An unsolicited testimonial from a long-time client

I just received this unsolicited testimonial from a long time client of mine named Jamie who, along with her husband, trains 3X/week with me:

Are you reading Winslow’s blog and thinking about taking him up on the offer of a free introductory training session? That training session with Winslow has the potential to change your life and your health.

Last September, at age 53, I purchased twelve training sessions. Those twelve, hour-long sessions have become a three-times-weekly commitment for just over nine months now. I’ve lost weight, I’m sleeping better, and am more fit than I have been in decades.

Workouts from Tuesday and Wednesday June 2 & 3, 2009

Great workouts are happening again! I’m feeling strong and getting really pumped each time. Tuesday was back day and Wednesday was shoulders.

Here’s how they went:

New Testimonial From a Client…

See the “Reader Goals and Accomlpishments” section to read a great testimonial I just received from one of my personal training clients.

Precision Nutrition Test Run & Success

The system calls for re-evaluation every two weeks. This evaluation could be as rudimentary as asking yourself if you are getting the results you had hoped for. If the answer is yes, carry on. If no, change something- but just one thing, so you can control your experiment.

2 weeks was up on Saturday. I was so excited to remeasure because I had actually seen and felt a difference since I had started. The results are amazing- in 14 days I lost 3.4 lbs of fat and gained 1.4 lbs of muscle.

My Workout for Monday, June 1, 2009

So, I wonder if my absence has been missed? Probably not, but I’ll explain it anyway. I managed to injure myself doing heavy squats about a week and a half ago and that has been messing with my head.

I have been working out, but haven’t been able to get the focus that I had before I got hurt. I tore some deep groin/abdominal muscle (again.) I have done this 2 times before and I always heal over time, but have to go easy for a while while that happens. So, my bid to max out on squats and deadlifts on the 25th of this month is over. I can probably hit my bench press goal, but I am still pretty bummed out about the situation.

Iron Radio Live Friday, May 29th at 11am Pacific Time

Click the link to the right——————-> that says “Iron Radio” to listen to and/or participate in this week’s live webcast of Iron Radio with Guest Keith Shimon discussing”Taking Care of Yourself During Hard Training.”

If you miss the live webcast, you can still listen any time to this or any of dozens of recorded shows or other informative, free discussions on health, nutrition, fitness, and training.

You can go to the Iron Radio Site and enter your questions for Mr. Shimon any time before or during the show. This is great if you can’t listen live but still want to ask a questions for the guest or panel to address.

Shoulders- Very Useful When Functional, Very Painful When Not

Shoulder Anatomy- Click The Picture for More Info

The shoulder: to many, this joint is the source of great mystery and, often, pain. The shoulder joint offers us the greatest range of motion of any joint in the body, but that great mobility comes with a price: greater instability.

Officially classified as a “ball and socket” joint, the shoulder enjoys a great range of motion due to the extremely shallow socket portion that retains the ball portion poorly under certain conditions. The results can be disastrous.

While it can be difficult to avoid shoulder injuries during certain emergency situations (bicycle crashes, for example.) There are many preventative actions you can take to keep your everyday activities (including weightlifting and other intense sports) from doing damage to your most mobile of bodily connections.

If you have 10 minutes to spare, this shoulder rehab video is excellent and covers it all- balancing strength and mobility nicely. It’s not just an instructional video, but more of a “workout video” in that you’re supposed to follow along. It contains video instructions for 5 different shoulder rehab circuits to be performed on 5 different days. Each only takes a couple of minutes but can save many hours (or years) of suffering and weakness. To my clients: see how many of the movements you recognize from our sessions.

Perhaps the best changes i’ve found to make to protect the shoulders is not to “open” them when it isn’t necessary. When performing an overhead db press, for example, hold the dumbbells at a “natural” 45 degree angle to the body rather than straight out to the sides. The same goes when performing db chest presses- hold the dumbbells at a 45 degree angle to the spine instead of perpendicular to it. This keeps the shoulder in a more neutral position (nearer to the center of its range of motion.)  If you have shoulder pain when performing these lifts in the traditional way, try this simple change and see if the pain subsides.

Oh, and don’t work a damaged shoulder joint- they don’t heal if you keep re-injuring them. I know that’s hard to hear, but it’s true.

-W-

Iron Radio Live Friday at 11am Pacific Time

Click the link to the right——————-> that says “Iron Radio” to listen to and/or participate in this week’s live webcast of Iron Radio with Guest Dr. L. Jon Porman discussing “Pain and its Impact on Performance.”

If you miss the live webcast, you can still listen any time to this or any of dozens of recorded shows or other informative, free discussions on health, nutrition, fitness, and training.

When you get the chance, go and explore the site; it’s full of great info.

-W-

Article of the week-eat plenty, lose weight.

Get Lean!

I comb the web for tidbits of great info we can use to improve our bodies; sometimes I stumble across a heaping helping!

This week’s article comes from T-nation and is entitled Eat Your Lungs Out While Getting Leaner.

If you have any interest in losing weight and have ever been frustrated in your attempts, you must read this article.

Let me know what you think!

-W-

Precision Nutrition Is HERE!

I have been waiting for my package from Precision Nutrition to arrive. Waiting impatiently. I knew it was going to be good. I have been participating in the online forums, interacting with other members, checking out the e-books and videos, etc, but it wasn’t the same as having my own copy of the binder and cookbook, and I knew it.

Yesterday afternoon the waiting ended. I felt like a kid who had patiently eaten all his cracker jacks to get to the surprise instead of pouring it all out on the table and just grabbing the prize first.

It was totally worth the wait.