An interview with a good friend, mentor and fitness impesario.

First off, a lot people ask me where I come up with some of the crazy stuff I do. Some of the really good stuff comes form the Blair Ferguson.  


As for an update on my progress I am at around 214, but looking pretty good!

 Here is the Interview:

Introduce yourself

My name is Blair Ferguson.  I am the owner of Sportfit Proformance.  I currently have my own studio in Ventura CA.  Current backround includes Muscle Activation Techniques Specialist, Resistence Training Specialist Mastery, BS Kinesiology, RKC, USA Weightlifting, blah blah blah.....Been training for 12 years now (which apparently is a long time for a full time trainer), i've had to reinvent myself numerous times now to keep up with the economical situation.  You have to be pretty good now these days to work full time as trainer and thrive.  Training for so long I saw many things in the industry that didn't match up right.  They would tell us that if we did this exercise or technique or whatever that we would see this type of result, but the problem was that i wasn't seeing that result.  Say I would have 2 identical athletes with similar abilities, I'd put them both on the same program and I would be astounded when one would improve and the other would get worse.  Why the hell would that be happening?  Well come to find out every individual has their own unique individual weaknesses.  What might be a good exercise could be the worst exercise for another, and how do we know?  I needed more concrete evidence to see what we were actually doing to our clients.  That's where Muscle Activation Techniques came into the picture.  MAT is a checks and balances system to see if what we think we see is actually going on.  MAT is the catylist that drives all of my programming for clients.


  How did we meet what did you think of me as a young athlete? 
Ha, man we just talked about this a few weeks ago.  We met in high school.  I transfered in as a junior and you were a senior.  I was trying to establish my place on the basketball team, and you and everyone else was damned if they'd let that happen.  So one day after school we played a 2 on 2 pickup basketball game, a real friendly game, so I thought.  You proceeded to dunk on me and in the midst of your excitement on you way down you ended up sinking your teeth right in my shoulder.  I still have the scar from that one.  That's how it all started 16 years ago.
 What is Fitness? Does it even exist?

That is a great question.  This could be a 5 hour conversation.  In a way you are right.  I don't know if it does.  My thoughts on fitness have definitely changed through the years.  Some would say that Crossfitters are pretty fit, which is true but they are also pretty jacked up muscularly, does that still make them fit?  Powerlifters don't have much "cardio", long distance runners aren't very "strong", Lance Armstrong is a great cyclist but an average to below average Marathon runner, so is fitness just sport specific?  It's not the guy or gal on the cover of fitness magazines.  I think fighters, gymnists, though pretty jacked up later on encompass most of what we would consider fit.  How about the person who can continue to challenge themselves physically and nutritionally to constantly be varying so their body never adapts, all while their muscular integrity stays in tact.

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What is you next step, where is Sportfitproformance go from here?
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Just opening a second location in Westlake.  This program has a long way to go so i'll just continue to progress and develop this program until I have a super tight system.  So many things to learn and try and discard and try and implement and discard and adopt.
 Whats in your ipod right now?

Ooh, you know me man.  I'm always on some new stuff.  Real big on chillwave.  My tops on rotation right now include The National, Crystal Castles, The XX, Broken Social Scene, Foals, Kele Okereke, Sleigh Bells, Ratatat, and many more don't to one album for long and rarely go back.  Other then the music I still listen to all my MAT and RTS lecture, i'll always pick up something new.

If you want to take your fitness to another level in Los Angeles or Ventura County. Pay him a visit:

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