These are the things I love or hate....take your guess if I hate it? or I love it? or if I just think you're an idiot!
- I love it when people say they are committed to a program and stop after 2 weeks
- I love it when people think ZERO calorie foods are good for you
- I love it when people want to start on Monday
- I love it when you do your "ab" workouts....People still do those????
- I love it when people still think "cardio" is the best way to lose the weight...good lord
- I love watching this idiot do tricep extensions standing on a bosu ball....cause that's a functional movement
- I love it when people drink coke zero during their workout
-I love watching people do an hour of curls..so awesome
- The hip adduction and abduction machines do not do anything..sorry
-It's called a Kettle Bell.....not a "Kettle Ball"..and you don't know why or how to use them
- Crunches don't do anything...try again
- Long distance running will destroy your body...I know I will get crap for this one, but I don't care
- Squat rack is for doing squats...not curls
-I love the 2 man bench press...One guy benching and the other one deadlifting it off of his chest
- Side Bends don't do anything...sorry again
- Drink regular beer and do some more fricken squats
- You did NOT do intervals for an hour and a half...you'd be dead
- I love it when I talk to an overweight person who says that what worked for them last time is what they are going to do this time.....If it worked why are we having this conversation...good lord
- I love the split body part routines...please..there's no such thing
- You're not allowed to grunt doing arm work....I'm sorry, but I don't buy it that you're working that hard
- Weight Machines do more harm then good
- Zumba is a JOKE...sorry but you're not a fitness professional if you teach Zumba
-Crossfit is awesome...but someone is going to get hurt if they are not coached
- You're fat trying to walk backwards on a tread...can you walk forward????
- No I will not design a program for you unless you pay me!
- Calories don't make you fat
- More then likely you're fat because of you...so it is your fault, but you can listen to the tv commercials
- Overweight people need a better program....skinny people need better nutrition
- Squatting on a Bosu Ball is not a functional exercise
- Corporate fitness is a joke
- Body building training will have no impact on athletic performance
- Mit Romney will not be our next president
- The Smith Machine is hands down the most worthless piece of equipment
- Leg ext machine might a close second
- Leg press can be thrown out too
- If you want to age faster you will do aerobics
- I love these rants and I know I will have some more coming soon!
JP
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
What People Still Aren't Getting
It's been awhile since my last post. I have been busy moving and getting settled in to our new place, while adjusting to a new schedule. So things have been a little out of place. I still have managed to continue on with my training as scheduled. Things are looking good. I am currently doing a hypertrophy phase going into the spring here because I am looking to pack on a little size. However, the program I am doing is still not your conventional bodybuilding crap that you see every single person do! Which is exactly what this post is about. People still are getting it. For as much as it drives me insane to watch people waste countless hours on doing arm work, I still just sit back and laugh a bit. EVERYONE you see at your gym works out the same way. My training these days has also been to do the opposite of what everyone is doing.
I am doing a bit of conventional routine as I have split up my upper and lower body days. This is not a body part split...hell...body part is a made up word. There is no such word. It was made up my the bodybuilding world. I learned that from Alwyn Cosgrove. So in my program there is no localized training...ex. Curls, flys, triceps, shoulders, As there shouldn't be. Any smart person who understands simple human physiology you should know that you simply cannot isolate a muscle group. So ex...lay flat on your back,,,and try and get up to stand on your feet...and ask yourself...is only one part of your body is working. Localized training does not make any sense.
The biggest mistake that they focus on localized training when it is a systemic response. People focus too much on muscle training that they are not focusing on the movements and not training your entire system. To add one inch to your arms you need to gain 10 lbs of muscle to your entire body. That right there tells you that muscle gain is NOT a localized one. It is the systemic gain. Localized training in my eyes is a complete waste of time. If you aren't shooting a needle in your ass your arms will not grow like you think they will by performing those ridiculous variety of arm curls.
Whether you are training to gain some size or for fat loss, you still need to train the entire system at once. Now sets, tempo, and rest period would determine what the program is for, but the training of your entire system should stay the same. For fat loss/weight loss or whatever you want to call it...if you are sitting your ass on a chest press machine you are not expending enough energy to maximize your time. Do a damn push-up. If you are having a tough time watching your arms grow, its probably because you aren't doing deadlifts, squats, pull ups...meaning you aren't training your entire system at one time. You are doing too many split body part days(made up theory) and your frequency of training isn't to where it should be. The most forgotten thing is a full-body resistance training program. I shouldn't even say forgotten. I should say never used because people read about made up theories instead of reading physiology.
So here is a quick couple examples of what so programs could look like to make this stuff actually make sense to you people who still read Muscle and Fiction magazine...
