Proper Exercise and Nutrition
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Dream in Convention, Exercise, Nutrition
The above presentation was the second of 2 speeches I gave at The 21 Convention 2009: The World’s Leading Men’s Success Convention. Throughout the 4 days of the event, there were over 100 people in attendance (which made for a pretty wild time in downtown Orlando).
The majority of the topics were focused on dating and relationship success, however Drew Baye and I spoke about exercise, nutrition, body building, and more.
You can find Drew’s speech- along with the rest of the 25+ hours of free footage- at www.The21Convention.com.
All 2009 clips stream in 720p high definition. Most speeches range from about 1-2 hours in length.
There are no annoying banner ads, e-mail collection (mandatory or optional), and there is absolutely no cost- it’s just free to the world.
In the above speech I cover…
- Why this area of your life is vitally important to understand and get a handle on
- Why succeeding in your exercise and nutritional goals compliments the rest of your life
- What “conventional exercise” is at this point in time
- My Pyramid of Proper Exercise
- Defining “proper” exercise (strength training)
- Full body or split training?
- My favorite books on exercise
Midway through the speech, I shift from exercise to nutrition and cover…
- 2 “little” problems (corn and soy)
- Why we can look to our ancestors for advice
- Which foods to avoid
- My 2 favorite books on nutrition
- My thoughts on the 3 macro nutrients
- “Silly stuff” in mainstream health and fitness
- Big bad cholesterol and it’s evil twin brother
While I’m always a bit hard on myself, I had a great time giving the speech and answering questions- and I hope you guys enjoy it. You can also check out the power point used live at the event below thanks to a recent plug-in I found =).
-Dream
hey Dream,
Very excited for all the footage to come out! Love your vision for the Convention.
I just spent a week at Burning Man eating vegetarian food lovingly prepared by the Krishnas, and it definitely got me thinking more about what I put into my body.
Thanks for raising awareness about this.
Dream,
Great talk. I liked the focus on safety. I agree this is key. Intensity is needed to get the adaptation and it is easy to injure yourself. BBS style gets the intensity higher while making it safe.
Very relaxed presentation style. I enjoyed it. Thanks a lot for sharing. Nice shoes, BTW.
jeff
@Jeff
Funny, many people at the event also said it was very relaxed, yet the whole time I worried I was too high strung and rushing through it. Perhaps that worry is what caused me to slow down and relax? Ha, the irony.
@Erika
I too am excited about the footage release. We all worked very hard to make this happen- and I’m glad you can reach more people through video now =).
thanks for the kind words and comments guys, and yes I love my vibrams =) (they also have a new line coming out soon! very awesome).
-Anthony
Hey Dream, I wanted to send you thanks for pointing me to Body By Science. So far it’s been going very well.. no.. incredibly well.
http://www.fastseduction.com/discussion/fs?action=9&fid=136&read=94815&FirstTopic=30&LastTopic=59
Also, it’s pretty impressive for a kid your age to be pulling off a convention of this size. Looking forward to seeing you progress in other areas of your life.
Good luck!
Deline
Washington DC
Anthony,
Great job on your presentation. I’m impressed that a 21 year old can give such a well researched and effective presentation on diet and exercise. Of course, I suppose I’m somewhat biased because I agree with most of what you said. I wished I had discovered these ideas at a young age. I didn’t discover paleo type diets until I was 45 years old. The good news is that now, at 50 years old, I’m in better health than I was at 21.
I do have one small criticism. I think you went too easy on wheat. Wheat is probably more responsible for the diseases of civilization than anything else. Most people eat way too much of it. Wheat or gluten in just about every processed food. Combine it with all the various sugar substances, eat it 3 times a day, and it’s a recipe for metabolic syndrome. For more on wheat see Stephan’s blog wholehealthsource.blogspot.com and his posts on gluten. Stephan is one of the best minds on the Internet for rational thinking on paleo diets.
Ron Kelley
@Deline
Read through most of that thread, glad to hear your doin well. Wish my account on that forum still worked- although ironically they link the 21 convention site.
Thanks for the kind words
-Anthony
@Ron
That’s bad ass that you feel better now than when you were my age! Although, I’m sure many wheat eaters are skeptical
As for not speaking more about grain and wheat…I probably should have but was a bit pressed for time as I wanted to let Drew Baye speak (check out his speech on the front page of the21convention.com, it’s REALLY good) as much as possible.
Perhaps next year, in the mean time I’ll hope people stay away from grain overall- and don’t think wheat is somehow special (a la “whole grains”).
