's a positive. I mean,
[00:37:59] no,
[00:37:59] Carl Lanore: [00:37:59] no, [00:38:00] no. People have way too much iron in their bodies today. It's a fact. I'm telling you. No, nobody's paying attention to this. This is where a lot of disorders get, you know, there is two studies out there that link, uh, increased intracellular iron to insulin resistance.
[00:38:15] Coach Rob Regish: [00:38:15] Right
[00:38:15] Carl Lanore: [00:38:15] now, I'm not saying it causes it, but when you Mount everything else together and then you add iron to it, you're just guaranteed to get insulin resistance.
[00:38:22] Coach Rob Regish: [00:38:22] Yup. And also when you do take EGC G try to take it by itself in a way from protein. It's sticking in my head. I know I read something about how protein interferes with absorption, but be that as it may, ephedrine, caffeine, EGC, CG, fantastic stuff.
[00:38:41] The positives in my mind massively outweigh any negatives. The other two compounds that I've found are very savvy. Um. At least one of them is truly synergistic. But as far as things like CLA, conjugated linoleic acid and [00:39:00] this stuff, it's continually pushed hard, probably because it doesn't sell. But, uh, it, look, it doesn't work.
[00:39:07] At least in humans. You're going to find lots of studies showing that CLA works awesome and furry little critters. I've never spoken to one person. Who has taken CLA at any dose that has come back to me and said, yeah, I lost weight with that, or I lost fat, or my waist got smaller, you know, so look, um, you can waste a lot of time and money finding this stuff out the hard way.
[00:39:36] 95% of what you see on store shelves doesn't work. It's dressed up caffeine, and it's absurdly, you're overcharged massive amounts for it. Um, so, you know, I sincerely hope you take the advice, you know, look, there are some people that wanna try CLA. No matter what and what I tell [00:40:00] them is you want to try it.
[00:40:01] Eat cheese with cheese whizzes. It turns out is loaded with CLA. It's loaded with a lot of other things they probably don't want, but at least they'll be getting their CLA. It still won't work, but at least you won't be buying the bogus weight loss pills. So end of the day, bottom line, Fetterman, caffeine, green tea.
[00:40:20] Or about the best you can do is as far as fat burners are concerned, even it's important to finish with this though. Even that won't do Jack, though, if you are not right in a caloric deficit or otherwise keeping insulin low and or steady, that's how fat loss occurs. Uh, and that is the real fat loss answer I'll be at.
[00:40:44] Most people probably don't want to hear it. They want to take pills
[00:40:48] Carl Lanore: [00:40:48] and they don't, and that wasn't, that was the only contribution I had to his discussion is that most people expect too much of fat products. It's not, it's not that they don't work, it's that you think they're going to [00:41:00] do something you're not willing to do, and that is right.
[00:41:03] That is makeup for your lack of self control and lack of planning your meals out and doing it week after week, month after month so that you can actually affect fat. A storage on your body, so you think you're just going to take a pill and it's going to, if there was such a pill, every effing person, at least in the United States, would be taking it because it worked.
[00:41:28] People try this, they try that. Oh, my friends had tried this. They hop, they hop from product product because they don't do what you think they're going to do. All they go to do and all they're really designed to do is gave you, give you maybe an extra 1%. 2% of fat loss above and beyond your diet and exercise routine is going to produce all by itself.
[00:41:50] Nobody wants to hear that. Everybody wants to just live a crappy life, take a pill,
[00:41:57] Coach Rob Regish: [00:41:57] and that'll do the work for them.
[00:41:59] Carl Lanore: [00:41:59] Jeff [00:42:00] Clifton also said, uh, and he's right. Grass fed beef is loaded with CLA as, as his, uh, his milk milk. Milk's a lightening rod today. If you say something good about milk, six people jump out and say to something bad about milk.
[00:42:14] Meanwhile, but meanwhile, milk has been sustaining life for thousands of years, at least since animal husbandry, which was wild, like forty two thousand forty two thousand forty thousand years ago. We've been milking animals. Someone once said, well. You know, dogs don't drink milk in the wild. No, they don't have hands.
