Simon Shawcross is the founder of HITuni.com and has been a personal trainer since 1999. He is a respected author and speaker on the topics of exercise and wellbeing, with a core focus on communicating the value of strength training for everyone. We'll know more about Simon routines over the past 20 years and more, why Simon gravitated toward strength training, all about efficiency and frequency when working out and Simon' project called HITuni.
We'll dive deep on:
- Some fitness industry and misconceptions (fat loss and exercise, need for cardio/aerobics etc)
- What parameters and metrics to monitor to detect fatigue and confirm recovery
- Is “sweat” really necessary?
- Importance of breathing when working out
- Exercise order, is it important? Why? Metabolic stress
- What does “Functional Exercise” means for Simon
- How stretching is important and how to integrate to the routines
- No External Load Training (NXL) let’s talk about this “paradox” way of training
- The Nutritional component
- If Supplements are really needed
We will talk about:
#mikementzer #functionalexercise #strenghtraining #workout #energy #highintensitytraining #homeostasis #recovery #resilience #longevity #biohacking #hrv
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Links
HITuni is the e-learning provider that specializes in delivering courses on High Intensity Training (HIT) and Evidence Based Fitness. https://www.hituni.com/?ref=388
The Complete Beginner’s Guide to High Intensity Resistance Training (HIT) https://www.hituni.com/complete-beginners-guide-to-high-intensity-resistance-training-ebook/
Deep Fitness: The Mindful, Science-Based Strength-Training Method to Transform Your Well-Being in Just 30 Minutes a Week https://amzn.to/46Nwx1z
The PE Diet https://amzn.to/41kBZrF Mike Mentzer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mentzer
The Wisdom of Mike Mentzer [Lingua inglese] https://amzn.to/3RAcOhv
High-Intensity Training the Mike Mentzer Way] [By: Mentzer, Mike] [December, 2002] https://amzn.to/3RBlzrI Exercise timing https://bit.ly/46TNR5l
Body by Science [Lingua inglese]: A Research Based Program to Get the Results You Want in 12 Minutes a Week https://bit.ly/46TNR5l
Effect of stretching on recovery (articles):
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34025459/ htt
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