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A Gym Killer’s Basic Standard Vocabulary

Published

8 years ago

November 3, 2017

If you are an experienced gym killer, with years pressing your brains out in several different gyms across nation or globe, you are probably checked out on this introductory guide to gym vocabulary. That is not to say there isn’t something useful for you in this section, especially in respect to getting a full Nutritional Diversity experience.

However if new to the gym or the idea of ‘gym killing,’ and likely lack in some of the terminology, basic principles and gym lingo it would be good to give this a once over, before reading advanced gym instructional material.

A ‘Gym Killer‘ in modern day gym lingo is defined generally as someone who does their thing, hard, in the gym. I have a more specific definition. Optimal fitness ability balanced through the categories of strength, stamina, dexterity, mental, and flexibility.

Gym Vocabulary

Here are some of terms, you are likely to hear bouncing around the weight room floor.

Set = One repetitive set of dedicated exercise repetitions of the same form and type. For Example : I am doing three sets with 30 second rest breaks in between of 10 repetitions (or reps) on flat bench using 225lbs.

Rep = One repetition of any given exercise, usually within a set of repetitions or reps. For Example : Today I think you should do less reps and heavier weight in your sets and build a good layer of muscle back up it looks like. ‘High rep’ usually indicates less weight, and more reps. Ten reps has been gym set standard workout weight, for safe but hard resistance’ and 5 rep weight is ‘low rep’ muscle tearing / building weight, that you need to work up to starting with your warm up.

Pyramids = Going from high rep to low rep heavier weight, back to high rep lighter weight. This is an excellent strength and muscle building technique most would still consider a basic principle yet yields heavy results in practice. For Example: Most people do three sets as a minimum of a particular workout, they will do a lighter high rep set first then up the weight, then go for gold on the third with their heavy lower rep set. Pyramids are simply stepping it back down with two or three more sets. My pyramids in the gym are super set pyramids, with 6 steps up and six steps down, because I feel the extra steps, really fill in the spectrum of strength and support in a fuller more capable manner in the end.

Super Set = Working different muscle groups quickly one after the other, such as chest and thighs, one resting while the other working, usually with less rest in between sets. Most of the year all my gym sessions are super setting the whole time. Super setting means to do a set of one muscle group immediately followed by another. Super Setting is a mega throttle programing mode, that I take to a whole new level, but studies have shown for years that using this training method of using different muscle groups, the body can carry a higher endorphin level as more of a constant, throughout the session. With super setting especially incorporating a serious breathing mantra, and four or five muscle groups, into my rhythm.

Just drawing out my pyramids with more sets and doing complex super-setting, after the right kind of gym warm up, is enough to multiply my results that a traditional 3 set routine would do for me. Some of my best days are the ones where I have some extra time and show up at 5 am where I own the gym, and can do plenty of super setting using multiple pieces of equipment.

Burn Outs = Burnouts are when right after doing a set, the gym practitioner drops the weight does another set, drops the weight, and does another and so on until the muscle is burned out and can do no more. Calisthenic burnouts are popular where immediately following the set the calisthenic exercise for that muscle group would be rep-ed out until muscle failure. For Example : After his bench set he dropped and did x#of push-ups till burn out, or with dumbbell curls did 4 reps her hand with 60 lbs, 4 more with 40 pound dumbbells immediately after, and as many as can be done with 30 lbs until muscle failure. Burnouts are usually not performed more than once a week and many plans I see call for them once every5-6weeks.

Multi-set =Multi set is working the same muscle group, with little to no rest, doing different exercises one after the other in one set. For Example: I am going to do ten reps of inclined dumbbell bench immediately followed by ten reps of declined bench nautilus machine, immediately followed by ten cable fly’s in an insane chest multiset.

Max = This is the maximum weight that you can use doing one rep. This requires a serious warm up to prevent injury. For Example : Whats your max on squats? For me right now it’s 540lbs on a standing free weight squat, that is the maximum I will use at this time.

Super Groove, or Zone : A state of being where top performance is what is happening. For Example : “That guy is in his groove, he is in his zone, he is killing it.”

Maxing and Burnouts are usually performed once every 6 weeks, to break plateaus, and shock the weight trained and conditioned muscle to become even stronger.

Fasting = not eating.

Week Off = Just as important as week on or weeks on are, a week off is very important. Most pro athletes and trainers consider a full rest and recovery, a two week off period.

Peak Week = Depending on athletic game rhythm, such as a football games schedule, or a boxers fight night, a soldier’s recon missions and down-times rest and training overall, wants to orient in support of the most powerful possible performance at game time or peak week. Navy Seals train to stay up moving and fighting for a week at a time, where as a boxer twelve rounds, a foot ball player a few hours in their day but that day comes once a week, etc.