[00:42:35] They can't pull the teeth. They can't get the milk out. But trust me, you put down a, you put down a bowl of milk in the wild and the wolves and coyotes will come in, lap it right up. They're not stupid. They're just incapable of milking other animals. That's all
[00:42:49] Coach Rob Regish: [00:42:49] very true. So anyway.
[00:42:51] Carl Lanore: [00:42:51] All right. All right.
[00:42:52] Let's take a quick commercial break. When we come back, we have lots of more questions. Stay tuned. You're listening to the blueprint power hour here on super human [00:43:00] radio.
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[00:43:16] Any of you out there have gotten the beach strong. Blood flow restriction bands and had been using them. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. I want to have you on the show regardless of what your response was. I mean, if it worked for you, great. If it didn't work for you, great. But just email me cause I, I want to have some people on the show to talk about this.
[00:43:35] Coach Rob Regish: [00:43:35] See if
[00:43:36] Carl Lanore: [00:43:36] other people had similar results as I did. So the next question comes from Nick didn't smaller. And let me make sure this is his entire question. Yeah. He says, question for you on training. I want to build big traps. What are the Bex best exercises to use?
[00:43:52] Coach Rob Regish: [00:43:52] The deadlift.
[00:43:53] Carl Lanore: [00:43:53] Counterintuitive, but the deadlift.
[00:43:56] Coach Rob Regish: [00:43:56] Yeah. Well, that's true. Um, matter of fact [00:44:00] and number, they think about it. Uh, in my early years, all I did was done lift. Trap.
[00:44:06] Carl Lanore: [00:44:06] Yeah. Dead. The dead lift, uh, emulates what the, um, what the, uh, uh, farmers walks through. Heavy farmers walks in. Dead lifts will bill you trap because what they do is, if you remember dog crap training from Dante Trudel, he taught people that stretching the muscle on the load.
[00:44:23] There's two studies that show this stretching the muscle on the load increased the number of, uh, Angie receptor sites in the tissue. And they stimulate a protein synthesis more. And so basically what happens is you're trapped to just try to keep your shoulders from coming out of their sockets. They're holding on for dear life.
[00:44:41] So they're stretched under a load for a long time, whether you're doing farmer's walks or dead lift, but go ahead. What do you think right.
[00:44:48] Coach Rob Regish: [00:44:48] I wholeheartedly agree. Matter of fact, uh, to 10, 11 years ago when I wrote the original blueprint, I said, just that stretching a muscle underload there's some magic to it.
[00:44:57] So, um, in any [00:45:00] case, yeah. You know, regular deadlifts these days for me, trap bar dead lifts, um, are, are doing re real good in that department. Certainly rack poles, uh, either with a straight or with a Cambridge bar, I think you'll find. There's no other exercise where you can handle that much weight and let's say, have that much weight pulling down on your traps as you just hold it motionless.
[00:45:27] Uh, and there's a huge trap building effect from that barbell or dumbbell shrugs without rolling the shoulders. Uh, if you're using a barbell. I would also consider just from a field perspective, trying to do them with the barbell behind you. I know that sounds a little odd, but, um. It's a unique feel, and I'm not so certain everyone is set up, you know, leverage your body wise to do it.
[00:45:56] But I think you should try it. Farmer's walks, as you mentioned, either [00:46:00] with dumbbells, the trap bar, kettlebells, whatever it may be. You know, as long as you're carrying it, it's going to do wonders for your trap development, shrugs on a standing calf machine. Uh, I don't know if those wouldn't be considered high shrugged.
[00:46:17] But, uh, you've mentioned those before. I, and I've subsequently tried them and loved them. Yeah. Uh, eight they do a great job. Heavy Rose, I think of any sort are going to help you, but especially for me anyway, straddling straddling a barbell with one end of it, right? Wedge into the corner, you're able to use a hell of a lot of weight.
[00:46:38] And, uh. You know, there's a little more lower back into perhaps other movements. But man, my traps feel great when I'm done with those. And I've seen some nice development, any direct neck work, but especially the four way neck. Uh, I would tell you, especially pressing your head into the back [00:47:00] of your, you know, backward motion, back your head into the pad.
