IN-HOUSE UPDATES

ChalkIt switch-over for billing

I really need your help with this. I’ve been trying for months to transfer data to Stripe from PushPress and they’ve done nothing but waste my time. Having a single app to reserve, pay, track, communicate, etc will make the experience as a member of The Standard much more enjoyable.

Don’t forget to message me and let me know when you’ve entered your info!!

Let me know if you have any questions.

IMPROVEMENT SERIES.

Part 3 - SUPPLEMENTS

If you’ve gotten Nutrition Part A down, you’re leaning out and feeling better. If you got Part B down, you’re building and repairing muscle and burning even more fat. You’re progressing with your strength, your pants fit nice and snug, and look great at the pool.

Then there are things that can fill in the gaps. Like mortar. The bricks are built, they get laid well, they need solidification.

Supplement, n. “something that completes or enhances something else when added to it.”

Supplements are NOT replacements. There is no such thing as a justifiable replacement for real food, no matter how many magic shake products emerge. They’re all crap. ALL OF THEM. Eat Jesus food. Remember, the farther you get some real food, the less valuable that is to the body (google: bioavailability).

Here are the supplements that EVERYONE should be taking regularly:

Protein (post-workout or before bed, this is a great whey (get it??) to top off the protein stores and make sure the body has all it could need. Preferably a whey isolate with very minimal other ingredients. Ascent, Podium, Optimum Nutrition, are all better than the 5-Star dumpster garbage protein in Meijer and Kroger. Quality matters.
Creatine. 5 grams a day is the MOST STUDIED supplement in the world and consistently provides improved performance in the gym, but the crazier benefit is the cognitive benefit! It’s VERY good for your brain function. Now, women may not like it because it WILL force you to hold some extra water, but if you get creatine that is not monohydrate, that should avoid any of that. Again, it’s a supplement, not absolutely vital.
Absolutely vital IS Vitamin D. If you deal with any amount of seasonal depression or have any hormone imbalances or low testosterone, you may just be Vitamin D deficient. 2500 everyday costs something like $.25 and can bring some of the most significant benefits around.

Here are a couple other thoughts on supplements:

Multi-vitamins. These are hilarious and the most offensive scam in the world. The VAST majority of these products are not broken down from their pill form at all, much less bioavailable enough to be useful to the body. They’re a gigantic waste of money. Now, if you’re getting a big benefit from them and you know it, you better keep using it, but as a whole, these are wildly snake-oily.
CBD oil hasn’t been a significant benefit to me, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not for a large number of other people. It’s also pretty cheap at this point and if you’re struggling with aches and pains, it may be worth trying since it’s a proven anti-inflammatory.
Pre-workouts. Quality and concoction matters. MOST of these are just irresponsible levels of stimulants with little to no actual benefit. 300mg of caffeine with stuff that makes you tingly and then a weird come down afterward. The only pre-workout I’ve found with scientifically efficacious ingredients is Podium. There are other good ones around, but if you’re buying C4, you can get more for the same price.
SHAKE YOUR CONTAINERS OFTEN!! Some ingredients are simply heavier than others, so as they settle, there’s some natural separation that happens. Just wait until you get a scoop of pre-workout that’s ONLY caffeine. lol… now you just got 600mg of caffeine and your heart is going to explode, then you get to the bottom and it’s all beta-alanine and you feel like your skin is falling off. Shake them up. Regularly.

NEXT WEEK: PRE-HAB; preventative maintenance.

TRAINING CYCLES

category focuses are: rowing - api - weightlifting

Expect to see some drills and movements we don’t typically do when we aren’t focusing on these

Our programming is designed to bring a broad and inclusive general physical preparedness to everyone participating consistently at The Standard. That means we have to work in cycles where we focus on certain implements (KB,DB,barbell,etc), energy systems (heavy breathing vs muscular burn), virtuosity (proficiency of a specific skill), and E discipline (neurological learning typically with weights). If we tried to do them all throughout the year, all the time, we would get less progress across the timeline, so we break it up so we can get a specific adaptation. Just in case you wanted some nerd stuff in your blogs. :)

GYM UPGRADES

I have a number of really cool projects in the works. ChalkIt is one, but that’s not a sexy upgrade for you as members, that’s sexy for me as an owner. :) So, you’re going to get some really great upgrades here in the near future! I want to spill the beans, but ruining the surprise wouldn’t be as much fun. :)

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