Laylor Performance Systems is all about the results and that is what draws high level athletes to train at LPS.

Every athlete receives one on one training that is specific to their sport and objectives.

If the athlete is committed to the program, results are guaranteed. Just ask one of our athletes.

Without a goal to work toward, we will not get there.

Malcolm Subban has been pursuing his dream, playing in the National Hockey League, since he was a youngster. Working hard and committing to his plan has him now on the cusp of achieving the first part of that dream.

Malcolm’s work ethic and determination can be used as a roadmap for all young athletes chasing their dreams.

Join Malcolm next week and get to your goals with the 2012 Off-Season Kick Off

 
Clance Laylor of Laylor Performance Systems outlines the performance of Cuban Rows which are great for the shoulder girdle. It also strengthens the upper back.

 
Clance Laylor of LPS talks about how you can improve your numbers on the bench press.

The average North American consumes 160 pounds of sugar every year, the equivalent of drinking more than 1,800 cans of Coke! This amounts to more than 5 cans of soda per day! Compare this to the early 1900s when the average person consumed 80 pounds per year, and to our Paleolithic hunter-gatherer ‘ancestors’ who consumed on less than a pound of sugar for the entire year! In order to reverse the negative effects of high insulin and achieve sustainable healthy weight loss you need to start improving your insulin sensitivity. Insulin is the hormone responsible for taking the sugars from your bloodstream after a meal and transporting them into your cells to be used for energy. Unfortunately, the less active you are or the more weight you are carrying your ‘insulin sensitivity’ goes downhill. Poor insulin sensitivity is ‘bad’ thing. It means you’re body has been overloaded with too many sugars for too long, to the point where you need much more insulin to do the same job your body used to accomplish with far less. High insulin levels equals weight gain, plain and simple. The good news is that exercise is one of the best ways to improve your insulin sensitivity and lay the foundation for optimal weight loss. Combining regular weight training (2-3x per week) and cardiovascular training (interval type) will improve your blood sugar levels the quickest. If you are a beginner or new to exercise, start with a simple 20-minute walk daily to get the ball rolling toward better insulin sensitivity and better health!

Your diet is another powerful tool to help improve your insulin sensitivity. If weight loss if you primary goal then remove all starchy carbs from your diet – breads, pastas, potatoes, beans – and focus on increasing your consumption of whole foods such as leafy green vegetables, cruciferous vegetables, organic meats like chicken and fish, fresh fruit and plentiful nuts and seeds. This will provide the body with optimal amounts of protein, healthy fats, and fabulous fiber to help normalize your blood sugars. Combined with an overall reduction in starchy and simple carbs will naturally improve insulin sensitivity and weight loss. More specifically, there are a couple of ‘all-star’ insulin balancing nutrients – chromium and alpha-lipoic acid – that are important to include in your diet. They quickly and effectively regulate blood sugars to stimulate sustainable weight loss. The essential mineral chromium is a major contributor to healthy blood sugar levels and active component of glucose tolerance factor (GTF) a compound that controls your blood sugar levels. Insulin must attach to the receptors on your cells in order to transport the glucose into your cells and out of the bloodstream. GTF plays a vital role in making sure insulin ‘docks’ effectively to your cells receptors. This promotes optimal insulin function and healthy blood sugar control. A deficiency in chromium leads to insulin resistance – outlined above – a condition where your body’s cells do not respond effectively to the presence of insulin. This leads to higher and higher levels of circulating insulin and glucose in the bloodstream, the ‘perfect storm’ for weight gain and worsening health. A recent meta-analysis study summarizing the results of 15 independent chromium studies concluded that chromium showed substantial reductions in hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia. Although chromium is found in a wide variety of foods, processing methods typically remove the naturally occurring chromium. As a result, it’s tough to get sufficient amounts of chromium from the diet alone. Food high in chromium include broccoli, turkey, apples and green beans.

Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) is another potent nutrient that reduces the negative effects of a high sugar or refined carbohydrate diet. It is a potent antioxidant made by your body and found in every one of your cells, assisting in the conversion of glucose into energy. Antioxidants quench ‘free radicals’, which are waste products of the body’s energy metabolism, much like the fumes from your car’s exhaust pipe. These free radicals cause cellular damage to the body and need to be ‘cleaned up’ by the body’s antioxidants like alpha-lipoic acid, vitamin C and vitamin E. Alpha-lipoic acid is considered a ‘universal’ anti-oxidant because it is both fat-soluble and water-soluble, whereas vitamin C only works in water, and vitamin in E in fatty tissues. It also helps to ‘recycle’ the body’s other antioxidants – like vitamin C and glutathione – into their active state for even further protection. Alpha-lipoic acid is found in red meat (grass fed highly recommended), organ meats, and brewer’s yeast. You can also supplement with ALA to achieve higher doses and assist in insulin balance and weight loss.

There are also some powerful herbal medicines that can significantly reduce blood sugar and insulin levels to boost your efforts in achieving your health and weight loss goals. Herbal medicines used in traditional cultures for centuries – cinnamon, bitter melon, gymnema sylvestre – have been shown in clinical studies to significantly improve insulin and blood sugar levels. Cinnamon is one of the oldest spices in the world, dating back to 2,700BC in Chinese Medicine. It was so highly regarded over the centuries that it was considered more precious than gold! Cinnamon also deserves ‘gold-star’ status for its ability to improve blood sugar levels. A 2003 study in the medical journal Diabetes Care showed that a 1g dose of cinnamon daily was enough to decrease fasting glucose 18-29%. This is great way to stimulate weight loss and adding a pinch of cinnamon to desserts will mitigate some of the negative effects on your insulin. Not only that, it also helps lower bad ‘LDL’ cholesterol by 7-27%, total cholesterol 12-26%, and triglycerides (blood fats) by 23-30%. Cinnamon will not only help improve weight loss but also improve your overall health.

Bitter Melon is another medicinal herb widely used in Asia to help balance blood sugar levels. It is a tropical vine that is grown abundantly in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit. Recent 2012 study in Germany highlighted how bitter melon enhances insulin sensitivity thereby improving the body’s ability to deal with carbohydrates. In China, The Garvan Institute of Medical Research has identified four compounds that help explain the mechanism behind bitter melon’s ability to improve blood sugar control. The compounds found in bitter melon activate the AMPK enzyme which helps to stimulate the movement of glucose receptors to the surface of your cells, where they can be utilized most effectively. The benefits of exercise on blood sugar levels can be traced back to this same activation of the AMPK enzyme. Another reason why it’s so important to keep your exercising regularly!

Gymnema is a traditional Ayurvedic herbal remedy used for centuries in India to treat high blood sugar levels. Gymnema supports healthy glucose metabolism by supporting optimal pancreatic function and insulin release, preventing insulin from lingering in the bloodstream and keeping you ‘stuck’ in fat-storing mode. In India, it is known as Gurmar or ‘destroyer of sugar’ for its ability to quench sweet cravings. Studies have shown gymnema produces a significant reduction in fasting glucose levels and a reduction in glucose levels after meals. This is really important when you can’t escape having a heavier meal at a business dinner or function. It is essential that the supplement form of Gymenma extract is standardized to contain 25% gymnemic acids, the identical concentration used in clinical research.
Achieve your weight loss goals by supporting healthy blood sugar and insulin control. Incorporate weight lifting and cardiovascular exercise, a whole-foods based diet high in protein and healthy fats, and add supportive supplementation of medicinal herbs and nutrients such cinnamon, bittermelon, gymnema sylvestre, chromium, and alpha-lipoic acid found in Athletes Gluco-Balance at LPS to boost your insulin sensitivity and assist weight loss. This strategy will help you achieve long-term healthy and sustainable success!

Dr. Marc Bubbs ND, BSc, CSCS, ART

References
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By Alexis Brudnicki in Dunedin, Fla
 
He may not be a man amongst men as of yet, but he certainly is an impressive boy amidst a group of his peers right now.

Gareth Morgan is the only player on Canada’s junior national team roster born later than 1995, and he has been on the team for over a year. Getting his start with Team Canada at just 14 years old, the six-foot-four, 210-pound outfielder is a physical specimen whose baseball gifts were spotted extremely early by director of national teams Greg Hamilton.

