IQ-do: intelligent combat & conditioning

04/11/2020

In sport & combat sports alike there are certain physiological variables that need taken into account, primarily energy systems that come into play, then to safe guard athletes against injury, and increase the ability to produce force etc.
Just because a movement or time frame looks to replicate your sport or the length of a round doesnt make it specific, perhaps what you need to make you better is something to oppose what you do constantly in your sport to bring balance to the structures of the body, or to work in the time frames of the phosphocreatine, glycolytic or oxidative energy systems or focus on motor patterning and neurological stimulus.
Just because someone tells you its specific doesn't make it so.
Performace enhancement is the name of the game, so testing is necessary and improved metrics are key.
Any fool can make another fool tired.

07/01/2019

This Saturday 12th Jan 10am, Propel fitness Dunedin 172 princess street Dunedin, seminar hosteed by Bryn Ealey who is not only an accomplished power-lifter, but has also worked with international professional fighters as well as professional rugby teams in Japan

07/01/2019

This Saturday at 10am-12pm Propel Fitness will be hosting a seminar by Bryn Ealey, covering aspects of
-proper exercise technique
-principals of effective programming
-Accessory Lift Programming & Best Ways to Improve Weak Points
-Training for combat athletes & specific populations.
For those that don't know Bryn, he is the 2018: NZ Open u95kg 1st Place winner pulling these numbers in SQ: 277.5kg BP: 180kg DL: 300kg @93.8kg and has also been invited to the Arnold classic in March.
Bryn is a close friend of mine and mentor and I don't have enough good things to say. This is a great opportunity to network and also to learn. hope to see you all there.
contact me on 0273082913 if you wish to attend or would like more info

27/12/2018

UNLESS YOU EAT TOO MANY TOTAL CALORIES.
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Carbs won’t make you fat 🍩
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Fats won’t make you fat 🥜
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Sugar won’t make you fat 🍭
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Insulin fairies won’t make you fat 🧚🏻‍♀️
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Your mate Dave or Deidre don’t know better. They lost weight because they removed something from their diet that they’d been overeating before.
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All types of diets are novel and new ways to reduce your total calories. Different ones will typically ‘suit’ different people hence they work better or for longer.
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People advocate things that work for them but don’t understand why they worked.
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26/11/2018

02/09/2018

28/08/2018

There exists only one fundamental way to either reduce fat or gain muscle. In the case of fat loss you must be in a calorie deficit. When muscle gain is the goal you must be in a calorie surplus.
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The simplicities of both of these concepts are so much so that the explanation of ‘eat less & move more’ and ‘eat more and lift weights’ suffice to explain the core process. However, we seem to have swapped simple logic for unnecessary complex - especially regarding fat loss. This is down to our need for speed which, over time has given birth to strategies which are unnecessary, confuse and manipulate us into the subjectivity of failure (yo-yo diets), as opposed to the objectivity of fact (eat fewer calories consistently).
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In the case of fat loss; whether it be popular diets, clubs or abhorrent MLM pyramid schemes - there’s a reason they don’t tell you that you simply need a calorie deficit. The reason is because you actually don’t need anything they sell you in order to achieve your goal. Explaining the simple process to you doesn’t put money in their pockets. Instead, you think you need them to succeed. It creates hysteria and tribe culture and we lap it up.
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In the case of muscle gain, whilst you still get ads promising the Arnold look in 2 weeks, most do promote its core values. Eat in a caloric surplus, stimulate muscles in a consistent, progressive overload and be patient. Despite unsubstantiated claims of many supplement companies, there is no evidence which shows that any supplement other that the cycling of creatine is more effective for muscle gain than ordinary calorie sources.
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In order to support your goal, you need to take into account important evidence based variables and create your own system which you enjoy. From here you can easily track and correlate your action with your goal (or hire a good coach). All the while being educated and focused on the simplicity of altering your body composition in a sustainable way. 🔥🙂
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24/08/2018

Common sense exercise and movement guidelines.

Via Cor-Kinetic.

22/08/2018

Social media, fitness blogs and the mainstream media give us a vast array of health related ‘information’. But problems occur when that information is: misguided, mixed up, false or agenda driven.
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Despite all the noise, some things will never change until humans perish. Calories in vs calories out will always determine body shape - micronutrients will not. Micronutrient absorption will primarily determine function/disease prevention. Though energy balance also has an indirect role in that higher body fat increases likelihood of disease.
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30% of the GLOBAL population is obese. No country has reduced its obesity rate in 33 years. This indicates that; 1. We don’t understand basic thermodynamics/energy balance. 2. Our method/ execution/desire to change does not correlate with the goal. The simple fact is; 30% of the global population are obese because they are eating too many calories and not moving enough, regardless of the quality of food (micronutrients) consumed.
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Whilst consumption of vitamins and minerals is significant, the possibility of disease is much higher in an obese individual consuming lots of micronutrients, compared with a non-obese individual consuming less micronutrients. Whilst many variables determine onset of disease in an individual, unlike the others, obesity and body fat reduction is one you can easily control.
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You do not automatically lose weight just by eating a bunch of quinoa, avocado, blueberries, lentils or any on trend ‘superfood’. Those calories still count. And whilst some studies linking high consumption of processed foods to disease may hold some credence, the likelihood is that subjects consuming vast amounts are also overweight or obese anyway.
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What we know today is the same biology that existed when man and woman first walked on earth. Energy balance determines how we look, whilst nutrient consumption determines how our body operates. Without getting each facet confused with the other, you want the best of both 🤜🤛.
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30/07/2018

Good news! A slow metabolism is not a given. There are a number of effective actions you can take to give your metabolism a jump start.