FBF #46

Fit By Fingertips #46
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In this issue -

Fat Loss Study Press Release

Power & Control: Why Speed & Agility Ain't Cuttin' It
Any More

Is A Calorie Just A Calorie?
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Fat Loss Study Press Release:

Recently this week in the TRF Times, the Thief River Falls
weekly paper, my press release on the fat loss study was
printed. For a full view of the press release, look in the
first section of the TRF Times this week. For a full view
of the study's conclusion paper, visit my site,
http://speeddialcoach.com to download the copy instantly.

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Power & Control: Why Speed & Agility Ain't Cuttin' It
Any More...

Warning: Rick's Famous Ranting is coming your way.

You have been warned. :)

Okay, I know the headline here has a 'no no' in the proper
way of English composition, but I wrote it that way to
get your attention.

Recently I've been watching more boys & girls basketball
games at the high school level, and the junior college
level, too.

I'm going to make a statement that may shock some, but
here it goes:

Today's athletes are too fast.

Yes, I believe we are training kids to be fast, faster, and
then the fastest on the team. BUT: here's my concern about
all this increased speed.

No athlete seems to know how to control it.

Witness this the next time you go to a game: Check both
teams, and count the number of braces you see on knees
and ankles.

If the number is greater than 10 on each team, it tells you
that about half of today's kids are having some movement
issues with their body.

My feeling, as an observer of movement, is that today's
young athletes are getting stronger, and faster, with proper
and precise training methods. But if they are getting to
be so fast that they don't know how to control their body,
this is when injuries occur.

So, we sacrifice our joints in the sake of greater speed.

This is going to sound like a sales pitch, but bear with me
on my opinion here. I have been training athletes since
the year 2000, and have been witnessing a growing trend with
ankle injuries and knee surgeries, all the while seeing
athletes get faster & faster. It's not that they aren't
strong enough, although perhaps in some athletes that is
a main concern. But it makes no sense to me when you have
an athlete who tears up the weight room and gains strength
accordingly throughout the summer & fall, then gets to a
basketball season, and rips up a knee ligament, due to the
lack of CONTROL.

This is what's missing in most of today's training. Today's
professionals and sports performance service market will
promote and push for speed, speed, speed, because in my field,
the conjured up image of speed sells. Its what everyone
desires, to be as fast as they can be. What ends up missing
is the Control Factor: How do you get faster, and be able
to keep on producing force effectively & efficiently, if
the brakes don't work on your body?

We are teaching athletes to run faster, but aren't teaching
them to learn how to control their body. After training
athletes with kettlebells, especially the kettlebell swing
exercises and their variants, I've discovered how these
athletes respond to Power Under Control Training. They
teach their body to propel forces in a biomechanically
efficient pattern, meaning all the muscles fire appropriately
when done right, and use less energy this way. Many times
an athlete will jump or try to sprint with the wrong muscle
firing patterns, using up more energy, and wasting it.
When this energy is lost, there's less energy left to help
the athlete stop & control their speed, especially on a
basketball court.

What happens when your brakes fail you on your car?

You perhaps could crash into someone.

Well, the 'crash' of an athlete is usually a sprained ankle,
a torn knee ligament, or other issues to contend with in
the kinetic chain of actions involved: perhaps a hip issue
arises, or lower back pain happens.

The benefit of the KB Swing is that it teaches your body
to absorb the forces of the kettlebell as it comes downward.
If your body doesn't absorb it correctly, its tougher to
find the 'groove' you need for smooth power development,
and force absorption on the body. The human body is both
an engine with power, and a braking system, too. Simply,
most of today's athletes are training to get more horsepower,
but fail to worry about the braking system in their training.

I've witnessed that Kettlebell training for Power & Control
will work on both systems: Increase horsepower, and beef up
the brakes to handle such forces.

It is one reason why my article on this training method for
basketball athletes specifically is going to be part of a
very large & comprehensive manual, called "Pro Basketball
Training Secrets". This e-book will have 4 NBA strength
coaches involved, plus bonuses like audio interviews on
the life of an NBA player, what it takes to succeed at
higher levels of play, and other training methods used.

Be on the lookout soon for when this is launched.

For more information on the Athlete Xpress System, which
is the only sports performance workout that focuses on
Power & Control, up to a year-round basis, please visit
http://xpress.speeddialcoach.com .

2 All-American athletes have discovered what Power & Control
can do for their performance, will you?

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Is a Calorie Just a Calorie?

Recent research is showing that calories are calories,
whether its burned from exercise, or lost due to diet.

It also suggests that exercise doesn't improve metabolism.

This study is making some waves in the exercise field, and
I will be studying it more and more to dissect its ways,
so you will get more information regarding this new study.

Basically its trying to dispell many of the things that have
worked for so many clients of trainers for many years.

I don't know how they can dispell something that's been
working in past studies and shown to have positive effects
on body composition, such that exercise provides.

They are suggesting that muscle mass doesn't help lose
fat while at rest.

All the while there are many studies that prove that it
does indeed help people lose more bo*dy fat.

Like I said, this study is making noise and I'll get to
the bottom of it for you.

Stay tuned for more updates...

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Coming Soon: The Athlete Xpress Performance Guide

Soon, I will be combining the TIPS Guides into one,
mega-sized package for you. This workout guide will
include:
The Power & Control Workout
The Jump Ropin' Workout
Caveman Strength
The 4-4 Core Workout
The "Flex-Ability" Guide
Plus: The Power & Control For Sports DVD
Also: A special online-only bonus, the "12" Athletic
Performance Program

Currently, the aforementioned guides (not the "12" program)
can be found at http://tips.speeddialcoach.com for their
respective prices of $5 to $15. The total package will
have a value of $50, and I'm looking at a special discount
price for such a package. I'm also going to try and sell
this mega-package in a local store, too.

So, stay tuned on this special offer coming soon...
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Boot Camps still have room, if you have a need to get in
5 days a week of workouts in the morning to start your
day off awesomely, then visit http://camps.speeddialcoach.com

My STAR System is just about full. I have room for about
4 to 5 more people to go through The STAR System. It is the
area's only Unlimited Training Resource: Unlimited Visits,
Unlimited Phone & Email Consults & Assistance, all in
short or long term packages. Visit
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for more on The STAR System. Its creating quite the buzz
in TRF...

Once again, I have the KKDQ Radio Auction for Thursday &
Friday at 1pm on 99.3FM. One month of STAR System or Athlete
Xpress Unlimited Training is going on there for $55, a $22
savings! Buy it now, use it later, or give it to your
sweetheart for Valentine's Day! Listen in to buy it on
the Auction...

Stay Strong, & Endure!

Rick Karboviak, CSCS

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