AboutBrad J Loomis Expertise I am a professional fitness trainer who is well versed in Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology. I am equally well versed in muscle hypertrophy and fat reduction. I have 5 years experience as a competitive bodybuilder with 2 Overall Championships a Medium Class win and a short class win. I have coached male, female, and teenage competitors all to top 5 finishes and 1 Short Class win so competition prep and posing are other subjects I love to teach. I am very good with nutrition, but will admit that I am not a dietician. I hold a Bachelors Degree in Radiologic Science and a Personal Training Certification with the IDEA Health and Fitness Association. As a result, I am most knowledgeable in Anatomy and Exercise Execution, especially Compound and Isolation free weight exercises. I also love to answer questions about motivation.
Experience I am a 4 time Natural Body Building Champion with the ABA/INBA. I have owned and operated "Healthy Bodies Fitness" in Portola, CA for 5 years. During that time I have taught literally hundreds of clients in nearly every way. You name it and I have used it as an avenue for coaching/teaching. One on one personal training, seminars, 10 week challenges, week long courses, group training, step aerobics, what ever it takes to spread the word of health and fitness and keep my business thriving in a small community. I am very excited about a new program I started by coaching clients on line. After screening and initial set up, I provide a "workout of the week" service with weekly check ups for accountability. I have also authored a book "Design your own NUTRITION" which is being represented by ST Literary Agency.
Organizations ABA/INBA (www.naturalbodybuilding.com)
A.R.R.T (American Registry of Radiologic Technologists)IDEA Health and Fitness Association
Publications March 2007 Issue of IDEA Fitness Journal (Member Spotlight)AST Sports Science Website (Interviewed by IFBB Pro Jeff Willet)
Local Paper "Portola Reporter"
Education/Credentials My background is in Health Care. I earned my Bachelors in Radiologic Science and have worked in Diagnostic Imaging for 13 years, thus my vast knowledge of anatomy. I also hold my personal training certification with IDEA Health and Fitness Association. The rest of my knowledge comes from frequently reading the journals of The American College of Sports Medicine and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. There are other journals out there, but those are my favorites.
Awards and Honors As I mentioned above, I am a 4x Natural Body Building Champion.
2003 Novice Overall Champion ABA/INBA Northern Nevada Natural
2004 Open Medium height division winner ABA/INBA Western USA Natural
2006 Open Overall Champion ABA/INBA Naturals Nationals
2007 Open Short class winner ABA/INBA Mr. Millenium and Mr. Reno
Past/Present Clients To many to list, but I am especially proud to have done consulting with Tony Bennett.
Question Hi, two questions: 1.) Is it a good idea or bad idea to do push-ups daily? 2.) Is it okay to do push-ups in the morning, then weight train during midday or evening? Thanks.
Answer Hello Corey and thank you for writing in!!
It is not a good idea to do pushups daily and here is why. Your muscles are not growing and increasing strength when you are working out. When you are working out, you are tearing the muscles fibers. That is the initial stimulus of hypertrophy. It then takes time and the nutrition that you eat to heal those tears. Once they heal, they are a little bigger and a little stronger. Now that you know this, let me ask you a question. If you do pushups every day, when is your body going to heal the muscle tears in your chest and triceps?
The answer is it is not. You will be over training those muscles as you will continuously break them down, never allowing the body to repair them. You will get weaker over time, your chest and arms will stop growing, and you will start to experience pain in your joints from the lack of recovery.
If you choose to do pushups in the morning I would do them once or twice a week only. Make it on a day you are training legs, and well after you have trained your chest.
There you go Corey!! You have to understand there is no right or wrong way to workout. It all works. It is like driving across the country. You can drive 30 mph from Miami to California, you will get there. I would rather drive faster though. If you do pushups daily, you will be driving about 20mph.