“He’s an exceptionally talented kid,” Hamilton said of Morgan. “If you look at him physically, he’s a man already at 15. He could walk out and stand in right field in the major leagues and nobody would be asking who the bat boy is or whose son that is. He looks like a big-league right-fielder right now.

“He doesn’t have to change physically at all. He just has to basically mature as a player. It’s not like you’re trying to project the body or say he’s got to put on 20 pounds or he’s got to grow two inches. Physically, he’s already a man in terms of the profile. Obviously he’ll get a man’s strength as he grows up a little bit, but he’s a special, physical player, and he’s got all the tools that you’re looking for and it’s just a matter of developing and refining them.”

‘He’s not hard to get out right now. But if his bat does happen to run into the ball, you better go and get yourself a new ball. It’s not coming back.’
— One of Gareth Morgan’s Canadian junior teammates
As Morgan continues to work on his baseball maturity, just his presence is enough to have people in the crowd whispering, “Can you believe this kid is only 15?” at every game he takes part in. Most recently in the St. Petersburg (Fla.) International Baseball series, teammates, parents, scouts and bystanders all watched in awe every time the young giant stepped up to the plate.

Though his size is intimidating, the pitchers who have seen him the most admit that there is a lot of room for growth in his game.

“He’s not hard to get out right now,” one of his junior national teammates said. “But if his bat does happen to run into the ball, you better go and get yourself a new ball. It’s not coming back.”

Not draft-eligible until 2014, Morgan has plenty of time to continue working. Ranked the No. 3 prospect in North America for his draft year by Perfect Game, the young outfielder is getting up to speed by facing a high calibre of competition with Team Canada.

Scouts impressed
Just over the last year Morgan has been to the U.S., Cuba, Dominican Republic and Colombia, where he and the rest of the national team qualified for the upcoming world junior championships in Seoul. Getting at-bats against both amateur players and professionals has given scouts a chance to see that there’s a reason the Toronto native is on the roster.

“He’s a 15-year-old that’s obviously playing against guys that are five and six years older, and have played professional baseball, and have a lot of games under their belt,” Hamilton said. “But he’s holding his own and I think the fact that he’s holding his own says a lot for his talent and his ability.”

Morgan’s skill set was recognized last summer by Steve Bernhardt, director of scouting for Baseball Factory. Bernhardt is in charge of making selections for the Under Armour All-America Game, and brought the Canadian fielder to Chicago last August to take part in the matchup at Wrigley Field, where he did not disappoint.

“The first thing was that he was impressive physically,” Bernhardt said. “He certainly fit in with the older guys that we had at the Under Armour game last year. Physically, his tools are advanced. He’s a strong kid, he’s got power, he’s got a lot of bat speed already and it’s pretty easy bat speed.

“He’s got arm strength, he can play right field, he’s a pretty good athlete. So he’s one of those guys with a lot of present skills for someone his age. And the arrow is pointing up on him. I’ve spoken with Greg Hamilton, the junior national team coach with Canada, and he’s told me Gareth just continues to get better.

“He gets bigger and stronger and he’s faced a high level of competition now for quite some time and challenges himself against older players a lot. Not only is he getting a better understanding of the game but his skills continue to get better as well.”

Though Toronto Blue Jays director of amateur scouting Andrew Tinnish is the only member of Morgan’s hometown organization who has seen him in action, the 10th-grader is on the radar of many other scouts, both local and not-so-local.

“Other scouts that I’ve spoken with are extremely impressed with him,” Bernhardt said. “He has a chance to be a really special player. Obviously the size and the strength and the athleticism stand out at such a young age, but he’s got the baseball skills already. He seems to have a good aptitude to continue to learn and get better and he continues to improve. He has a chance to do some big things over the next couple of years.”

Coming out of shell?
Garnering so much attention has been a little bit difficult for the notably-shy Morgan. During his first few trips with Team Canada, he acknowledged he “wouldn’t say a word” for whole trips at a time, but now that he’s been with the team for a significant amount of time, it’s become a little bit easier. The same can’t be said for when scouts or reporters are around.

