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Chicago Seminar, May 20/21, 2006
Advanced G-Flux seminar featuring John Berardi & Charles Poliquin.

Seminar Details

By. Dr. John Berardi & Charles Poliquin Sat. May 20th & Sun. May 21st, 2006 9:00AM - 5:00PM each day Poliquin Performance Center 1847 Oak St Winnetka, IL 60093 Cost: $299.99 USD Student / Military Price: $174.99 USD (email info@johnberardi.com for discount code; valid ID required)

What is "G-Flux"?

G-Flux, otherwise known as energy flux, is the complex and interdependent relationship between the energy that flows into and the energy that flows out of a physiological system. By increasing G-Flux through the use of training, nutrition, and supplementation, the following are possible: simultaneous increases in lean mass and losses in fat mass, increases in metabolic rate, more rapid adaptations to training stress, better recovery, and improvements in health outcomes.

• Read John's original "G-Flux" article

This is an advanced seminar for those interested in the most effective ways to dramatically change body composition, gain muscle and lose fat simultaneously, increase sport performance. The seminar covers the key strategies for body transformation (i.e., what the general population is after) and for elite athletic performance (i.e., Olympians, professionals, etc), including the differences and similarities between the two camps and how each can learn from the other. Dr. John Berardi will cover the nutrition portion of the seminar, while renowned strength coach Charles Poliquin will cover the training portion.

Itinerary for Saturday, May 20th, 2006

9AM - 12:30PM: Part 1 - What is G-Flux? (John Berardi)

• The science of body weight regulation
  • The dysregulation of intake and expenditure with sedentism.
• The Science of G-Flux
  • Research demonstrating ways to improve body weight regulation and metabolic rate
  • Research demonstrating how to keep metabolic rate high with aging
• Using the science of G-Flux to lose fat and gain muscle simultaneously
  • Fat loss through enhanced metabolic rates
  • Muscle gain through higher energy turnover
  • Muscle gain through improved nutrient delivery
• The best bodies in the world are built using G-Flux
  • Correlational examples of clients and high level athletes who’ve used G-Flux to improve fat loss, muscle gain, and training adaptation
• G-Flux as energy expenditure
• Ways of achieving high energy expenditure
  • Genetics
  • Drugs
  • High Volume Training
• G-Flux as energy intake
  • Balancing high energy expenditure with high energy intake without counting calories

12:30PM - 1:30PM: Lunch

1:30PM - 5:00PM: Part 2 - G-Flux Training (Charles Poliquin)

• Universal methods of physique improvement
• G-Flux as the overarching theme in today’s training industry
  • Training multiple muscle qualities for fat loss, muscle gain, and performance
  • How strongman training, olympic lifts, powerlifting, speed strength training, elastic strength training, conventional bodybuilding, interval training, and aerobic training fit together
• The integration of different training modes to form a cohesive program
  

Itinerary for Sunday, May 21st, 2006

9:00AM - 12:30PM: Part 3 - G-Flux Nutrition (John Berardi)

• Balancing energy intake and expenditure without counting calories or macronutrients
  • Body weight regulation through increased G-Flux
• When counting calories and macronutrients, how to individualize by body type
  • Individualizing by food amount
  • Calorie estimates
  • Individualizing by food type
  • Choosing the best foods and macronutrients for your body type
  • Individualizing by food timing
  • Eating the right foods at the right times for your body type
• Increasing energy expenditure through nutritional intake
  • The right foods to further boost energy expenditure
• Ways to improve tissue turnover and training adaptation through nutritional intake
  • The right foods to improve tissue remodeling and training response
• Nutritional supplements For Improving G-Flux
  • Supplements for increasing tissue turnover, training adaptation, fat loss, and muscle gain
  • Supplements for boosting metabolic rate
  • Supplements for improving body weight regulation

12:30PM - 1:30PM: Lunch

1:30PM - 3:30PM: Part 4 - Higher Volume Training (Charles Poliquin)

• Ramping up total weekly training volume
  • How athletes tolerate higher volumes of training
  • Why you may want a higher volume of training
  • How to include a higher volume of training
  • What if you can’t do higher volume (time constraints, etc)
• What about overtraining?
  • Why overtraining is overrated
  • Simple assessment tools for overtraining
  • Advanced assessment tools for overtraining
  • How to stave off overtraining

3:30PM - 5:00PM: Wrap Up, Discussion, Q&A (Charles Poliquin & John Berardi)

More info about our seminars...

For more information about our seminars and workshops, take a look at the following resources:

• Dr. Berardi's response to a question about the role of workshops.
• Feedback from previous attendees