Lake Country Training Blog Page
Welcome to the Lake Country Training Blog, where we share our experience, perspective, and practical information on topics related to personal training, fitness, nutrition, weight loss, strength training, GLP-1 coaching, HRT, TRT, peptides, supplementation, sports performance, recovery, healthy aging, and overall health and wellness.
Many of the topics we cover here are relevant to the people we work with every day throughout Oconomowoc, Delafield, Hartland, Pewaukee, Okauchee, Nashotah, Merton, Summit, Dousman, Waukesha, and the surrounding Lake Country communities.
Whether your goal is to lose body fat, build muscle, get stronger, improve athletic performance, improve your nutrition, maintain muscle while using a GLP-1 medication, or simply become healthier and more physically fit, our goal is to provide useful information you can actually apply to your life.
With more than 25 years of personal training experience, we’ve seen the fitness industry change considerably. Some principles have stood the test of time, while other ideas have changed as better research, technology, medications, training methods, and nutritional information have become available.
Health & Fitness Trends and Techniques Are Constantly Evolving.
New research and better evidence continue to shape what we know about exercise, nutrition, metabolism, weight management, muscle development, recovery, longevity, hormones, supplementation, and performance. However, much of what actually works and gets results has never changed no matter what next new trend, new idea, or current fad is.
At Lake Country Training, we believe strongly in continuing to learn. That means looking at new information, comparing it with what we’ve learned through education and decades of real world coaching experience, asking questions, and being willing to adjust our approach when better evidence supports a different conclusion.
We don’t believe in blindly following the latest fitness trend just because it’s popular on social media. We also don’t believe that something should automatically be dismissed simply because it’s new.
Learn. Evaluate. Apply. Adjust.
That’s how we approach training, nutrition, coaching, and health.
Because of that, some of the opinions or information shared in older articles may evolve as new research and evidence become available. That’s exactly how it should work. Being knowledgeable doesn’t mean refusing to change your mind. It means being willing to continue learning and make better decisions when better information becomes available.
Our goal with this blog isn’t to make health and fitness more complicated. There’s already enough noise, misinformation, quick fixes, and conflicting advice out there.
Our goal is to help make it clearer and more practical.
Whether you’re already working with Lake Country Training or you’re simply looking for reliable fitness and health information from a local Lake Country training and coaching business, we hope these articles help you learn something, improve your approach, and make better decisions about your health and fitness.
Keep learning. Keep improving. And most importantly – keep doing the work.
Enjoy the Lake Country Training Blog!
Not Getting Faster? Your ‘Speed Training’ May Be Conditioning Training
Not Getting Faster? Your 'Speed Training' Might Actually Be Conditioning Training Well, if this is the case and your speed training workouts are actually conditioning workouts all I can say for you is that you are doing it wrong. A typical "speed workout" I do myself or take an athlete through requires a lot of rest to allow he/she/them to be able to max out at or above 95% (sprint at full speed) for each of the reps. [...]
Body Weight Exercises
Body Weight Exercises & Body Weight Workouts I love to train with my own body weight. Body weight workouts and body weight exercises are great on their own or mixed in with others. There are just so many ways to progress exercises without even worrying about external weights. I understand that not everyone feels that way. Many people love lifting weights, whether free weights or on machines and I totally get it! But as someone who coaches people [...]
More Evidence Exercise Is Good For Your Mood
More Evidence Exercise Is Good For Your Mood Those of us who exercise or workout on a regular basis already know this and dont need a study to tell us that exercise is good for our mood. However, another study suggests that people who exercise regularly may experience symptoms of mental health disorders less often. To that I say "no kidding" but if you need some evidence, here it is. Read on! Here Are The Facts The study [...]
How Much HIIT Is Enough?
Is 30 Minutes Of High - Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Once a Week Really Enough? My answer is: YES, if you are working out several times a week, doing HIIT one of those times is a good thing. Is once a week enough? In my opinion, the answer is again YES. Doing HIIT more than once a week regularly is actually unnecessary, in my opinion. One should not need to perform regular HIIT to achieve the benefits. What [...]
Do I Need Post Workout Protein Immediately Post-Workout or You Won’t Build Muscle
Myth or Fact? You Need Post Workout Protein Immediately After Workout or You Won't Build Muscle If you go online and search Post Workout Proten. If you look into this you will find a lot of different answers. Most will tell you that you do need protein immediately after a workout. In fact, some spots on the internet will lead you to believe that if you workout and don't get your protein ASAP after a workout your whole [...]
What Time Should You Workout?
When Is The Best Time To Workout Each Day? Consider the pros and cons to a morning, afternoon, and evening workout before determining the best time for you. Lets take a look at those when figuring out what time you should exercise each day. Something to remember is that: as long as you're getting 'it' in its always better than not getting 'it' in. It's important to remember, that the key to getting on the right track to [...]