Sep 09
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Celebrity Interview – Adam Glass
Today is our last day in the celebrity interview series, and I am super excited about this last one!
Today we have “Unbreakable” Adam Glass!
Adam has been involved in strength and conditioning training for over 12 years. He has been acknowledged by leaders in the strength community for innovative training methods and rapid results. Adam has gained international attention for his abilities to bend Draft Horseshoes, tear any deck of cards, lever heavy hammers, and demonstrate a variety of old time strength feats.He has served in the United States Military for 8 years. His goal is continue to share his love of the old time feats and grip sport combined with the knowledge he has gained from years of strength training.Adam offers online training as well as one on one classes, for more information contact him at Adamtglass@yahoo.com You can see more at his website Unbreakable Fitness.
1. What is the biggest obstacle people face when trying to lose weight?
The #1 obstacle facing Americans is the calendar. People want their weight lose TODAY, RIGHT NOW, THIS MINUTE. It simply does not work. If it took you 5 years to put on 30lbs, do not think its coming off in 3 weeks. I observe people setting unreasonable goals for themselves, nearly unattainable goals. A client told me “I better lose 20lbs this month!” my response was “What if you only lose 10?” “Will you quit? Will you give up? Are you going to beat yourself like the albino in the Da Vinci Code??” Set up a time table that is REASONABLE, and FEASIBLE.
2. What is a typical mistake you see people make when trying to lose weight?
Typical mistakes- they stem from bad information. #1- Spot reduction, it is a myth. This is the belief that you can lose fat from a specific part of your body by exercising it. Often women who want to drop a few pounds will want to work the lower portion of their belly with sit ups and crunches thinking it will burn off the fat from this region. This is simply not possible. Your body has a plan encoded in your DNA that dictates exactly how fat goes on the body and comes off.
Another typical mistake is beginners look to the training of body builders as a model for their own training. Without going on a rant of why this is a terrible idea, I will leave it simple. 99% of Americans who want to “get in shape” need better movement and better cardio vascular health. Build your program with compound movements such as squatting, lunging, pulling, pushing, bending, and bracing. Do not get lost in training individual muscle groups- train movement patterns for maximum success.
A third mistake is the con of GNC and the supplement industry. Do not get suckered in to thinking a small pill can make up for the ice cream or pizza you ate last night. Fried Chicken trumps an hour of jogging every time. No magic pill exists
The forth mistake I would like to address– If you don’t write it down, it never happened! Beginners often fail to realize how important a food journal and exercise journal are. I have people write down every thing they eat, and every exercise they do. We look for patterns. If you do not write things down, you will forget them. You will lose sight of the minor victories in your fat lose journey and you will often get in a rut of repeating failing routines. So write it down!
3. What can people do right now, for free to start living a healthier lifestyle?
#1 Turn off your television set, step away from the internet, and put down the blackberry. Go outside, and move around for the next 45 minutes. My complimentary fitness solution right now- Go walk! There are people on this earth who are unable to walk and I will bet they would trade anything to be able to walk. So enjoy your ability to move as a human being. Walking, jogging, climbing, jumping, crawling, have fun! Go outside and PLAY.
#2 No thanks to the supersize. In fact, no thanks to all fast food. Stay away from fast food for 90 days and note if you lose weight. I will unconditionally say “Yes” you have lost weight.
4. What’s your opinion of at home workouts vs. going to the gym?
Well I have to be biased as I run a gym. I will say this- If your gym offers the services you need and want, that’s great. if your gym does not allow you the things you need that’s not. If you want to use chalk and your gym does not allow it, than find a gym that does. I realize many people do not have the money to have a home gym, or they enjoy the chance to get out of the house. I have always trained alone, so being the in the big box gym is always disruptive to my personal training.
Unconditionally I say anyone can achieve health and fitness right in their home with no added equipment. As a trainer I will add you need the right information to do it.
5. Corvette or Mustang?
I would take an F250 over either one. I need more power and cargo space, not more speed.
Again, I’d like to thank Adam for taking the time to participate and I encourage eveyone to head over to his website Unbreakable Fitness. Adam is aconsumate fitness expert and great guy.
Since this is the last in our series (for now) I’d like to thank our previous experts again for all their help: