Learn More From Steve Cook If you're into fitness then the name Steve Cook should resonate with you already. Pick up any respectable fitness magazine in the world today and it's unlikely you find a copy without a picture of his smiling face and ripped torso stirring back up at you. Steve Cook has the physique most fitness enthusiasts aspire toward, with a soaring international fan base, a list of blue- chip corporate sponsors, and more photo shoot requests than half of Hollywood. What are the training philosophies of the professional fitness model and men's physique bodybuilder? TRAIN traveled to his home town of Boise, Idaho, for a week of training with the fitness icon. We discovered an athlete who is only getting started with his athletic aspirations.
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THE BASICS Born in the middle of a family of seven children, Steve excelled at sports growing up. Cook was already in great shape after a childhood that was built around a training rewards system, like being able to watch TV after he'd finished his daily push- ups! He played football in college and eventually graduated with a degree in Integrated Studies (biology/psychology). Cook insists that getting the basics right, no matter what your fitness level, offers the key to a healthier, fitter lifestyle, especially if your gym visits aren't as frequent as you may wish. If people reading this can't get to the gym as much as they'd like, then at least make sure you do the compound exercises. By sticking to those types of movements you'll see the biggest results.
Allowing someone else's achievements or performance to cloud your own aspirations is a surefire way to stunt your growth. The minute you start comparing everyone else's best features to your worst features you're in trouble. I've been there myself in the competition world when I've felt like crap because I may not have felt like I was lean enough or big enough.
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He doesn't stereotype himself as a professional bodybuilder, rather as more of a full- time athlete, a guy who through commitment and training has provided himself with an opportunity to live his life the way he wants. But Cook's training regimen is so much more than pumping iron. He lives for new challenges, is determined to try anything at least once, and embraces all forms of exercise, including Cross. Fit. However, Cook insists there's plenty of space on the planet for both to not only coexist but even embrace one another's core values. But I don't see why there has to be such disconnect.
At the same time, there are also Cross. Fitters who really don't know the technique of the lifts they are doing.
But stereotyping is dangerous. So I will always incorporate movements like the clean, always try things like the muscle- up, on top of my bodybuilding exercises, like biceps curls or your bench press, things like that. It should all just be about health. Whether you are a Cross. Fitter or a bodybuilder it should always just be about improving your life.
And so if I can do both and have fun doing it, as well as make progress in looks and performance, then I'm a happy guy.? I've got my pro card and I've competed on the Olympia stage and while I'm not saying I am done doing that, I am also starting to look for something else to push my body. So now you're back in the gym and what are you striving for, to get bigger and leaner for next time? I really want to look at what my body can do, and that means improving all of my best lifts through the winter. It means improving my cardiovascular system too, and getting my mile time down or going swimming more. Nothing beats training with a smile on your face. While he'll happily play around with different exercises and programs in the gym, outside of it he's even more adventurous.
There is no better feeling than taking something you're not too good at and making it your strength. I enjoy getting out of the gym, opening my mind to new experiences and really living life. It's actually as much a spiritual thing as anything else. What better way to work out than swimming in the ocean or surfing. I grew up in the mountains in Idaho so using my surroundings to stay in shape is too good an opportunity to miss.
And this is on top of going the gym for 4. And it's all because I wanted to experience things I could only experience in Hawaii. And then you don't have to worry about all the little details of what you are eating, because you're being so active and burning off everything anyway. There's no such thing as the wrong cardio, in my opinion. As long as you're enjoying it, then that's it. He's living out of a suitcase, and has spent only around a week or two out of the last few months actually at home in Boise, due to demands for his time. But he wouldn't have it any other way.
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