Pain, have you had enough

If you are reading this then you have probably suffered from back pain.  You might be suffering from back pain right now.  Maybe you even know your triggers for back pain yet you continue to choose to nothing about it.  My first bout of back pain came when I worked at a sawmill stacking wood.  It was only about a 30 pound board but I twisted wrong taking it off the chain and it felt like two birds eggs breaking.  This was when I was 23 years old.

For the next nine years I would get severe back pain.  I am fairly confident that what I had going on was a disc that was slipping.  When this happens it takes me about 10 minutes to stand up anywhere close to straight and I feel like an 85 year old man.  Chiropractors did not help, massages did not help, accupuncture did not help.  You would think that if the chiropractor gave you some workouts to do that they would help your condition.  But no my chiropractor actually gave me four exercises to do one of which I realized would do more damage than any other exercise that I could do.

You see I have been lifting for 21 years and I know what is good and what is not good for my body now.  When my back is jacked straight leg deadlifts are not good for me, explosive movements are not good for me.  So what is good for me?  Why is my back pain gone?

My back pain is gone because I started moving more and lifting less.  I do not lift less frequently but I have much more variety in what I do.  I train with body weight, resistance bands, kettlebells, and trx straps much more than the barbells and heavy dumbbells.  I am no longer chasing 315 pounds on the bench or 500 on my squat and deadlift.  I want to be as strong as possible while able to move as fast as possible for as long as possible without any excessive pain.

My back still hurts sometimes but now it is directly from the work or workouts that I do.  The discs are staying in place.  If I eat better e.g. more real foods, more fruits, more vegetables, less processed foods, less pop, less alcohol, and more water my back feels better.

I am no doctor but my back does not ever hurt like it used to.  I am the owner of Jackhammer Strength Training where we do personal training, boot camp, and small group training.  If you are in Columbus, Hilliard, Upper Arlington, or Grandview we are right down the road in the quarry plaza. My back pain is gone maybe yours could be too.

We have group times at 6 am, 8am, 430 pm, 530 pm, and 630 pm with personal training sessions in between.

To sum it up move more, eat better, and lift less heavy weights and your back should feel better.  If you want some help with your training I would love for you to come in and try us out.

Thanks,

Nathan Jordan
Bachelor`s Sport Management Wellness & Fitness
ISSA CFT
Jackhammer Strength Training
Squat, Slam, Push, Pull, and Squat
614 499-4633

You Want to be Fit? Are you sure?

You want to be fit?  Are you sure you want to be fit?  Is this something you think about day in and day out?  Do you get excited to try new workout routines, learn new lifts, train with new people, train at new facilities, get stoked when hitting a new pr?  If not you might not want to be fit.  

How bad do you want to be fit?  Do you want it bad enough to stop the self sabotage you might partake in every weekend?  I have known tons of people who train religiously during the week or eat almost perfectly and then the weekend comes.  Then they will eat horribly and drink too much alcohol.  Would you or could you reach your fitness goals quicker without those "fun filled weekends"?  Of course you could and so could I.

For some of you the weekend starts today.  I used to remember a time when the weekend started on Thursday.  Wow that was a long time ago.  If you are living it up Thursday-Saturday on a regular basis imagine how much you could improve if you only partied one day a week,  We all need an escape of some sort.  For some the escape is the workout.  For others it is food or the bottle.  What are you trying to do?

Getting stronger and improving endurance through metabolic resistance training in a small group format at Jackhammer Strength Training is a great escape.  You might love it so much that you will not even want to eat that pizza or grab that six pack.  When you are truly training hard you benefit so much from fueling the body that is your machine properly.  

Now who`s ready for some one handed 360 degree burpees, grilled chicken, and broccoli?

At Jackhammer Strength Training we want you to be consistent so we came up with the

100 Day Consistency Challenge.  We are not a boot camp but we do personal training and small group training,

You will pick a realistic plan of coming in to
Jackhammer Strength Training 1,2,or 3 times per week for small group training or personal training just triple the rates below.

1x/ week $100

2x/week $200

3X/week $300

6am, 8am, 430 pm, 530 pm, 630 pm

Better than personal training for $7 a session!

Just respond with I`m in 1x, 2x, or 3x and we will get you started!

It gets better though if you actually make it in the desired number of times per week that you signed up to come in you will get that much off any future program.

Let`s say you commit to the 2x/ week option and actually come in twice a week then you will save $200 off any 3,6, or 12 month program come 2016!

