Serious Strength

Best VLC/Paleo website

feeds@yuku.com (Greg Roseman) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:29:43 GMT

Check it out www.paleonu.com. Its the best website out there for information on the lowcarb/paleo website in my opinion. He gets right to the point and explains in simple terms why our diet should consist mainly of animal foodstuffs.

Greg

"Show me the science"

feeds@yuku.com (Lincoln) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:48:39 GMT

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-sarewitzthernstrom16-2009dec16,0,3859887.story

"Central to this disaster has been scientists' insistence that they are unsullied providers of truth in an otherwise corrupt and indecipherable world. It was never so. Scholars continue to argue over whether such titans of...

I can't believe what I am seeing?

feeds@yuku.com (acenorth) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:04:44 GMT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alFwHiYi_7w

Can anyone let me know if this is all natural? I have a 8 year old who has been in sports his whole life, and is no where near this caliber

thanks

danny

What constitutes muscle failure?

feeds@yuku.com (hspencer) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:33:39 GMT
In The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution it says that you want to exercise a muscle to failure, and that this should happen in 60-90 seconds. Have you achieved failure when (1) you can't complete the full movement from start position to finish position -- maybe you can get only halfway there, or (2) not until you can't get another repetition started at all?

Only 8" of movement?

feeds@yuku.com (hspencer) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:26:01 GMT
I've been reading The Slow Burn Fitness Revolution, and on Saturday I tried to put the program into practice for the first time. The book says to take 3 seconds to move the first inch, then move 1 inch per second for the next 7 seconds. That works out to a total of only 8 inches of movement, yet many of the exercises appear to require considerably more movement than that. For example, my guess is that the biceps curl takes at least 18 inches of...

An interesting thing

feeds@yuku.com (Serious Strength) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:15:23 GMT

An interesting thing has been happening in my training. I've been doing split routines - chest focus one day, back focus the next, rest 2-3 days, quad focus one day, hip focus the next, a forearm routine and sometimes a spinal routine. I'm training 2-4 X a week depending how I feel, time commitments, etc.

Let's take the chest workout as an example:

Chest press
Row
Chest press
chest fly
pulldowns
chest fly
...

Explosive exercises in SPorts Training

feeds@yuku.com (Serious Strength) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:59:40 GMT

One of the instructors who works with me Eugene Thong (an amazing instructor BTW and serious Jujitsu practitioner) plopped this on my desk the other day:

Explosive Exercise in Sports Training: A Critical Review.

I had not...

New website

feeds@yuku.com (Lester Ware) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:55:14 GMT
Guy's I redid my website, I put in links to Fred and Tim Ryan, check it out. Personalbest.getwebnet.com
Lester

Biggest Loser REALity

feeds@yuku.com (HD3000) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:32:23 GMT
Fred,

You may have previously mentioned that there was some "interest" in your being involved in a "reality" type show.

If you were a Biggest Loser trainer what technique would you use. I do enjoy the show as it is quite comedic with those wacko trainers; sad as it is for the contestants and viewers.

HD

10/10 rep speed and the high fat diet

feeds@yuku.com (Greg Roseman) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:40:52 GMT

For years I performed all my reps with an 18-24 second rep cadence depending on the exercise. The last couple of years my training partner and I had gone towards a 5 second postive and a five second negative. The last couple of workouts we went back to a 10/10 protocol. I had forgotten how intense this protocol can be. The metabolic effect and muscular loading are unparelled. Maybe Ken Hutchins was right, it is the ultimate in exercise protocol.

On another note, I just finished...

Mark Sisson?

feeds@yuku.com (ttraynor) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:36:10 GMT
Anybody know much about this guy and his philosophy (Fred?)? He seems aligned with the Eades and Protein Power (references) as well as Art Devany/Peolithic workouts philosophy perhaps?.

Bench Challenge

feeds@yuku.com (Sumo) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:14:43 GMT

As per Fred's Bench Challenge I figured I would summarise my bench sessions in this thread. I'm benching once per week so the following videos show what I've done.

Fred claimed I was 'cheating' by practicing (which means that I am actually doing no strength training according to HIT logic) so this thread allows Fred to compare himself...

FYI: Video of Michigan State Strength Clinic--HIT or just good 'ol hard training?

feeds@yuku.com (ttraynor) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:29:55 GMT
Google "ASAP@michigan state strength clinic" and a video will come up showing several facets of the clinic our group attended last spring. Among them, is the log bar squat I discussed in Fred's "Smith Machine" thread--beginning at 5:50. Also: MANY power racks; dumbells; benches; bands; medicine balls; ropes etc.--Far ways from machine only. Bunch of "cardio" stuff too, as mentioned. The kid Mannie trains beginning at 5:50 does 1) Front Squat>>> 2)...

The Smith Machine

feeds@yuku.com (Serious Strength) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:37:22 GMT

What do you free weight folks think of the smith machine? Is it a 'Foo-foo' device (as our Sumo might call it) or manly and worthy of hard core Cross Fitters?

Spoonful Of Sugar

feeds@yuku.com (Sumo) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:59:48 GMT
Fred, I am sure the following will excite you;

http://www.sciencedaily.c...2009/11/091103121605.htm

Series of workout vids on YouTube

feeds@yuku.com (Serious Strength) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:04:49 GMT
I am posting a new series of workout videos on You Tube. If I can figure it right, it will be a series of separate videos in sequence that will indicate a full workout leaving the set up out of the pic so all you'll see is the working set.

Enjoy.

Experiences with a minimalist approach to training

feeds@yuku.com (Serious Strength) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:03:27 GMT
I'm interested in knowing what people have experienced with a minimalist approach to body building. FE: Has anyone gone from a HIT-based program to a traditional body builder approach and made better gain? Vice versa? If you've got photos, please feel free to post. I have recently upped my volume considerably - nearly thrice what I have done in the past both in terms of volume and sets per exercise. I was hoping for a jump in lean mass but alas, not a drop of extra muscle has been...

Moment Arm Exercise videos

feeds@yuku.com (BillDeS) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:38:32 GMT
For anyone who remembers a certain manual, which enjoyed some notoriety a while back:
youtube

Currently, Biceps Parts 1&2, Forearms, Calves. More to come, on a semi-regular basis. Enjoy.

Fools and Partials

feeds@yuku.com (Sumo) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:45:17 GMT

Previously stats, in his usual stalking fashion, noted that I was banned from the stronglifts forum;

http://seriousstrength.yuku.com/reply/16761/t/knee-extensions-and-useable-strength.html#reply-16761

One of the reasons for this was that I disagreed with a fellow who argued that a fellow who was strong at fulls would be strong at partials. This...

Core stability

feeds@yuku.com (Serious Strength) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:37:44 GMT
This is a very enlightening article on the myths of core stability.