It could be that he wants the names and addresses of everyone who can afford his product as he is going to sell them something else and knows that they have the money…But then that’s another topic altogether…
I never thought of this, but it sounds like a good way to make money. [/quote]
Yea, most people just think that the company that practices this type of pricing is just being greedy or unrealistic. But there are all sorts of good economic reasons to market a product like this at a very high price.
Hey…why don’t you and I get together and write a book and we can…um forget it…sounds like work.
[quote]gottatrain wrote:
I have Matt Furey’s book. After years and years of performing any and all various forms of squats, I don’t think I’ve ever experienced such intense, DEEP muscle pain as that which is elicited from hindu squats…plus they get your heart pounding. I love them, and I still incorporate them into my training when there is an opportunity, particularly in a hotel room when I’m traveling. At one point, I was up to 45 min. straight. Hindus will bring the biggest, baddest mofo to their knees…no pun intended. [/quote]
I don’t think you’ve tried sprinting or jump squats. They’re better, and safer. Hindu squats kind of suck. They’re a neat variation, but shit, when would you actually be positioned like that in a real sport? I can only see it as helpful as an ‘imperfect training’ where you purposefully try to kill your knee joints so they might recover.
As for bashing Pavel everyone, I know some of you don’t like him, but you can’t really put him on the level of Kubik, or even worse, Furey. Pavel has never been BW only, he wrote PttP as an adjunct to other stuff and said it’s for when you can’t access weights.
He’s an advocate of heavy barbell pressing, deadlifting, and weighted squats. Even with 1-legged squats he says you can do them with weights (of course, it would be kettlbells…) once you’re strong enough. That is NOT Furey at all. The stuff is also much more fairly priced, and since he writes theory a lot in the books, it’s not just badly printed ripoffs of exercises. I think he makes more money from selling tapes, KBs and Pavelizers.
Kubik is better than Furey too, because he still advocates weightlifting, and doesn’t show 20-year old pictures of himself from when he used to lift weights and say he got it from Hindu squats. As overpriced as Kubik’s stuff is, I still think it’s actually got some decent honest ideas and is still less than Furey’s BS. Plus he’s not fat.
Kubik is saying that nowerdays bw training is the mecca and gives you magical powers if you get his newsletter (I get his AND Furey’s just for laughs…)
I’ve purchased this course and can say without a doubt that it’s worth every penny.
It’s not just the exercises that you’re getting here.
Mr. Kubik teaches a way to train that can put any exercise program on “steroids”.
Like the strongmen of old, Sandow, Maxick, etc. he puts an emphasis on the mind’s role in strength training… and just how much of a difference it can make.
Speaking as a man with budding careers in both the Marine Corp. and law enforcement, I can say that this is exactly the breath of fresh air that physical culture needs.
Let it be known, this manual is well worth the price.
Reasons to avoid buying Kubik’s books:
First and foremost, Kubik is a freaking lawyer!
Kubik would probably have an impressive physique regardless of the program
Kubik is a hypocrite: case in point–I remember reading something from Kubik either in Hargainer or his Dinosaur Files about how pissed he was when he finally met two of his heroes: Mike Mentzer and Danny Padilla. He mentioned something to the effect that these guys were assholes in person, didn’t train as hard as they claimed, and wanted him to “buy their overpriced books”. Sound familiar Brooks?
[quote]ishootrifles wrote:
I’ve purchased this course and can say without a doubt that it’s worth every penny.
It’s not just the exercises that you’re getting here.
Mr. Kubik teaches a way to train that can put any exercise program on “steroids”.[/quote]
So it would work with weight training?
How is that more effective than putting the same type of “mind” power into weight training?
[quote]Speaking as a man with budding careers in both the Marine Corp. and law enforcement, I can say that this is exactly the breath of fresh air that physical culture needs.
Let it be known, this manual is well worth the price. [/quote]
Still doesn’t seem like anything special to me (for the price).
If you know the principles of periodization, exercise selection, rep/set/rest schemes, etc. the need for guru’s significantly diminishes. Invest in products from actual experts that teach you program design. Hell, the rest is just creativity, experience and understanding that since we are all individuals, we all respond differently to training.
Bompa’s periodization ‘treasure chest’ is cheap as shit on Amazon used (periodization for sports is also only 30 bucks new). If you’re willing to spend hundreds on a single publication or course, Poliquin has his theory manual and Chek has Program Design and Advanced Program Design for a couple hundred each. The NASM, ISSA, ACE, etc. all have manuals that outline the basics of program design for similar price points. Siff has similar publications, college texts are another way to go.
Earlier in this thread, it has been shown that some packages were upwards of five and six hundred dollars. For this amount, you can purchase something from each of these leaders and institutions and get a very good understanding of theory from multiple perspectives.
Remember, if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day,but if you teach him to fish…er…you’re out another customer…shit, no wonder I never made it in the industry.
[quote]spurlock wrote:
From a different perspective:
Why not learn the theory behind this subject?
If you know the principles of periodization, exercise selection, rep/set/rest schemes, etc. the need for guru’s significantly diminishes. Invest in products from actual experts that teach you program design. Hell, the rest is just creativity, experience and understanding that since we are all individuals, we all respond differently to training.
Bompa’s periodization ‘treasure chest’ is cheap as shit on Amazon used (periodization for sports is also only 30 bucks new). If you’re willing to spend hundreds on a single publication or course, Poliquin has his theory manual and Chek has Program Design and Advanced Program Design for a couple hundred each. The NASM, ISSA, ACE, etc. all have manuals that outline the basics of program design for similar price points. Siff has similar publications, college texts are another way to go.
Earlier in this thread, it has been shown that some packages were upwards of five and six hundred dollars. For this amount, you can purchase something from each of these leaders and institutions and get a very good understanding of theory from multiple perspectives.
Remember, if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day,but if you teach him to fish…er…you’re out another customer…shit, no wonder I never made it in the industry.[/quote]
At last…a man who thinks for himself
and does not need guru’s and yogi’s.
I see you’re from Montana, any chance
you got Dutch ancestors ?
Your thinking is absolutely Dutch !
