I looked at two young boys (7 year olds) for their dad, as part of their long term preparation for sporting success. I showed dad what I saw. No, they didn’t stretch. Yes, there were very active in sport and had already done a lot of training. I shared my concerns re injuries with this […]
First they steal, meaning they publish material with no credit. Then they continue to take the credit years later – 12 years later in this case….. This from a person who claims to ‘have read everything ever written in this industry’: “This illustrates Cosgrove’s short-term overreaction and long term under-reaction concept.” –Boyle, M., The Static Stretching […]
My attention was brought to a recent US blog extolling the benefits of stealing. From the outset, I say perhaps I have lost touch with the ‘new world’, because I was stunned by the content and the message. Apparently, if you are not stealing: • You do not have the keys to being a good […]
I must say I was surprised to read this author promote a call for credit to the original source. Very UnAmerican, as least as the US ‘fitness-industry’ has been influenced during the last decade, from 2000 to 2010. A period I refer to as the ‘decade of the bullshitter’. In this recent book this author […]
Rarely a day passes without the opportunity to watch and analyse a sports coach in action. I don’t mind at what level, what gender, what sport, or what country. I really enjoy studying the art of coaching and asking the question ‘how can it be done better?’ For me, we all have limited resources – […]
I refer to Lou Schuler’s decision to publicly refer to my efforts to protect my intellectual property as dishonest (http://www.amazon.com/review/R1EKIUGPBU1KDE). I understand there is subjectivity in the definition of this word. I also understand his desire to protect his co-author. That aside… …Let’s talk about honesty. I don’t believe it is honest to use Lyle MacDonald’s words […]
The Bullshit Backlash I watched as we moved from a period of honesty in publishing in the period leading up to the start of the 21st century, to a period post 2000 AD where the bullshit in our industry grew exponentially. You didn’t need real world experience. You didn’t need measurable results in success of […]
I received this feedback recently and responded. It’s great to have genuine people reach out and offer their support: Hi Ian, I’ve just read your Barbells &… book. I did so with a mixture of sadness and anger. While xxxx had made me aware of the plagiarism of your work that had occurred, it was quite shocking […]
Imagine if this was a respone my last post generated (just imagining of course): “My understanding from studies concerning this issue that I have read, are simply stating that static stretching prior to physical exercise causes a decrease in force output of muscle tissue (poor performance). The studies opt for dynamic stretching prior and static […]
I recently received a thesis study conducted in the US and shared with me by a coach out of Austria, which i appreciated. Here are some thoughts I shared in return. Note the aim (or at least my aim) of static stretching is not necessarily to in the acute sense enhance or detract VJ height. Nor […]