Respond I`m in 1x, 2x, or 3x

You know the Buckeyes will probably have a Big Bowl game and you will not have any fitness goals at the beginning of the year because of it.

100 Days only 1 decision to make

Call Nate 614 499-4633
Do you know someone else who could be or would like to be consistent?
Not for Current Clients! Any referrals by current clients will = Referral Dollars

Me? Stronger Than I Think?

Yes you, you are stronger than you think.  I love to lift heavy stuff and love making my clients stronger.  At Jackhammer Strength Training everyone gets stronger.  Ho much stronger depends on each individual.  If they push the envelope on a regular basis and are consistent they will get much stronger much quicker than those who go through the motions and are not consistent.  If you really want to improve the absolute most important thing is your mind.  What you think on a regular basis will do more for your fitness, your strength, your health, and even your life than any other thing.

You could train seven days a week to lose weight but if you do not believe it will happen it probably wont.  On the other hand if you decide you are going to do something then it is going to happen.  This is why it is so important to have goals.  When you have a specific goal and say you are going to do something your unconscious mind then believes it as well.  This means you are in a way thinking about it even when you are not thinking about it.

Here are some benchmarks that were set this week:

Five Hammerheads from Jackhammer Strength Training did Savage Race today a brutal 6.5mile adventure race with 25 obstacles.

Four new women who all started within the last six weeks hex bar deadlifted at least 200 pounds.  I am 100 percent sure that none of them thought they could pick up 200 pounds when they walked in to the gym but they were stronger than they thought.  You too are stronger than you think.  How hard are you willing to push yourself?  Can you be consistent?  Can you show up?  Do you have a competitive streak in you?  Are you ready to unleash the beast?

Two of the four girls who hit 200 pound hex bar deadlifts are working their tails off both in and out of the gym to go join the military.  They need to improve multiple aspects of their fitness and lose some pounds at the same time.  Through our hybrid training systems of training with the power lifts, metabolic resistance training, power cardio, and personalized personal training systems I have no doubt that they will get where they need to be.

Set a goal, a hard goal, and find someone to help you reach that goal.

It will happen if you believe it will!

Nathan Jordan
Bachelor`s Sport Management Wellness& Fitness Track
ISSA CFT, NESTA CTI, TRX, MRT, IYCA YFSI
Jackhammer Strength Training
Squat, Slam, Push, Pull, and Squat

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Men`s Health Next Top Trainer candidate Nathan Jordan Jackhammer Strength Training

Interested or Committed?

Their is a huge difference between being interested in something and being committed to something. Here are some health related things that I am interested in eating healthy, losing weight, and lowering my cholesterol.  These are all things I should do but I am not committed to these things. I eat what I want and when I want.  Sometimes I do eat things that will help me to be healthier, lose unwanted pounds, and lower my cholesterol but I love to eat and will continue to eat the way that I do until I have something happen where I really need to change my eating habits.

I am interested in eating grassfed beef but it is much more expensive than normal beef and for that reason I am not committed.  I am interested in taking my various supplements on a regular basis Russian Bear Test Booster, Glucosamine, Garcinia Camobgia, Acai, Fish Oil, Flaxseed, Multi-vitamin, and whey protein but I am not committed to taking any of these regularly.

On the fitness side I am interested in running but not to run a 10 k or half marathon.  I just want to be able to play Australian Rules Football longer and harder.  Their is one thing with regards to my own fitness and health that I am committed to  I am committed to getting more mobile,  stronger, and more powerful.

What do I do to become more mobile, stronger, and more powerful?  Great question I work on my mobility doing things I am learning from the Mobilty Project www.mobilitywod.com.  I work on specific things for my hips, knees, ankles, shoulders, wrists, and lower back.  I also subscribe to newsletters from experts like Eric Cressy the shoulder expert at http://www.ericcressey.com and Mike Robertson at http://robertsontrainingsystems.com.

I work on becoming stronger and more powerful by doing deadlifts, rack pulls, box squats, medicine ball throws, pullups, plyo pushups, kettlebell swings, kettlebell snatches, dumbbell snatches, bench presses, incline bench presses, lunges, hip thrusts, bulgarian split squats, cleans, snatches, and even box jumps.  I follow guys like Louis Simmons, Dave Tate, Jim Wendler, Fred Hatfield Yuri Verkoshansky, and Mell Siff.

