Ted Harrison – Vital Exercise
Ted Harrison (vitalexercise @ gmail.com) is the owner of Vital Exercise, a private, personal training studio based in Essex. Ted has been a personal trainer for more than 30 years helping people transform their health and physique using HIT-influenced, science-based principles.
In this episode, Ted Harrison talks about Vital Exercise’s training program, ways to measure progress, how to run efficient sessions, tips in finding high-quality referrals, and much more.
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Show Notes
- 1:04 – Vital Exercise – exercise machines & programming
- 8:03 – Ways to measure strength training progress
- 14:49 – How to run efficient sessions
- 28:00 – Rogue Echo Bike and SkiErg workout
- 32:59 – Private studio vs. big box gym environment
- 36:25 – Vital Exercise – training sessions, pricing & packaging
- 45:18 – How to find the best referrers
- 56:01 – Vital Exercise – info about the new studio
Selected Links from the Episode
- Vital Exercise
- Nautilus Inc.
- MedX Machines
- PowerBlock Dumbbells
- 3×3 Training
- Strength and Conditioning for Football by Ellington Darden
- SkiErg
- Rogue Echo Bike
- Rogue Echo Gym Timer
- CrossFit
- Ultimate Exercise – Personal Weight Training – Bulletin Number 1 by Doug McGuff
- Fitness First
- 323 – Luke Carlson – How to Learn from Micro-Failures in your Strength Studio Business
- HIT Business Membership
429 – A Deep Dive into Joint-Friendly Fitness with Bill DeSimone: A New Paradigm in Exercise Safety
423 – Service Over Marketing: Luke Carlson’s Take on the Fatal Mistake in Fitness Business
421 – The Million Dollar Trainer’s Secret: Pete Cerqua’s Referral Program that Transformed his HIT Business
Just wanted to comment on something you said when introducing the section about the Echo Bike and Ski Erg. You stated that heart rate increases during resistance training were more modest that with traditional cardio exercises, but this is offset by increases in stroke volume, so that overall cardiac output is higher. I agree with the first statement, but not with the latter 2 points.
Most of the research I’ve seen suggests that stroke volume during heavy resistance training either stays constant or decreases, making it harder to produce the same level of cardiac output with resistance training. In generally traditional cardio exercise, when done at high intensity, can produce a much higher levels of cardiac output than can be obtained from resistance exercise.
As an example, the link below goes to an excerpt from the textbook “Advanced Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology”, with the title “Cardiac Responses to Acute Resistance Training”. It cites several studies to make this point:
https://us.humankinetics.com/blogs/excerpt/resistance-exercise-produces-cardiovascular-benefits
To quote from the excerpt:
“The acute cardiovascular responses to resistance exercise just described are in stark contrast to those seen during aerobic exercise. Cardiac output increases dramatically during heavy aerobic exercise (five- to sevenfold) but modestly during resistance exercise (20-100%). More specifically, during aerobic exercise both heart rate and stroke volume increase to achieve a greater cardiac output. During resistance exercise, heart rate increases modestly but stroke volume decreases; thus cardiac output is only modestly increased.”
Thank you Greg. Perhaps I was wrong. I will read this text and I’m curious how this is reconciled with Doug’s explanation re cardio here https://youtu.be/ixhbTY3LyFU. If you or anyone has any thoughts, I’d love to hear.