Road Warrior Training
By Clance Laylor After receiving a number of requests from clients, I’ve put together an innovative routine to help you keep working toward your fitness goals even when traveling. It’s also handy for those days when you just can’t make it to the gym. The method I’m recommending is called the “Tabata Protocol,” named after [...]
4 Week Fat Loss Program
By Clance Laylor Warning: This is only for people who want results! You have at least three months to one-year of training experience to get maximal results with this program. Why? Well, individuals who do not have intra muscular co-ordination cannot recruit enough motor units to work at the recommended rep maximums. That is why [...]
Frustrated By The Last 5 Pounds?
Frustrated by the last 5 pounds? Training maximally with mediocre results? Looking for a way to transform your physique and optimise your health? Food sensitivity testing is what you are looking for. Eat, drink and be merry. While we often say this, it is not true for all. A countless number of individuals suffer [...]
Training With Thick Implements
Training with thick implements increases the effectiveness of the strength training process. Changing the diameter of the grip can be a challenging training stimulus. I am a strong believer of using extra thick dumbbells (2” to 2 1/2″) and barbells (3″). However, one must note that the concept is not entirely new. Alan Calvert, one [...]
Post Exercise Nutrition
By Clance Laylor Following an acute bout of resistance exercise, skeletal muscle protein synthesis is elevated (Chesley et al. 1992). At the same time the rate of muscle protein breakdown is also elevated, and as a result, net protein balance remains negative. However, when protein (amino acids) is consumed after resistance [...]
The 2009 CEO Fitness Challenge
Laylor Performance Systems was proud to host the inaugural “CEO Fitness Challenge”, held Thursday, May 21st. It was a great evening of fun & fitness, where some of Toronto’s finest CEO’s battled each other in the areas of strength, endurance and wit! Congratulations to Andrea Kraus & Tom Griffis, who proudly earned the title “Toronto’s [...]
Five Tips On How To Lose Abdominal Fat
By Clance Laylor I get asked every day by random people who know what I do for a living about how to get rid of my stomach fat. Many complain that they do sit-ups every day and added a couple more miles a week to my running and it’s not working! My answer is [...]
I AM A STRENGTH COACH
By Clance Laylor I am a strength coach! Every fiber of my being screams program design, reps, sets, loads, and sprint work. Anything to do with performance I’m on it. My mind can’t shut it down or shut it out. People comment and suggest that I have to turn it off and relax! I can’t! [...]
RESISTANCE EXERCISE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF MUSCLE MASS AND THE LOSS OF BODYFAT IN HOCKEY PLAYERS DURING THE OFFSEASON
BY CLANCE LAYLOR Resistance exercise is fundamentally anabolic, however in the absence of nutrient provision, net protein balance (muscle protein synthesis – muscle protein breakdown) remains negative (Phillips 2004). With the habitual performance of resistance type exercise, fasted state (i.e. between the post absorptive state and the consumption of a mixed meal) protein losses [...]
Benefits of Muscle in Health and Disease
By Clance Laylor Fat Loss!! Fat Loss!! Everyone wants fat loss. Let’s face it, most people come to me because they want to look good naked. No one ever says that mind you. Most clients say “I want to look good in my new suit, or for a special event”. Hey to be clear, fat [...]