From Matt Pack,
Impack Strength and Conditioning
Serving Miami Shores and Dade County
(305) 951-6648
9:10am
Dear Friend:
Are you looking to get bigger, faster and stronger all while becoming a better athlete? Are you trying to take your performance to next level? Become a starter? Make the team? Are you frustrated by seeing other teammates mature or progress faster? Have you tried the body-building magazine “cookie cutter” strength training programs only to become discouraged by the lack of results.
It’s really unfortunate that the majority of athletes get there weight training knowledge from body-building magazines. This is where you learned how to bicep curl, isolate your chest and avoid training your legs... Basically you learned how to train the muscles that you can see in the mirror! I call this way of training “all SHOW and NO GO!” Trust me when I say that this is the exact opposite approach that any competitive athlete should take...
Body building works great, for body builders! It also works great for anyone that wants to head to the beach and show off his muscles. Bodybuilding and training in isolation works well for people who don’t have to rely on there body to MOVE... Body building routines build what I call “SHOW” muscle and “show” muscle is “dumb” muscle. Show muscle is muscle that’s only good to look at! At Impack Fitness we build “show” and “go” muscle, “GO” muscle is muscle that actually will perform a task like catching a football or chasing a runner down from behind. “Go” muscle requires movement on the field, court or street for that matter. The great thing about “go” muscle is that it’s being used! The more you use it, the more you’ll see it! Now the muscle you’ve built is OFFICIALLY show AND go.
There are literally hundreds of fitness centers and trainers who would have you believe that sitting down on pieces of shiny machinery will produce results. They couldn't be further from the truth.
Sure, you might increase your strength in the beginning. You might even manage to see some of your muscles. But you won't learn anything about how to put that muscle into action. You’ve only produced “show” (dumb) muscle and dumb muscle doesn’t carry over to the playing field.
Let me say this flat out...
BIG BOX GYMS DON'T WORK!
I’ll even argue that Big Box Gyms make people fat and hinder the performance of prospective athletes. Am I anti-big gym? Absolutely NOT! Unfortunately Big gyms and Clubs have their place in the fitness industry. They cater to people who like to sit down in machines. They cater to those who like to watch themselves in mirrors. Big Box Gyms cater to people who like to tell people they have a “nice” gym but forgot to tell them that they actually did anything while they were there!
Big Box Gyms are ALL SHOW and NO GO! Pretty machines, great classes, fancy amenities and oh, let’s not forget about the free tanning. You’ve been tricked and lied to! These places work very hard to entice you to do absolutely nothing! You spending more time in the tanning bed, ab classes and sitting in machines will pretty much guarantee that you’ll be making a long-term commitment to being fat and out of shape. Why? The chances of you losing weight, getting stronger and increasing performance by these methods are slim to none if not impossible. This keeps you on that Big Box Gym hamster wheel paying those membership fees for years! How many people actually get long-term results in these so called Fitness clubs? Since when does “Fitness” mean move less? You’ve been robbed and takin advantage of for far too long and I’m here to rescue you from the BIG GYM HAMSTER WHEEL OF DEATH, I’m here to give you the truth!
The Definition of Insanity...
To continue to do the same things and expect different results.
If you’re reading this right now than you’re probably not insane but than again you might have been that person running on that Hamster wheel of death and you’re ready for change.
- Taking advice from the drugged up bodybuilder in spandex and a fanny pack
- Downing endless amounts of Protein Shakes in the hopes of putting on muscle
- Waiting for that bench to open up on Monday, International Chest day
- Crunches, crunches and more crunches... How’s that working for ya?
- Leg extension, Pec Deck, Tricep Kick Backs and Calf raises. Seriously?
- Chicken, egg whites and repeat!!!
Let me ask you a question. What is your idea of an athlete? Think about it for a min... Ok, I’ll go first. My idea of an athlete is someone who can play multiple sports or excel in multiple disciplines and events. Some people that come to mind are:
Bo Jackson- Football and Baseball
Jim Brown- Football and Lacrosse (in college)
Michael Jordan- Basketball and Baseball
Deion Sanders- Football and Baseball
The athletes above not only excelled in two sports but I will argue that if given the opportunity they would’ve excelled in MANY SPORTS. In fact, imagine for a moment that there were no more NBA, NFL, NHL and MLB... Where would these athletes migrate to? I’ll tell you, they would most likely venture into the OLYMPICS and dominate multiple events. That is an athlete!
Now let’s rewind... Any mention or thought of a “Body builder” entering the OLYMPICS? Why not? Because Body-builders are not athletes! So why then do athletes continue to take advice from men who train to flex muscles on STAGE in a speedo?
TRAIN HARD PLAY HARDER
I didn’t say No Pain No Gain! But, if you want to be a BEAST, you must TRAIN like a BEAST! You hang out with like-minded people who themselves want to be successful. You will always become an extension of the environment you train in. Big Box Gyms don’t provide the feel or more importantly the ENERGY to get BEAST! To get BEAST you need to get your mind right... It takes discipline and builds mental toughness to train like a Beast! You can’t train Beast listening to Brittney Spears and Miley Siris! If you want to be a Beast than you can forget air conditioning and mirrors, they are out! These two amenities breed soft and weak (mentally and physically) athletes. Mirrors and air conditioning only make you stand, stare and socialize... Three things that the best athletes in world would never get caught doing during a training session. As far as I’m concerned Health/Fitness Club= Dance Club! People don’t join clubs for results, they join them to look cool, hang out and pick up the opposite sex!
THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB
Enter Impack Fitness... Here we Train out of my studio but mostly outside in Small groups with like minded individuals and athletes with the same goal in mind, to get Stronger, Faster and Leaner all in timely manner. Who’s got time to “workout” for 1:30? Who has time to weight train and then finish things up with some cardio? No wasting time here! We get after it in 45 min training sessions using some of the most cutting edge tools and techniques available... It’s time to take things back to the old school! I’m not joking when I say you’ll have access to Miami’s first adult PLAYGROUND for athletes:
- 4- Tractor tires ranging in weight from 100-600lbs
- Farmers Walk Implements
- Strongman Log
- Super Yoke
- 2- Prowlers
- 2- Dragging Sleds
- Glute Ham Raise
- Reverse Hyper Machine
- Grappler Implement
- Sandbags- Of varying weights
- 2- Water Filled Kegs
- Slosh Pipe- 10ft PVC pipe filled with Water
- Kettlebells- Ranging in weight from 8kg-32kg
- Dumbells- Ranging in weight from 5-110llb
- 2-Battle Ropes
- Climbing Rope
- Chest Harness- Used for Truck Pulls
- Homemade Wheel Barrow
- Trap Bar
- Thick Bar Barbell
- Thick Bar Db attachments
- Safety Squat Bar
- Grip Tools
- Sledge Hammers of all weights
- Mace
- Indian Clubs
- Squat Stand
- Dip Stand
- Pull-up Bar
- Gymnastic Rings
- TRX
- Row Machine
- Versa Climber
- Air Dyne
- Step Mill
- Woodway Treadmill
- Multiple fans including Cooling Fan that sprays water
There's more to working out than isolating your Biceps and Pecs, performing an endless number of crunches and sitting in a shiny machine!
Much more...
To Get Stronger, Faster, And Leaner And Be More Athletic,
You Need Conditioning Training That Gives Individual Attention And
Teaches You How To Stay
Healthy And Fit For LIFE!





