I 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 […]
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The following is an extract from Ian King’s latest book ‘Barbells & Bullshit’ – due to be released later this month. 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 […]
Many years ago I met a gentleman at a NSCA trade show who owned a major equipment distribution company in the industry, and who had a booth at the trade show. He seemed a genuine person. So recently when I learnt his company was distributing my material – just without my name on it and […]
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There is no such thing as a functional exercise or training program. It’s time to put some perspective on the use of the word ‘functional’, which has become somewhat of ‘catch-cry’ since the start of the 21st century. I believe it has probably gone too far now, and too many reputations on based on it, […]
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In 1998 and 2000 I published the How to Write and How to Teach books. I then took some of the How to Write content and made it more user-friendly for the end user in Get Buffed! 1999. Most appreciated the contribution I made through these writings. They were based on my experiences and conclusions […]
https://kingsports.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/KSI-logo-TM-colour-300x150.png00Ian Kinghttps://kingsports.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/KSI-logo-TM-colour-300x150.pngIan King2010-08-18 01:07:482017-03-09 03:08:47What is the future of an industry that condones this type of behavior?
After having watched a player I formerly trained in a team sport for many years become a coach and appear to err in the same over-training ways he would have complained about as a player under my guidance, I formed a hypothesis that many players who were trained in an optimal environment suffer short term […]
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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 […]
Performance coach. Really?
/by Ian KingThe following is an extract from Ian King’s latest book ‘Barbells & Bullshit’ – due to be released later this month. 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 […]
Surely they can perform better than this!
/by Ian KingMany years ago I met a gentleman at a NSCA trade show who owned a major equipment distribution company in the industry, and who had a booth at the trade show. He seemed a genuine person. So recently when I learnt his company was distributing my material – just without my name on it and […]
There is no such thing as a functional exercise
/by Ian KingThere is no such thing as a functional exercise or training program. It’s time to put some perspective on the use of the word ‘functional’, which has become somewhat of ‘catch-cry’ since the start of the 21st century. I believe it has probably gone too far now, and too many reputations on based on it, […]
What is the future of an industry that condones this type of behavior?
/by Ian KingIn 1998 and 2000 I published the How to Write and How to Teach books. I then took some of the How to Write content and made it more user-friendly for the end user in Get Buffed! 1999. Most appreciated the contribution I made through these writings. They were based on my experiences and conclusions […]
Players turned coaches have a short memory
/by Ian KingAfter having watched a player I formerly trained in a team sport for many years become a coach and appear to err in the same over-training ways he would have complained about as a player under my guidance, I formed a hypothesis that many players who were trained in an optimal environment suffer short term […]