Zen Quote of the Month: “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” — Muhammad Ali This Month in the World of Weightlifting Nick Horton got married! We said, “I do”, we roller skated, we drank a lot of vodka. … Continue Reading
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Your Monday Moment of Zen #17
Zen Quote of the Week: “There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you… Continue Reading
Your Monday Moment of Zen #15
Zen quote of the week: “The word “Dinner” actually comes from the Latin disjejunare, meaning "to un-fast” or break the fast of the evening. Remarkably, the word was contracted in the Romance languages to ‘disnare’ or ‘disner’ in Olde French, or dinner in English. Thus the word dinner actually means ‘breakfast’.” – Brad Pillon This… Continue Reading
Your Monday Moment of Zen #14: National Pi Day!
Zen quote of the Week: “It’s hard, it’s hard as hell. I like that it’s hard … It makes football a joke.” – John North, on the training he does for Olympic Weightlifting. This week in the world of weightlifting: Tamara “T-Bone” has a great write up of her experience watching this years 2011 Arnold… Continue Reading
Happy Birthday to Me: Reflections on Lifting, Coaching, and the Pre-Masters Class
Today’s my Birthday, I just turned 33. And as we are all wont to do, it got me thinkin’ on things. In my case, those things that are related to lifting and coaching. (I really could have split this into two parts, easily … but what the hell!) I’ll start with the lifting. One of… Continue Reading
Your Monday Moment of Zen #10
Zen Quote of the Week: “Cutting off physical exercise–the very activity most likely to promote cognitive performance–to do better on a test score is like trying to gain weight by starving yourself.” – John Medina, Author of Brain Rules This week in the world of weightlifting: Doctor Hartman interviews Lon Gilgore about his new book,… Continue Reading
Your Monday Moment of Zen #5
The origins of the 5×5 Texas method in the early 21’st century. The main stream media gives a nod to Oly Lifting and CrossFit. Francis Brebner relays what happened at the Ventura Seaside Highland Games – Rusty Price wins: In the pro division it was practically a clean sweep for Rusty Price, who was on… 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
R.E.S.P.E.C.T – Find Out What It Means to STRENGTH – Plus 7 Controversial Views!
It’s sad how much mudslinging goes on on the interwebs. No matter how nice you try to be, there will always be some douche bag who starts acting-a-fool on you. I have very little tolerance for rude behavior. And even less when it isn’t done in person. Sadly, much of what passes for “discussion” on… Continue Reading
Glenn Pendlay on How to Become a Great Coach – Plus 5 Things I’ve Learned
Here’s a link (pdf file) of a great interview Glenn Pendlay did on Strength training for sports. For me, as a strength coach, this was the key quote: If you really want to know how to get people stronger, train yourself like a madman, learn all you can from that, seek out people who know… Continue Reading