[00:47:04] You can really feel your traps and listen. 90% of people don't work their neck, so you just working it is a huge advantage. The wrestlers bridge, we'll build them. Although I don't think everyone has the flexibility for it, nor do I think it's the safest exercise. A head stands against a wall with your hands on the floor.
[00:47:28] I personally saw a lot of development in the trap area from that. I've also done them with no hands on the floor with a hell of a lot of weight. I wouldn't recommend those. I don't do those anymore. For the simple reason that the cost or the risk to benefit ratio is not there. Um, isometrics. Even pushing your head into a ball that's wedged into a corner can build them.
[00:47:52] The neck harness, certainly. Well, um, neck performing neck. [00:48:00] Presses, extensions, side bends with bands is another one. Uh, you choke a band around, let's say the, uh, one of the columns on a power rack. Go from there. Uh, and so as you can see, there are a wide variety there, right? To pick from. The key is learning correct form on the exercise.
[00:48:25] Uh, especially on network because network is very unforgiving, as you can imagine. Now, interestingly, I had read somewhere where, um, steroids in large, the neck more so than other muscle groups given there are more androgen receptors in the neck. I don't know if that's true.
[00:48:45] Carl Lanore: [00:48:45] I think I'm the one who felt told you that.
[00:48:47] But yeah, it's true.
[00:48:48] Coach Rob Regish: [00:48:48] Yeah, it's, I, I've seen it. I've seen guys with very little neck development. Get on a cycle and boom, they've got these big next [00:49:00] column or next.
[00:49:01] Carl Lanore: [00:49:01] Well, look, we'll look at, look at the animal kingdom. During the rutting season, a male deer will blow up and an increase the comfort six to 10 inches during the rutting season.
[00:49:12] Because you know, his testosterone levels are highest. He's looking to have sex with as many doses as he can. He gets a big full neck. When you look at a stallion. A young horse, a stud, they've got big full necks. They don't have little pencil. He next, so there is a linkage between Andrew receptive density, uh, and, and that region of the body.
[00:49:33] Absolutely right. And it, and it could be because that's what. Others saw when they were coming up to us and they were like about to attack us. They could, they saw that big thick neck and they thought, wow, this guy is powerful.
[00:49:46] Coach Rob Regish: [00:49:46] And that's, that's a fair point that that happens even today. You know, you see someone with a thick neck, perhaps the rest of them isn't built up to the same degree, but a thick neck sends a strong message.
[00:49:58] It really
[00:49:59] Carl Lanore: [00:49:59] does. [00:50:00] And you know, people, we don't think of ourselves like other creatures, you know, creatures that learns to, uh, blow up their faces to scare predators away and do, I mean, big neck says powerful. Gosh, we know that.
[00:50:14] Coach Rob Regish: [00:50:14] Yeah. Stay away. So the traps are often under developed in those who underworked their back, neck and legs.
[00:50:23] That's rare from what I can see. That is absolutely the case. Um, most then won't have to do anything very fancy. You don't just select a couple exercises in the list that I just detailed and, and you know, a healthy degree of elbow grease. So, uh, for, for most, the good news is for most people, once you do start hitting them with the correct exercises and weights, it's one of the easier muscles to grow.
[00:50:51] Or at least it's always been for me.
[00:50:53] Carl Lanore: [00:50:53] Now, most people can grow. Uh, you know, people who have high traps in a thick neck are, it's [00:51:00] because they work, they're working hard, they're handling heavyweight.
[00:51:03] Coach Rob Regish: [00:51:03] Yeah, right.
[00:51:04] Carl Lanore: [00:51:04] You know, the shoulder girdle is held together by the traps, and if you're handling heavy weight, challenging weight, that's going to grow
[00:51:12] Coach Rob Regish: [00:51:12] in order to super compensate for the work that you're doing.
[00:51:16] Yeah. So Jeff Reese,
[00:51:18] Carl Lanore: [00:51:18] he says, what do you make of a product called elite beats? I was at GNC the other day and saw it. It's supposed to be a natural source of nitrates. The advice I got was to mix it. With my pre-workout and it would be better than any other precursor supplement. Is this true? Before you answer this question, I have to say something.
[00:51:44] Coach Rob Regish: [00:51:44] Yeah.