PR = Personal Record

PRT (Military) = Personal Training Requirements

PT (Military) = Physical Training

Abstract

Better Supplement Taking

Published

2 weeks ago

April 21, 2025

Brandon Angel

Powdered supplements can bind with real foods in smoothies, and soak and process better this way.

Why Powdered Supplements Bind and Work Better with Real Foods in Smoothies

Powdered supplements are often isolated compounds — vitamins, minerals, amino acids, adaptogens, enzymes, proteins, etc. — that are highly concentrated but not always naturally bioavailable on their own. Meaning: your body might not absorb or utilize them as efficiently unless they are delivered in a more natural, whole-food matrix.

What Happens When You Blend Supplements into Real-Food Smoothies

You Create a Natural “Carrier Matrix”
Real foods — fruits, vegetables, seeds, and roots — are rich in enzymes, fibers, fats, and natural cofactors that help escort nutrients through digestion.
When powdered supplements are blended into these foods, the compounds get absorbed into the moisture, the fibers, and the fats of the smoothie, mimicking how nutrients appear in nature. This improves uptake.
You Pre-Hydrate and Activate the Powdered Compounds
Powders in dry form are inert. When you soak or blend them into liquids (especially with plant enzymes), you start the breakdown process. This makes the nutrients more “bioactive,” or ready to be absorbed, especially in the gut.
You Reduce Digestive Stress
Isolated powders can sometimes be harsh — especially on empty stomachs. But when mixed with food, the digestive system treats the whole mixture more like a meal, not a foreign chemical. This allows for smoother digestion and better assimilation.
You Enhance Synergy
Some nutrients need companions to be absorbed properly:
- Fat-soluble vitamins (like A, D, E, K) absorb better when fat is present (like from coconut, nuts, seeds)
- Minerals like magnesium and zinc are better absorbed with amino acids or acids (like lemon, greens, or fruit acids)
- Protein and adaptogens are more effective when metabolized slowly alongside real fiber and phytonutrients
So, adding your powdered supplement to a smoothie enhances the synergy of multiple nutrients working together — just like nature intended.

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Example: Jungle Juice Style Smoothie

Water or coconut water
1 scoop powdered supplement (diverse formula)
Banana or papaya (enzymes + potassium)
Wild greens or herbs (cofactors, chlorophyll) [!!HIGH DIVERSITY!!]
Seeds or nut butter (healthy fats for absorption) (lectins [i] destroyed if pressure-cooked, powdered, or buttered in seeds)
Splash of citrus or vinegar (acid for mineral absorption) (or not)
Blend = Bioactive powerhouse

Bottom Line:

Powdered supplements are just the start. The real alchemy happens when they bind with real food.

Blending them into smoothies:

Mimics natural digestion
Enhances bioavailability
Boosts effectiveness
Reduces stress on the gut
Unlocks the full potential of the formula

You’re not just taking a supplement.
You’re feeding your body intelligently.

Get on the

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Nutritional Diversity Supplements, A New Age of Nutrition is Here

Published

2 weeks ago

April 20, 2025

Brandon Angel

A New Age of Nutrition Is Here

Most nutritionists don’t know how nutrition is actually cultivated in nature.
They don’t understand ecosystems — they understand isolated compounds.
They don’t build vitality — they prescribe boxes.

Much like modern agriculture, today’s nutrition field is dominated by shortcuts and chemicals. Synthetic vitamins, mass-produced crops, sterile soils, and monoculture mindsets. These systems cheat nature — and nature always pushes back.

The consequences?
Wrecked soil. Broken guts. Fragile immune systems. A sick planet and a sick population.
Not just humans — but animals, microbes, insects, and even fungi are caught in the backlash.

We Are Building a Better Way

At Nutritional Diversity, we don’t accept that.
We’ve outperformed mainstream systems — in the jungle, in the gym, in healing, in every measure that counts.

We are now entering the supplement space not to compete… but to replace.
We will use today’s manufacturing only as a bridge — our long-term mission is to build a completely new:

Sourcing network
Cultivation ecosystem
Ingredient preparation system
Manufacturing + probiotic delivery model

Rooted in nature’s complexity, not synthetic simplicity. [i]

From Monocultures to Permacultures

We are converting monoculture zones into regenerative permaculture ecosystems,
restoring biodiversity and unlocking the real medicine — nutrient-dense, wild-aligned food.

We’re not just making supplements.
We’re starting a nutritional revolution that frees people from the centrally controlled food system — one capsule, one field, and one mind at a time.

Join the Movement

This isn’t just about health.
It’s about reconnection.
To the soil.
To the body.
To the Source.

We are recruiting new souls to the love we were separated from.
Our vision is enormous — and enormously important.

Let’s build it.
Together.

