Archive for March, 2008

Episode 89: Two Years of FitCasting

Posted by Kevin Larrabee On March - 30 - 2008

 NOTE!!!

EPISODE 89 HAS BEEN REMOVED DUE TO ERRONEOUS INFORMATION ON MY PART. I MIS-SPOKE MULTIPLE TIMES AND NEED TO FIX THIS.

Hosts:

Kevin Larrabee, Tony Gentilcore (Blog), and Jimmy Smith (Blog)

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FitCast NEWS

  • 100th Show
  • Tony talking about Perform better
    • Rants
  • Jimmy on Fitcomexpo


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  • Hi
     
    Great podcast.
     
    I listened a few weeks ago regarding your thoughts on spot reduction.
    I assumed you would say that spot reduction is not possible, it seemed Jimmy felt that spot reduction was linked to localised blood flow.
     
    Do you think there would be any effect of cold showers targeting an area e.g. the stomach for spot reduction.
     
    Thanks
     
    DG
    UK
  • What’s up Kevin. I discovered your show last summer and I have to say it was one of the events that lead to my pivotal decision of changing careers from mental health counseling to fitness. With that said, for the past few weeks the conversion during the show has turned to music. For the most part I myself listen to hip hop and rock when I work out. However, I consider myself somewhat of a hip hop head and have some knowledge of the underground hip hop scene and have a few new and “old school” suggestions for you. All of these can be found on megaupload or other file sharing sources.

    New:
    1. Army of the Pharoahs – Ritual of Battle
    2. Decompoze – Decomposition
    3. El-P – I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead

  • Old School
    1. anything by EPMD
    2. GZA – Liquid Swords
    3. anything by Gangstarr
    3. OC – My World

    That’s just a few. Please share this with Jimmy and let me know what you guys think. I appreciate the work that you guys put in and the knowledge you help to spread. Keep it up the good work.

    Lou K.

  • Hey Kevin,

     

    I just recently started listening to The FitCast and I love it!  I’ve been spending a good amount of time on the road lately and that has given me time to go back through all of the old episodes and I’m impressed with all the guests you’ve managed to get on there!  Anyway, here are a couple of ideas I came up with:

     

    One was a Vegan Roundtable.  I know there are a lot of well-known names in the fitness industry these days going veg, including Dos, Ryan Andrews of Precision Nutrition, Jason Ferruggia, and Mike Mahler and I would love to hear what they have to say regarding nutritional strategies for vegan athletes.  I’m not a vegan myself but I do have friends who are and will most likely run into clients who are as well, and I think this kind of information can be very useful.

     

    Also, I have something that you could mention in a future episode: as a member of the American Dietetics Association, I regularly get information in the mail on nutrition-related seminars.  One postcard I got was for a Webinar on Sweetened Beverages and Body Weight: Review of the Science and Controversies.  I looked at the back of the postcard and found that not only was this webinar sponsored by Coca-Cola, but the postcard was sent by a Registered Dietitian that works for Coca-Cola!  I’m sure you guys can figure out what’s wrong with this picture.

     

    Thanks,

    Manny Prieto

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Episode 88: March Madness

Posted by Kevin Larrabee On March - 23 - 2008

Listen to Epiosde 88 here: TheFitCast088.mp3 (Right Click and Save-As to download)

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Hosts:

Kevin Larrabee and Jimmy Smith

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  • 2-Year Anniversary coming…

Mailbag

  • I’m 5′9″ and at a standstill, I can muscle my jump to the rim (10 feet high) and hang on it. With a running approach, I can almost touch the rim. I’m assuming my reactive strength has a lot of room for improvement. With that said, I probably need a good 6-7 inches on my vertical jump to achieve a decent dunk. Given that I diligently train with plyometrics and improve my running approach/technique, are the 6 inches that I need a lot to ask for from plyometric training? In other words, are 6-7 inch gains from plyometric training realistic? If it helps: I’ve never really done any plyometric specific training before, and my 1RM squat was 405 lb but I haven’t tested for that recently. Aside from Kelly Baggett’s vertical jump book, are there any other vertical jump related books that I should read? -Dale
  • My name is Matt Tuck, and I am a big fan of the show.
    My question has to do with fat loss. I have been on a
    ketogenic diet with a 1 day carb up per week, for
    about 3 months. The fat still seems to be the same at
    12% even though I have dropped calories. Should I skip
    the carb up or maybe do 2 clean carb ups per week.
    Also what is the benefit of doing HIIT after a
    resistance training session. Thanks for any help.
  • Just recently discovered the fitcast and am enjoying working my way throught the extensive back catalogue of episodes.I was wanting to determine if you have ever discussed an ideal weight training and nutritional plan to supplement a MMA/Muay Thai fighter practioner.Hearing yous discussing this topic would be excellent and given the current boom in MMA worldwide a worthy addition to your show.

