PaleoFX 2015

      I enjoyed PaleoFX 2015 this year it was really good. But unfortunately I don't think it was as good as it has been the last two years. The event was larger this year and took up the whole Palmer Event Center. The extra space was great and made it where the rooms weren't too crowded.

Superhuman Coach NASM CEU's

     I received my CEU's and certificate today for my Superhuman Coach Course. The Superhuman Coach Course is an advanced education program for personal trainers, coaches, and other professional in the fitness, health, and medical field. Here is a description of the course from the FAQ page on the Superhuman Coach website.

"Superhuman Coach Network provides you with a complete online 12 month education in advanced topics of performance, recovery, digestion, brain, sleep, hormones and fitness business – and also connects you to a global mastermind of expert coaches, along with direct personal mentorship from Ben Greenfield for your personal and career growth. Through monthly workshops, exams, and a robust online forum, you’ll learn in a supportive environment from Ben Greenfield and an expert team of health and nutrition experts and physicians, while also being given the opportunity to publish your videos, audios and articles on our site and be connected to clients who come the Superhuman Coach Network to achieve their goals".

    You can go to the information page for a more detailed synopses of the program. This page describes each module of the program and all the material that is in program.

    The Superhuman Coach Network is the creation of Ben Greenfield. Click on his name to get a full bio on Ben. Here's the first paragraph of his bio:

"Author of the New York Times Bestseller “Beyond Training“, Ben Greenfield’s balanced approach to fitness, nutrition and health comes from his extensive experience in the fitness and wellness industry as one of the country’s leading personal trainers and wellness consultants. In 2008, Ben was nominated by the NSCA as America’s top personal trainer, and in 2013 and 2014, Ben was voted as one of the top 100 most influential individuals in health and fitness."

   I highly recommend his podcast. Learn everything you need to know about health, fitness, human performance, and much more from Ben Greenfield and Brock Armstrong. The cover breaking news in all things health and fitness related as well as answer questions from listeners. Ben also has special podcast where he interviews the greatest minds in their fields.

   But enough about Ben. :-) Let's talk about me because I'm one of Ben's Superhuman Coaches. You can find a list of all the Superhuman Coach on the Superhuman Coach website or over at Greenfield Fitness Systems. All the coaches have completed the Superhuman Coach Program and are being mentored my Ben. Coaches that complete the coarse can get CEU's from the personal training association that they have accreditation through. I am a National Academy of Sport Medicine (NASM) Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) as well as a NASM Fitness Nutritional Specialist (FNS). I recently submitted my Superhuman Coach Certificate to NASM and I received CEU's for completing the course.

Happy 2015!

Happy New Year! I'm a little late on posting this, sorry, just been busy. I've made over 50 videos of sledgehammer exercises and I've uploaded most of them to my Youtube channel. The sledgehammer is really a fun tool to exercise with. It is a great workout and the time passes quickly while you are having fun swinging the sledgehammer.

Here's the overhead wood chopping exercise. Be sure to check out all of the sledgehammer exercises.

Overhead Wooding Exercise

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Starch reset revisited.

I've had some people interested in the potato hack again. Here's the information:

Primal Starch Reset

Here is how to do the Primal Starch Reset:

- Buy 10-20lbs of high quality potatoes
- Wash and cook 5lbs at a time. Boil or bake and store in fridge.
- Plan on eating 2-4 lbs a day to your hunger. Munch cold ones for a snack.
- Use salt, pepper, vinegar and maybe a little ketchup or mustard.
- Eat nothing else. Don't use fat or oil to cook with.

That is the hard core version.

Here’s a little easier version, but you may not get as good as results. Maybe you’ll get better results; especially if it helps you stay with the hack.

Eat potatoes, it doesn’t matter which kind. Sweet potatoes are good using them to help break up the boredom can help.

White rice works too. You should have beans with it to get a complete amino acid profile.

If you need variety you can use these vegetables:

Artichoke, arugula, asparagus, bell peppers, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, celery root, collards, cucumbers, endive, fennel, garlic, green beans, jicama, kale, leeks, mushrooms, mustard greens, onions, peppers, radishes, green leafy vegetables of all sorts, and watercress.

You can use ketchup but make sure it has sugar for the sweetener not HFCS. Don’t use too much.

Mustard is fine too.

“No fat” broth is good.

The idea is too have very little to almost no fat. No fructose. Absolutely No alcohol.

Eat when you are hungry. Don’t eat if you are not. Eat until full. Wait until you are hungry to eat your first meal of the day instead of rolling out of bed and eating breakfast. Wait until you are hungry before you eat again. Don’t snack out of boredom of some other emotion. Don’t eat because everyone else is eating. Don’t eat by the clock. This means don’t think because it is noon or 5 o’clock that you need to eat. Eat when you are hungry, don’t if you are not. Remember we are trying to break old eating habits.

End of the Greens Challenge

    My 30 days of Greens challenge is over. I think I had 1 day of no greens, 2 days of only a couple cups of greens, and 2 days with only 4 cups of greens. The rest of the days I consumed 5 cups of greens per day. I feel great!

Greens challenge

    Yesterday and Wednesday I didn't eat enough greens. It was day 21 and 22 of the challenge. I'm blaming it on job change, stress, and avocado season.