41 – Alex Fergus – How To Beat World Class Athletes With 15-Minutes Training Per Week

Alex Fergus is a personal trainer who coaches some of Australia’s top executives, helping them look and feel amazing through natural lifestyle choices and combining ancestral protocols and modern-day science. He runs a successful personal training business and also manages several other businesses and projects successfully, such as RowFaster and Blue Blockers, on top of just having recently won the 2016 realFIT competition, which he prepared for using nothing but high-intensity training protocols.

A former competitive rower, rugby player, powerlifter, and bodybuilder, Alex is ISSN Nutrition Certified, holds a Bachelor of Management Studies (hons), is Recomp Certified, and is a Superhuman Coach, just to name some of his accomplishments and qualifications. He has also authored three books: Ultimate Fat Loss, Increase Your Testosterone Naturally!, and The Ultimate Supplement Guide – all available individually, or in a health book bundle.

Contact Alex:

• AlexFergus.com
• Email: alex [@] afcoaching.com.au
• Linkedin
• Blue Blockers

In this episode, we cover:

• How Alex crushed the realFIT competition just by using HIT
• The upsides and downsides of high-fat, low-carb diets
• How to optimise exercise and diet for muscle growth
• Supplementing HIT with other exercises and activities
• Managing time and multiple businesses and projects
• And much more!

 

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Show Notes

• Alex’s story, in his own words [7:31]
• Alex Fergus, video gamer [11:22]
• Alex’s thoughts on genetic advantages and epigenetics [15:30]
• Alex on what will work for most people in terms of results and muscle gains [20:29]
• What is the realFIT competition? [21:15]
• What is Paleo f(x)? [22:55]
• Alex’s experience preparing for and competing in realFIT [24:24]
• The margin between Alex in the top spot and second place [28:46]
• The questions Alex got, how he answered them, and how people reacted [29:57]
• How did Ben Greenfield feel about Alex beating him? [34:50]
• How Alex does online marketing and his thoughts on social media [37:00]
• Alex talks about his businesses and projects [41:30]
• Alex talks about his motivations [47:36]
• Alex on his exercise routines and how he got started with high-intensity training [52:05]
• Alex on sprinting [56:25]
• How does Alex approach reading, learning, and staying on top of the health & fitness world? [1:00:25]
• On James Steele’s Bodyweight High-Intensity Training Workout [1:03:05]
• Why does Alex think that bodyweight training is inferior to machine-based training? [1:04:45]
• Lawrence and Alex talk about Oura Rings and measuring recovery [1:10:19]
• Alex talks about supplementary exercises, active movement, and physical activity [1:16:30]
• Alex on getting back into rowing [1:23:24]
• Alex on learning more about and training for endurance [1:25:46]
• Lawrence and Alex talk about a study on high-level endurance athletes with different diets [1:27:50]
• Alex talks about his current diet, training routine, fasting [1:31:00]
• Does Alex get cravings, and how does he deal with them? [1:34:01]
• Alex talks about his meals, meal timing, and dealing with gut issues [1:37:29]
• What is Alex’s take on optimal caloric intake and lean muscle mass gain? [1:40:35]
• If Alex could convince everyone to start – or stop – eating one thing every day, what would it be? [1:45:54]
• What brand of sardines does Alex recommend? [1:52:35]
• Alex’s morning routine [1:54:36]
• Has Alex changed his mind on anything about health and fitness recently? [1:57:00]
• The best piece of advice that Alex has ever been given [1:57:58]

Selected Links from the Episode

• Paleo f(x)
• realFIT
• CrossFit
• Age of Empires
• Command & Conquer
• Body By Science by Doug McGuff and John Little (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
• ARX Machines
• Less Is More: How Slowing Down Improved Health and Produced a RealFit Champ by Alex Fergus
• The Kiwi Pair by Hamish Bond and Eric Murray (Amazon UK)
• Body By Science High Intensity Training Review: My 9 Month Experiment by Alex Fergus
• Kieser Training
• James Steele’s Bodyweight HIT Workout
• Oura Ring
• The One Wearable To Rule Them All? Oura Ring Review by Alex Fergus
• Power Rangers
• EMF (Electromagnetic Fields)
• The Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing by Philip Maffetone (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
• Primal Endurance by Mark Sisson  (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
• Organic Coconut Butter (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
• Thorne Research Bio-Gest (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
• Elite HRV
• The 3 Minute Test You Should Be Doing Everyday For Optimal Health & Performance by Alex Fergus
• Precision Xtra Ketone Meter (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
• Puritan’s Pride Chelated Zinc (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
• Puritan’s Pride Sea Kelp (Iodine Source) (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
• Puritan’s Pride Selenium (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
• The Complete Nose to Tail: A Kind of British Cooking by Fergus Henderson (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
• 51 Sardine Recipes For The Fussiest Of Fish Eaters by Alex Fergus
• Brunswick Sardines in Springwater (Amazon US / Amazon UK)
• Vital Choice Sardines in Organic Olive Oil (Amazon US)
• Vital Spiced Choice Sardines in Organic Olive Oil (Amazon US)

People Mentioned

• Jay Vincent
• Dr. Doug McGuff (check out my interviews with Doug here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3)
• DNA Fit
• Mark Sisson
• Ben Greenfield
• Dave Asprey
• Keith Norris
• Phil Maffetone
• Tom Church (check out my Interview with Tom here)
• James Steele