My Own Case Against Jogging.
Because……..why do you want to do this, and look like; When you can do this? And look like Really. Why?
The hardest thing about being a trainer
Is when you’ve to watch videos of other trainers, explaining something as simple as the “Back Squats” to the littlest bit of detail and you think “Nobody can be dumb! Nobody would ask “Where do I put the bar?” on a BACK squat!”. And then you encounter people, that ask “Back squat? Where should I [...]
The high volume of work of the Chinese lifters.
Awesomesauce It’s all about hard work people. Really.
25 random things I think about – Part 1
1. The kipping pull-ups, despite how it makes one look like a constipated dolphin dangling off the penis of a whale, has helped me and many people, get stronger in the strict weighted pull-ups. 2. Front squats are far more important to a weightlifter than back squats are. 3. The ankle flexibility is something too [...]
What’s a warm-up?
Previously, before the explosion of the fitness industry, via the internet, warm-ups could be broken down, simply as; Increasing your heart-rate to pump blood to the muscles. Loosening your muscles and joints, getting them warm, mobile, activated and stretched to better range. Nowadays, more and more people are campaigning their advanced versions of a warm-up, from prescribing [...]
Why Discussing Training, Bores the CRAP Out of Me.
I usually, don’t sit down to discuss training with anybody. I just explain to clients, this this and that. I tell them straight up, I’m the dimmest brains if ever I even had one, in the entire universe, so I can’t be effed to explain how stability, strength and power works. I just know it [...]
A discussion on the technique of a pull.
My coach and I, had a long discussion on the pull. After numerous disagreements and hours at the coffee shop, I think we both learned a few things which, I’d like to share. 1. The setup & first pull: Is well and truly where the magic happens. It is, the most important position. I don’t [...]
The Immense Respect I Have For Ivan Abadjiev.
Many people think the way I post, shows that I don’t believe in Ivan Abadjiev’s methods. Actually, quite the opposite. I always believed and trusted that Ivan’s methods, were one of the best methods. To work maximally in all the competition and supplementary lifts, is something I practice too. I trust that if it wasn’t [...]
