Entries by Ian King
Cardio is not evil! Seeking to balance the BS…again…decades later
I recently received an email that from a great man and avid KSI fan, and I thought the content was worth sharing with you! Hi Ian, I just ordered book III. In your previous books you downplayed the role of cardio, or so it seemed. As I have got older (I’m 52) cardio has taken […]
Stop doing walking lunges! (Especially in the warm up!)
Why I tell the world to stop doing walking lunge (especially doing the warm up) Following my post where I pleaded for the world to stop hurting themselves with walking lunges, especially in the warm-up, I was asked by the readers to explain why I said this. I treated their questions with the respect that […]
Bill says this is good stealing…
I recently came upon this 2006 letter of recommendation (From the Desk of Bill Hartman PT ) promoting and recommending a certain ‘book’. I found a number of aspects of this letter interesting, not the least the section where the letter writer stated: He lays out all the principles you’ll ever need for successful programming […]
Interview with KSI Level 1 Graduate Bruce Battherham
KSI. Firstly, Bruce, we want to congratulate you for graduating from the KSI Level 1 Legacy Course! We both know it’s just a small step to mastery of the KSI way however you have shown you belong in the top 5% because you completed the course! Well done! Before we get into it we’d like […]
Let the children play!
Directional concerns with the training of the young athlete During a recent visit to Fiji I took the opportunity to study the conditions in which athletes are developed. Having been there before, and having been raised in a similar environment, I had certain expectations. The question was had things changed, had the influences of western […]
Terrorism in Boston
Watching the vision of today’s bomb explosions near the finish line at the Boston marathon brought back memories of my own experiences of terrorism (1) in Boston. Now I don’t suggest it was in the same league as the victims around today’s blast, however it was still, in my opinion – terrorism. Act intended to […]
Lines of movement – the origin and intent of the concept
In 1998 I released a wide range of original, innovate training concepts developed during the prior 18 years of coaching, based on extensive personal professional experiences training large numbers of elite athletes. Many of these methods have gone on to shape how the world trains. I have summarized many of these in the on-line course […]
The only coaching program that can and does teach the art of coaching by doing
Every day my coaches and I train athletes, and every day provides new experiences. Today one of my coaches and I were working on a few elite athletes from another country. One of them asked later how I learnt what I did. I said: “By training athletes”. Another asked how my coach learnt his skills, […]
Wow! There is some integrity left!
WOW! Fortunately I was sitting down! I just received an email from an American publishing company seeking permission to reprint some of my works!!!!! And they were going to reference it!!! Wow!!! I am almost in a state of shock. Just when I thought integrity in publishing had left the US! And further it was […]