A newbie fitness blogger once said in the middle of testing his new intense fitness plan…

“I’m DYING!”

~Joel C~

Time to Test

     I mentioned I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I picked this blog topic three weeks ago for my 20% project.  For those of you who don’t like reading old information or comments, my brother and I have been searching for the greatest fitness plan that would best suite most people’s wishes and desires for their bodies, as well as our own.  This plan is designed to gain muscle, lose fat, and increase cardio (not for people who distance run mind you.) Last week we discovered that HIIT (a style of fitness training that stands for High Intensity Interval Training) combined with basic strength training seems like the best solution.  This week we continued to put that idea to the test…and it hurts.  So if you like reading about mediocre fitness guys getting themselves, and their test subjects, injured for science continue reading Bros and Fitness.

     Cameron and I have been testing out this mix of strength and HIIT, as suggested by our mentor and brother, Landon, for about two weeks.  It’s very painful but unbelievably effective.  Already I’ve found that my body can lift more, move faster, and achieve more awesomeness points in all of my other physical activities like Parkour and martial arts.  The rest of our test subjects have just begun this plan.  They have already started an introductory regime to prepare them for this new plan which includes light weight, full body strength workouts, and light variation HIIT. (Without the variation of HIIT, this plan is very common among new people who are just starting their workout path to destiny). 

Addressing some comments

            For nutrition, as requested by a commenter of ours, we have been focusing on eating proteins to continue building fast-twitch fibers before and after our workouts.  Ok…what?  Proteins are used to build fast-twitch fibers which are one of two types of fibers in your muscular system that can be activated by building muscle growth.  The other type of fibers are slow-twitch fibers which require very little protean and are activated by training specifically in cardio.  I hope that clicked in your brains. We have also been avoiding foods like fats, simple carbohydrates, chocolate, and my mom’s world-famous laired pudding dessert made with chocolate pudding, whip cream, grounded Oreos, and…ok moving on.

We also got another comment that suggested that we make workout videos to show you how it’s really done as well as suggest other fitness nerds of greatness. The beef in the video that will be shown soon is my brother, Landon.  Prepare to check out the canons on this tank.  Landon has been studying to be a physical trainer, has completed college coursework in physiology, kinesiology, weight training, and nutrition.  He is a firefighter-EMT for Cal Fire and volunteers with the Shasta County Sheriff’s Department Mountain Search and Rescue team.  He has been an avid weight lifter, runner, hiker, and all-around fitness junkie for 12 years. Yes, I copied that part from my last blog - so what!?  Also check out workout videos from Six-pack shortcuts (Mike Chang) as well as websites like Bodybuilding.com for more workout tips and Choosemyplate.gov for tips on nutrition.

SPECIAL BRO ANNOUNCEMENT

     I’m getting tired of calling our new fitness plan “our new fitness plan”.  We would like to give you the opportunity to name this unofficial.  To do so drop a comment below and we will chose the coolest name suggested by you guys.  You may post up to three name ideas each.  The last day to submit your fitness plan name is on April 28, 2016. [Few will enter fewer will win].  Also don’t forget to leave a comment if you have any suggestions on how to make this blog or Cameron’s blog better or if you just feel like telling us how your day’s going… (I don’t know why you’d want to, but it’s cool).  Also, I know I said I was going to post in full detail exactly what to do for all four levels of workout awesomeness (if you read last week’s blog). I didn’t do this because it goes along so well with the topic of next week’s post, so I’ll be showing you guys and gals that next week instead.  See you then.