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The Peak Diet and Training Summit Home Study course is the recordings of a 2 day training and nutrition ‘brain dump’ seminar that comprehensively covered how to properly design and execute personalized training and diet program that get results.Everything was covered from assessment to tempo to metabolic training. From a nutrition standpoint Dr. Mike Roussell covered everything from how to instill core nutrition habits and behaviors to fat loss diet progressions to strategic results driven supplementation protocols.There are 2 components to the entire system, all compiled and loaded in 15 DVDs and 2 manuals with wall-to-wall information. Each DVD contains highly detailed information broken down for you step by step to walk you through the entire process of working with a client from the minute they walk into the gym to structuring their training sessions to providing them with the customized nutrition information that works for them.Component 1 – TrainingDVD #1: Before the First Rep – Client Goals and AssessmentsThe 11 different interview and assessment components that I use with clients.The essential components of a health assessment questionnaire (I give you the one we use at Peak Performance)The 5 Essential Principles of TrainingThe one essential piece of paper work you need to have before working with a client.The importance of growing a referral networkHow to use ‘client data forms’ to ensure that you and the client are on the same page regarding rules, policies, and expectations.DVD #2 (Double Disc): Periodization – Properly Planning the Long and Short Term Aspects of a Training ProgramSome of the things I learned while attending a 3 day semi-private mentorship with the legendary Dr. Mel Stiff (funny side note: I literally slept on his basement floor!)The 3, 4, 6 and 8 week periodization charts that we use at Peak Performance.How, When, and Why to use General Physical Preparation, Specific Physical Preparation, Specific Training, Competition, and Transition Phases when periodizing your clients training programs.The four primary periodization models you must be familiar with as a top level trainer.Why 99% of what trainers know about general physical preparation (GPP) is flat out wrong (hint: GPP isn’t a synonym for doing jumping jacks).The subtle but major difference between accumulation and intensification when creating specific physical preparation phases for your clients.The two programming styles for sequential periodization and when to use them.When and why to use undulating periodization… I’ll let you in on a secret, the answer isn’t always JThe 3 different ways to undulating your periodization and which method is most appropriate for your general population clients.Did you know that Westside Barbell and CrossFit both follow the same general form of periodization?The residual effects of training different systems and how that impacts should impact your fitness programming.DVD #3 (Double Disc): Structuring the Training Session – Properly Sequencing the TrainingThe 9 aspects of a training session and how to properly sequence them.The key aspects of a training session that you should always include and which ones are client/goal specific.The exact program design sheets and training logs that we use at Peak Performance.The difference between self-myofascial release and stretching – and why you need to know the difference (for your client’s sake!)The 7 key components of Joint MobilityThe 6 reasons why you MUST include a dynamic warm-up prior to every workout.How I evolve the dynamic workout overtime to meet clients’ needsThe single biggest mistake that trainers make with neuromuscular & CNS activation drills which end up hurting their client’s progress.The proper place for reactive training in a training session to maximize effect and minimize risk of injury.The ideal duration for the strength portion of a training session and why you don’t want to exceed this.The 6 different kinds of training splits that I use and how to adjust them to meet your clients’ needs based on goals and training abilities.The huge mistake that most trainers make by thinking that energy systems training is just another phase to describe fat loss intervals.A simple chart showing you how to manipulate the use of the rate of perceived exertion with your clients to achieve specific training goals.The key difference between power and capacity and to easily blend their development to cater to your client’s specific needs and goals.There are 6 specific classifications of energy system training along the continuum and how to effectively program for each.Why it is stupid when trainers write off static stretching and how to properly use it to accelerate resultsMy 17 different strategies for accelerating recovery and regenerationDVD #4 (Double Disc): Training the Different Strength Qualities – What They Do and How to Program ThemMy simple tricks for intelligently and effectively blending and transitioning between accumulation and intensification based strength training.My instant training expert cheat sheets that give you the specific number of sets, reps, exercises, tempo, and time under tension protocols for maximizing each of the 9 strength qualities (These are game changers for most trainers. Plus, when you combine this information with the exercise database that I’ve supplied, you can whip off training programs faster than the commercial breaks during your favorite sitcoms).The 3 different types of strength endurance and when to use each of them.How to target the two different types of muscular hypertrophy for accelerated muscle growth.When to target functional hypertrophy with your clients and how to quickly modify it to change the emphasis from intensification to accumulation.How to change the rest periods of your training programs to target different strength qualities depending on whether you are doing paired sets or straight sets with your client.The importance between speed-strength and strength-speed and when to use each of them.DVD #5 Acute Training Variables – How to