I check out Stephens blog on occasion, will continue to do so! Thanks for commenting
-Anthony
Hey guys,
I have access to a gym with only MedX machines where there’s no cardio and no free weights but only the machines. There’s the compound machines like leg press, lat pull and some kind of “bench press” machine etc., where several muscles are worked at the same time and there are the machines for training the muscles as isolated as possible, like bicep curl, shrug machine, a tricep machine etc.
The gym’s philosophy is to
-train each muscle as isolated as possible to get ideal growth.
-controlled, steady movements
-one set to failure (real failure, if you do it right, theres no way you can do another repetition and youre kind of shaking afterwards)
-one repetition is 10 seconds (4 positive, hold for 2 seconds, 4 negative)
-less than 6 repetitions possible –> decrease load, more than 9 repetitions possible –> increase load.
-a full body workout that takes about 1 hour, each 3rd day
Now my situation is that I have trained for ~5 years ( now I am 21) and still I am pretty skinny and I would like to be bigger. It used to be worse, but I always wondered how my friends who went to “normal” gyms were more muscular than I am. Part of it might be due to my body type which is more tall and less muscly but I still always thought that something was hindering me even though these machines were supposed to be so much better and everything. For some reason I think more is possible for me in terms of muscle size.
(I am 21 yrs old, about 6 foot 2, and weigh 163 pounds)
Do you have any idea where I might go wrong? Maybe nutrition or something? Also, do you recommend rather the isolated exercises or the compound exercises? I’d appreciate any input. If you need any more info, let me know.
Thanks for your opinions in advance, I’m looking forward to hearing from you
D
Hey Dominik
Great comment- sounds like your doing well, and you train at a well informed gym! Medx machines are excellent- I have used them myself extensively.
First of all, I would recommend listening to Drew Baye’s speech at
http://www.the21convention.com/2009/09/08/drew-baye-t21c-2009/
Very informative, should clear up a lot for you.
Beyond that, I would recommend doing less. Less volume, and less frequency (continue training to failure).
Minimum of 5 controlled slow reps, max of 8 (or in time under load terms, minimum of 45 seconds, max of 80).
Don’t be afraid to hover around 50-60 either. Tension plays a huge role in hypertrophy.
Also, never lock out- especially if you perform a static hold.
As for isolated vs compound movements…do both. While I’m not a fan of “functional” training, there is something to be said about how our bodies were meant to function, and which muscle groups were meant to work in tandem when moving a heavy load.
Try not to overlap your training- meaning dont bother working your traps if you just performed a lat pull down and a seated row- totally unnecessary.
Finally, as I mentioned a moment ago, train less frequently. Try working out on a 5, or even 6 day interval. Think rest=growth. If you interrupt growth with more exercise, you’re not going to grow.
And, train for less time. My workouts last anywhere from 10-45 minutes- and 45 minutes is on the extreme long end of things. Regardless of how long I actually spend in the gym, my total time actually “exercising” never exceeds about 10 minutes.
Nutritionally speaking, need more details. Although I will give you the sage old advice…eat more. Reduce your carbohydrate intake, pack in the fat. Meats, eggs, organic grass fed butter/heavy whipping cream (in a shake), olive, coconut oil, avocados, nuts, etc…
Consider buying a protein supplement like some grass fed Whey as well.
thanks for commenting, lookin forward to working further with ya, gl with your training
-Dream
Great video, best presentation on nutrition and proper exercise I’ve seen possibly ever, or in a long time. I do have a few questions though, so even whole wheat or about any time of grains are bad?
Also, why isn’t this on the videos or footage on the main page yet? I tried to look for it there but could only find it after looking for your thread you posted on the forum.
@Jared
Thanks man, I worked hard on it, glad you got something out of it.
As discussed above by Ron and I, wheat in particular is a grain you want to avoid. Overall though, yes, you want to avoid grains as much as possible- and so should your food (meat/eggs).
Regarding your second question…I’m not sure what you are referring to. Could you clarify?
thanks for commenting
-Dream
On the21convention.com on the drop down menu when I bring up 2009 HD footage, and i looked through the 2009 footage, it didn’t have your proper exercise and nutrition video on the 2009 footage.
Unless im mistaken….
It sure does, right on page 1 actually.
This is where you are looking correct?
http://www.the21convention.com/category/2009/
-Dream
Oh I see it now lol.. I must have spaced it or something, do that on occasion.