206: The Super Slow Protocol Weight Training Method

Are you ready for your mind to be blown? It seems like the trend today is that less is more. Sometimes you hear that phrase on this podcast, and sometimes you don’t. Today is one of those days. Owner/trainer, Owen Drolet, and one of his clients, ultra runner Brent Robertson (who appeared on TRLS Episode 117), discuss the following:

  • How to do slow-moving weight training exercises (a.k.a. the Super Slow Protocol)

  • Why to focus on quality instead of quantity

  • Why to train in a distraction-free, cool, 63-degree room for just 20 minutes once or twice a week

  • Why to focus on mastering yourself instead of the weights

  • What the history of Ken Hutchins and the Super Slow Protocol entails

  • Why to have a tempo of 10 seconds lift, 10 seconds return

  • How to fatigue your body

  • The difference between how you feel after a long run versus a 20-minute Super Slow Protocol workout

  • What difference this type of training has made for Brent

  • What the history of Nautilus® machines are and working with women with osteoporosis in the early 80s

  • The benefit of using refined, computerized biofeedback

  • Why working the anaerobic system through super slow movements is the equivalent of doing a round of wind sprints

  • Metabolic adaptation

  • What the mind-muscular connection is

  • Why what we’ve been doing is counterintuitive

Serena Marie, RD, and I discuss the following:

  • Her excitement about an upcoming trip to New Orleans

  • How to reintroduce foods after doing an elimination diet

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Links Mentioned

Contact:
Owen Drolet:
Website: TheStrongWorks.com

Brent Robertson:
Website: Fathom.net
Facebook: /brent.robertson
Twitter: @brentrobertson
LinkedIn: /brentrobertson

Kari Gormley:
Website: www.therunninglifestyle.com
Facebook: The Running Lifestyle Show
Twitter: @KariGormley
Instagram: @KariGormley
Let’s Chat via E-mail

Serena Marie, RD:
Website:   SerenaMarieRD.com
Facebook: SerenaMarieRD
Twitter: @SerenaMarieRD
Instagram: @SerenaMarieRD

 

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