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Bi-Weekly Brock Round-up for June 24, 2018

Welcome to the second edition of the bi-weekly BrockArmstrong.com newsletter! This newsletter is meant to give you one convenient place to find the coolest things I’ve come across this week, including my latest blog posts, podcast episodes, news items, projects and a few other things that you may be interested in. Enjoy!

Before we get into anything else, I am itching to tell you about a program that is beginning in just a couple weeks… WEIGHLESS!

Here is the elevator pitch:
Weighless is a group coaching program that I run with Monica Reinagel (the Nutrition Diva) that produces permanent weight loss through lifestyle modification, awareness, and behaviour change. Our unique approach maximizes fat loss, minimizes metabolic disruption, and builds sustainable habits. So, instead of learning how to lose weight, you learn how to weigh less.

You can find all the information at Weighless.Life and our next year-long program will begin on July 6. Continue reading “Bi-Weekly Brock Round-up for June 24, 2018”

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Slow Weight Loss for Performance

If you are a serious (or even recreational) athlete, you want to get faster.  That is, after all, the name of the game. And for many of us, getting faster often means losing weight, which can be a tricky endeavour when you are also trying to nail your workouts and perform well at races and events.

While you definitely want to “weigh less,” you also don’t want to lose any precious muscle that also helps you go faster. There are many theories and different approaches to this dilemma but I think the best place to start is with how fast you lose the weight.

Research confirms that people who lose weight slowly lose less lean muscle than those who lose weight more quickly. Continue reading “Slow Weight Loss for Performance”

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Why You Should Move More (but not to burn calories)

close up shot of a chocolate frappe

In my perfect world, calorie counters would be banned from all exercise machines.

Instead, I would add “number of limbs moved” or “variety of planes used” or, even better, I would add a “level of enjoyment” meter.

While we all know that staying physically active is essential to a long, healthy,  and productive life, many of us don’t make time for it in our busy lives. As easy as it would be for me to chalk this up to society being lazy or uninterested in their own wellbeing (beyond popping meds when your health gets out of control).

I think the real reason is that we, as a society, have mistakenly and inextricably linked exercise purely with weight loss.

Continue reading “Why You Should Move More (but not to burn calories)”

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How to Start Using Pull-Up Bars

Before you start dangling, swinging, and pulling up:

  • Your hands are probably weak (sorry). If so, check out the article How to Increase Your Grip Strength.
  • Don’t jump right into swinging or pulling, first just hang. Even if that means you keep your feet (lightly) on the ground.
  • It is important to learn how to hang with your shoulders down and your shoulder blades rotated back and down. This will help you activate the correct muscles and not hurt yourself.

Continue reading “How to Start Using Pull-Up Bars”

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Primal Endurance #141

Host Brad Kearns welcomed Brock for a deep look into the podcast scene as a producer and host of numerous health/fitness/primal-paleo/biohacking style shows, and also a longtime endurance coach. We also talked about my Workplace Hero podcast and how it helps those with sedentary office jobs make the best of their surroundings and minimize the health challenges of office work.

Continue reading “Primal Endurance #141”

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I’m a Scientific American

I got an awesome surprise from Joe, the editor at Quick and Dirty Tips, on Monday morning. This was his email to me:

The Body Fat: How to Use it and Lose it went live on SciAm and drove about ~40,000 pageviews over the weekend! You also saw over 8,000 downloads on Sunday. Which is more downloads than your average Tuesday releases and about 8x more downloads than Sundays typically get. Pretty huge!​​

Continue reading “I’m a Scientific American”

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6 Tips for Racing a 5 or 10k

Tip #1
Lunch and Dinner.

The foods that you eat the day before the race are the foods that your gastrointestinal system will be using in the morning. So, you should avoid having an evening meal that is loaded with fiber and protein. Instead, consume an easily digested dinner that is comprised of a carbohydrate like sweet potato, yam or quinoa, an iron-rich dark leafy green or cruciferous vegetables like steamed spinach or broccoli, and if you’d like, a moderate amount of a basic protein, like a small piece of baked salmon. Continue reading “6 Tips for Racing a 5 or 10k”

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Newsletter!

I have been working all over the place lately. I have a wonderful podcast called Workplace Hero, and I also write and record an episode and blog post every week over called the Get-Fit Guy. I have my online fitness coaching business at SkywalkerFitness.ca and my business partner Monica Reinagel and I have a weight loss program called Weightless over at Weightless.me. Not to mention that I work on four other podcasts as a technician or producer.

With all that in mind, I have decided that I need to get all of my current projects and future projects under one roof (this roof) and to help with that I would love it if you would take a moment and sign up for my email newsletter.

Because I believe so strongly in the idea of Inbox Zero, I promise that you will only receive an email once per week (tops), and it will be short, to the point and easy to delete. And then, I will be able to let you know all the ways that I can help you stay fit, trim, happy and healthy.

So please sign up and help us stay in touch.