[00:51:46] Carl Lanore: [00:51:46] Wasn't it just like a five, six, seven years ago that, uh, stay away from nitrates? Bacon has nitrates. Uh, lunch meats have nitrates stay away from nitrates. People forgot that the [00:52:00] food with the almost highest pound. For pound concentration of nitrate is iReady for it. Celery.
[00:52:10] Coach Rob Regish: [00:52:10] Yeah.
[00:52:11] Carl Lanore: [00:52:11] And nobody found you.
[00:52:12] Oh. Is causing colon cancer. It's got a lot of nitrates in it, isn't it? Interesting.
[00:52:18] Coach Rob Regish: [00:52:18] Very interesting. Yeah. Just reminded me, I got to schedule my colonoscopy.
[00:52:22] Carl Lanore: [00:52:22] Ah,
[00:52:24] Coach Rob Regish: [00:52:24] so, so to answer your question, the joys of turning 50. Many years ago in the supplement market at anyway, nitrates came to the forefront as a possible ergogenic aid, and so the theory was.
[00:52:45] They caused nitric oxide release better than, than the amino acids currently on the market that were used for that purpose. Things like our Janine central lean, etc. To be fair, um, there certainly are some studies showing beneficial [00:53:00] effects. Okay. Although there are some also showing no effects or liberal affects the primary sports nutrition company way back when selling them was thermally.
[00:53:13] Although I don't think they manufacture a single product anymore. I haven't looked, but it's been awhile. Um, which was unfortunate because if nothing else, they were true to label. Uh, and, and you know, what was on the label was in the bottle. Instead though the last, I knew they own these patents patents on using nitrates.
[00:53:37] So if you wanted to do a creatine trade product. You had to pay them patent royalties to do so. Yeah. And I think then someone realized that both beets and red spinach extract are very good and rich sources of nitrates. And so by being naturally [00:54:00] occurring, you could get around paying the nitrate fees right to Thermo.
[00:54:04] Um, which is why I think you see more and more. Of these beat type products now as to whether or not they work most, most people will report a better pump, but, but that's, that's a very subjective effect in my mind. If I gave people a drink mix and there was nothing in it, but I told them that it was a new SuperDuper pump type product.
[00:54:30] I'm willing to bet a lot of people would report great pumps. They really do. On the other hand, some studies, uh, have reported, you know, these favorable effects. Although nobody's, nobody's growing big amounts of muscle on these things. Okay. That's, that's not what's happening. They're just. And I'll another rep, a little more oomph, etc.
[00:54:56] And that's what the general consensus seems to be with these products. They give [00:55:00] you a little more oomph, maybe another rep or two, uh, at the point where your muscles would normally be shutting down, whether, whether that's worth it to you. Whether the cost of, of a product like that is worth it to you.
[00:55:15] That's an individual matter. You know, I would not, however, mix it with pre workout or at least most street workout given most are laced with caffeine and other stimulants that are vessel constrictors. You know, you don't want nitric oxide releasing ingredients in with things that constrict blood vessels.
[00:55:36] Um. So look, here's the bottom line. I wouldn't call elite weeks or any or red, red spinach type product. I wouldn't call these a total GAM. I also wouldn't pay what some of these companies are charging. Okay? So if I want a better pump, I make sure my glycogen stores are in electrolytes are where they should be.
[00:55:59] Um, I stay [00:56:00] properly hydrated and I trained with rest periods of 90 seconds or less. I'm virtually guaranteed a really good pump. If I want to step it up. I either eat watermelon or I down six grams of citrulline. Mally okay. Okay. Centrally, which has benefits beyond just nitric oxide. It's more reasonably priced, et cetera.
[00:56:24] The last study I saw showed that on a low protein diet. People that took citrulline retain a lot more muscle than people that did for what reason? I don't know. I can't tell you. Um, but Centralina has some good studies behind it, and that's what I would be using for a pump above and beyond. Um, the other things that I mentioned, we
[00:56:51] Carl Lanore: [00:56:51] have one question that came in via email from Richard.