Fat Loss- Alternating Sets (15 Secs rest Between Exercises)
3 Sets of Each
1A DB Front Squat x 15
1B DB Rows x 15
2A DB Romanian Deadlift x 15
2B DB Push Press x 15
3A Squat to Press x 15
3B Russian Twist x 15
Hypertrophy- Alternating Sets (60 Secs Rest Between Sets)
Lower Body
4 Sets of Each
1AFront Squat x 10
1BDeadlift x 10
2A Reverse Lunge x 10
2BStep Up x 10
Upper Body
1A DB Bench Press x 10
1B Seated Cable Row x 10
2A DB High Pull x 10
2B DB Close Grip Bench Press x 10
3A Barbell Push Press x 10
3B Lat Pull Down x 10
As you can see there are no localized exercises. Everything is a compound or multi- joint movement. The greater the demand you put on the body, the great the response. I don't buy it when you're grunting as you do curls. Grunt when you are nailing a perfect front squat...then we'll talk. The fat loss programming I love pairing an upper body movement with a lower body movement. That will give you greater demand on the body in a shorter amount of time. Giving you more bang for your buck. The hypertrophy phase has a greater emphasis on upper and lower body for each training day. That is a split routine. Each movement mimics the next allowing you to not just concentrate on the lower body or upper body, but also training the entire system at once. This will also give you balance in the training ...ex Vertical Push paired with Vertical Pull, Horizontal Push paired with Horizontal Push. Front Squat paired with Deadlift. That is to avoid any possible imbalances.
In summary, people aren't doing these things because either A) They just don't know B) They think they know it all because they took a weight lifting class that was written in 1965 C) It's too hard and you don't want to be embarrassed 4) They're buddy knows everything there is no know about weight lifting with all of the variety of tricep work they do or 5) They just aren't open to learning new things.Which I think is the biggest problem. If you are not willing to try new things and stop training like the person next to you, then you're training will become stagnant.
I am doing a bit of conventional routine as I have split up my upper and lower body days. This is not a body part split...hell...body part is a made up word. There is no such word. It was made up my the bodybuilding world. I learned that from Alwyn Cosgrove. So in my program there is no localized training...ex. Curls, flys, triceps, shoulders, As there shouldn't be. Any smart person who understands simple human physiology you should know that you simply cannot isolate a muscle group. So ex...lay flat on your back,,,and try and get up to stand on your feet...and ask yourself...is only one part of your body is working. Localized training does not make any sense.
The biggest mistake that they focus on localized training when it is a systemic response. People focus too much on muscle training that they are not focusing on the movements and not training your entire system. To add one inch to your arms you need to gain 10 lbs of muscle to your entire body. That right there tells you that muscle gain is NOT a localized one. It is the systemic gain. Localized training in my eyes is a complete waste of time. If you aren't shooting a needle in your ass your arms will not grow like you think they will by performing those ridiculous variety of arm curls.
Whether you are training to gain some size or for fat loss, you still need to train the entire system at once. Now sets, tempo, and rest period would determine what the program is for, but the training of your entire system should stay the same. For fat loss/weight loss or whatever you want to call it...if you are sitting your ass on a chest press machine you are not expending enough energy to maximize your time. Do a damn push-up. If you are having a tough time watching your arms grow, its probably because you aren't doing deadlifts, squats, pull ups...meaning you aren't training your entire system at one time. You are doing too many split body part days(made up theory) and your frequency of training isn't to where it should be. The most forgotten thing is a full-body resistance training program. I shouldn't even say forgotten. I should say never used because people read about made up theories instead of reading physiology.
So here is a quick couple examples of what so programs could look like to make this stuff actually make sense to you people who still read Muscle and Fiction magazine...
Fat Loss- Alternating Sets (15 Secs rest Between Exercises)
3 Sets of Each
1A DB Front Squat x 15
1B DB Rows x 15
2A DB Romanian Deadlift x 15
2B DB Push Press x 15
3A Squat to Press x 15
3B Russian Twist x 15
Hypertrophy- Alternating Sets (60 Secs Rest Between Sets)
Lower Body
4 Sets of Each
1AFront Squat x 10
1BDeadlift x 10
2A Reverse Lunge x 10
2BStep Up x 10
Upper Body
1A DB Bench Press x 10
1B Seated Cable Row x 10
2A DB High Pull x 10
2B DB Close Grip Bench Press x 10
3A Barbell Push Press x 10
3B Lat Pull Down x 10
As you can see there are no localized exercises. Everything is a compound or multi- joint movement. The greater the demand you put on the body, the great the response. I don't buy it when you're grunting as you do curls. Grunt when you are nailing a perfect front squat...then we'll talk. The fat loss programming I love pairing an upper body movement with a lower body movement. That will give you greater demand on the body in a shorter amount of time. Giving you more bang for your buck. The hypertrophy phase has a greater emphasis on upper and lower body for each training day. That is a split routine. Each movement mimics the next allowing you to not just concentrate on the lower body or upper body, but also training the entire system at once. This will also give you balance in the training ...ex Vertical Push paired with Vertical Pull, Horizontal Push paired with Horizontal Push. Front Squat paired with Deadlift. That is to avoid any possible imbalances.
In summary, people aren't doing these things because either A) They just don't know B) They think they know it all because they took a weight lifting class that was written in 1965 C) It's too hard and you don't want to be embarrassed 4) They're buddy knows everything there is no know about weight lifting with all of the variety of tricep work they do or 5) They just aren't open to learning new things.Which I think is the biggest problem. If you are not willing to try new things and stop training like the person next to you, then you're training will become stagnant.
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