Let me share with you guys something you might already know: People are not taking responsibility for their health. Even those that go to the gym religiously, have a personal trainer, are enrolled in a class, and those that have a fully-outfitted home gym – would feel lost if they did not have those “things” that the rely on to keep them in shape – gym membership, personal trainer, class, home gym equipment.

That is essentially the problem with today’s society and why people are so out of shape. There’s one excuse after another – oh, I need a gym, I need a trainer, I need this, I need that, I need time. I’m glad that you have decided to sign up for this website, because what you will experience with this website is something I like to call “NO EXCUSES TRAINING” Read more: http://shahtraining.com/members/?p=159

Hey guys,

I’m proud to announce that the Shah Training Members Section is finally live. You can check out the site free for 10 days before deciding whether or not it’s worth your $8.95 per month. No credit card needed: http://cli.gs/RpAT9W

- Parth

Hey,

Just wanted to give you guys a heads up: the Shah Training Members Section will go live this Friday. After much thought I have come to the conclusion that a member section will be the best way to help my readers out. With all the questions coming in regarding program design, I think that giving you guys a database of intense workouts for a variety of fitness levels will be the best thing to do as opposed to an eBook or Online Personal Training. Online Personal Training would just get too expensive, and an eBook isn’t customized enough. So this Member Site hits two birdswith one stone: it’s customized, and I can keep it low-cost.

Summary of features:

- Fast, Intense Training Programs: New programs and workouts added each month

- Members-Only Forum: Used to help you guys with your progress

- Members-Only content: Content developed based on what you want to learn

Cost:

- 10 Day Free Trial, followed by $8.95 per month

The bottom line here is that Shah Training needs to make money to survive any longer. In these tough, recessionary tmes, I’m giving you all the tools you need to help get healthier while maintaining your budget. You tell me what you think. I’m open to all suggestions.

Unless I decide otherwise, the members section will be live on Friday. This will give you guys the weekend to take a look at it and start a program on Monday.

Thanks for your support!

- Parth

“I’m doing Fran today.”

Crossfit Training

This statement would sound derogatory to any normal, average human being who has never picked up a muscle mag or has ever wondered how the guys in the movie “300″ trained. But to a lot of athletes out there “I’m doing Fran today,” causes fear, panic, excitement, and nervousness all at the same time. Fran is one of Crossfit’s most famous Benchmark workouts. The workout involvs doing 21-15-9 repetitions of 95lbs Thrusters and Pullups in a superset fashion. Read more: http://cli.gs/z153Y8

This was yesterday’s workout:

For time:

• 5 Side-Side Pullups
• 5 Lateral Lunges
• 4 Side-Side Pullups
• 10 Lateral Lunges
• 3 Side-Side Pullups
• 15 Lateral Lunges
• 2 Side-Side Pullups
• 20 Lateral Lunges
• 1 Side-Side Pullups
• 25 Lateral Lunges

Time: 12:47.59

Notes: The pullups were hard. Lateral lunges were challenging – great burn.

Best of the Web:

• Brandon talks about Primal Dieting.
• Training Partner of your Dreams from T-Mag.
• Jenna reveals her Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cookie recipe
• Wolverine’s Workout from Mr. Low Body Fat
• Brad Pilon on How to eat Normal.
• Fitness for Dads from Discovering Dads.
• Lose weight with 15 minute walks from Jim.
• Son of Grok on Antidepressants.
• 5 Helpful Nutrition Tips from Brian.

Almost forgot to post today’s workout:

5 rounds of:

• Straight Leg Raises, 10 reps
• Spiderman Pushups, 10 reps
• Chinups, 5 reps

Time: 17:33.02

Notes: Leg Raises were easy, Spiderman Pushups were challenging. I’m getting better at chinups.

Best of the Web:

• Jodi on Steps to take to get back into shape.
• Vince Delmonte Talks about HIT vs. Volume Training
• Jenna on What Happens when you Run after Eating.
• Nikhil Rao writes about Creatine,
• Scale Junkie on the “High” you feel after a good workout.
• Mac on the Problem with Nutritional Supplements.
• Mehdi tells you how to Lose fat Fast.
• Yet another post on Hydroxycut.
• Brian writes about Chocolate.
• Son of Grok reveals how he Works Out.

Max rounds in 20 minutes of:

• 5 Chair Dips
• 5 Gorilla Chins
• 10 Squat Jumps

Was able to do 8 rounds

Notes: The chair dips and squat jumps were quite easy (yet challenging). The gorilla chins were tough. I’m going to be moving back towards more randomized workouts with a few benchmarks thrown in.

Best of the Web:

• The keys to a satisfying lunch by Kaitlin.
• Jessica on the Value of Constructive Criticism
• Mythbusters Volume 4 from Nate Green

For the past few months, I’ve displayed a poll on the side bar which asked my readers what kind of product they would like to see from me. The options were ebook, online personal training, and members-only site. I was quite surprised by the results. 57% of you wanted an eBook and 39% wanted online personal training. The shocker here was the fact that only 4% wanted a members-only website. I’m glad I put this poll out there before I completed the website, or else I’d be launching a product/service no one wanted.

Ok, so I need your help in coming up with a topic/theme for this ebook. Sorry, that’s a pretty general question, so let me help you guys with throwing out a few “thinking” questions out there:

• My goal is to help you guys out. What kind of product do you feel would help you achieve your goals?
• There are a lot of great articles on this site. Is there a particular topic you’d like me to expand on?
• There are also a lot of great eBooks and information products out there. Is there something you haven’t seen yet that I can help you with?

Please post your suggestions to comments, or shoot me an email at shah@shahtraining.com

Cover image by The Current Buzz

10 rounds of:

• 2 Pullups
• 5 Chair Dips

Each round lasts 2 minutes – finish the set, and rest for the remainder of 2 min. less than 5 seconds ago

Notes: I tried to do the crossover/burpee workout, but my right rib was bothering me. Everytime I jumped there was some slight pain there. I felt it last time, but didn’t think much of it. Also, during the weekends, my diaphram/sola plex – well that area was hurting me. It was actually sore, and I didn’t know that area could be sore. Really wierd. So the workout above, I just put together on the spot, and it turned out to be a pretty good one. I’m going to try to work up to 10 reps per set for the pullups, and 20 for dips.

Links from my Friends:

• How to Build 50 lbs of Muscle in 12 Months - By Nate Green
• A story about Fighting Cancer by Lora
• Trish on How Difficult it is to Maintain Weight
• Relationship between weight and sleep by Kary

Workout:

5 rounds for time of:
- 40 Crossovers
- 20 Burpees

Time for Tuesday, April 28, 2009 – 31:00.39

Time for Thursday, April 30, 2009 – 25:14.27

Time for Saturday, May 2, 2009 – 28:09.66

Notes: Have no idea wats going on here. I felt mad tired today, so I probably pushed myself really hard on Thursday and didn’t recover in time for todays workout.

Best of the Blogosphere for today:

• FDA Warns Consumers to Stop Using Hyrdoxycut Products, from Mr. Low Body Fat.
• Recipe for Super Energy Cookies , bean burgers and banana split from Eating Bird Food
• Bye Bye Big Guy publishes on my classics: 11 Methods to Getting Rid of Man Boobs, PLUS Secret Chest Superset Workouts
• A Spotlight on Kyle Maynard from Mark’s Training.
• R makes you laugh.
• Teriyaki Chicken and Veggie Mac and Cheese recipe from Healthy Honi, and a post on staying committed to fitness.