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4 Ways to Be Healthy and Huge in 2020
Hardcore
training can sometimes come at a cost to health and lifestyle, but it
doesn't have to. Here's how a jacked medical doctor trains to have it
all and still be able to crush it in the weight room.
"There was a point in my life where I thought, 'I don't
care if I die young. I just want to be in the biggest pine box
possible,'" recalls Kaleb Redden. Back in those days, he was a football
player and diehard lifter with plenty of gains—and plenty of injuries—to
show for his efforts. He was huge, yes, but healthy? Definitely not. Fifteen or so years down the line, everything has changed—except his
passion for lifting. Redden is a father, husband, orthopedic doctor, and
the team doctor for Kaged Muscle supplements and their sponsored
athletes. In other words, he has a lot of reasons to function at a very
high level long after his grueling workouts end. As detailed in "Lessons from a Jacked Medical Doctor,"
Redden is as big and strong as he's ever been, and absolutely throws
down in the weight room. And now he does it without the downsides that
plagued him as a younger lifter. But it didn't happen by accident. Here's how the man who goes by "Doc Thor" changed his ways for the better—and recommends you do the same.
1. Chase Intensity More Than Numbers
Max-effort strength is the eternal siren's call of the weight room.
Big stacks of plates are asking if you could possibly lift them, and if
you're willing to give up what is necessary to do so. Redden knows this
all too well. "I had this idea for a long time that 'I'm going to be the strongest
dad on the block and my kids are going to think that's so cool,'" he
recalls. "But I realized numbers don't matter to them. My kids don't
give a shit how much I can deadlift. They care about whether I can play
soccer with them and ride my bike to school with them—things like that." With time, he says, he's had to be more targeted in his training, but
also more open-minded in what he's training for. Hitting a solid
low-rep PR or a heavy single is important on occasion, but prioritize it
too highly, and it will almost always take more than it gives. "I still push myself to extremes, but it's with intensity; it's not
just about hitting numbers," he says. "And it's a lot more calculated
than it was maybe 15 or 20 years ago." You can see what this intensity looks like in Redden's video workout with Kris Gethin, the appropriately named "Get Wide or Die Trying." Today, one gym, one scoop of Pre-Kaged, and one training partner are the only numbers Redden needs. Lesson for you: Don't let a single number or
achievement define you for better or worse. How you dedicate the
majority of your training is what really shows where your priorities
lie.
2. Train, and Rest, Without Exception
Even when he found his calling in medicine, Redden knew he was a
lifter at heart. That meant that even during medical school, missing
workouts wasn't an option. He knew he had to find a way. "Class would go from 8 a.m. to noon," he recalls. "They'd let you out
for an hour. I would leave 15 minutes early from the last class and
then I would come 15 minutes late to the next class. So I would jog to
the gym, work out, listen to lectures during my workouts—which I hated." However, there was an exception: "I never really worked out on
Sunday, just because I wanted to spend time with my family instead of
going to the gym." No, it wasn't always easy, and yes, some sleep was lost along the
way. But the deeper Redden got into his medical training, the more he
saw that important, lasting changes in the body only happened in
response to consistent, repeated stimulus. What he was learning in med
school only reinforced that conclusion.
However, that couldn't come at the expense of his job, life, or
family. Finding the balance took plenty of practice, but embracing that
practice is the work of a lifetime. The lesson for you: Your body needs constant
encouragement if you want lasting change. But your private life is what
makes the privilege of training possible. Give both what they need to
get the results you want, and then repeat the process more times than
you can count.
Redden hears it all the time: "You should compete!" And he says the
prospect of doing a bodybuilding or powerlifting competition crosses his
mind every May or June, like clockwork. So, what keeps him from doing it? He remembers what keeps bringing him back to the gym in the first place. "I'm a body builder, not a bodybuilder. I just want to build my
body," he says. "I've learned to basically feel successful with the
process, and the things I've learned feel more valuable to me than any
medal." And what he's learned most of all is simply this: He loves training. "That's my favorite thing to do; I love lifting weights," he says.
"If you're going to hypothetically ask me: 'It's Friday night, you've
got 4 hours off, nothing to do, and all the money in the world, what do
you want to do?' Man, let's go to the gym. Let's clang and bang."
The lesson for you: Competing is a major decision
and big commitment, and while many people treat it as a natural
progression in training or use it for motivation, it doesn't have to be
either of those things. There's no shame in simply training for life,
and for the love of each rep along the way.
4. Use Doctors to Help You—Not Limit You
You're training hard, but you're in pain—and you're starting to
believe that it's the kind of pain caused by an injury. What's the next
step? You could continue suffering through it. You could spend untold,
unguided hours on foam rollers and trigger point devices. You could go
to the chiropractor, a soft-tissue specialist, or any number of other
medical specialists. You could do a lot of things—but according to Redden, the place to start is the office of your primary care doctor. "Get a diagnosis," Redden says. "Find out what's wrong. Then your
treatment plan afterward can include soft tissue work, mobility work,
stretching, acupuncture, chiropractic—whatever." And if you're a lifter, he also recommends that your doctor lift. No,
he doesn't have to be as jacked as Redden, but simply someone who
"understands your activity" and doesn't roll their eyes or tell you to
stop. He says this applies to anyone training hard for any physical
activity. "As a physician, I want you to live your life the way you want to, on
your terms," he says. "But I also want you to understand the risks.
Once you understand the risks, you can make the informed decision and
whatever modifications are necessary. My job is to educate—that's what
the term doctor means." Lesson for you: Don't shy away from treatment that
you know, or just suspect, you might need. Being an informed lifter will
only make you a better one, as long as you're willing to always keep
moving forward. Read more.................
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