micro-manipulate these variables for achieving the desired outcome.If the training programs that I design had a secret sauce. It would be the micro-manipulation of acute training variables and I show you exactly how to do it – step by step (with specific examples!)The 6 essential program variables that you MUST become adept at manipulating.The 4 different kinds of ‘sets’ that I use, their appropriate rep schemes, and essential application times for clients.What are the different 5 types of repetition schemes that you can useWhat is tempo and why you need to consider it when programming?The keys to manipulating intensity and how to manipulate intensity for specific fitness goals.How to decode the misunderstood area of training frequency and how it relates to training goals and client fitness levels and background.The real deal on rest periods and why paying attention to them is a MUST when trying to elicit a specific result with clients.Training Manual and Appendix – It’s a massive 286 pages in all containing every single slide from each presentation, a 650 exercise database organize d by movement pattern (combine this with the training templates and your program design is now as simple as paint by numbers)Component 2 – NutritionDVD #6: 6 Pillars of Nutrition – Setting the Nutrition FoundationThe 6 keys to a simple and effective nutrition plan.The 5 reasons why you should have your client eat more often.How to get dietary displacement to work in your client’s favor instead of against it.A key and often misunderstood fact about vegetarian diets that will drastically impact your clients approach to eating a plant based diet.The single most important change you should make to how you talk to your clients about their diets (this will separate you from EVERYONE else and get them to listen almost instantly).The list of 25 Power Foods that you can give to your client right away to get them to eat betterDVD #7 (Double Disc): Stages of Nutrition – Meeting Your Client Where They Are Nutritionally for Guaranteed SuccessThe essential strategy of giving nutritional guidance based on your clients habits and not their desired outcome.How most clients what to look as good as they can while eating as bad as they can… and how you can make that happen for them!What the real goal for your clients diet should be but never is (this is causing them to yo-yo diet).The easy to follow 7 step plan for your clients if they don’t know how to start ‘eating healthy.’How to easily get your clients to stop drinking their calories to upregulate their weight loss.The simple food choice switch that will allow your clients to eat more foods while eating fewer calories.How to have your clients use the Eat and Eat Again rule to instantly control your client’s calorie intake.When to introduce your client to moving from Barcodes to Bags to improve their health and accelerate their fat loss (and 4 simple examples that they can use right away).How to use Stage 4 Surges to accelerate fat loss while maximizing motivation and preventing dieters’ remorse.DVD#8: Supplement Pyramid – Strategic Supplementation for Maximum ResultsDr. Mike’s 6 core supplements (and dosages) that ALL of you clients should be takingWhat supplement when taken in relatively small dosages can increase fat burning during interval training.The supplement that prevents your body from sensing muscle fatigue while at the same time fighting cellular aging.How to use an everyday supplement to increase muscle contractions while reducing fatigue in after just one dose.The under the radar supplement that can increase the number of reps your client can do by 53%.DVD#9: Fat Loss Nutrition – Dietary Adjustments for Continual Weight LossThe most common (and disastrous) mistake you can make when putting your client on a very low carbohydrate diet to accelerate weight loss.How to put your clients on an effective fat loss diets by just talking to them about food choices (and never mentioning calories or grams of any nutrient!)The baseline fat loss diet you should put all your clients on and how to modify it to troubleshoot weight loss roadblocks.Two brain dead simple rapid weight loss protocols that any client can follow to peel off an extra 3-4lbs per week.DVD#10: Eating for Size & Strength – How to Get Your Client to Eat More of the Right Calories for Maximum GrowthA key source of energy that 99.9% of all trainers miss when it comes to creating a caloric surplus on muscle building diets.The key to understanding why hypertrophy is like a light switch and not a thermostat.The 3 different calorie progressions you should used depending on your clients body typeThe 2 foods lists you need to give you client in order to maximize muscle growth while minimizing fat gain while on a hypertrophy dietHow to use the shake matrix to effortlessly boost calorie intake to jumpstart muscle growth.The 5 phase specific supplements (and when to introduce them) to use with to accelerate your client’s muscle building goals.DVD#11: Workout Nutrition – Harness the Power of Nutrient TimingFour essential characteristics of workout nutrition (it has nothing to do with protein or carbohydrates).The dirty little secrets about not fueling your body post workout and how it is hindering resultsA key dosage factor that most trainers and nutritionists miss regarding BCAAs during workouts.How to manipulate ratios of carbohydrates to protein to cater to your clients specific goals/needs.The secret of ‘mixing carbohydrates’Ridiculously practical and simple workout nutrition for clients with high and low calorie needsNutrition Manual and Appendix – It’s also massive, coming in at just over 230 pages. In addition to copies of all Dr. Mike’s slides, the appendix contain 37 new recipes that you can give to your clients for them to mix and match as part of the modular meal plan system that Dr. Mike outlines in DVD X. The appendix also contains cutting edge research summaries on key supplements as well as the “21 Ways to Eat More Vegetables” special report to use with clients in order to show them that eating healthy isn’t just about eating salads.