Lawrence Neal
Lawrence Neal here, founder of High Intensity Business and co-founder of Optima Strength.
In this episode, I give updates on my training, diet, and body composition. I also share the challenges of fatherhood and running multiple businesses, tips for managing stress, optimizing health and performance, and much more.
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Show Notes
- 0:44 – My training regimen and factors affecting recovery
- 10:22 – Personal experience with yoga
- 15:28 – Diet, workout results, fatherhood & business
- 23:12 – Healthy lifestyle actions and ways to reduce stress
Selected Links from the Episode
- Exercise Programming Series with Dr. James Fisher and Luke Carlson
- MedX Machines
- Drew Baye’s Project Kratos
- The Six Year Itch: Was It All A Waste Of Time?
- Body by Science: A Research Based Program for Strength Training, Body building, and Complete Fitness in 12 Minutes a Week by Dr. Doug McGuff and John Little
- High Intensity Business
- HIT Business Membership
- 326 – Dr Doug McGuff – What Training Frequency is Best? Once a Week or Twice a Week?
- Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule
- Y Combinator
- Discover Strength
429 – A Deep Dive into Joint-Friendly Fitness with Bill DeSimone: A New Paradigm in Exercise Safety
425 – Random Hour with Skyler Tanner — Diving Deep into HIT, The Mysteries and Misconceptions of VO2 Max, Unpacking the Nuances of Muscle Studies, and Mastering the Delicate Dance of Verbal and Non-Verbal Client Interactions
415 – Defying Limits: Unpacking Progress Plateaus in High Intensity Training with Luke Carlson and Dr. James Fisher
Great podcast Lawrence, congratulations on your recent good news. You mentioned timed static contraction training for your neck in the podcast . What were your results like when using this technique for bigger body parts like the quads? Do you think it can fully replace a standard weight training regime for strength and muscle mass?
All the best!
Thank you Bill. I haven’t done TSC leg extension, which I assume would be an optimal TSC exercise for quads. I don’t know if it’s as good as dynamic exercise. I only do TSC because I don’t have all the tools, otherwise I’d always opt for dynamic exercises. However, if you’re contracting for a long enough period of time and really giving 100 % for at least 10 seconds, I think it’s likely to be as effective. But then you don’t have as much mechanical work/contractions, which some argue is important for maximum strength/hypertrophy (you can tell I’m getting out of my depth here). Also, I think that adherence and overall effort levels are likely to be lower in clients using TSC because unless you’re measuring force output it’s not very sexy.
Thanks Lawrence, that was a very I depth answer to my question
I appreciate you taking the time to answer it for me. Keep up the fantastic work, I am amazed at how you manage to make such great podcasts from such a basically simple principle (HIT training), long may you continue.
Best Regards
Thanks Bill! I feel like I’m just scratching the surface! HA!
G’day Lawrence, thanks for the interesting podcast. You mentioned a 2 – 10 cadence; interested in what appears to be a ‘negative bias’ movement protocol (apologies if I have misunderstood this). Can you please explain your choice of cadence? Thanks mate, I always find the podcast interesting and always learn a lot. Cheers, Jim
Hi Jim, Thank you. I don’t think it makes much difference. Negative accentuated workouts might be more tolerable for some people and enable them to reach a higher level of intensity in their workouts. It also provides a bit of novelty. I like to test client protocols on myself to have the understanding and empathy.