Greg McKenzie Personal Fitness Training

19/07/2018

Cyd Charisse found her fame dancing with Fred Astaire and in many movies. She was smote heavily with the gorgeous genetic stick, and honed an incredible body through ballet dancing...

18/07/2018

Advocates of a Paleolithic Diet usually have no idea of paleoanthropology, human nutrition biochemistry or the workings of the remarkable gastro-intestinal tract. Joining a food cult bolsters one's identity and individualism while feeding food phobias, and facts/knowledge are optional.

Bread and grains are incredibly nutritious and an important part of the human diet. They have been around a lot longer than the fantasies of faddists. When the Ice Age began to thaw around 14,000 years ago wild grains proliferated in temperate regions and were gathered, processed and consumed by our ancestors. The 1.8 million years of the Pleistocene (Ice Age) encompassed interglacial periods of warmth and fertility (hippos swam in the Thames 500,000 years ago) and it's likely wild grains were eaten then too.

We are OMNIVORES! Our species has survived through tough times because of our ability to eat a staggering variety of foods, from tapeworms, toxic seeds to narwhal skin. The gastro-intestinal tract digests food via chemical, mechanical and bacterial pathways. Food begins to be broken down by enzymes in the mouth and the stomach churns it to chyme, before enzymes and bacteria at following stages reduce food to minute constituents.

We are not weaklings, we are hardy survivors. Run a mile from food cults and put your trust in your wonderful anatomy and the foods that have served humanity for tens of thousands of years if not much longer...

I became super lean on a diet rich in grains. I really only reduced bread intake for 7-10 days prior to competition to control sodium. Bread really is the staff of life...

Archaeologists have uncovered the earliest evidence of bread-making at a site in northeastern Jordan. Dating back some 14,400 years, the discovery shows that ancient hunter-gatherers were making and eating bread 4,000 years before the Neolithic era and the introduction of agriculture. So much for th...

04/07/2018

30/06/2018

Rrripped! Looking back on contest photos from my comfortable but still in shape 89 kilos I can see the beneficial effects of long term strict dieting. If I do this again I plan to be a bit bigger and even more shredded. That means lots of hunger and will force myself to do much more cardio...oh boy!

30/06/2018

Training partner and friend Ben in today's Good Weekend spruiking his diet of plant foods only. He has made a strong commitment to this and deserves commendation for proving a heavy training program is compatible with vegetarianism. In fact, he takes it further and is vegan. For the record, he won his last contest and is not a trainer at City Gym but one of the more hard-training and affable members of that noble institution...

29/06/2018

Now this is strong!!!

23/06/2018

Weight loss and dieting are the Holy Grail of the fitness industry and beyond. There are so many "experts" pushing extreme, unbalanced and unsustainable diets on the vulnerable and gullible. Losing fat takes time, you cannot "crash" it off. Allow one month per kilo of genuine fat loss and follow a healthy diet low in calories. I start women off on 1800-2000 calories per day and men on about 2200-2400. After 3-4 weeks they evaluate body fat levels and usually drop 200 calories. They repeat this 3-4 weeks later, and again in 3-4 weeks until they hit a minimum of 1600 for women and 1800 for men. Everyone has to find their own level that allows for training energy but maintains fat loss. Then you settle in for the grind. It took quite a few months for me to get down to extremely low body fat levels for my recent comp. Most people go too hard, too soon and cut out essential foods. This condemns them to failure. I know what I'm talking about and have put it into action but most prefer to follow marketing fantasy and ignore metabolic reality...

18/06/2018

Received some accolades for my back development at recent comp. I visualize this shot now as I do the heavy work on this body part. Today Ben and I did heavy T-Bar rows, Dumbbell Pullovers, Lat Pulldowns and Seated Row Machine. Got crazy and did the whole stack on last set of final movement. Up around 25-30 sets total. You really have to work hard on heavy duty movements for mass in this area, a few chins and pulldowns will not do it...

15/06/2018

The worm is turning against Carbophobia. I have always maintained fat is the most fattening nutrient and that the combination of fat and carbs is the problem not carbs alone. Carbohydrate is your body's preferred choice of fuel and should comprise about half your calories. I cut up for my contest on rice, oats, crumpets, fruit etc...ate more bananas than Cheetah!

What would you prefer: a bowl of oats sweetened with honey, or a cone of french fries? It doesn’t really matter. Your brain wants the fries.

15/06/2018

Lee Priest posing at 24 years old, a real genetic freak. Subscribe for more bodybuilding.

10/06/2018

Crawford too good...great counter punching Vs straight ahead style...

Jeff Horn's promoter says there was no excuses for the loss. Terence Crawford was just the better fighter

06/06/2018

The full video of my posing routine - thanks Ben!

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