Fun stuff and more

We have a lot going on down at our little house of strength. We are kicking off another 21 Day Sprint to Fitness on July 6th. The first one was a great success and everyone that participated has signed up again! Everyone in the program made positive changes in their health and fitness.

This one will be a little different in that their will be some prizes for given out for making changes, losing weight as well as some special surprise events... As long as we hit 15 people the big prize is a year of Group Class, almost $2000.00 in training.

We are going to expand our class times soon. We are hoping to add a lunch time class for those that need a quick workout, but little time to get it done.

Our Kid's class is growing and is a lot of fun. We have a bunch of kids learning proper movement as well as developing strength. They are all trained after their Functional Movement Screens show us what they really need to work on.

The Summit of Strength is coming up on July 22-24! I cannot wait to train with the best in the field. (the 22nd is a special session for those that signed up early!)

Summit of Strength 2011

JULY 23 AND 24

Oklahoma City (Edmond), Oklahoma

Brett Jones

David “IronTamer” Whitley

Geoff Neupert

Jeff O’Connor

Day 7

I am on Day 7 of the Advocare 24 day Challenge. I have never used a weight loss style product before. I figured since signing on for Advocare that I would start with this as a base and see where we end up over the next few months. I did have some initial reservations to begin with, but have gotten over those pretty quickly. The people in the organization are great and I can tell that the products are working.

I have a really crappy BF tester and it is not reliable at all. It is not even good enough to monitor trends. It shows that I have gone up in body fat, but the visual results say something else. I have seen a difference in the way that my clothes are fitting. They are looser then they were a week ago. I am also seeing more muscle definition. I have seen more of my abs popping out in the last week then I have in the last year. I also feel really good. I think that if I was not waking up early and going to bed late it would be even better!

I have a few more days on the first part of the program,  a 10 day Cleanse, before hitting part two. I am excited. I do reccomend that you pick up extra meal replacements and catalyst. I did not do that at first and was unable to get them in before the holiday weekend.

I can see that the 24 Day Challenge mixed in with our meal program, Meal Movement,  is going to make some dramatic changes in our clients lives.

No Apologies

There has been a lot of awesome things going on at our little house of strength, so I cannot apologize for the lack of postings. That should change now as I have more time in the day to work and write. We have exploded in our classes as more people find us. They find us, because we actually have results. If you are up for a challenge, please contact us.


I recently had the incredible opportunity to spend a lot of time with Dan John at a conference. In my opinion he is one of the best minds out there in the world of training. Having listened to him and talked with him in the past, I know what to expect this time. However, there were about 65 people in the room that had never been exposed to him. You could see the light bulbs coming on. He has the ability to make the "confusing" simple to understand. If you are training with us, you already follow a lot of what he teaches. I just don't tell everyone the reasons behind it all of the time.

However, everyone knows where the "Bulgarian Goat Bag Swing" came from. Another incredible tool in the arsenal to show people how to be better. I have been using it on myself as an experiment, as well as the classes, and cannot believe how much it cleans up your swing. I will not go into detail on it, but go to Dan John's site for more info.

We will be announcing some things pretty quickly. We have added a couple of product lines, including done for you meals that are delivered to your door. That will be put out there in the next few days.

Wow

In the last few weeks I have been unable to post anything of interest. You would figure that in an entire week, something would be written. It is actually scheduled in my day tomorrow. I will also be moving this to another address.

Too Funny Not to Share (real post tomorrow)

Goings On at BTS

It has been a busy week. I had hoped to follow up last weeks post about the Minimus, with great stuff but... I gave a 30 minute self defense talk to about twenty-five women this week. It appeared to have gone really well as they all were pretty interactive. I have found that the best tool to give people when you are short on time is...permission to actually defend themselves against a threat. It can be an emotional, mental or physical assault, it makes no difference. There still needs to be a defense strategy. I taught them how to find their trigger for survival, what would give them the power/reason to survive.

Amazing Athletes Corporate was in town training a new Franchise owner. They were able to come out and watch several of our classes taught by some of our coaches. They were pleased! I was also a mentor on an Amazing Athletes conference all about sales to schools.

Rockwall is hosting a Holistic Health Fair at the Center on May 7th from 10-2pm. We will be there with our FMS kit to run as many screens as we can. If you would like to reserve a slot, email me at paul at Brittstrainingsystems.com.

