Damon Hayhow – Mr. Anti-Fitness
Ok, the heading is a little bit of click-bait, guilty as charged, but this Episode is a fascinating and somewhat detailed behind the scenes discussion with Damon Hayhow, an individual who is President of Recomp (www.recomp.com.au)
He’s a Powerlifter, Bodybuilder and expert in helping people lift heavy things and recompose their bodies, hence the name.
His stats:
42y.o, 173cm, 86kg, Has seen his weight go from 56-110kg over his lifetime.
On the traditional BMI scale, he’s now categorised as very overweight to obese.
He trains 2 days per week.
This Podcast explains the truths and misconceptions around building muscle and mass, and lifting heavy loads, often seen as separate capacities and abilities, but actually very much directly linked.
Some of the key points we discuss in this Podcast…..
• Genetic potential and predisposition to various training stimulus, the flaws and vagaries around training to improve body composition.
• Limitations of the medical approach and their lack of understanding around ‘activity’
• Training progression and or the lack of it.
• Why fitness is largely misunderstood and measured incorrectly.
• Misunderstanding by the general population around various types of exercise, for example strength training V cardio.
• The limitations and absurdity around BMI.
• There’s a valuable lesson in our discussion for instructors and their insurance coverages, or what they think they are covered for.
• He chats a little about Nutrition, raises some great points.
Warning – He does get wound up, but he’s a passionate guy and has personally been through some difficult times with insurance companies, accreditation bodies and lawyers.
But, you can’t argue with his results both personally and professionally.
I hope you enjoy the chat, especially his very simple approach and solution to Australia’s obesity crisis, more than likely you’ll find some of this a little confronting, a little challenging, but that’s ok, it’s just his opinion and you can take it or leave it.
Podcast – Damonhayhow Podcast
Website – www.damonhayhow.com
Website – https://recomp.com.au/
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