During my undergraduate education the dogma of the day regarding exercise and aging went something like this, "When you get old you will lose all your muscle and die". Well not quite. maybe it was more like, "When you get old you should do "weight bearing" exercise to maintain muscle mass, but you'll lose all our muscle eventually anyway, become a invalid and die small and weak, as a gelatinous mound of carbon/ protein based goop". Well guess what? 1980's exercise we like aerobics class, cause 10lbs dumbbell curls do something Yoda's...You are dead wrong...again.... I covered why you geezers should be lifting heavy weights before: Geezers are (Strong) … [Read more...]
Groundhog Day, Training, Bill Murray and Doing the Same Thing All the Time
February 2, 2012 by
Groundhog day, the Bill Murray movie, not the actual "holiday" that centers around Punxsutawney Phil, describes most gym goers workouts...... metaphorically speaking that is. Many people do, the same thing day after day. Basically they heard something, somewhere, and decided that X,Y,Z was the ticket and eventually, if they bang their head into the wall hard enough, a magical switch will take place and they'll be in great shape all of a sudden. Never mind that Albert Einstein guy: Think about it, how many people get on the treadmill everyday and run their ass off, at the same pace, in hopes of a better body but never get anywhere? Or worse that damn … [Read more...]
Beginners Suck…and it’s the “Trainers” Fault
January 26, 2012 by
While it's getting to the end of New Years resolution gym rush time, there are still some more motivated guys and gals who have hung on. These people are still beginners, I'm talking like total newbies. Yeah, they bought an issue of Men's Health or whatever and they took the centerfold, fold-out, workout out of it and they carry it around the gym and so the exercises for the sets and reps prescribed, but let's face it, they suck. Now they don't suck a little, like as in, not good or that's wrong, but they suck a LOT- a- bit. This isn't to bash on these folks, they've overcome a lot just to get to this sucky point and quite honestly it's not entirely their … [Read more...]
Who works on the weekend? Not me, I read!
January 21, 2012 by
My morning perusal of the interwebs left me with a bounty of good articles...so good you should read them too. Some Thoughts on Louie and Westside- Charlie Weingroff Mr. Weingroff is super smart and his thoughts on neck packing really influenced my training the last year. I know, it's like ummm "packing your neck" made a difference? Yeah, yeah it did.. This article is awesome, covers several misconceptions and arguments against the Westside Philosophy. Plus the videos range from informative to down right cool..Best part is in the first video when Louie says he has physicists and engineers come out to evaluate training. I've said it before and I'll say it … [Read more...]
Great video about Stress and Training
January 18, 2012 by
http://youtu.be/tZSTywt1tpU hat tip http://www.benbruno.com/ … [Read more...]
Wired or Tired, why your nervous system is screwing you up……
January 12, 2012 by
Stress...everybody has it. Doesn't matter who you are and what you do, you have stress in your life. What is important is to manage stress as best as possible. The catch 22 is that ALL things are stressful...ie they cause a response through the nervous system. All inputs cause a reaction in the Central Nervous System or CNS. The nervous system is the main controlling and communicating system of the body. Every thing we do, feel and think consciously or unconsciously is directed by the nervous system. The communication between the nervous system and the body is through electrical and chemical signals that move rapidly and to specific areas allowing for … [Read more...]
Running…….It still sucks, but not as much I guess
January 12, 2012 by
Before I pontificate.. BIG hat tip to Women's Health Magazine (the .com version)....for the most part they post really good info on this site... Today on my internet perusal of information, yeah, you have to do that whole "learn EVERYDAY thing" to stay relevant in this business, I came across this article.. Out Run Your Genes participants who pounded more pavement than their siblings were more likely to have a lower BMI, having dropped by 58.8% for women and 29.6% for men.- Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise Looks like running, at least on some level, can help fight that whole, "it's my fat genes".... It's pretty brilliant actually. [Tweet "You … [Read more...]
Dan Pfaff Speaks!
January 9, 2012 by
There are a LOT of fake Yoda's out there pushing the training system of the minute. Then there are guys like Dan Pfaff...oh you know, they've actually DONE IT in the field of sport performance...ohhhh, those guys. These videos are really enlightening....HUGE double hat tip..Ben Bruno for linking to Patrick Ward. http://youtu.be/3COzfyucuns http://youtu.be/HbZzDDf7M5g http://youtu.be/4P-kqzv_yUE Too many people are not listening to coaches like this and are listening to the internet asshat of the minute... … [Read more...]