    Cheers, all the best,

    Steven, Dumbarton Scotland.

  • hi guys, love the show. i need your advice on something. hopefully in a couple of months i’ll be going to stay in china for a year to study kung fu. the area is quite rural, so i’ll have won’t have access to any standard gym equipment, and the diet served will consist largely of white rice and vegetables with very limited amounts of meat/eggs/etc and pretty much no dairy. i’ll also be doing 4-6 hours of kung fu training (which i guess counts as cardio of varying intensity) 6 days per week. i’ll be able to buy basic food like eggs/bread/fruit (and meat but i’m not too keen on the idea of chinese mystery meat) every now and again, but i think supplements are pretty much out of question. do you have any diet/training tips on how i might limit muscle loss, and also whether theres anything i can do before i leave that would help?thanksJames from the UK
  • Hi,I’ll skip the usual pleasantries.These are questions for both Kevin and Jimmy (and whoever happens to
    be on the show).

    1) we all read/heard about how shox sux. what about shock absorption
    systems in general? (nike air, etc)
    Should athletic shoes provide anything more than better traction?

    2) basketball shoes.
    should we be wearing low-cuts? or should we be wearing basketball
    shoes at all? what are you guys wearing?

    Thanks and regards. -Hiroshi

  • Hi there

    Re: the last show, and splitting up fish oil throughout the day-is that really necessary, and if so, what research is there to show that? It seems that it wouldn’t make sense for it to be necessary to be split up. For example, I do not use caps, but take a TBSP of liquid with my last meal. Could that be clarified please?

    Thanks! -Erin

  • Hey, I recently listened to Episode 87 and towards the end you and Jimmy talked about your daily doses of fish oil. I think Jimmy said he was taking 12 “caps” a day (I assume cap is short for capsule?). I was curious what the dosage of each cap is? For well over a year I had been taking 2 1000mg capsules a day but recently doubled that so I am taking 2 in the morning and 2 at night right before bed. I’m wondering if this is enough.Thanks,Kevin
  • I currently train by myself at my local gym and find it hard to really push myself, to improve on reps/weight on a regular basis. Any advice on keeping oneself motivated when training alone?

Jimmy’s Studies

  • Unstable surface training
  • HMB supplementation

 

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Episode 87: Supplements and some Mail

Posted by Kevin Larrabee On March - 10 - 2008

Listen to Episode 87 here: TheFitCast087.mp3 (Right click and Save-As)

or Subscribe through iTunes!!!

Hosts:

Kevin Larrabee and Jimmy Smith

FitCast NEWS


Interview with Dave from Black Star Labs

  • Can you give up some back story into how you got into the supplement business?
  • What does the process generally look like from the concept of a supplement to the final product?
  • What obstacles have you faced when creating new products?
  • Can you talk about your latest supplements, Relentless and Vendetta?
  • You just had a 15% Off promotion, can we extend that to the FitCast Audience (FIT15)?


Mailbag

  • Nike Frees
  • Early morning lifting nutrition
  • thoughts on warm-up, foam rolling, static stretching

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Episodes

Episode 86: Spot Reduction

Posted by Kevin Larrabee On March - 4 - 2008

 Listen to Episode 86 here: TheFitCast086.mp3 (Right click and save-as)

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FitCast News

  • RZG Podcast now on iTunes
  • Asking for anyone involved with games
  • Dave from BSL coming on next week (with special deal)

Mailbag

  • Hey Guys, Love the show. I have a quick question for the mailbag. Currently I am working 50-60 hours per week and I can only find time to hit the gym twice a week, would it be best to do an upper/lower split or two fullbody workouts? Thanks, Josh
  • On the last show Kevin said that Jimmy will be surprised with how much bigger he has gotten, what has changed in your workout and/or diet?
  • Do you guys have any opinion on Adam Campbell’s TNT Diet book, I haven’t heard you talk about it on the show and it seems to be pretty popular.
  • I am looking for more ideas for HIIT workouts, any crazy ideas?

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