Journey Through 2016

[The Solution]

How do you feel so far into your offseason man?

[Joshua H]

real good. strength is near an all time high overall and for this bodyweight. besides elbow pain and shoulder on and off issues, really good offseason so far i must say. only had to do 1 5 week mini cut so far as well so i live being in calorie suplus for almost the better part of a year now come novemeber 19.

[Joshua H]

week 47 down today!

weekly avg report:

199.8lbs and 3120 calories

half way through week 2 of cycle 8 as of today. hit some airdyne bike sprints for HIIT and 10 minutes on the rower this morning.

foodtball, podcast edits, article wrap up for website and then homemade pizza and homemade french toast on docket for the rest of the day. finally starting to look and feel like fall here in st louis today! been 80's yet since i moved here most days. 55 this morning! loved it!

this coming weekend sunday-tuesday i will be in Chicago for the FNCE event for work for the first time vice my normal annual attenance at NSCA national personal trainers conference in Anahiem so it be interesting to see how this shakes out!

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[The Solution]

What podcasts do you do/edit?
are you certified in NSCA? If so how hard was it to pass that test to get a PT Cert? Looking to get one myself.

[Joshua H]

What podcasts do you do/edit?
are you certified in NSCA? If so how hard was it to pass that test to get a PT Cert? Looking to get one myself.

I co-host TFR podcast, its part of the website and business my biz partner Erik and I have run for almost 2 years now. trainfightrecover.com is our site and links to the podcast are there also.

I have my NSCA CSCS, CPT, TSAC-F yes. I also have been an NSCA member since 2004. I also sit on the MO State board as well as board member for the special interest group of the NSCA bodybuilding and fitness competitors group with the likes of Brad Schoenfeld among others. We have a private facebook group for that as well.

The exams were not terribly hard but exams of CP based testing have never been hard for me either. I also had 1 year of college phys and anatomy and biomech under my belt when I took the CPT test and a 4 year degree complete when I did the CSCS. I was one of the first 100 people to take the TSAC-F exam as well which was IMO the more detailed of the 3 exams/certs to get.

If one was versed in basics of training, programming, exercise technique from personal experience and then read the text, did the practice test, they would do well on the exam I feel. Any college course background on top would be even better.

[The Solution]

What cert would you think I should go for. Just to get one, and make sure I have one to start training people? I started to study for NASM but the test was godly hard.

[Joshua H]

I am addmittedly biased but none the less, I would go NSCA CPT for sure for a globally recognized PT cert. Specialize after that in others as you wish or see fit.

[Joshua H]

week 49 down!

7 days of travel in last 8 days and now in madison wi yesterday and today/tomorrow. picking up new car today! all the travel back to back i do not have pics this weekend.

202.5 this am. good week of lifts even with travel. 1 hotel workout that ended up pretty solid. right knee is a bit pissy but all else good this week. leg day was a grind as i did sprints outdoors for HIIT and not having done those off the aridyne bike in months kicked my ass. legs were whipped for squats next day.

no travel besides 5 days back here for turkey day until dec 5th and 6th so some nice down time.

wrap week 4 of this block this week so keep pushing on forward day by day.

gotta run and go get my new car folks! 2017 Hyaundi Elantra SE value edition! due time i get myself a new car. goodbye to my 2007 chevy cobalt LT of 150k miles, loved that car but time to move on!

[Joshua H]

week 51 down!

203.0 my weekly avg weight.
3308 avg kcal incake for week

pics from sunday morning

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week 5 ends wednesday this week then day off before 1 week deload period.

pete moving me to 3475 kcal as of today moving forward....more grubs for me!

[hifrommike65]

week 49 down!

gotta run and go get my new car folks! 2017 Hyaundi Elantra SE value edition! due time i get myself a new car. goodbye to my 2007 chevy cobalt LT of 150k miles, loved that car but time to move on!

Thanks for the car reference. I am currently driving a Chevy Spark & love it! So much fun to drive. The first car I remember was a Chevy station wagon that my Dad had, & the term "Chevy" meant "car" to my young mind. Glad to finally own one.

[The Solution]

Pete has you eating like a KING!

[Joshua H]

Pete has you eating like a KING!

and on just 2x20 mins cardio per week! HIIT style so technically its 2x10 minutes of true hard work bust ass cardio all week. love it!!

[Joshua H]

great week this week even with minor travel home to WI to see family this week. head back for the 75 minute flight in AM Monday. be home by noon yet and have day off still.

205.5 was weekly avg. my bi monthly InBody reading for bodycomp came back with a reading of 13.1% bodyfat as well. weekly kcal avg was 3397 with turkey day accounted for. all amazing food!!

got my full 36 data point blood/homrone labs back from Blue Print for Athletes and all is great!

Im low in EPA and VD it seems. Easy fixes. HDL is a shocking 94mg/dl. Test levels optimal, T:C ratio is great, A1C is ideal, liver enzymes all good. Healthy as an ox!

On that note, I will plug here only to save people some $$ if interested. Tomorrow only anyone can order any of the 5 tests and get %50 off with code cyber50. Note that I get 0 kickback for any of this.


pics fromm this morning.

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getting left shoulder looked at this week wednesday for possible labrum tear as its the mild pain i have during all eccentric movement presses overhead not getting better after 4 weeks now. all else is going fantastic so far at 1 year of solid offseason eating and training!

[The Solution]

Whats your fishoil intake like? If you are low in EPA/DHA
Do you supplement with Vitamin D3?

I do 2-3g EPA/DHA and 5,000 IU Daily.
And both come back on the high end and I don't eat fish (Food intolerance)

[Joshua H]

Whats your fishoil intake like? If you are low in EPA/DHA
Do you supplement with Vitamin D3?

I do 2-3g EPA/DHA and 5,000 IU Daily.
And both come back on the high end and I don't eat fish (Food intolerance)

I do 3g of fish oil a day and have been. Totals 1500mg EPA/DHA per day.
I also do 5000IU of VD3 per day.

I eat salmon once a week most weeks as well. I only get dairy from greek yogo and cottage cheese in small amounts most days so I can see VD3 being low but still little surprised to see both this low while supplementing both.

Going to double that and see what happens.