I may not be as strong as you, mobile as you, or as powerful as you but you know what I am stronger than I was last year, I am more mobile than I was last year, and I am more powerful than I was last year.  You know what else I will be able to say that again next year.  Find what you are interested in, commit to it, find the experts to help you and get it done.

What My Proudest Fitness Achievements of All Time should Mean to You

My ten proudest fitness achievements of all time

1. Doing the Murph workout in under 45 minutes
2. Running 2 miles in 12:30
3. Bench pressing 300 pounds, hex bar deadlifting 514, and box squatting 500
4. Losing 30 pounds in 6 weeks
5. Doing 200 kettlebell snatches with a 35 pound bell in under 9 minutes
6. Doing 20 pullups in a row
7. Finishing Tough Mudder
8. Dunking a softball on a regulation hoop at 5`9
9. Kicking the winning goal to seal the first Columbus Jackaroos MAAFL championship
10. Scoring off the kickoff against the National Barbados 19 and under soccer team.

What does this all mean to you.  It should mean I am an athlete that knows how to lose weight, knows how to gain weight, knows how to get strong both in the power lifts as well as body weight training.  I have competed at a high level and have helped hundreds of people with their fitness goals from losing 80 pounds to firming up that booty.  Oh yeah!  The Dukes theme song just came on.  That`s right I am listening to the Johnny Cash channel as I write this.

What are your ten proudest fitness accomplishments of your life?  Did you run a 5 k?  Did you do the Warrior Dash?  Did you join a group training program?  Did you admit you need help and turn to a professional?  Did you overcome your fear and head in those doors and try out something new?  Did you go back for day two?

Why did you go back for more?  If you did not go back why did you not go back?  Did the trainer push you too hard?  Were you too sore to move the the next few days and swear off exercising for ever?  If so do not feel bad that happens to countless people especially in a large group setting.  Remember that old saying pain is weakness leaving the body.

Here in Columbus there are over 400 gyms, adventure racing groups, couch to 5 k groups, marathon groups, strongman, powerlifting, bodybuilding, crossfit, fitranx, big boxes, YMCA`s, 24 hour gyms to rent machines, and even triathlon groups!

Set a goal, make a plan, if you need help with that plan find a gym that works for you, find a workout partner or an entire group with similar goals, get to it, and conquer it.  Visualize the end goal, take action, and accomplish everything you ever wanted.

Show Up

All I have to do is show up.  I am struggling with a deep depression.  I feel like crap.  I feel weak and fat.  If I come in through those doors I am fine.  All I have to do is show up.

This is basically what one of my clients said to me tonight.  She is right all you have to do is show up.  I am not going to punish you and make you do something you are not capable of doing or something that is likely to injure you.  I run a small business Jackhammer Strength Training right here in Columbus, Ohio and yes I am a fitness trainer but more than that I am in the people business.    I want you to succeed.  I want you to come in 3, 4, or even 5 times a week.  But some of you I would be ecstatic to see even twice a week.

Sometimes I call, facebook message, text, and email people and still that is not enough.  What else can I do to get you to show up.  You want out of the depression caused by short days and cold dark nights, show up.  Just come in through those doors you will meet some friendly faces, you will do some work, you might have some fun, you will learn something, and most importantly you will feel better.

Usually when you walk through those doors you have no idea what is going to happen.  Most of the time you probably think we are going to do a full body circuit because we often do.  Today we followed personal training plans, did metabolic work 20-10 intervals for four rounds of seven exercises, and had a strength circuit.  If you showed up today you would have possibly  learned new lifts the snatch and the clean.  You would have gotten stronger working on inverted rows, pullups, front squats, lunges, overhead presses, squat jumps,and even windmills.  You would have worked every primal movement pattern and you would feel much better.  You would have burned a good amount of calories during your session but perhaps more importantly you would be burning calories at an elevated rate for the next -24-48 hours due to EPOC excess post oxygen consumption due to the heavy resistance training.

Maybe you are one of those people that says “I don`t have time to workout”.  That is possible but ask yourself this.  How much time do you spend on unnecessary things like facebook and watching tv.  The average American spends about 30 hours per week watching tv.  Even if you are only watching one third as much 10 hours per week that is still 10 hours you could potentially be training, working on getting better, improving your fitness, improving your health, and improving your life.

Every one of you can show up but will you?

If you read this far I have a special offer for you.  

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