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Out-dated methods – shame, shame, shame!
/by Ian KingImagine 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 […]
Static stretching fear mongering
/by Ian KingI 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 […]
Performance Coach or Director – Why the term sucks
/by Ian King[The following is an extract from the book ‘Barbells & Bullshit’ by Ian King, 2010.] I have noted a trend over the last decade or so for physical preparation coaches involved with athletes and sporting teams to refer to themselves as ‘performance’ coaches or directors. In fact, this title appears to be the pinnacle of […]
Feedback on my latest book – Barbells & Bullshit
/by Ian KingI recently received this feedback about my latest book: Ian, Great book… …keeping me up late. Very entertaining, hilarious, gut-wrenching and scary as you unfold the reality of this industry, while pairing it with guidance to a conscious way of thriving in the field of physical preparation and life. Also, you have brilliantly made the […]
The World is Flat!
/by Ian KingPopular stories have humans believing the world was flat and that Christopher Columbus, in his late 1400’s explorations to the America’s, travelled in spite of this belief and the risk of ‘falling off the edge’ of this flat earth. If this were true, Columbus showed courage and shaped the world as a result. As a race […]
Enough to make your blood boyle
/by Ian KingI looked, and looked again – surely not! I couldn’t believe my eyes! There on the ‘net on an ‘industry leading’ site was three stages of a strength progam that KSI had provided a client some years prior. Being given away as a PDF download – free! How is that possible!? For the duration of […]