“I’m trying to get used to it,” Morgan said of all the attention. “But I still get nervous when I’m in the field and I know that people are watching, or when I’m doing interviews, and stuff like that.”

Hamilton has also been trying to play a part in keeping the young prospect comfortable, and not letting him get ahead of himself.

“You want to keep him 15,” Hamilton said. “But at the same time, you tell him not to apologize for being good. You want him to be aggressive, you want him to not feel for things, and be afraid to make mistakes.

“Then by the same standpoint you tell him that getting a big head and getting complacent isn’t the answer because that’s going to take you the other way. So it’s a balancing act. It’s a little bit of a push and little bit of an arm around him, and then another push.

“You’re just kind of watching how they react to certain situations and circumstances. Sometimes they get their heads down because they’re getting beat up a little bit and then you’ve got to put the arm around them. And then other times, they’re maybe going pretty good and think it’s easy, and you’ve got to push a little bit on them. It’s a balancing act with the young players.”

The youngest of the young, and the only guy on the team who happens to be ineligible to even make an attempt at getting a driver’s license, Morgan has overcome his sensitivity to his age.

“I think last year I was worried about it,” he said of always being the youngest on the team. “But now that I know the guys, and I’m comfortable with them, I don’t really think about it anymore.”

What Morgan is concentrating on currently is continuing to progress his game, and learning how to translate his intimidating presence into poise at the plate.

“Learning to swing with confidence,” Morgan said of what he’s working on. “Because last year I’d be swinging and I’d be like shaking in the box. So I’m trying to build confidence and just let loose.”

Bryan Saucedo is embarking upon the most important year of his young baseball career but one wouldn’t know it after speaking to him for a couple of minutes.

The 18-year-old first baseman from Toronto is making his third appearance for the Canadian National Junior team, and while the impending Major League Baseball entry draft looms large, it doesn’t affect his approach to the game.

“I try not to think about it too much, I know it’s going to creep up in the back of my mind but I’m just going to go out there and try to help the team win and do my thing,” Saucedo, training in St. Petersburg, Fl., said.

Listed at 6-foot 3-inches and 215 pounds, Saucedo’s experience isn’t the only thing that belies his age. Dan Bleiwas, Saucedo’s head coach with the Ontario Blue Jays said “he’s a specimen … his physical skills are off the chart.”

Bleiwas believes Saucedo’s goal is to be drafted high enough to warrant signing a MLB contract, but if the dream doesn’t work out Saucedo has a contingency plan, he plans to attend Riverside Community College in California.

As one of the older players on the Canadian team, Saucedo has entered a leadership role that he gladly embraces.

“I try to give some insight to the younger guys, the guys who haven’t been here, try to give them some tips and some insight on the way we do things around here.”

In his tenure with the Canadian National Junior Team last season, Saucedo hit a home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Dominican summer league team. He has also had hits against NCAA Division One schools such as the University of Michigan and Florida State University.

Saucedo said the Dominican summer league teams provide a high level of competition, with the tiny Caribbean nation churning out baseball stars as naturally as Canada churns out hockey stars.
Of all his great baseball moments in his young career, Saucedo is most proud of pounding out a base hit off of Toronto Blue Jay first round draft pick Deck McGuire:

“I think that hit off (McGuire) is a big one … surprised some people there.”

Saucedo is also aware of the emergence of Canadian infielders, such as Joey Votto, in the majors, but he’s keeping his head firmly planted on first base. Asked who he models his game around, Saucedo replied, “I just do my thing.”

If there were a player who inspires major league dreams, Saucedo said Carlos Gonzalez of the Colorado Rockies would be that guy: “I like the way he attacks the ball.”

Arun Srinivasan The Toronto Observer

Strength is simple: it’s the amount of force that you can produce. When you break it down, Newton’s second law of motion teaches us that force is created when you accelerate a mass (Force = Mass x Acceleration (F=ma)). Strength is all about the force your muscles can produce, creating movement. When your muscles produce enough force, they allow you to accelerate (a) your body mass (m), or if you’re a big defenceman, you can accelerate the body mass of some poor forward with his head down. Although, that’s getting into high-load speed strength; we’ll talk about that a little later.

