Parrillo Certified Personal Training Structuring the weekly training template In this day and age, TIME is our most precious commodity

by Duke Nukem

Typically, the first question a new client asks of a Parrillo Certified Personal Trainers is, “How do I fit in training when I am working long hours and have lots of outside responsibilities and commitments? I can’t spend two hours a day in the gym.” Any Parrillo Certified Personal Trainer (PCPT) will be quick to point out transformative fitness does not need to take a lot of time if the time spent is well spent. In Parrillo World, when we train, we train all out: cardio and weight training are done with gut-busting intensity. Better to spend thirty minutes using blistering intensity than to pretend train for two hours, engaging in halfhearted training, interspersed with lots of socializing and talking with other gym members. If you work hard and work smart you can get by with way less, particularly if you make it a point to not socialize during workouts. As one fabled IFBB professional once noted, “When I train, I feel as if I am in a battle with my own body. I am not at the gym to hit on women or shuck and jive with the other fellows. I might say a few words to my training partner about how I want him to spot me on the next set. Other than that, don’t come over and try and strike up a conversation with me while I’m training. You’ll get the cold shoulder. If you want to talk with me save it for after the workout.” In every single workout maintain tight concentration and become completely focused; that way you’ll get the most return for your time investment.

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FORCED REPS!

By: Duke Nukem

Take the target muscle past capacity: John Parrillo was his usual matter-of-fact self when asked at a seminar a few years back about his strategy for muscle building. “First and foremost – you have to push yourself past your current limits in training. Keep in mind that “limits” can take many different forms. Nothing of any particular muscular significance is going to happen if you never push past your limits in training. The adaptive response is only triggered if and when a muscle is pushed past capacity. In response to stress, the body reacts and makes a muscle stronger and larger to cope with the repeated muscular stress of regular weight training sessions. If the human body favorably reacted to mild or light workouts, everyone would look like a professional bodybuilder.

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How one man finally got traction in his quest to build a better body

By Duke Nukem

Reese Reynolds stood gasping for breath between his fifth and sixth squat rep. He had 455 pounds on his back and it felt like a house. “C’mon Reese! Three more reps!” Big Bo Bennington hissed as he stood directly behind Reese. Bo had his beefy arms underneath Reese’s armpits; in case Reese collapsed he’d catch him. Reese ground out squat rep number six, all the while listening to and obeying Bo’s commands: “Down, down, down, down – UP!”

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How one man finally got traction with his annual New Year’s Resolution

Reese Reynolds was determined that this year’s New Year’s Resolutions would be different. This year Reese was going to lose his ample gut and keep it off. Every year Reese made a vow that he was going to lose fifty pounds and regain that lithe, athletic look he had as a college football star. Each year for the past ten years starting January 3rd he’d embark on an ambitious plan to melt off his excess body fat; each year around the end of January he’d fall completely and irrevocably off the fitness bandwagon until January 3rd of the following year.

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