Luca Gattini is not your ordinary personal trainer.
He considers himself a true 21st century Viking, and models much of his
mindset and training strategies on the Nordic warriors that ruled the lands and
seas of much of our world many hundreds of years ago.
Luca believes that life is not simply to be endured and
drifted through, but an opportunity to conquer your challenges and live with a
passion to be your best every day – mentally, physically and emotionally.
In 2016 he launched Commando Vikings Fitness in Brisbane,
Australia, a physical fitness programme aimed at not only increasing muscle
mass and getting you into shape, but the kind of training that makes sure you’re
the type of person
Along with the training, he is a strong believer in good
nutrition and optimum supplementation. Luca offers solid advice on the benefits
of the multitude of products on the market, and is an avid user of the Synergy
V3 Nutritional System. I asked him for his thoughts on why Synergy works for
him, and why he believes everybody - whether they are in involved in a fitness
programme or not - should be using the V3 System.
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“So let’s talk about supplements. What to take and when to
take them.
First let me give you a bit of background on most of the
food we take today. I’m not going to get too technical, I just want to tell you
why supplements are very important.
Unfortunately, almost all of what we eat these days is not
anything like what we used to eat 10, 20, 30 years ago. Especially if you see
fruit for example, or even vegetables.
Cut open an apple today and see how long
it takes to rot. That never happened 30 years ago. Back then you would cut it
up and it would go off. After just a day in the fridge it would basically go
brown and rot. So what we eat today is nothing (nutritionally) like what we
used to eat many years ago. The nutrients are not the same. We lost a lot
because of pollution and changes in the soil.
So why I do recommend supplements? Because our body today
needs it. Our lifestyle is not the same as the one our parents or grandparents
lived. What we get in our body today (from food) is just not the same as what we
got in the past.
The World Health Organization suggest that we eat between
five to nine serves of fruit and vegetables a day, which is very, very hard for
most of us.
For me, for example, I am a personal trainer and I often cook on
the weekends, but it is still hard for me to eat so much fruit and vege’s in a
day. So then, that’s why I take I take supplements. Because even if I eat
properly – and believe me I do my best to eat properly – the food simply does
not give all the nutrients my body needs.
In saying that, let’s talk about three products that I use
and recommend, not only for sports people, but for every human being. The
first, which I feel is the most important, is that every person should take an
antioxidant every day.
Antioxidants fight free radicals in your body. Free
radicals are basically caused by an oxidization of cells that occur when we
breathe, as we age, and due to pollution.
Stress! Stress is a big factor on the creation of free
radicals. And what free radicals do is they create unstable cells, which have
been shown to play a part in some forms of cancer and degenerative diseases.
So the product that I take two to three times a day is a
berry mix called Mistica. It’s full of red berries, and what it does is
basically regenerate the cells faster. In a sports environment, it helps you to
recover faster, because when you exercise - whether for a little or long time -
you breathe heavily and your heart pumps faster, so your cells oxidise faster.
The Mistica antioxidant helps you to recover faster, helps clean the cells and
make them more vibrant.
I’ll give you a simple example. If you take an apple, as I
mentioned before, and cut the apple, leave it outside the fridge for a few days
and it becomes brown, so basically it has oxidised. But if you cut away the
brown part, you may be still able to eat a little bit of the remaining apple.
So this is what an antioxidant can do, it clears the ‘brown part’ of your cell
that has now oxidised and is old, and creates a barrier around your cell to
make it new and functional again. Mistica is fabulous for your skin, for your
hair, your nails…it basically makes your cells healthy and vibrant.
Another product I find amazing, but often underestimated, is
a product that basically cleanses your liver. And I use this product called
Core Greens. Core Greens is a powder mix of vegetables and green leaves, and
what it does is clean your liver.
Like I said before, we are supposed to eat
five to nine serves of fruit and vegetables a day, but we don’t because of our
Let me use a car as an example. In a car there is a filter
which is similar to the liver in the human body. If your filter in the car is
dirty, it doesn’t matter if you put clean oil – or in our case good nutrients –
your filter will still be filled with dirt and very little of the good, clean
oil. Same as the human body. If your liver is dirty but you eat clean, you
won’t lose the weight you want to lose, because that liver is clogged and
dirty. So what do you have to do? You have to clear it with the Greens.
There has been a lot of research that shows that many
sicknesses evolve because there is a lack of good healthy bacteria in our
stomach. That’s why it is important to consume vegetables. Keeping good flora
inside our intestines prevents sickness quite often. Sports-wise it makes sure
your liver is functional. So when you eat properly and you supplement with
quality supplementation, the nutrients go where they have to go and they don’t
get stuck in the liver and are allowed to basically flush out or get where they
are most needed.
Last but not least, I use what is called ProArgi9+. This is a great product I discovered a few months ago. Basically it is l-arginine, which is an amino acid. The scientists behind its discovery actually were awarded a Nobel Prize in 1998.
Last but not least, I use what is called ProArgi9+. This is a great product I discovered a few months ago. Basically it is l-arginine, which is an amino acid. The scientists behind its discovery actually were awarded a Nobel Prize in 1998.
When you take in l-arginine, it transforms into nitric oxide. What it
does from there are a number of functions. It clears your arteries and improves
your heart function. It helps your cardiovascular system.
What it does for me is it makes me feel more energetic
during the day. It helps me with my workouts. I feel more focused.
Think about the engine of your car. If that is a beautiful
well-kept engine, when you go to do your service, if the fuel lines are clean, the
oil filter is clean and injectors are clean, your car is more likely to work
perfectly.
It’s the same with your heart. We take so much rubbish – pre
workout, post-workout, inter-workout, fat burners, cheap vitamins, etcetera…when
actually the most important thing is to simply make sure your heart and
cardiovascular system is in great shape. So ProArgi9+ creates the nitric oxide
that helps clear your arteries, which helps put less stress on your heart, keeping
it from constant fatigue.
Your blood begins to circulate more smoothly and efficiently.
In turn, nutrients are delivered to your body more effectively. You’ll discover
you have more energy because a well-functioning heart gives you more energy.
ProArgi9+ also contains vitamin D and several other vitamins. If you just take
a few minutes today to Google ‘arginine use in medicine’, you can see for
yourself the countless benefits it is being used for.
Another major benefit is arginine’s ability to boost your
metabolism, so it can help rapidly burn fat as well. So taking it definitely
has plenty of great benefits.
So there’s the three I use every day. The other two
supplements I recommend and use are omega 3 and protein. When you take proper
nutrition and take the right supplements, you don’t need all the other rubbish around.
When your heart, liver, arteries, cells and cardiovascular system are all in
order, omega 3 and protein are the only two things I recommend on top of that.
Everything else is basically taken care of. This is my advice and what I find
works for me.” _____________________________________________
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*DISCLAIMER: The product information on this blog is not intended to treat or diagnose any particular medical condition. The information posted is based on research made online and through personal testimonials. The supplement advice given in this blog post is the personal opinion of Luca Gattini only. If you require any further clarification or advice, please consult your local GP.
