February 2012
3 posts
The Truth About Fat Loss In A Nutshell
A vast majority of fat loss is achieved with proper nutrition. If you eat like crap, you will most definitely feel like crap, look like it, and perform like crap. Once you get your nutrition in check, make sure that you are getting plenty of sleep. This means getting at least eight quality hours of sleep every night. Sleep deprivation will literally skid your gains to a complete stop. I am not...
The Beginner's Strength Program
Most people have it all wrong. When it comes to starting strength and beginner programs, trainers are often in denial of how simple the program needs to be and should be.
Novice trainees should train with a full body split, meaning that each strength training workout, the entire body will be trained. Now when some trainers hear about this, they proceed to inundate every single workout with as many...
January 2012
4 posts
How To Properly Warm Up
The Ultimate Warm-Up
People seem to get stuck before they even start their training session by not knowing what to do for a warm up, so I decided to cut all confusion and create the ultimate warm up. The purpose of a warm up is to fully prepare the body for an activity. In this case, it is to loosen up, raise the core body temperature, prepare the joints, and prime the nervous system.
The idea...
A Little About Me
As I was writing the first few posts of this blog, it occurred to me that I had failed to really talk a whole lot about myself. This was pretty natural of me, as I don’t really enjoy having to describe myself, but it may have left a few people asking, who the hell is this Ken Okada guy and why should I trust him? I understand this sentiment completely, since I as a part of this industry know that...
Important Aspects to Any Program
As with anything, the most difficult part of any training program is the beginning. Why? Simply because most people don’t have a clue of where to start! I’ll admit, even when I “began” to train, I hardly had much of a clue of what I did. I just aimlessly lifted weights everyday for hours on end, doing push ups and not knowing what to do for my legs or back (not that I really cared back then, which...
Your New Year’s Resolutions Suck!
Yet another New Year’s has come and gone and predictably, people are inundating Twitter and Facebook feeds with their New Year’s Resolutions. While the idea seems very progressive and has that “let’s do this we shall!” attitude behind it, I can’t help but think, “Why bother?” Why did you wait until New Year’s to assess how you can improve yourself? Why only attempt to fix yourself once a year?...
November 2011
2 posts
Why high protein diets suck (Part 2)
[This is part 2 to the original entry. If you missed it, it’s suggested that you go back and read it so you know what the hell I’m rambling about. And so that you won’t be prematurely calling BS on me and start a fist fight over food.] You can find it here:
http://japlegend.tumblr.com/post/3349324134/why-high-protein-diets-suck-part-1
In Part 1, I covered why high-protein diets suck, why it’s...
Why high protein diets suck (Part 1)
I have a slight confession to make. Well, maybe a few, because I’ll admit that I’ve been tricked for a little while too. Now I know this is going to confuse many people and maybe even anger some for a heated fist fight, but I’ve had enough of it. But here goes nothing, okay, deep breath….
I don’t take protein supplements. *GASP!*
You’ve been lied to. High protein diets suck. They’re...