Force production is the foundation of all movement, and even chess players (they’re athletes too, right?) need to produce enough force to move the pieces around the board. Let’s look at that formula one more time: F=ma. If we can train our muscles to be strong enough to produce a certain maximum force in a given athletic situation, that means one of two things: we can move our bodies or an external object of a similar mass faster than before, or we can accelerate our bodies or something heavier than our bodies. In plain old English, this means you can run, skate, start, stop, change direction faster than your opponent; you can stiff arm a linebacker, box out a center for a rebound, or knock out a boxer who might be heavier than you; you can throw a baseball harder, shot put farther, jump higher, and generally perform better than you could before.

For those of you who are more experienced with weight training, you’re probably thinking “many of those qualities are affected by different training stimuli,” and you’re definitely right. Explosive Strength (power) and Reactive Strength (plyometrics) are used to fine tune your neuromuscular abilities by focusing the Maximum Strength that you have just built.

Explosive Strength focuses on increasing the Rate of Force Development (RFD), or how fast your muscles are able to produce force. This type of strength is especially important for power lifting, Olympic lifting, shot put, weight throw, baseball pitchers, javelin, and discus, as these sports are expressions of maximal explosiveness. If you can create the same maximal force that you have developed through your Maximal Strength phase faster, this will translate into performance. This is expressed through high-load speed strength (moving heavier loads, like a snatch) and low-load speed strength (moving your body weight, or lighter loads such as in discus).

Reactive Strength qualities are beneficial to athletes who are dynamic in their sport. This applies to most team sports and individual sports, including hockey, rugby, football, baseball, golf, tennis, squash, etc. Reactive Strength is the muscle’s ability to apply force quickly, after completing a Stretch Shortening Cycle (SSC). The SSC is the transition from, yep… you guessed it: being stretched, to being shortened. If you’re a soccer player running one direction and the ball zips by to your left, you want to get there as quickly as possible. Instead of stopping, turning left, and starting to run, we simply crossover and push off with our right foot, propelling our body to the left. We don’t do a full squat and jump to the left. We plant and push off, wasting no time at all. And if your SSC is faster and produces greater force than the defender, I think we can figure out who gets to the ball first.

Whatever your sport is, strength training is the foundation for success. It doesn’t take the place of practicing your sport, but if you are trying out for the pros and you’re weak I can guarantee it won’t matter how fancy your footwork is when you’re on your ass and the other guy has the puck.

References
Hales, M (2011) Evaluating Common Weight Training Concepts Associated With Developing Muscular Strength: Truths or Myths? Strength and Conditioning Journal; February; 33 (1); pp. 91- 95.

Hori, N; Newton, R; Nosaka, K; Stone, M (2005). Weightlifting Exercises Enhance Athletic Performance That Requires High-Load Speed Strength. Strength and Conditioning Journal; August; 24 (4); pp. 50 – 55.

Strengthening your VMO helps to counteract many muscular imbalances because many of these issues manifest themselves as tension and strain on the patella and patellar tendon. Strengthening the VMO helps to correct patellar tracking issues and reduces pain. Incorporating the Peterson Step-up into your routine will help to significantly decrease knee pain, no matter the root of the problem.

The Peterson Step-up is a simple exercise that can be done at home or in the gym. All you need is a low platform, and in most cases your stairs will do just fine. When you perform Peterson Step-ups properly, you will feel the VMO handling the load. The tension will be on the medial portion (inside) of your knee.

Start by placing the exercising leg on the step, with the resting leg on the floor. The heel of the resting leg will be slightly ahead of the toe of your working leg. The working leg (on the step) will be slightly bent, heel raised, with your weight on the ball of your foot. Slowly push through the ball of your exercising leg and let your heel touch the step. Your resting leg will remain ahead of the toe on the exercising leg. Repeat the prescribed sets and reps for each leg, and in just a few weeks time you will feel less knee pain and your legs will be much stronger.

The VMO is recruited in many different types of exercises, including the overhead squat and its variations. VMO strengthening will help you in all aspects of your weight lifting routines and athletic endeavours. We all know how much knee pain sucks, so don’t waste any more time.