[00:56:54] And it's just the last name, initial M, Richard M. [00:57:00] he says, Hey, coach. I remember taking universal nutritions natural sterile, complex
[00:57:07] Coach Rob Regish: [00:57:07] years
[00:57:07] Carl Lanore: [00:57:07] ago and liking it. But at the time, I was in my first year of training, so the gains could have just been from that. I was wondering your guys, you guys opint your guys' opinion about this product.
[00:57:22] It's not too expensive and has been around for a very long time. Is it any good, by the way? Love your show. I listened to it at work as a way to keep me motivated and dedicated to my training, even when life is hectic.
[00:57:37] Coach Rob Regish: [00:57:37] Richard. Yeah. Well, I appreciate those comments, Richard. I really do. And I chuckled a little bit when I heard this because I too use this product when I was just starting lifting weights, and I can, I'll never forget this.
[00:57:52] My dad found it in my gym bag as he was sitting down to dinner and he [00:58:00] picked it up and he said, and he looked at me and he. And he looked at me and he said, you're on
[00:58:05] Carl Lanore: [00:58:05] steroids. Sterile,
[00:58:08] Coach Rob Regish: [00:58:08] right? Listen, nature's sterols. Unless the product has changed, and I can't imagine that has, it's largely a combination of things like beta site, Estero, campus drawl, uh, other quote unquote sterols from nature.
[00:58:28] But listen, sterols are not steroids. Sterols do not work like steroids. Um, they are different, completely different compounds. And the product in question, in my opinion, would only be beneficial maybe for someone, um, with lipid issues. You know. Low HDLs, high LDLs, et cetera, et cetera. I think there's [00:59:00] some research there pointing to that fact, but by and large, no.
[00:59:04] For, for purposes of muscle building or fat loss, this, this is a product is a nonstarter.
[00:59:11] Carl Lanore: [00:59:11] Yeah. And the only reason why they made the product is because of the phenomenon. That occurred to your dad, and that is people thought, Oh man, these are steroids. They're all steroids. What's the difference? You know
[00:59:26] Coach Rob Regish: [00:59:26] what a difference.
[00:59:27] A few letters makes a difference. Big difference. Yeah, so that's a four one one on that. Otherwise, thank you for your comments.
[00:59:34] Carl Lanore: [00:59:34] Save your money, save your money. Eat more, buy more steak. And then donate blood every two months. I look, we're going to take a less commercial break. When we come back, we have the blueprint tip of the day.
[00:59:42] Stay with us,
[00:59:46] Coach Rob Regish: [00:59:46] move over superheroes. This is this superhuman channel. Welcome back.
[00:59:55] Carl Lanore: [00:59:55] So the blueprint, tip of the day, [01:00:00] thoughts are coming down, coming down the shoot. What's you talking
[01:00:04] Coach Rob Regish: [01:00:04] about? Well we're, we're talking about is a, it's a concept in training that I call coming down the shoot, and it's when it's, when you're doing everything right.
[01:00:17] Thing comes together the last week or so of a peaking program, right, where you wind up with a new one rep max. And so if you've never experienced this before, it really is an awesome feeling. So, so currently I'm coming down the shoot at the end of a 10 week or no, 10 or 12 week peaking program for my deadlift.
[01:00:41] And because it's one of the most gratifying feelings that you can experience, I'm going to detail it for you, such that you can see how things. Should work and hopefully you can make them work if you so desire. Um, so around 10 weeks ago, I realized [01:01:00] I had been stuck in homeostats this for too long. Right?
[01:01:03] That's a state where your body's, despite your training and diet efforts, it's not changing much. You're not gaining a lot of muscle. You're not losing a lot of muscle. Um, it could also mean your fat loss efforts have slowed to a crawl. Regardless. You need to do something. To generate gains again, and gains are defined differently.
[01:01:25] But, um, you know, you understand my point. As odd as it sounds, that's something in the case of , if you really want to build muscle, should be trying to lose muscle. So I did about a week long famine phase. Uh, which was designed to do just that, and at the end, here's how it works. At the end of this phase, both anabolism and catabolism are very low.
[01:01:58] The beauty of that [01:02:00] situation is that anabolism is now primed to be accelerated. While catabolism will lag behind. And so you end up in a situation where you're hyper gaining, gaining muscle, gaining strength, boom, boom, boom. It's coming on like your new meal. Almost in a few short workouts, I took my one rep max in the trap bar deadlift after I was done with famine and.
