An interesting phenomena that the communications ease enabled by the Internet has brought about: the relevance of the n=1/m=1 experimenter, the citizen scientist. Less and less do credentials matter; what truly matters are documented results; results that can then be duplicated, verified and substantiated by anyone, anywhere (again, regardless of “established” credentials). Blogs now serve [...]
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“Basic, brutal, and brief…” And if I may, to that I’d add intermittent to that as well. Ok, so I’ve racked my brain and consulted my thesaurus to no avail — anyone know a synonym for “intermittent” that starts with a “b”? Anyway, the “basic, brutal and brief” statement is just a snippet of the [...]
Well, I suppose I have fallen off the edge of the “wired” earth Slowly but surely, though, I am making my way back into some sense of wired-world normalcy. And hey, have I mentioned that I love my new gig with Efficient Exercise of Austin? Yeah, it’s true; I’m like a kid in a candy [...]
“Wow” is such an understatement, yet it’s the only word I have to express my joy at the moment. Maybe Robb Wolf wouldn’t mind if I borrowed his “Holy Cats!” for the occasion Well, after much (and months worth of!) pains-taking consideration — the manner and degree of which was truly worthy of any life-course [...]
Dave Durrell, of High Intensity Nation, recently posted on a very effective, isolation + compound movement shoulder training technique, utilizing a good ol’ weightlifting standby — the pre-exhaust method. This is a fine example, in my opinion, of employing the right tool for the job. Let’s take a step back and consider the various ways [...]
So, how are you “wired”? Here’s another aspect to consider when mapping a training plan. As one becomes more adept at “reading” one’s own body — and now we’re digging down to some serious n=1 activity — is determining one’s physio-psychological make-up. Charles Poliquin uses the analogy of the Five Elements, or the five physical [...]
Nothin’ fancy about this one, just a straight-up, down-and-dirty, early morning GPP iron session. farmer’s walks: 100 lb DBs for 1 lap (150 yards) x 1, 1, 1, 1 whip snatch + OHS: 115 x (3, 3), (3, 3), (3, 3), (3, 3) Want to make 115 lbs feel like a friggin’ ton? Whip snatch [...]
No Dip Session is the Same… …Or, for that matter, is any selected movement within an exercise session ever the same; there are just way too many variables at play — and that, in and of itself, is a good thing, serving to keep the trainee from becoming both mentally and physically stagnant. It does, [...]
I’m back, now, from a whirlwind trip to Austin, Texas; it was great to visit with family and friends, and get back, even for a short while, to the great state of Texas. A couple of the trip’s highlights: taking in OUR BODY, The Universe Within, at the University of Texas’ Stark Center for Physical [...]
“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.” – Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
Ahh, and what a nice break it was. After flying-in and spending the night in downtown Houston, Meesus TTP and I drove out her to father’s place in Chappell Hill. [...]
“The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.”
– John Jay Chapman
So when it was finally over, there was a 28 x 9 x 8 ABF trailer (2016 cu.ft) crammed to the brim with an estimated 13,300 lbs worth of accumulated, “cog in the Capitalist Machine” consumer items [...]
