The best way to exercise is through having fun at the same time. To be able to laugh and workout is no better feeling. The way you workout is what works best for you, just enjoy yourself while your doing it.”—Barstarzz AMEN, I’ve built my entire coaching philosophy around that idea. Here’s the barstarzz… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: September 2010
2010 World Weightlifting Championships: 48 kilo Women
Here are 6 videos 5 videos covering the 48 kilo women’s class at the 2010 World Weightlifting Championships posted by binokoron at Youtube. Women, still think weightlifting will make you look like a man? Ya, right … Part I Part II Part III Part IV … can’t seem to find this one!! Part V… Continue Reading
Review: Dan John’s “Never Let Go: A Philosophy of Lifting, Living and Learning.”
Author: Dan John Title: Never Let Go: A Philosophy of Lifting, Living and Learning On a Scale from 1 to Infinity: Infinity Seriously? It’s that good. One of my favorite books in the field of strength training is the compellation of John McCallum’s articles titled, “The Complete Keys to Progress.” I’m not exaggerating to say… Continue Reading
Your Monday Moment of Zen #3
This weeks random selections of great goodness: Here’s a vid of highlights of some of my lifters competing in a local contest: The Progressive Buddhist warns us about the Panic of Desire. An article describing in detail how to do a “Pendlay” Row (as opposed to a regular barbell row) and why they are likely… Continue Reading
Zen Quote of the Day
“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.” – Groucho Marx Far too often we get in the habit of letting our… Continue Reading
Your Monday Moment of Zen #2
This week: Bret Contreras does an interview with Aaron Schwenzfeier who talks about the trend among many strength coaches to fall prey to the hypnotic effect of rehab. Good line, “Then when all a person reads is rehabilitation material, they become hypnotized to only see things through that type of lens; reading about dysfunction begins… Continue Reading
Game Theory in the Gym? OR, Do These Weightlifting Shoes Make Me Look Fat?
Some of you may not know this about me, but my graduate work is in Game Theory and the Biology of Human Behavior. Nowhere are our behavioral patterns put under the microscope more than in the gym and in relation to our exercise, diet, and fitness routines. Exercise and diet are hard work, they… Continue Reading
John Broz Video Interview
This is a 4-part interview with John Broz, coach of Average Broz gym in Las Vegas by Barry Kinsella of Weightlifting Epiphanies. John’s story is unique, but it is also something that rings true for a lot of us coaches. In order to learn what we did that makes us good at what we’re doing… Continue Reading
Your Monday Moment of Zen #1
Seems like there is a trend in blogging whereby bloggers will do a weekly round-up of all the stuff they were reading that fits into the scope of their own blogs, and then list them out for their own readers. Bret Crontreras does something like this at his blog, and in the evolution blogging world… Continue Reading
Zen Quote of the Day: Silence
From Lao Tzu: “Silence is a source of great strength.” ~Lao Tzu I must be very wimpy