[01:02:26] You know, if time and under shear around a premium, that's the lift that I would recommend because it works virtually more muscle than any other. So, so that one rep max, I then plugged into one of my auto calculators, which tells me, um, very precisely how much weight to lift for how many reps and how many sets, right.
[01:02:52] For the whole. Program, uh, and this particular one as so little of you, it two sets [01:03:00] of deadlifts once a week. I mean, come on. Even the most seasoned couch potato, right. Could manage that two sets once a week. 12 workouts, you know, it's not a lot to ask. So dutifully then weekend and week out, I showed up at the gym, banged out my dad's, and just kept plugging away.
[01:03:22] Every week the weights got heavier, but I kept nailing everything because my diet was spot on, effects to my wife. My sleep was in order, and I was careful not to over or under under train. Yesterday was de-load day where you actually go back and instead of the weights, you know, getting heavier, you go back to workout number one of this program and wouldn't you know, it.
[01:03:51] That the yesterday's workout was incredibly easy, whereas the one that I performed in the first week of this [01:04:00] program, it left me flattened. I mean, I felt exhausted. I came home crash, did not do another thing that I was supposed to go to jujitsu. There was no way that was happening. Um, and so I barely squeaked out the reps then, but yesterday.
[01:04:18] I felt like I, you know, called for two sets of 10 I felt like I could have easily done 20 reps on either set or both. My max day will be next and I can almost guarantee you, guarantee you the way I feel now. I will be pulling a new PR probably more than I had originally planned for. I'm coming down the shoot.
[01:04:46] And after you've piqued your body so many times, you know what it feels like. So when my son was little, we had a swing set right in the backyard for him. He was so little, I was afraid to let him [01:05:00] go down. Right? The slide that we had, Les, you get hurt. So I put them in my lap and we both went down after that initial push.
[01:05:10] Everything else is automatic when you're coming down the shoe. . There was no more work to do. No bumps, right. To ruin the fun. In fact, you just keep accelerating, right? And until a point where your feet hit the gravel and you both got big smiles on your faces, that's what coming out of the shoot should feel like a max day because the physical work is done right.
[01:05:38] You should realize that as you approach that bar. All of the hard work that was asked of you. You've already done, you've satisfied those requirements, you've done everything that the program asks for. It is now a mental game, and you have that PR, and this is what's interesting. Physically speaking, you have [01:06:00] that PR on you, whether you realize it or not, it's just it's a mental game.
[01:06:07] And so with that one more push. Just to get going. It should be all downhill from there. Just like the slide, you should be smiling from ear to ear when that workout is done. Right. And I will be, so here's the final word. If you don't regularly experience something similar to this coming out of the shoot, do what you can to do so, because I can, I can tell you this, there is no comparison.
[01:06:38] To training in this fashion versus the most people work out, which means you're just show up two, three days a week. You'd clock in up. Jim says, you know, so you can learn more about it with my blueprint basics program and my website. But however you get to it, do it [01:07:00] because it gives you a goal every time you set foot into a gym.
[01:07:05] You know exactly what needs to be done. You do it, you satisfy it. You do it again and again and again, and pretty soon it's a tsunami of success where you're coming down the shoot and you've got a new PR on max day, and there's nothing that feels better that than that. You know, to me, to me.
[01:07:29] Carl Lanore: [01:07:29] Great. Great.
[01:07:30] That's really good information.
[01:07:32] Coach Rob Regish: [01:07:32] Yeah, and you know what I think, right? Wade Johnson, incredibly accomplished powerlifter, understatement of the century. I think even Wade would tell you when the, after the, all the physical work is done, it's a mental game. It's a mental game. Yeah. Yeah. And uh, and it is,
[01:07:53] Carl Lanore: [01:07:53] all right.
[01:07:54] So tomorrow we have a scientist coming on that's going to debunk this whole hydrogen water thing for
[01:07:58] Coach Rob Regish: [01:07:58] us.
