NickRosencutter.com
  • Home
  • Blog
  • About
  • Testimonials
  • Article/News
    • The Real Way to Get in Shape
    • The Back is Usually Not the Problem
  • Product/Vids
  • Links
  • Resources/Books
  • Contact/Comments

What About Getting Stronger?

11/16/2011

3 Comments

 
This may come as a surprise to some people but guess what?  We have known what works for getting people into great shape for years and years.  There really is no hidden secret on how to get into great shape.  The only thing that has changed and continues to change is that there is more and more stupid and senseless misinformation that comes out, ultimately making it harder for those who don't know to figure out what they need to do.  Today, I'm going to give you one giant piece of advice that is guaranteed to help you make progress with whatever your goals may be.  GET STRONGER!!!

Strength is the one physical quality that will have positive effects on pretty much every other physical quality.  It will make you faster, jump higher, improve cardiovascular performance, prevent injury, improve power output, improve quickness, better coordination, build more muscle, lose more fat, increase bone density and the list goes on.  On the contrary, spending too much time on a quality like aerobic endurance can have negative effects on strength and other qualities (if not programmed properly).   Strength is the root quality that needs to be developed regardless of goals, plain and simple!

So, forget all of the garbage.  Forget about counting your calories down to a t (unless you need to for some specific reason of course, i.e. bodybuilding show), forget about worrying about how many calories you are burning during a workout, forget about what the latest magazine said about the "new" workout that will shed 20 pounds in 2 days, forget about what the  skinny fat self proclaimed commercial gym "expert" says about the 20 supplements and 30 hours of cardio you supposedly need to do every week, forget about what your friend's dad's doctor told him about exercise and focus on getting stronger.  Set some goals in the big bang exercises.  Try to add 20 pounds to your squat or deadlift.  Try to do 10 pullups with your bodyweight.  Try to press or row 10 more pounds.  Add another plate to the sled.  Push the prowler for 2 more rounds with ten more pounds.  Push yourself past limits and gain STRENGTH.  If you do this, you are guaranteed to make progress and get results.  You will build more muscle, you will lose more fat, you will perform better on the field, you won't get hurt picking up a pencil and you will grow stronger as a person both mentally and physically. 

If you feel lost with your training, simplify things.  Just get stronger!!!  And like I always say, consult a qualified professional to at least set you on the right path with programming and technique.  LIVE STRONG BABY!!
Thats Samantha. She has built a rockin body by pushing herself past limits and striving to get stronger.  Shes not lifting 2lb pink dumbbells, performing endless hours of cardio on the elliptical or starving herself to be "skinny."  Shes lifting heavy things and breaking goals and personal records.  Thats close to 200 pounds shes pulling there and she does the same with squats; not to mention knocks out around 8 bodyweight pullups and around 30 pushups.  The results? An awesome body that is strong, fit and functional that many set out wanting when they begin their workout journeys.  The recipe is there for you folks, you just gotta make it happen!!
3 Comments

Who Says Females Shouldn't Lift Heavy?!

10/23/2010

0 Comments

 
The proof and research is out there ladies.  If you want to have a rockin body, you need to throw some weight around.  Take a look at a couple of my clients doing some serious work here.  Samantha weighs around 120, has a great body and trains hard to look like she does.  In the videos shown here, she does 20 pushups (has since done 25), 8 pushups with chain and one arm push presses.  She has squatted and deadlifted close to 200lbs. This would put a lot of guys in the gym to shame.  When she started training over a year ago, she did about 8 pushups on a high incline.  Guess what, she is not "bulky," is strong and has a great body.

If this doesn't motivate you other females to start lifting harder, I don't know what will. 

You can also look at Jessica doing rack pulls like its her job.  She lifts hard and has made amazing progress in her strength and body as well.  I have plenty more vids to show, so let me know what you want to see and I'll put em up. 
Those 2lb dumbbells, shake weights and 45 minute elliptical workouts are not going to give you the body you want.  You must build muscle to get rid of fat and keep it off for good.  There is simply no way around it. I have helped tons of females of all shapes, ages and sizes get in great shape and every one of them has pushed themselves with some hard strength training.  Get to work!!!!
0 Comments

This is How We Train!!

