I written a lot of books. More than most. I know they are hard work, as any author would. However during 2009 I worked harder on a publication than I have ever worked before on any publication. The tragic thing was that my time and energy was not being directed to sharing with the world […]
Someone sent me a file and said ‘Look at this’. So I did. It was a program, free to anyone to download who visited this particular web site. It was allegedly a program written by the ‘author’ for ‘an international rugby team’. And I nearly fell out of my chair…. You see over the last […]
10 years after I promoted unilateral leg training including the Bulgarian squats on the same web site, another article promising ‘a faster, safer way to increase lower-body muscle size and strength’ is published (Build Bigger Legs, One at a Time). The Bulgarian squat, of course given a new name on this occasion, was touted for […]
I have been a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (America) since about 1982. In the years that they used to issue annual membership wall certificates, I framed mine and placed them up on the wall with pride. They went from about 1982 to about 1990. It was only when they stopped issuing […]
I was in the eccentric phase of a set of my own innovated exercise, the single leg stiff leg deadlift, when it hit me! No, not the muscle pain! But the realization of a possible explanation of a question that has gnawed at me for a nearly a decade! You see in the few years […]
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A person whom we all owe so much for his teaching passed away late last year, and I share the following extract from his company website: Jim Rohn, our mentor and friend, passed away December 5, 2009, and was laid to rest Saturday, December 12, 2009, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California. Jim […]
The challenge of communicating exercise technique guide lines in writing is conveying enough and accurate information. So I have put a lot of thought and time into my exercise descriptions. In 1999 I wrote this nice little description for the single leg squat (bolding added now): Single leg squat You know that I wouldn’t want […]
You too can build 12” guns!! Excited? Okay, I agree, not very appealing. The only reason you would have been attracted to this headline is to see what’s wrong with the writer. But this is exactly what you are going to get when you take advice off people who probably have exactly that – 12” […]
A few weeks ago a young man was speaking to his naturopath about his new passion for developing his physique. The naturopath was quick to say: ‘You have got to get this book – it’s the best book in the world for strength training!’ And showed the Book of Muscle to his young client. The […]