[01:08:00] [01:08:00] Carl Lanore: [01:08:00] He's been working in this space for a very long time, and we're gonna, we're gonna learn about what hydrogen water can do and what it can't do. I've been using it and I swear, I noticed differences in my workouts when I forget to use it.
[01:08:14] Coach Rob Regish: [01:08:14] So
[01:08:14] Carl Lanore: [01:08:14] it's, um, there's something to this, but I need a, I need a scientist to explain it to me because I'm not that smart.
[01:08:20] Coach Rob Regish: [01:08:20] You have to be nursing show,
[01:08:22] Carl Lanore: [01:08:22] and that's it for today. Um, let me think. This Thursday, we have renew life RX. Friday I'm
[01:08:29] Coach Rob Regish: [01:08:29] off, and
[01:08:31] Carl Lanore: [01:08:31] then next week we start again with some great shows. Um, it's been a good week.
[01:08:36] Coach Rob Regish: [01:08:36] So yeah, the dogs were good for the show.
[01:08:38] Carl Lanore: [01:08:38] Yeah, I know, I heard, I heard somebody cooing a couple of times.
[01:08:42] Coach Rob Regish: [01:08:42] Yeah. And that's her. That's our 13 year old and ginger. We have to take her to the vet tomorrow. I'm afraid about what might happen. But you know what? She's lived a good long life. Uh, she's wrong with what's wrong with her.
[01:08:56] She has a growth on her back. Um, [01:09:00] very big growth, which they think is cancerous.
[01:09:03] Carl Lanore: [01:09:03] Okay. So most dogs die of cancer today, but they're going to remove the growth and just let her live on, or are they going to euthanize her because it's . The most,
[01:09:11] Coach Rob Regish: [01:09:11] it looks ready to burst. So I would imagine they would at least Lance it, right.
[01:09:16] Here's my issue. She can still go up and downstairs. She's not having accidents in the house. Her tail still wags when I give her treats and she'll get, she gets really excited and goes with me for rides in the car to the park. So I, I'm hoping my wife is onboard. It's really her dog. Yeah. Prayers for ginger.
[01:09:39] Carl Lanore: [01:09:39] So this is reminiscent of Monte Python, a movie when we were kids, I don't remember which one it was, was it Monty Python and the Holy grail, but it was the, it was the scene where it was old England and the cart was being pulled [01:10:00] and the guy behind it was yelling, bring out your dead. Bring out your dead and they were throwing the dead bodies on the card.
[01:10:06] I guess it was supposed to be kind of like the plague and it says, this couple comes out swinging. This guy's old guide. And the guy says, bring out your dead. And he says, but I'm not dead with dead yet. He looks up and says, I'm not dead yet. And they look down and go, well, you will be. And they throw them up on the thing and it's like, you know what, if the dog can still go up and down the stairs, she's not having chronic accidents in the house and vomiting and pooping everywhere.
[01:10:33] Yup. You know, let her, let her, let her live her life out naturally. That's it.
[01:10:38] Coach Rob Regish: [01:10:38] I hope so. Every
[01:10:40] Carl Lanore: [01:10:40] cancer is the number one killer of dogs today. It's because of the pet food. And if people don't want their dogs to get cancer, they have to buy products that are made. With low, very low carb, no grains whatsoever.
[01:10:52] Healthy cuts of meat, chicken, beef, and stuff like that. A little bit of greens in it just to give them a little bit of that, [01:11:00] but the reality is a visionary has a great pet food. Now that is a, it's basically a low carb raw. Pet food, but they kibble ISED it. Cause people like kibble. They just, they just want, look, I don't want to have to deal with that stuff.
[01:11:14] Just give me a kibble. Well, they've made a kibble that won't destroy your dog's kidneys and it's low carb, high protein. It has everything they need. Very good product.
[01:11:25] Coach Rob Regish: [01:11:25] That's good to know, man. We'll get that for Molly and hopefully ginger too.
[01:11:30] Carl Lanore: [01:11:30] Yeah, there you go. It's not expensive either. It's reasonably priced.
[01:11:32] You can get it at chewies. dot com I looked, that's it for today. We'll see you tomorrow. Thank you for watching today and. Don't forget muscle is metabolic currency, so get into the gym and make a deposit today. We'll see you tomorrow. [01:12:00] .
