Brandon Jennings of the NBA knows how to train it right. You get a look into his life in his Under The Armour Series on Youtube. Today he released his first episode of his second season. Check it out:
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Ever wonder what some of your favorite NBA players do during the off season? Some of them recorded their lockout experiences and training sessions. Check out Episode 1 of Poor Hungry Driven featuring Terrence Williams of the Sacramento Kings from last off season.
The Truth On Health website was launched by non other than Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics. According to the sites information Pierce founded The Truth Fund in 2002 to provide educational and life-enriching opportunities for under-served youth. Pierce launched The Truth on Health Campaign to help empower and encourage young people to lead healthier lifestyles. The Truth on Health includes an awareness campaign and sustainable programming for young people to live healthy lifestyles – incorporating physical fitness and healthy eating, and encouraging a commitment/pledge of 60 minutes per day dedicated to physical activity.
Its always great to see athletes such as pierce giving back to the community in a positive way like promoting health and fitness. We've got to give our props to Paul because he is definitely "Training It Right!"
Did you know that the President use to smoke? He has kicked the nasty habit and is now an avid exerciser who keeps his diet healthy. President Obama is not the first politician who is dedicated to fitness. Bill Clinton was also an avid exerciser. He was famous for his running along side his secret service. Even though the current President of the United States of America is a busy man his trainer says that “busy people can realistically integrate fitness into their lives because it's a mental thing.” If the Obama's can find time for fitness so can you.
The presidents personal trainer is a man named Cornell McClellan who splits his time between Chicago and Washington. Obama is known to start every day with a morning workout no matter where he is. This has been known to include machines at hotel gyms or even outside for a run. Cornell states "If we're short on time, we try to mix things up." He goes on to say "We will try to make sure there's some high-intensity stuff. We might do some weights, throw some cardio in there and throw some plyometrics in there with abs. We go from one thing he needs to another, because his time is short."
Cornell is also credited with the “Michelle Obama Arms.” Every admires how perfectly toned her arms are. Her arms even inspired Cornell to do exercise DVDs on how to get toned arms just like the first lady. Michelle is now actively involved in getting America moving and is a health and fitness advocate. This is very inspiring and motivating for young women and adults alike to get active and healthy. More can be found out on the government website: http://www.letsmove.gov/
Obama is a prime example of how we all should be, ACTIVE. He is also a huge basketball player and fan. Obama was talking about the main reason he plays basket ball and states that he does it "...just to clear my head and relieve me of stress.” Exercise in any form is a great stress relief. Way to go Obama!
If you are looking for more information about the esteemed Cornell McClellan he is also the owner of http://naturallyfitinc.com/
References:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/23/health/obama-fitness-trainer/index.html
http://www.letsmove.gov/
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/President44/story?id=6387559&page=1#.T9DLbO3rSFI
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Adam Goldston is what it means to be a true golden boy. He is an athlete, inventor, innovator and a role model. Goldston and his twin brother Ryan reside in Los Angels California and double handedly built a shoe empire. These two twins were walk ons to their college basketball team and developed a passion and drive to change the game. In 2009 they held onto their passion and love of basketball to create Athletic Propulsion Labs, better known as APL. Located in Los Angeles California.
With APL they created a shoe called the Concept 1 which was designed to instantly increase one’s vertical leap. As amazing as this shoe was, after much debate the NBA decided to ban all players in the league from wearing their shoes. This inspired Adam and his brother to use what they could have seen as a problem, as advertisement. They took this potential negative and turned it into a positive. The twins used “Banned by the NBA” in their product advertising and promotion. This slogan now graces APL’s homepage. “In terms of marketing, this is probably the greatest thing that could have happened to our company, because it basically blew us up overnight,” said Adam. Since the Concept 1, they have released the Concours (their second shoe), and the highly anticipated sequel to the Concept 1, the Concept 2.
Over the past few years APL has blown up. The company’s value increases daily and this year has been full of even more success for the Goldston twins. Adam and his brother Ryan were named to the Empact100 list of America’s top young entrepreneurs. With this came the opportunity to be recognized at the White House in Washington D.C. on November 17, 2011. The twins were also given the opportunity to have a pop up shop at Saks Fifth Avenue this winter that according to Adam was “A success and a great opportunity to display our brand in front of a new demographic.” Adam is very private about things that go on behind the scenes of his business ventures.
Although Adam is a very busy businessman, he finds time to workout every day. Each day is different and some days he trains for a minimum of 50 minutes while others it can be up to 2.5 hours. He works hard no matter how long he is in the gym and hardly ever misses a day. A typical workout for Adam consists of targeting a specific muscle group, never a full body workout.
He keeps it healthy with his diet too. Some days he eats anywhere from 18-20 egg whites! Yes 20! And in a typical day he eats lean meats consisting of chicken, turkey, bison, and steak. He also eats his vegetables, grazing on sweet potato, lettuce, corn, quinoa, and avocado. He enjoys his cheese, wheat bread and corn bread while also supplementing his meals with protein powder.
We’ve got to give these guys props for creating a great shoe and living healthy active lifestyles!
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