Random Thought Monday

Just some random thoughts:

1. People NEED to eat breakfast. It's called BREAKfast for a reason. Your body has gone 6-10 hours without feeding, and needs nutrients first thing in the AM. And to all of those people who claim they don't have time to make breakfast in the morning, I call bullshit. Heating up a bowl of oatmeal with berries takes all of 2 minutes to make. A protein shake with a banana and peanut buter takes even less. Quit making excuses and eat your damn breakfast.

2. Jen Heath is one cool chick. Check her out on this week's Fitcast. Some great content in regards to women and training. [Read: ladies........you all should be squatting].

3. I think post-training drinks such as Surge or anything similiar are great, but should NOT be utilized by pure endomorphic bodytypes or anyone trying to shed a TON of fat. I just don't like the idea of such high glycemic loads being ingested. Instead, stick to whey protein shakes and a banana post-training.

4. Any trainer who has their client squatting on a BOSU ball should be karate chopped across the throat.

5. And speaking of personal trainers, what's up with asking a client what they want to do today? It's shouldn't be up to the client what they do in any particular session, it's up to YOU. Have a plan.

6. If more people put more time and effort into squatting, deadlifting, and single leg work, and LESS time into doing cute little abdominal exercises, we would have waaaaaay more people happier with their mid-section.

7. Here's a knowledge bomb from Jen Heath: Women....you CAN and will get a leaner and more athletic looking body, you're just going to weigh more. The sooner you learn to accept that and STOP using scale weight as your only source of gauging progress, the better off you will be.

8. Also from Jen Heath:

Note to pregnant women. DO NOT use the excuse of "I am eating for two" as an excuse to go all Kirstie Alley and eat everything in sight. It's soooo overated Pregnant women only need an additional 300 kcals per day to promote growth and provide ample nutrients for the fetus. To put this into context, 300 kcals equates to 3 tablespoons of peanut butter per day, or 1 cup of oatmeal. That's it.