Come by LPS today to learn more about reducing knee pain and increasing VMO strength through Peterson Step-ups.

Peterson Step Up video demonstration by Clance

Normal functioning adrenal glands secrete small and precise amounts of steroid hormones – such as cortisol, the body’s stress hormone – to keep your energy levels up and your immune system strong. Too much physical, emotional, and psychological stress can deplete the adrenal glands, causing dysfunctional adrenal cortisol or stress hormone production. Hypoadrenia is a deficiency in the functioning of the adrenal glands. Full blown hypoadrenia is a medical condition called Addison’s Disease – first described by physicians in 1855 – which presents with severely reduced cortisol levels leading to fatigue, irritability, muscle weakness, and joint pain. It is the end point of the disease spectrum. Modern day hypoadrenia or “adrenal fatigue” is not full-blown Addison’s disease – but is a point along the disease spectrum -manifesting itself as a broad spectrum of less severe, yet often debilitating, symptoms of fatigue, irritability, immune depression, insomnia, muscle weakness, and joint pain.

Cortisol is produced in varying amounts by the adrenal glands throughout the day. In the morning, cortisol levels should ideally be elevated as this hormone is designed to increase our alertness, getting us out of bed and ready for a busy workday. If you struggle to wake up in the morning, hit the snooze button multiple times, or need several cups of coffee to get yourself moving then chances are your morning cortisol levels are abnormally low. This can cause fatigue, poor brain function and memory, lack of productivity and irritability throughout the entire day and forces people to look for that sugary snack or caffeine hit to make it through the day.

In the evening, cortisol levels should naturally decline as night falls and we begin to wind down the day. This is where many people get stuck in the ‘fight or flight’ mode due to the adrenaline rush of their coffee or sugar hit, a hectic schedule, or the stimulation of television and internet. Excessive evening cortisol production suppresses the hormone melatonin, our sleep-inducing hormone that promotes regeneration and helps us get a good nights rest. Ideally, cortisol levels should be low in the evening, allowing us to optimize melatonin production, sleep deeply, and recharge and rejuvenate the body. This healthy production of melatonin then triggers growth hormone (GH) production while we sleep. Growth hormone is the ‘fountain of youth’ hormone that keeps us looking young, strong, vibrant, and healthy! However, here is the important part… if you have high evening cortisol, or don’t sleep deeply or restfully, you will suppress GH production and feel tired, weak, and frequently sick. You are draining your ‘fountain of youth’ GH hormone and paying the price for it!

Adrenal fatigue and its symptom patterns are becoming more and more prevalent as people work longer hours, sleep less, eat more processed foods, and are exposed to constant environmental stimuli of laptops and cell phones. Groundbreaking new medical diagnostic tests can now evaluate your cortisol or stress hormones levels more accurately by assessing the levels circulating in the tissues rather than just the blood. If you feel tired, sluggish, often get sick often, or aren’t performing at your best at work or in the gym then book an appointment to measure salivary cortisol levels and get your hormones back in balance.

Dr. Marc Bubbs N.D., BSc, CSCS, ART

References
1) Torres-Farfan et al. “mt1 Melatonin receptor in the primate adrenal gland: inhibition of adrenocorticotropin-stimulated cortisol production by melatonin.” J Clin Endoccrinol Metab 2003;88 (1):450-458.
2) Terzolo, M et al. “Adrenal incidentaloma: a new cause of the metabolic syndrome? J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2002 Mar;87(3):998-1003.
3) Talbott, S and Kraemer, W. The cortisol connection: why stress makes you fat and ruins your health – and what you can do about it. Hunter House, 2002, USA.
4) Maes et al. “Decreased dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate but normal insulin-like growth factor in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS): relevance for the inflammatory response in CFS.” Neuro Endocrinol Lett 2005;26:487-492.
5) Wilson, James L. Adrenal Fatigue – the 21st Century Stress Syndrome Smart Publishing, 2001, California.
6) Anthony, S. et al Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine 17th Ed. McGraw-Hill, 2004, USA.