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Did you know that you and your training partner can train on the neubie at the same time?

What’s even better is you split the session price between you.

Double the gains
Half the price
Twice the amount of ‘fun’

Come see who really trains harder out of you and your training partner 👊

Chest gains with the Neubie ⚡️

Always struggled to feel the ‘pump’ in his chest and even though both load and volume increased over time which is great on paper,
The reality was the chest was not growing or would have required much longer for a minor response.

Now the ‘pump’ isn’t a tell tale sign of growth as there are many variables to this but it sure as hell is a strong symptom that you are doing something right.

Progressive overload needs to occur but if you are progressively overloading a movement and the desired muscle is not responding then unless you are a powerlifter you are not getting any closer to achieving your goal.

You might have a 150kg bench with the chest development of a 60kg bench
And
no body cares how much you can bench if you look like a pre adolescent child.

You might be in a calorie surplus and you put on 10kg yet some areas do not change.

Form, movement, ex*****on and intensity play a huge role in this but what happens when that improves and still the muscle is less responsive?

This is where the neubie comes in

you can increase the intensity of muscle activation 3 x compared to what you normally can without within the desired area or take dominate muscle groups out of the lift to further isolate the desired muscle group.

It can challenge your muscles as if they were under extremely heavy loads,
but without having to use as much weight with its associated risks of injury or breakdown of form causing other areas to compensate and losing activation/desired stimulus in the target muscle which would normally happen when the weight increases on traditional methods.

This also is less straining on the CNS allowing you to get through more work in a week without needing deloads or extra rest days.

Different frequencies cause different contractions allowing for many different approaches during a workout that can be specific to sport and individual goals.

-chest

Congratulations to one of my Nutrition athletes,
Daniel Mitchell on taking the south pacific title.

A short turn around from his first place finish at the immaf Oceania and a different weigh in method also which requires a different approach and different game plan.

Daniel is staying very active and already has another fight booked for September.

Another short turn around with plenty of work to be done to make weight again,
Time to get back to work 💪

Fat-burning zone
What is it and is it true?

You'll often hear people claim certain types of workouts or training intensities increase "fat-burning".
The annoying thing about this claim is that it's not
entirely wrong, but the way these people portray it isn't what you think.

just because you're working out
in your fat burning zone does NOT mean you will achieve fat loss.
Many things go into fat
loss this is simply just a heart rate zone called
your "fat burning zone" which is a very large guesstimate at best.

Doesn’t Aerobic training raise your metabolism though?

This isn't true either,
Metabolism is largely a function of thyroid and how much muscle you carry.
aerobic conditioning does nothing to maintain muscle, never mind build it,
It does not contribute to raising your metabolism while at rest.

As an endurance athlete, the goal is to become very efficient at aerobic exercise. As it becomes easier for you to perform, you'll burn fewer calories and lose less weight.
Otherwise that endurance athlete that runs in the ‘fat-burning zone’ would be forever burning fat.

If your goal is fat-loss then "eat for fat loss" it's easier to cut a few hundred calories than it is to try and burn the same amount through exercise.

Same principle as the endurance athlete,
You’ll adapt as you become better at your chosen cardio and you’ll burn less calories and this is why you cannot just focus on one component of fat-loss.

The ‘fat burning zone’ is a calorie deficit for an extended period of time NOT that HIIT workout or mode on the treadmill.

Athletes and weight cuts

Before considering the prevalence, magnitude and different methods of weight-cutting,
it is important to consider the different rules and regulations across combat sports.

The time between weigh-in and the competition differs between sports and the amateur to pro ranks.

Which would influence the weight loss strategies employed by athletes.

The time between weigh-in and competition ranges from 2 up to 24 h depending on the sport and level of competition.

An array of weight loss methods have been utilised prior to competition across combat sports including:

🔸restriction of energy intake
🔸fluid reduction/water manipulation 🔸heated wrestling, plastic suits, saunas and spitting
Even the extreme/abusive practices 🔸laxatives, diet pills, diuretics, enemas, sporting bulimia

What we do know is that anything beyond
3% loss of total body mass for same day competition is going to affect performance and cognitive responses and kinda important when your trying not to get punched in the face right?

For next day weighin’s anything over 7% will be the same as the above.

Dehydration induced via sweat loss is commonly associated with a reduction in the blood plasma and total blood volume which impairs cardiovascular function,
muscle blood flow and thermoregulatory capacity.

Sure adrenaline is pumping and you may not mentally feel off in the ring/cage but the fact is your body will not be responding at an optimal level.

Successful weight cuts are made up in your ability to fuel performance while tracking nutrition for the MONTHS leading up to competition.

Those percentages above I mentioned is what you should have left to make weight when you begin fight week to avoid a dip in performance.

There are exceptions to the rule and some fights are taken on short notice and this is why as athletes you shouldn’t ever really have a time when you are not watching what you are eating or training without purpose.

I included a photo of Michael chandler because if you see how well he does his weight cuts you’ll understand just how smart and hard he works in the months leading up to a fight.

Quick client recap of my two nutrition athletes that competed at the IMMAF Oceania 2022 as apart of team Australia.

🥇One Oceania champion - Daniel
🥈One runner up - Adam

I won’t go into the finer details of each of there protocols as no weight cut is the same and both where very different.

What I will say is that weight cuts are not easy,
not many understand what a lot of these guys sacrifice and go through to get themselves in there respective weight classes both physically and mentally.

They both worked there arses off and followed the plan to a tee.

Congratulations to you both,
It was a pleasure to be apart of your teams and you both not only did yourselves proud,
but you represented your country with pride and I’m sure your individual coaches are just as proud as I am of your efforts and the way you both conducted yourselves in both victory and defeat 🙌

Not too long ago we where happy to simply get sensation and movement within the toes and feet after not being able to for so long.

Today we got up out of the wheelchair and onto the walker and managed to walk assisted.

We also did some assisted squats and worked a lot on eccentric control of her
movements and just enjoying being able to stand on her feet again.

The goal is to improve quality of life and install independence to the point of being able to do some grocery shopping by herself one day or going to her daughters new church where stairs are unfortunately the only thing stopping her.

Pad placement was on the Peroneal nerve (common fibular nerve) and the Tibial nerve throughout treatments which help provide motor and sensory innervation to the lower extremity’s.

The old saying of every step counts no matter how big or small, especially those first steps 👣.

The gains are waiting.

New-week
New-gains
Neu-fit

Electro bath therapy and manual glove activation treatment for motor neurone disease.

There is no cure for MND, but a lot can be done to ease the symptoms, maintain quality of life and keep them as mobile as possible for as long as possible.

When using the
Neubie, I can facilitate neurologic inputs by putting
electrodes directly on her common fibular nerve which causes an increase in active dorsiflexion.

From zero movement in the feet and toes to being able to do a small degree of dorsi/plantar-flexion and being able to wiggle her toes for the first time in years.

While it does seem small it is something worth celebrating because it is a small step towards hopefully walking again one day.