5/12/2010

1 Comment

 
Circuits are a great way to finish up workouts or a great tool for extra workouts.  Cardiovascular training combined with strength training; it doesn't get any better.  Get some music going and train.  Check out Penny straight killing the end of her workout.  Who said nurses don't train hard?!!
Wanna get in shape? Gotta work for it people! Too many people make excuses and constantly try to find an easy way out.  Guess what.  If you want a great body and want to be in great shape, you have to put some work in.  You can try the latest gimics or the newest diet all you want, but the fact of the matter is these ridiculous wastes of money will never help you.  So regardless of what the dumbbell shaker's genius creators or the sketcher shapeup's brilliant creators told you, quit wasting your time and money on that kind of crap and start training with proven and effective methods. (Just to be sure we're on the same page, the genius and the brilliant were completely sarcastic :) ) 

Its nothing new and nothing secret.  Strength train and train your different energy systems with a properly designed program, eat the right foods frequently, be consistent and work hard.   Also, do yourself a huge favor and let an expert help you. (No, the makers of the dumbbell shaker or anybody associated with it in anyway are very very far from being experts.  And if you have a trainer who makes you do anything as ridiculous as a dumbbell shaker, run away and run fast.) 
1 Comment

Put Down the 2lb Dumbbells

5/18/2009

1 Comment

 

It really saddens me to know that there actually are some people out there, trainers included, who believe that females should not lift anything heavier than a 5lb dumbbell. "It will make me bulky" is something you might here female trainees say. This is one of the biggest myths around and I really wish that it could be buried and hidden away for good.

Muscle is the most important part of the metabolic equation and in order to build muscle, you need to give your body a good enough stimulus.  In order to do this, you need to use heavy enough weights to generate enough intensity to provide the needed stimulus. I am not saying that you have to lift extreme amounts of weight and be powerlifters or strongwomen (although you could if you wanted to), I am just saying that you need to stimulate your muscles to grow. Females don't have the genetic makeup to get "big and bulky" as their muscle fiber size is generally smaller than males and they don't have enough testosterone. Building muscle is the real way to get the "tone" that you always hear about. In fact, "tone" is simply having low body fat with muscle showing.

 So ladies, don't be afraid to pick up some weight if you really want to get that toned body you always talk about.

Picture
She knows the importance of training with enough resistance

1 Comment

    Archives

    March 2017
    January 2017
    July 2016
    August 2015
    July 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    December 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011
    December 2010
    November 2010
    October 2010
    September 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    April 2010
    March 2010
    February 2010
    January 2010
    December 2009
    November 2009
    October 2009
    September 2009
    August 2009
    July 2009
    June 2009
    May 2009

     

    Rosencutter Ultra Fitness

    Categories

    All
    Accommodating Resistance
    Back Pain
    Breathing
    Cause Vs. Symptoms
    Complexes
    Conditioning
    Db Arc Row
    Eating
    Fat Loss
    Fat Loss Workout
    Female Strength Training
    Figure Skating
    Firefighter Training
    Fitness Classes Kenosha Milwaukee
    Glute Ham Raise
    Glutes
    Hamstrings
    Hip Exercises
    Kenosha
    Kenosha Fitness
    Kenosha Personal Training
    Kettlebell
    Knee Pain
    Lift Or Run First
    Lumbar Spine
    Machines Vs. Free Weights
    Massage Therapy
    Metabolism
    Milwaukee Personal Training
    Milwaukee Strength And Conditioning
    Milwauke Strength And Conditioning
    Mobility
    Motivation
    Muscle
    Muscular Coordination
    Nervous System
    Nutrition
    Overrated Crunches
    Pad Push
    Personal Training
    Posterior Chain
    Powerlifting
    Prowler
    Prowler Alternative
    Recovery
    Results
    Rosencutter Ultra Fitness
    Running
    Shoulders
    Sled Dragging
    Soft Tissue Work
    Stability Mobility
    Stability-mobility
    Strength
    Strength And Conditioning
    Strength Training
    Stress
    Stretching
    Success
    Transformation
    Unstable Surface Training
    Weight Loss

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.