Do you feel constantly tired and run down? Do you need caffeine and sugar to get you through the day? Are you under frequent mental or physical stress? Do you have trouble coping with stress? Do you have a decreased sex drive? Are you frequently depressed or angry? Do you engage in frequent extreme exercise? Do you often have an upset stomach? Do you overeat and/or have experienced significant weight gain? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you may be overburdening your adrenals and producing an excess amount of cortisol.
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Some of you may have read this article on Shaun McDaniel, the youth from Southside, Queens who’s been training to break the world record in push-ups. Shaun has been taking four Life Health Secrets supplements (Protein Extreme Energy, GSH-Ignite, Maxodin, and Adrenal Re-Boot) for just over a month now, and he’s submitted this testimonial. Thanks Shaun, we’re all rooting for your success!
I train hard, and the LifeHealthSecrets supplements have helped a lot. They keep me relaxed, in the zone and sharp. I get a better rest at night, and I’m a lot stronger than before. I felt stronger after only the 3rd day on the supplements. My stamina has increased. Before taking the products, I was managing only 10 reps per set, with a total of 80 push-ups. Now I’m averaging 20 to 25 reps of front pull-ups per set, with a total count of 300. Now I can also do more one-armed pushups, averaging 10 one-arm pushups in a set, for a total of 70. Prior, it was 7 per set, with a total of 49. I’ve also gone from doing 2,015 pushups in an hour to 2,080, and this is increasing all the time, getting closer to the 3,800 I need to beat the world record.
I’m diagnosed as an insomniac and I find it hard to sleep without taking something. The doctors told me it’s stress. I live a stressful life, I worry about a lot of things. It’s just me and my mom, and I help my mother pay the bills, so I’m always worried about that. I live in a bad neighborhood, so I’m always worried about getting attacked or something crazy happening to me. Since I’ve been on this plan, taking Maxodin, Adrenal Re-Boot, the Protein Extreme Energy and GSH Ignite, I’m sleeping a lot better and feel much more awake when I’m awake, not groggy at all, which I used to feel a lot. I’ve also noticed that since I’ve been on these products, I’m not as angry as I usually am. I’ve very hot blooded, I have a bad temper, and I’ve noticed that things don’t bother me as much as they used to, I’m not stressing over things. I’m more focused on the things I need to be focused on. Now I feel more mentally alert, focused, and with a sense of calmness that I didn’t have before.
Shaun McDaniel
Age 24
Queens, New York
I am gearing up for the finals of the Women’s Colgate Games to be held at Madison Square Garden on January 30, 2010. Currently, I am in second place in the 55 meter hurdles after 3 weeks of competition. My workouts have become shorter, more powerful track work, including block starts and quick hurdle and sprint drills.
I am continuing to train under the guidance of Coach Johnson. My weight room workouts have become shorter and quicker as well as the peak of my season approaches.
Shaun McDaniel doesn’t eat on his half-hour lunch break. Instead, he spends his time in the basement of the New York thrift store where he works, doing as many push-ups as he can before break-time is over. Unable to afford a gym, it’s also in this dingy, unfinished concrete basement that he trains after work. Shaun slides his feet under clothing racks to do sit-ups. The exposed pipes and staircase become pull-up bars. The fifty-pound boxes of secondhand clothing serve as weights. It’s all part of the training regime Shaun has created for himself with one goal in mind – to get into the Guinness Book of World’s Records.
Lots of anticipation followed me to Week 1 of the Colgate Women’s Indoor Games. I have had this recurring nightmare for years that I either forget my sprint spikes, or that I am late for my race. Well, this week, the meet was running ahead of schedule, so when I arrived, my heart jumped as I saw the hurdles set up and ready to go.
People ask me all the time how they can get the glow. Well, according to Traditional Chinese Medicine, a vital energy called qi (pronounced chi) circulates throughout our entire body. Qi is the …
The purpose of this article is to provide information and its application leading to the development and maintenance of explosive power . I want to share the proceeding information with the expectation that you will be able the utilize it in your own training philosophy and/or reinforce your confidence in what you already know. Lets talk about the process!
Determining key prerequisites:
a) Increase mobility and stability
b) Creating a foundation of Maximum Strength
c) Nutritional Support
Phase I: Strength & Power
The goal for this phase is to build a foundation in strength & power before starting speed training. My weight training during this phase is 3-4 sets of shorter reps and heavier weights. This phase focuses on developing strength and power, which will be important when working on block work to the first hurdle. I am also focusing on developing ankle flexibility, which is important for a hurdler. The start requires explosive and controlled drive and power. Right now, my training phase on the track includes Sprint Day 1 of mobility training over 5-7 hurdles close together. No rest period. This is a continuous workout performed on the balls of my feet.
FYI, even tho I’m not doing any speed training at all, I ran a 5k “fun run” on Sunday; won my age group with a 21:32 (that’s fast by my standards!!!) and felt great. My marathon was only 5 weeks ago and I am totally recovered and racing…that’s huge!
I’ve been involved in sports since I was 4 years old. I started track in 7th grade and competed in the High School New York State Championships as a senior, in the 100 meter hurdles. I even missed walking in my high school graduation for that one! I continued to compete in college, at Division I Fordham University, where I broke school records in the 55 meter hurdles and 100 meter hurdles. After college, when I decided to attend law school, I knew I needed a hobby that would keep me focused on my goals of staying fit and healthy, and allow me to compete.
Needless to say his athleticism was fortified with greater ability to recover and adapt to his program. The adaptation yielded the ability to perform better and repeat theses great feats!
After Graduation He completed the CTS Athletic college prep program and his power was measured using Power Cleans (HE CLEANED 185).
The Life Health Secrets team is pleased to welcome Tara DiLuca aboard as the newest contributor to the blog. She’ll be blogging under the name ‘fit law girl.’ Tara is one of those high-energy, high-achiever people, to put it mildly – while working as a litigation lawyer, she’s won 1st place in the women’s 55 meter hurdles at the Colgate Women’s Games, Madison Square Gardens, every year since 2007 and just recently placed 1st in the 100 meter hurdle event at the 2009 USATF East Regional Track & Field Outdoor Championships, amongst other achievements.