Kids class is coming up! www.fitkidsrockwall.com

Mother's Day Special at www.befitrockwall.com

Summit of Strength is July 23-24th. 4 Master RKC in one place for a full weekend of awesomeness! If you are wanting to be the best you can be, it is a must attend! There is no better training opportunity outside of Dragon Door Events. Dustin and Kenzie know how to put on incredible events.

I am signed up for Indian Clubs certification in November. Which will betaught by my good friend Dustin Rippetoe, RKCTL. Oh yeah, Brett Jones MRKC will be there also!

That is probably enough for tonight. Want to leave u with what not to do with a KB.

New Balance Minimus

I love the premise behind Five Fingers, but I really do not like the look of them. Maybe I am too conservative, but I could not get past how they look. I bought a pair and just could not wear them out in public. I also did not really like how they they felt on my feet. I think it was the toes being split apart. But for whatever reason, I just could not, would not buy into them for my personal use.

I  believe that barefoot or as minimal a shoe as possible is the way to go. I have been training barefoot or in Chucks at our studio and also for the last 5 years, but have run my Amazing Athletes classes in Nike Free. I really feel that I am stronger, move better and more stable in less shoe, but have had to have some protection for my feet. due to the impact that they receive on a daily basis. In teaching my Amazing Athletes classes I am bouncing and running with kids for hours on a variety of surfaces. I could be on carpet, tile, concrete, wood and rubber flooring at anytime for up to 6 hours a day. Because of this I need something that allows me to have some protection for my feet, but still allow me to have more natural movement. I was waking up every morning with severe foot pain from what I thought was all of the impact.

Prior to joining the minimilist mob, I wore New Balance's trail running shoes. I found that they were a great shoe for the variety of things that I was doing. At the time i felt that they were good shoes for gym, hanging out at home and anything else I was doing. I was not into shoe collecting at that time. I wanted one pair that would do it all. New Balance seemed to be the best choice at the time.

Fast Forward a couple of years and untold Chucks and Frees later, and I am in need of something different. Nike has a habit of ending shoe styles every 18 months and the shoes that I wanted would no longer be available. It also seemed that shoes that started out as minimalist would gradually ended up being over padded and over engineered...

I heard that New Balance was coming out with a new shoe designed to be palatable to the barefoot running mob. I will say this now, I hate running, but like to be barefoot. I figured that I would give the new shoe a try. There is a New Balance Store in Rockwall and I stopped by one day to look at the Minimus. I liked how they felt from the get go decided to go ahead and buy a pair. They retail for about $100.00 which was cheaper then the Nike Free that I ordered online.

They are light and comfortable. I really like the fact that they are about the lightest shoe that I have ever worn. I was surprised at how heavy the other shoes that I wear are in comparison to them. I was initially wooried that they might be to light, but that was not found to be the case.

They are durable. I have worn them now for two months. there are days where I will have them on for up to 16 hours. I have worn them for up to 36 classes a week of my kids classes. Those classes call for hopping, skipping, jumping, running, starts and stops and lateral movements. They have held up beautifully. The only wear is on the sole, which being Vibram is pretty tough.

The shoes have also been  awesome while doing all of those activities. I have had no pain in my feet while training kids classes in the shoes. I feel that they have had great stability, including lateral stability. It could be because they allow my feet to move natyrally and not be incased in a "protective piece of over enginneered padding." I really cannot say how happy I have been with the shoes. It is one thing to train in a shoe for a couple of hours, it is another to put them through the pace that I have. I had a fairly new pair of Nike that would wear occassionally to see if there was a difference and found that there was one for me. My feet would start to kill me after about 30 minutes. I would then develop pain up the chain from there. The next day after wearing the Nike, my feet would kill me after waking up. That is not a problem that I had with the Minimus.

I also trained at the studio in the Minimus. I have found that the Minimus  is a small amount of lift that intially through me off on kettlebell swings and snatches.Itis not much of a lift, just enough that I noticed it, but still found that I was rooted and able to perform correct techniques in all lifts. I still prefer to train at the studio barefoot, but that is just habit.

I would definitely recommend New balance Minimus as a great shoe to try out for training. If you are into a minimalist shoes, I feel that it is the way to go. I plan on wearing them for my Tough Mudder training and the actual event in October. I actually plan on running as part of my training for this one, especially since I have a shoe that I love.