VIDEO SCRIPT — Nutritional Diversity: The Realest Revolution

[Start with cinematic nature + fast clips of modern food, city, bland meals]

Voiceover (calm but intense):

“Modern diets are a disaster.
Our food systems are depleted.
Our education? Misguided.
And our cultivation and distribution? Built for convenience — not human performance.”

[Cut to vivid, wild foods + shots of ND supplements, action footage, team in the field]

“At Nutritional Diversity, we discovered a massive deficit in what the human body really needs to thrive.
So we built the answer.”

[Show product line, flashes of bold labels, for athletes, thinkers, creators]

“We’ve assembled a powerful lineup of nutritionally loaded products—each crafted to bring missing elements back into the system, and into your body.”

[Show jungle, permaculture, team planting, wild foraging]

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[Logo fades in over lush rainforest + lightning]

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Abstract

The Biodynamic Era, Exercise & Evolution

Published

3 weeks ago

April 17, 2025

Brandon Angel

A New Age of Nutrition Is Here

The consequences?
Wrecked soil. Broken guts. Fragile immune systems. A sick planet and a sick population.
Not just humans — but animals, microbes, insects, and even fungi are caught in the backlash.

We Are Building a Better Way

At Nutritional Diversity, we don’t accept that.
We’ve outperformed mainstream systems — in the jungle, in the gym, in healing, in every measure that counts.

We are now entering the supplement space not to compete… but to replace.
We will use today’s manufacturing only as a bridge — our long-term mission is to build a completely new:

Sourcing network
Cultivation ecosystem
Ingredient preparation system
Manufacturing + probiotic delivery model

Rooted in nature’s complexity, not synthetic simplicity.

ABSTRACT:

We could make an extreme picot go down the path of ecological enhancement and create an Avatar Movie-like wonderland paradise.
We could come up with an easy-to-make one-issue voter system to where we can take a fingerprint and multi-source verified vote on issues like involvement in conflicts, or new agriculture projects such as a Department of Nature, or genius Diodynamic farming proposals.
We could go down the path of industry, tech advancement, interstellar endeavors, and exterior adventures.
We could continue to go down the path of selfishness, war, and ego.

[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]

From Monocultures to Permacultures

We are converting monoculture zones into regenerative permaculture ecosystems,
restoring biodiversity and unlocking the real medicine — nutrient-dense, wild-aligned food.

We’re not just making supplements.
We’re starting a nutritional revolution that frees people from the centrally controlled food system — one capsule, one field, and one mind at a time.

Join the Movement

This isn’t just about health.
It’s about reconnection.
To the soil.
To the body.
To the Source.

We are recruiting new souls to the love we were separated from.
Our vision is enormous — and enormously important.

Let’s build it.
Together.

While the world recycles the same factory formulas…
We’re deep in the jungles of Central and South America — every single day — doing the real work.

Not in a lab coat behind a desk…
But in the field — studying the planet’s most powerful foods in their original environment.
Where the strongest life forms grow.

We don’t just read research — we do it.
We live it.
We test it.
And now… we bring it to you.

Introducing Nutritional Diversity Supplements — the first supplement line designed from the ground up to break the limits of modern health.

[ON SCREEN: exotic herbs, organ extracts, advanced recovery in motion, nature and muscle flowing together]

Built on a decade of hardcore research in real ecosystems — these formulas are strategically crafted to upgrade human performance in ways no mainstream product can touch:

Faster recovery
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Enhanced focus and mental clarity
Resilient immunity
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And deep, cellular nourishment your body actually recognizes

Modern nutrition is too narrow.
We’re rewriting the book with diverse inputs, wild-sourced ingredients, and field-proven combinations — because that’s how nature built true resilience.

Yes, we use today’s manufacturing infrastructure — but only as a temporary bridge.
Our vision is to revolutionize the entire system — from cultivation to formulation — and replace it with something far more intelligent, ethical, and alive.

[ON SCREEN: permaculture farms, athletic training, hands in rich jungle soil, native plants being harvested, a pulse of electricity through a human body outline]

Every purchase funds ecological restoration, smallholder farming, and the new health economy.
You’re not just buying a supplement — you’re joining a revolution.

This is not mass-produced nutrition.
This is a tactical upgrade.
Sourced from the wild. Built for performance. Backed by nature and research you can see with your own eyes.

Nutritional Diversity Supplements
Welcome to the future of human fuel.

[ON SCREEN: Logo + CTA: “Upgrade Now at NutritionalDiversity.com”]

We’ve created a powerful line of nutritionally diverse, high-performance supplements, each designed to restore what’s missing and elevate mind-body function fast.
We’re veteran-owned, and every purchase fuels alternative agriculture, ecological restoration, and the nutritional revolution.
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