Greetings from the other side of the world.  John and I did our “Big 5″ workouts today.  Unfortunately, our equipment was limited to a rusty Smith machine.  Nonetheless, we were able to tweak the range of motion and rep cadence to offset friction and strength curve issues, and ended up having an excellent workout.  We both did the following workout.

Smith Squat (using Moment Arm Exercise range of motion)

Chin-up (SuperSlow 10/10 cadence) using the Smith machine support bridge as the chin-up bar

Bench Press (slight incline, and Moment Arm range of motion)

Reverse grip row (”Yates row”)

Overhead Press (to failure plus top-range partials)

Doug’s ET=8:19, John’s ET=9:20

Despite the equipment limitations, both John and I felt this was one of our best workouts ever.  Just goes to show that ideal equipment is not needed to get an awesome, result-stimulating workout.

Afterward we finally got to shoot our segment for NBC’s new reality series.  We cannot disclose the details yet, but it should provide massive exposure for BBS and proper exercise, and should be a boon to anyone who runs a HIT facility.  More details and pictures to follow tomorrow.

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Monday night we received a call from television  producers of a forthcoming reality TV show that wanted (insisted) that both Doug and I to travel (last minute) to Fiji to present Body By Science principles on an episode of their show. This represents a fantastic forum by which to bring the principles of Body By Science to the general public. So much so that we both felt we had to go. That’s the “good news.” The “bad news” is that this necessitated that Doug cancel his scheduled appearances in Lake Zurich, Illinois for this Friday and Saturday . We apologize to any and all who will be inconvenienced by this, but we will reschedule this event at a future date. It has long been our stated purpose that we wrote Body By Science primarily to change the way people exercise; i.e., to create a cultural paradigm shift to a more rational, scientific approach to exercise, and the best way to do this is by presenting our case to as broad an audience as possible. This opportunity, we’ve been told, will reach an audience of between 10 and 15 million viewers, which will lend further support to all of you who have purchased our book and train with Body By Science principles in your own workouts and facilities. We’ll do our best to do right by you during this broadcast, and, again, apologize for the postponement of this coming weekend’s presentation in Illinois. We will endeavor to keep you posted on our Fiji experience as well as the rescheduling of the  Lake Zurich talks on this forum.

– Doug & John

Little 5 workout performed. 

Calf Raise- tied last performance

Med X abdominal-added 5 secs

Nautilus/SS Bicep-added 10 secs

Tricep pushdown (stage reps) mid point to extension, then flexion to midpoint-no change

Formulator Wrist Flexion- no change

Formulator Wrist Extension-no change

Stable or progressed on all movements.  Felt great afterwards.

Will be in Chicago for next week’s WOW.  Post your WOW’s.

Did a Big 5 combo. Most of these movements were last done in this order back in March. It was a great workout with an increase in weight and TUL on each movement.
MedX Leg Press
MedX/SS Comp Row
MedX Chest Press
Nautilus/SS Pullover
MedX Overhead Press
ET: 9:25

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The following event has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled for sometime in the future. Please check back at this web site. Our apologies for any inconveniences this has caused.

The following event has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled for sometime in the future. Please check back at this web site. Our apologies for any inconveniences this has caused.

Happy July 4th weekend. Spent all day in the lake on the 4th, then worked day shift in the ER on the 5th. After work, my WOW was as follows.
Nautilus plateload Bicep (SS retrofits)
Nautilus (SS) plateload Tricep
Formulator wrist flexion
MedX abdominal
Calf Raise.

Next appearance will be with The Body Coach in Chicago July 24th and 25th. We will post flyers shortly.

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