Every profession (and I'm using that term loosely in reference to my own) has terms, sayings, whatever, that make people in that profession cringe every time they hear them. These are mostly made up pseudo science terms that have a BS definition. Sometimes these are real scientific terms that are bastardized to mean something other than what they actually mean, in the rest of the world. Honorable Mention: Momentum Momentum as used in "fitness"- think Planet Fitness, no more than a 50lbs dumbbells we don't judge unless you unless you dead lift, grunt or try to do anything worthwhile, in which case you don't fit our mold and we judge you to be a "Lunk". Don't … [Read more...]
Geezers, Get up and lift a damn weight..
February 7, 2012 by
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...]
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...]
Dave Tate on Human Potential/ Drugs in Sports/ Passion etc..
January 20, 2012 by
Dave Tate speaks the TRUTH about human potential and drugs in sports.... http://youtu.be/R7WUHVA9lqE He makes the point I was talking about here: Achievement, 10,000 hours, Grit and why you're not a pro athlete... … [Read more...]
Stop Doing This: Plyometrics
January 17, 2012 by
Earlier this week I had a discussion with one of the better, for sake of a better word let use, "athletes" at work.... He's early to mid 30's in really good shape and ran track in college, now he's part of a special campus security team. He asked me about "plyometric" workouts..... I knew it was going to be bad.... It was he had gotten a workout off of the interwebzzz that called for 3 sets of 3 exercises for sets of 10-12 each..... plyo's are NOT body building...nor should we use the DeLorme method. It just ain't right....plyometrics are about speed and power. So this is the basics of what I told him: First off 99% of what people call plyometric is … [Read more...]
“The Legs Feed the Wolf”- Herbie
December 19, 2011 by
Herb Brooks is a modern messiah of sorts to anyone who plays hockey. For those not in the know, Herbie was the coach of the 1980 Olympic Hockey team: http://youtu.be/QTev5pSuYLk Yeah, that team..... Herb was the mastermind... Well, Herb was known to be a little eccentric. one of the things he is most remembered for was his sayings, known to his players as "Brooksisms". Players kept a notebook of "Brooksisms," sayings the coach used for motivation, such as: "You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month."- AP One of the most memorable "Brooksisms": "Red line, back. Blue line, back. Far blue line, back. Far … [Read more...]
