Wholistic Fitness

To follow this Master Teacher’s footsteps, you better know your herbs! Coach preparing an Ilg Supreme while in Taos, New Mexico during a rock climbing/peak running trip this past summer. photo by Ananda.

Hey Coach,
Got a few questions if you’ve got the time tonight :

1) Would you give a brief comparison/contrast of the benefits of JOI vs Wu Chia Pi? Which do you recommend or rather do you recommed each for different benefits?

� great question!
okay, the thing about JOI is that, and i guess it could be considered a ‘downside’, is that for JOI to be optimized, you need to ‘sister’ it with ESE. i have written on this relationship between JOI and ESE previously. ESE calms the neural pathways serving an inflamed joint or area, then the properties of JOI ‘step in’ and nourish synovial joints and other inflamed areas of neuromuscular agitation.

Wu Chia Pi, on the other hand, requires no other herbal formula to nourish muscle, joint, and neural systems. W.C.P is more adaptatogenic to the entire body whereas JOI and ESE will tend to target where the “chi” is inflamed, blocked, and/or locked within a given region, particularly joint articulations.

the JOI & ESE combo is absolutely exquisite. i eat JOI & ESE every day due to my hard training volumes across the physiologic spectrum. ESE produces a vaporish emotional calm that i can easily – these days – sense. the JOI is really too subtle for my senses to ‘pick up’…i just know that it is nourishing my muscle and connective tissue chi. the fact that i place such high demands on my body, and have been doing so for my entire life, without any injuries or plateaus due to micro trauma at the cellular level, pretty much speaks volumes for JOI & ESE.

Wu Chia Pi is more ‘blue collar’ than JOI & ESE. it is perhaps the most cost effective purchase a SUNRIDER could make for enhancing their overall stamina, strength, and joint health. i eat between 2-8 capsules per day along with JOI & ESE, just because i like to cover ALL my bases!

so, if money is a concern, or during periods of high training without injury, i would suggest cranking the Wu Chia Pi.

if you are currently nursing any type of muscle or joint pain, particularly that arising from inflammation or nerve entrapment, start eating the JOI & ESE combo. It is subtle, and the herbs must saturate the body before influencing the chi specific to the injury which can take weeks, however, the mental calming effect might be noticed immediately and thus, a greater health to the psyche always benefits the physical.

i hope this helps.

RE:
2) Energy Plus – is this to be taken everyday or when training?

� EVERYDAY!!!…or…hec, save it as a FANTASTIC TRAINING “PARTNER”! Just depends on how often you want to feel GREAT! You know how good Bee Pollen is for athletes, well, the way that Dr. Chen formulated this product makes for an amazing best friend in immune and energy levels! i have observed a wonderfully enhanced RECOVERY ability from workouts since i started taking and relying upon Energy Plus!

RE:
I guess the same goes for question. And what would taking Energy Plus eliminate taking individually?

� hmmmm. i don’t really know how to answer this, since i don’t know what you eat, take, etc, outside of SUNRIDER. Energy Plus is symbiotic with ALL the SUNRIDER products. i suppose if you are taking outside sources of bee pollen, ginseng, wheat germ oil, lecithin…or certainly any of those horrible “Red Bull” type of “energy drinks”…then you can eliminate healthfully those for Energy Plus.

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3) In “The Winter Athlete” the Andromeda IWT/IWCT full-body workout – you only do the IWT once and do the IWCT 3 to 5 times per session, right?

� uh, this is not a SR question…you trying to cop some Online Training?
awlright, since you are a devoted Herbal Warrior…
yep. you got it!
oh man, what a great workout that is! ooooooof!
THE WINTER ATHLETE remains, to me, the best book a WF Warrior could ever have. Talk about VALUE for what, $20?!

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Okay, I’m sure that’s enough for one email! Thanks.
Warrior in training….
Steve Smith

PS:
BTW I think you’re WAY wrong in TBT Green Tara when you claim that the Upper Body workout is “Not as demanding as was Tuesday’s leg day….” – is that supposed to be tongue in cheek? 😉 Especially if you’re doing the extra set or two for Warrior or Master Students!

� you are learning again, Grasshopper!
the Way of WF is Steep, Direct, and….TRANSFORMATIONAL, baby!

i bow to you from beneath the Sacred Mountain,
coach ilg, ryt/uscf/cpt

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