Elliot Newman 5/7/2010
I learned more about Health and Performance in two days with Phil Richards than I did in the entire two years prior to meeting him. (And in those two years I went on a lot of seminars, read a ton of books and watched lots of DVD’s; not to mention reading hundreds of articles on the web.) Phil is easily the most knowledgeable and interesting person I have met in the Health and Performance industry. What follows will explain why I feel this way.
Going back 18 months
At the start of 2009 I had the privilege to start training with a team of Powerlifters in Leeds. For those of you who don’t know, Powerlifting is a sport whose competitors compete in the Squat, Bench and Deadlift. Almost everyone is familiar with those three lifts, yet very few people know of the sport. This is sad as it’s a wonderful sport. Simple brutality: he who lifts the most, wins. It attracts hard asses and ex cons and rewards those who train fiercely in the gym with warrior determination.
The Leeds Powerlifting team was made up of about 12 guys, all of whom were brutally strong and two of whom would be in anybody’s all time top 10 lifters from the United Kingdom. Furthermore, one of them could lay legitimate claim to being, perhaps, the strongest man ever to walk the face of the planet. However, all this proved to be a double edged sword for me.
On the one hand, within 10 months of training and competing alongside these lifters, I was placed 6th at the WPC world powerlifting championships in the 90kg Open class. (This is the 2nd most prestigious championships in powerlifting, behind the IPF’s). On the other hand, I’d ballooned from a lean 13st 7lbs to a fat 14st 10lbs and I felt like crap. Complete and utter crap.
Now when I say crap, I really do mean it. By January 2010 I was struggling; emotionally and physically. I was angry all the time and the gains in the gym that came so easily in 2009 had dried up. Furthermore, I was extremely stressed trying to fit in four x three hour gym sessions a week AND run a property business. This was a dead end street and a road to disaster.
In walks Phil
Around February 2010 I read an interview with Phil Richards on Elitefts.com. I immediately rang him up and arranged to see him for two days in April. What I liked about the interview with Phil was that he talked about Health AND Performance. The way most Powerlifters (and many others involved in sports) go on, you’d think the two were mutually exclusive! This could not be further from the truth, as Phil would show me.
When I went to see Phil, I was experiencing the following problems:
- Stomach pain: more than likely an ulcer. My stomach caused me aggravation after eating and if I went more than 2 hours without eating. As you can imagine; this was a major problem.
- Tooth ache.
- Ear ache.
- Kidney pain.
- Pain in the left side of my chest.
- Lack of mental clarity.
- Overwhelming desire to sleep.
- Bad skin: spots.
There were definitely more symptoms, but I do not remember. The stomach issue was the most severe and nagging problem and it was present day in and day out. Clearly, I was at the cliff edge. The question is, which way would I go?
April 16th to 17th 2010
Phil did a blood microscopy for me and explained what he saw. My blood had little movement; I had a lot of misshapen red blood cells and evidence of roleau. This was very interesting and provided massive leverage for me to make a massive change right at that moment. I couldn’t wait any longer!
I wanted to feel healthy and make gains again in the gym. I left Wales with a nutrition and supplement plan. Within 3 days every single symptom has disappeared! No GP, no drugs, no surgery, just food and supplements.
I quickly leaned down to 13st 10lbs and felt like a different person in a very good way.
Fast-forward to July 2010
I am now making rapid gains in the gym and really starting to feel amazing. As well as eradicating the problems above, I have also benefitted from the following since implementing all Phil’s recommendations:
- Only needing 6 hours sleep night
- Increased Testosterone levels and libido
- Even energy levels throughout the day
- Great control of my emotions; I’m much calmer
- Greater focus in the gym
- Increased sense of well-being (I know this is vague, but if you did what I did you’d be saying the same thing)
Conclusion
If you want vibrant health, improved mental and physical performance and to maximize your longevity, whilst simultaneously minimizing your chances of contracting infectious diseases and manifesting degenerative disease (Cancer, Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes etc.) Phil Richards Performance is where you should be looking.
The company teaches all you need to know about optimal nutrition and supplementation. If you’ve never eaten a mostly raw diet, never paid attention to your pre, during and post workout nutrition and you’ve never taken cutting edge supplements that complement nature: once you start learning and implementing what Phil Richards Performance teaches, prepare to be blown away
Elliot Newman
