Training and Diet Q&A Podcast
Just a heads up: over the weekend, I was on the Better Asian Man Podcast promoting Strength and Physique: Neo-Classical Bodybuilding. I did a Q&A session on training, diet and the role of the physique in attracting the opposite. Check out my segment of the podcast at the BAM website.
The BAM website is run a “pick-up artist” by the name of William Lee. I’m not a PUA, but I do find the PUA community to be a rather fascinating subculture. If you’ve seen VH1’s “The Pickup Artist,” then you know what I mean. People are quick to dismiss their strategies and techniques, but there’s a lot of evolutionary psychology involved. Frankly, the stuff works much better than no game plan at all and relying on vague general advice like “Just be yourself.”
Anyway, since these PUA guys are more concerned with sexual attraction, I focused my training advice on the concepts of symmetry and posture. I go over these concepts in great detail in Strength and Physique V1.
In my experience and from what I have seen in others, most women really don’t care as much about your physique, UNLESS you’re one extreme or the other: fat or skinny. Most women are looking at other factors aside from physique: how safe and comfortable you make them, how you make them laugh, how confident you are, how you dress, etc.
But I find that 2 out of 10 women will also be highly attracted to a well-chiseled physique, so much so that they would casually or in an obvious manner touch your arm. Don’t underestimate the power of a powerful looking physique. Most women are not attracted to the buffed out strong man, but they definitely notice the V-taper (wide shoulders, muscular arms, trim waist).
Q and A:
“In your Wingspan Workouts article, you don’t specify if all of these 4 shock workouts should be performed in one day or if they should be rotated on a weekly basis? I work each body part once a week and cardio 6 days a week. Example:
Monday – Chest,
Tuesday – Bi’s and Tri’s,
Wed – BACK ,
Thursday – Quads,
Friday – Shoulders,
Saturday – Hams.
“I would appreciate any help you could throw my way about this. By the way I am a 53 year old male.”
Thanks,
Cliff Travis
Gastonia, North Carolina
My Answer: The Wingspan Workouts are 4 separate WORKOUTS. Hence you don’t do them all in one day. You can choose one workout and stick with that for a few weeks, or you can alternate between 2 workouts, or you can rotate among 3-4 shock workouts. The shock techniques are tools in your bodybuilding arsenal to use as you see fit.
“Hey it’s CW from Vegas again. Just received the new book and cannot wait to get back into the gym. The reason I’m writing is I’m hoping you can resolve a debate in regards to cardio. As you know in law enforcement, cardio is a must. However the question is: how and when to do it? Some say do 30 to 40 minutes of light cardio after weights and some say HIIT. Other say to do it on non-gym days or do cardio in the morning then lift at night. Getting to the gym 4 times a week is tough enough let alone twice a day. One guy I know is preaching the Max-OT cardio program from AST. So if you can tell me what the best cardio program is I will be most grateful.”
Thanks,
CW
My Answer: Every cardio method that you mention works to some degree. But what you should be asking is: what works best for you? You’re a peace officer with limited time to train (that almost sounds redundant!)
So what you should be interested in is minimal investment in the gym with maximal performance in the field. Forget about 2 a day training. It’s very effective, but what’s the point if you can’t make time for the workouts?
Forget about light cardio for 30-40 minutes. You’re training your body to be slow and weak.
Forget about Max-OT cardio, which requires you to do cardio on a recumbent bike or stair climber machine. Your job requires that you run, so why practice a different skill when you do cardio?
So that leaves us with HIIT. Sprint interval training is the best form of cardio for law enforcement officers. You want to train to be fast and to end the chase quickly. To save you some time, do 15 minutes of HIIT after 45 minutes of strength training. This way if you hit the gym 4 times a week, you’ll be doing cardio 4 times a week.
