I started young running with my dad when I was about 3, then started wrestling and
lifting at the age of 9. To the authors and coaches once people would only
see on TV or read about. It's awesome! But all that contact and accessibility means
Nil in reality until that information is brought back and put use in the gym
or kitchen.So that's what I am going to do. To what do you contribute all
the success?ET: I started KCSTRONGMAN for selfish reasons. Each sport contributed and complimented the other
physically, and mentality.At some point, yes, the athlete does have to make a choice and
put most of your focus on one sport to become the best they can be,
and reach their full potential. My aim for this interview series in simple...Get back to
the trenches, or back to the garage if you will. What do you feel are
the core habits that someone should do nutrition wise to be the best strongman competitor
they have the ability to be? Is there a difference, in your opinion, in eating
for optimal health as compared to optimal performance? In other words. Placed 7th in pro
nationals in 2005 and 2007, and have now qualified for nationals in 2008. The ones
putting this stuff to use, and making name for themselves with flat out results. They
burn out fast, and seemingly never mature fully athletically in either physical or mental aspects.
On the other hand if I was training specifically for powerlifting, say, an 800lb bench-press
does not tend to transfer to being a good strongman or thrower.PS: Great points you
bring up, which brings up the topic of sport specialization. Id like to touch on
just one last topic and probably what I find the most intriguing aspect about you,
KCSTRONGMAN.The community of athlete's, the top notch competitions you all put host each year, and
the huge amount of success the group has had as a whole in power sports.
This day in age with parents making their kids specialize in a single sport at
very early age they in my opinion sell the child short. I am very proud
of our guys, what they have accomplished, and am very humbled to be a part
of this. Talk to the guys and gals that are out there doing it. Even
then however I think its good to get out of your comfort zone from time
to time. How does that feel? How did this all come about? How did this
get started? KCSTRONGMAN is a strength community, in my opinion, like none other I've seen
of late, that reaches out to all the disciplines and is VERY successful as a
group. I do think you need to be informed on what you put into your
body. There are a lot of things out there and a lot that can can
potentially be harmful.PS: Thanks for sharing a few minutes with us Eric. It is this
that will keep me around it for years to come.PS: Thanks for sharing a few
minutes Nike Tn with us Eric. I managed to get my bodyweight up to 285lbs, but I
was sloppy. Since I've went to simply eating "clean," and my levels are back down
to normal. I contribute the success to the guys who decided to be a part
of this.One of our Motto's is "KCSTRONGMAN: Not just a location, but an attitude." It
is an attitude of mental toughness and friendship. I wrestled through high school, and four
years for Missouri Valley college. Get back to the sandlot, the garage, or warehouse. The
only rules, basically, were that I could consume no more than X amount of carbs
a day.Well, they didn't say anything about red meat, cheese, and other fats. We train
together, compete against one another, cheer each other on, eat together, and if one of
my KCSTRONGMAN brothers called in the middle of the night and needed something, you better
believe I would be there for them.Eric Todd InterviewI feel blessed to be around this
many great friends in my sport of choice. Take a second to tell us a
bit about yourself.Eric Todd InterviewET: Thanks for the intro and this interview Phil. I know
I for one will be following you guys and look to get back in my
hometown area sometime in the future to compete beside you guys.Stay strong.Phillip Stevens, BFA, MFA;Director
of Operations, Staley Training Systems[http://www.TeamStaley.com]About The AuthorPhil, while attaining both his Bachelors and Masters degrees
in studio art found another passion, that of training and nutrition. Congrats!. Eating a well
rounded diet is what has worked out best for me in regards to health as
well as optimum performance. I take whey protein, a multi-vitamin, vitamin D, flax seed oil,
fish oil, and HMB. In school, wrestling was my main sport (I wrestled most of
the year), however, I also excelled in football and track and field. I then cut
down to the lightweight division using a low carbohydrate diet. What is your stance on
supplementation in general? What role does supplementation play your regime if any?ET: My supplementation is
just that, supplement nutrients that I would have a hard time getting enough of by
eating alone. Everyone since the advent of the internet has seemingly unlimited access to the
upper echelon of the fields. Lets talk about your training evolution that got you where
you are. Plenty of lean protein, red meat only once or twice a week, vegetables,
fruits, legumes, low fat dairy, etc. Protein to feed the muscle, and the rest for
optimum recovery and health.There is a lot out there, and a great deal of it
is junk. Good whole foods.PS: Supplementation. Which is even more important for children.PS: Time to
hit on nutrition. Though I was successful in losing the weight, my cholesterol skyrocketed. With
the goal of becoming a pro I decided to drop down to the 231lb LW
class. I won my second, The JWC strongman contest and I was hooked. You seem
to have a vast athletic background. Do you feel an athlete has to sacrifice a
bit in Tn Requin the general health aspects of nutrition if its your goals to be the
