Philip Shepherd And Andrei Yakovenko - Deep Fitness

https://www.deepfitness.life/ Philip Shepherd Founder of The Embodied Present Process™ Philip Shepherd isrecognized as a leader in the global embodiment movement. He is the creator ofThe Embodied Present Process™ (TEPP), which he developed over 40 years ofteaching embodiment practices and shares worldwide in both workshops andFacilitators Trainings. TEPP uniquely combines the two resources necessary forembodiment: effective practices, and a deep understanding of our culture’sblind spots, which tend to keep us in our heads. TEPP is based on Philip’s twobooks—Radical Wholeness and New Self, New World—whicharticulate the causes, perils, and challenges of our culture’s disembodiment.Philip’s personal journey to embodiment includes cycling alone as a teenagerthrough Europe, the Middle East, Iran, India, and Japan; studying classicalJapanese Noh Theater; co-founding an interdisciplinary theater company inCanada; writing two internationally produced plays and a televisiondocumentary; and playing lead roles on stages in London, New York, Chicago, andToronto. He shares workshops and runs year-long Facilitators Trainings with hisco-director and wife Allyson Woodrooffe, and lives with her in a car-freeisland community in a house they designed and built. AndreiYakovenko Founder of New Element Training Originally from Ukraine, Andrei Yakovenko left for Israel at theage of 20 with less than $5 in his pocket. Three years later he decided, alongwith his fiancée, to permanently move to Canada. Determined to succeed, hegot a Bachelor of Science degree from the Universityof Toronto, went to graduate school atMcMaster University, and then built a successfulcareer as a partner in a geophysics business. Years later, Andrei came acrossthe book Body by Science, which introduced him to the scientific principle ofhigh-intensity strength training (HIT). After putting the training principlesinto practice with a group of friends, Andrei saw profound physical changes,and began learning as much as he could about high-­intensity strength trainingand its unmatched health benefits. He discovered how proper exercise, and inparticular HIT, had the power to transform lives, including his own. Andreidecided to leave his highly paid career in geophysics and set up New ElementTraining, a group of premier, high-intensity strength-training studios in Toronto, Canada.NET features the largest selection of MedX equipment in Canada andspecializes in the time-efficient method of Mindful Strength Training toFailure. Whatif there were something you could do for just half an hour, once or twice aweek, that had the power to transform your well-being? We aren't promising amagic diet or a ‘secret’ pill. This ‘something’ is a practice that has beendeveloped in accord with the most up-to-date science, and is verified byfindings that have come to light only in the last 15 years, say Philip Shepherdand Andrei Yakovenko, the authors of Deep Fitness: The Mindful, Science-BasedStrength-Training Method to Transform Your Well-Being in Just 30 Minutes aWeek. Here's what science has found. We all know what muscle does: it moves usaround. And that was the whole story until recently, when researchersdiscovered myokines – messenger molecules created only by muscle when it works.Myokines promote longevity, bone mineral density, mental sharpness,cardiovascular health, everything. And the stronger a muscle is, the moremyokines it produces. Here's the problem.