Rockland County Fitness Weekly Healthly Recipe
July 28, 2010 by optc
Filed under Fat loss training, OPTC Updates
Eat Yourself Thin
Simple Summer Smoothie
(Serves Four)
1 banana
1 cup frozen strawberries
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup frozen cherries
4 ice cubes
1/2 cup orange juice
3/4 cup vanilla yogurt
1/2 teaspoon honey (optional)
1. Place the banana, strawberries, blueberries, cherries, and ice cubes into a blender. Pour orange juice, vanilla yogurt, and honey. Puree until smooth.
Prep: 10 mins
Ready: 10 mins
Amount Per Serving – Calories:140 / Total Fat: 1.3g / Cholesterol: 2mg / Sodium: 33mg / Total Carbs: 31.3g / Dietary Fiber: 3.6g / Protein 3.5g
Recipe from AllRecipes.com.
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4/19 ” Southern Hemisphere”
4/19
lets start today with (2) 40/20 time interval of :
a1)barbell squats
a2)alt lunges
b1) toe touch
b2) barbell twist
finish off with a killer leg circuit
spl sq’s x 8 ea
rev lunge x 8ea.
sl stepups x 12 ea.
sq jumps x 24
@ 3rds
4/18 ” Karma’s a b@!$*”
4/18 today we’ll do some traditional tabatas (20/10″s)
a) x band walk(bear crawl)/ lat lunge
b) sandbag shouldering/ Croc drag
c) step up + curl/ rev lunge ->press
d) 1/2 getup/ Flr press+ tri ext

turkish getups = awesome


4/17 ” Ultimate Fighter”
4/17 ” Ultimate Fighter”
DB Cleans x 20
Box Jumps x 15
Db Cln/Press x10 ea
plank-pushup x 20
jump rope x 50 skips
4/16 ” Lets get our swole on”
4/16 Today we’ll get go through a killer Upper Body circuit….
60/60 (60 sec for ea. excer/60 sec off hold diff. plank variations)
Db bench press
CG handle Inv rows
Keiser Push/pull
Db cln’s
crazy ropes

getting swole on
4/13 ” Get er Done!!!!”
4/13
1)DA KB swing & CLN
2) Ab wheel
3) Sandbag Shouldering
4) side to side pushup
5) 1 hand MB slam
Optimal Express Class weekly video
May 4, 2010 by LT
Filed under OFX - WOD, OPTC Updates
Optimal Express Class-OPTC GYM from Lou Torres on Vimeo.
Who’s to Blame!!!
May 3, 2010 by LT
Filed under Gorilla Strength Project, OPTC Updates
Most average people detest taking responsibility.
They dread the thought that, perhaps, on
some level they may actually be the creators
of their circumstances.
That they… in fact, may NOT be victims!
(what a dreadful thought!)
Mature individuals LOVE taking responsibility.
They take comfort in the fact that whatever
their current situation looks like, they have
played a BIG part in creating it.
Good or bad.
Mature people LOVE the idea that, with their
hands placed firmly on the steering wheel of
their life, that they can decide to move closer
to their goals or away from them.
This was a weird week for me at Optimal Performance.
I have been a bit “absent” for the past few
months due to the mental overload of school,
being injured , and expecting my 1st son.
Upon my mental and emotional “return” to training
my sports and fitness clients, I noticed something
that I didn’t like…
EVERYONE was slacking! — People here at the express class are complaining about exercises trying to get me to change or replace, so it can be easier for them. Somehow or another I have been slacking also cause for a while I would just tell them OK!!!! Just do XYZ and that’s wrong on my part…
Some people I noticed were showing up, but only giving a 1/2
effort…. that too is my FAULT. Lack of communication is what I say to that. For not explaining to them that going through the motions is not going to get them where they want to be.
At first, I wanted to blame them for being pus*ies
and treating the workouts like washing their butts.
THEN I realized… it’s ALL MY fault!
I am to blame for creating the disgusting situation
I perceived all around me!
So, What did I do?
Manned Up!
I took full responsibility for the lack of results,
firmly grabbed hold of my bullwhip…
I gave myself a few good lashings and proceeded to
rain down terror on any and everyone that stood
between me and the high intensity environment that
we have worked so hard to establish at my gym.
Things are almost back to normal again.
Where are you making excuses in your life?
What are YOU blaming for the dysfunction you’re
experiencing?
Is it the economy’s fault?
Is it the governments fault?
Is it your children or spouse’s fault?
Is it because of the color of your skin?
Here’s what I think… It’s YOUR fault!
4/12 ” OK who pissed off Lou!!”
“OK Who Pissed off Lou”

Open up a can of Whoop ass
As of recently I realized that people were possibly not pushing themselves as hard as they should… to answer the question I pissed at everyone and now we’ll step the workouts up a notch to that dreaded uncomfortable zone…..
Here goes:
Rotary DL’s w/ Barbell x 10 ea
Step up + curl-> press x 10 ea. leg
Burpbeesx 10
KB DL-> HP x10
Rot Slamsx 20
Seal Jacks x20
Jump rope x50 skips
DO THIS FOR 3RDS have fun
4/10 ” My 1st complex”
” My 1st Complex”
* So a complex just means that you stack series of excer. one after another , while never letting go of your barbell,dumbbell etc etc…*
Here’s the excer’s and have fun: DB sq’s/rev lunge/DA hammer curl’s/DB RDL/ Press/ front raise x 5 ea. @ 5 rounds…. run 100 yards after ea. round