worlds best strongman competitor, or do they really go hand in hand?ET: When it comes
to health and nutrition, I've found that I should have listened better to my grammar
school teachers when they talked about the "food pyramid". I first ventured into strongman in
2001. I firmly feel that the healthier you are, the better you will feel. Find
out first hand what is working for them, and what has them rising above the
rest. I was part of 2 NAIA national championship and hall of fame teams. What
are the overlaps you've found that are beneficial from one training to the next?Eric Todd
InterviewET: My training is above all geared to help me become the best strongman I
can possibly become.As far as overlap from one sport to the other, for me it
turns by simply training to be a complete strongman, that it improves my overall strength
for whatever strength sport I decide to take on.The reverse doesn't however tend to be
true. For example, in training for strongman, my deadlifting capacity increases, thus improving my powerlifting
performance. Telling us about you, your success and broadly what brought you to such success
as well the KCSTRONGMAN group as whole. I am able to keep my weight in
check. Guys need to find someone who is unbiased who can help them sort out
the junk from what will work for you. Spotlight the diamonds in the rough.Now with
that intro and explanation out of the way, lets get down to business.I'm going to
kick off this series with a man I have had the pleasure to workout with,
compete with, and learn from, Eric Todd.Eric is an accomplished strength athlete in several disciplines,
the creator / grandfather of arguably the best strongman society in the U.S if not
the world, KCStrongman, and just an all around stand up guy.Eric that short intro doesn't
do you or what you've accomplished justice. What is it now? Something like 6 strongman
pro-cards over the last 4 years, 2 or 3 National Champs, 2 Masters National Champs,
power-lifting Elite, endless very successful events with funding going to charitable organizations.You're at the center
of all this, the father, the grand-poo-baa if you will. Do something a bit different
for both development and simple variety. How do you think this type of broad approach
has helped or hurt you do? Has each aided the next in performance and or
training style. My blood was like the motor oil out of an old tractor. Inevitably
at some point you had to pick a direction. A handful of state records in
powerlifting. I took 2nd in the 231lb class in 2004, and I won my pro
card in March 2005 at the Monsters of the Midwest.From there I have won 1
Pro meet, and was 2nd at 2 others. My capacity for lifting odd objects increases,
so my all-round lifting and life performance improves.Mind you, I have no aspirations of becoming
world class in these other endeavors, but they are all relative to strongman. In a
world of so many new pills, potions, and gadgets; both legal and illegal, how does
an athlete know what's effective and what's junk. The better you feel, the better you
will train, compete, etc. I going to go right to the horse's mouth. Back to
the farm, the inner city gym, or play ground. Despite what I say above I
am strictly against it for most kids. What are your thoughts on early forced specialized
training as opposed to the all around athletic approach of old?ET: Nice catch Phil. I'd
like to get your thoughts on early sports specialization. I was not much stronger, but
I had slowed down considerably. I figured the more competitions on a local level and
the more people in the area competing/training strongman, the better I would become.Well it wasn't
long before it took off. I think it is important to experience variety in the
world to become a complete athlete, and person. I competed as many times as I
could my first year, and ended the season by winning the 275lb division at NAS
nationals.By the 2003-2004 season my puny 5'11" frame struggled to keep up as the guys
were getting much larger and much stronger. My performance, I am training and competing as
well, if not better, than ever.As for core habits. The downside, I was slow and
out of shape. Luckily, I have a buddy who is very knowledgeable about this kind
of stuff, so whenever I want to know about a supplement, I ask him. I
took 4th in my first meet (the Tri-States Strongman in Canton, MO). As well I
hold or have held several national records in strongman and all-round lifting. Even more so
for me and the position I've been fortunate enough to earn.If I have a training,
nutrition, or supplementation question, thought, or theory I can bump it off of seemingly whomever
I desire. Dabble a little bit in Highland Games, and I was married to my
wife Jennifer in December of 2007.PS: That's a full plate of accomplishments Eric, and in
a relatively short amount of time. My explosion increases, thus improving my throwing at the
highland games. When I was trying to be a heavyweight, I ate everything and anything
I could to pack weight onto my puny frame.As I said earlier I managed to
get up to 285lbs, and was strong, but not much stronger. A constant student, his
real-world under-the-barbell and behind-the-fork approach has led to many an opportunity, experience, and change in
his life as well as those he has worked.Phil currently, aside from his varied work
with Team Staley, is a working and showing artist ([http://www.philstevens.com]) His current personal fitness goals
are to become a competitive force as middleweight strongman competitor, while building upon his power
lifting experience in which he has seen as high as a top ten national ranking;
with a two year goal of obtaining an elite ranking as a 242 or 275lb
weight class RAW power lifter..
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