[quote]LoRez wrote:
I’m not quite sure what you’re so bent out of shape about.
What did I mean by “take care of our own”? I meant, when one of us has a question, we share what’s worked for us, and what we’ve learned up until now. Or, as I said before “parrot information, and share what’s helped for me.” And, often, a more experienced poster will step in and make corrections or addendums if something’s a little off.
Let me put this into context. I’m not some out of shape skinny fat guy who just decided to start lifting 3 months ago with a whole 3 months worth of knowledge and then starts dishing out bad advice on the interwebs. Nor am I some 15yo kid whose only knowledge of lifting is the broscience spouted at his high school gym.
I used to run competitively everything from the 400m, 800m, to 5ks. I dabbled in the 200m just to piss off the sprinters who thought they were hot shit, and to keep my name on the wall as one of the fastest 200m runners on the team for an non-sprinter. I trained hard, year round, and dabbled very briefly in the weight room at that time. Later, I moved into bodyweight training and various calisthenic work, doing sets of 100+ pushups multiple times a week.
For awhile I was averaging 1000 pushups a week. Next, I moved into heavier progressive bodyweight exercises - pistol squats, one arm pushups, etc. And I did some kettlebell work there for awhile. I also trained for some of the old-school strongmen lifts like the Jefferson Lift and the Bent Press. When I decided to get into lifting, I did Starting Strength for awhile, until I injured myself white water rafting. That injury, combined with life, combined with my first real episode of major depression, set me back for several months.
Hell, I even did yoga seriously for awhile.
I’ve also studied a fair amount of the classic writings on lifting, studying the progression of training techniques and philosophies over time. Alan Calvert, George Jowett, Stuart McRobert, Pavel Tsatsouline, Vince Gironda, even Mark Rippetoe. Some John McCallum, some Reg Park, some stuff by Steve Reeves. Obviously none of that makes me anywhere near an expert, but it does make me well read and generally knowledgeable about who said what, why they said it, what they mean by it. Enough that I can say “hey, this guy said something about that, how about you go take a look?”
In terms of my personal experience, I’m fairly new to barbell weight lifting. But I’m not new to a lot of the other aspects of training.
My explanation of the physics involved was accurate. Yes, I also said that what he was doing is dangerous. Has he hurt himself yet? Doesn’t sound like it. If he continued on working this way, there’s a higher chance of him hurting himself as he moves into heavier weights, as compared to if he makes a few form adjustments. Will he hurt himself? Maybe not.
We’re dealing with probability of injury, and purely from a physics and biomechanics standpoint, what he’s doing is more likely to cause an eventual injury, especially as form deteriorates under heavier weights, than if he had improved his form to begin with.
I’ve known people who can drive better drunk, than most people do sober. But that doesn’t mean I’ll ever say it’s not “dangerous”. Some people have adapted to movements using very bad form, and have built up the appropriate musculature and tendon/ligament/bone strength to handle it. But that doesn’t mean I’ll say it’s a safe way to do things.
As far as my medical background, my girlfriend is on her final 6 months of her residency, and I’ve helped her with her studies since med school. That doesn’t make me as qualified as a doctor when talking about physiology or biomechanics, but it makes me more knowledgeable than many people.
If you really have a specific point to nitpick, we can discuss that.
But in the end, this is the internet. Those who think what I have to say has some merit, they’ll listen to me. Those who don’t will just ignore me.[/quote]
Hmm… get your panties in a bunch much?
In reality, I could really care less about all this. The fact is I came across some “off” advice . And I half joking added a video. I broke my own rule regarding staying out of all the drama B.S.
Obviously, you have a education in the medical field and have studied some kinesiology.
But my point remains…from what you have said If i wanted to get faster in certain track events then yeah, Id probably hit you up for advice.
Your going to find …(This is me actual being sincere.) As pointed out that its great you have a passion for this and wanting to help others as long as that your true motivation… Understand there are so many people whom do it for some strange ego stroking. So understand your going to run into the fact people will question your motives. Problem is most people are going to feel that you haven’t yet to actually paid your dues. Again you could have a Masters degree in exercise science but people would still kinda overlook you . Too be brutally honest ( not being a prick here) but your going to actually need to get some “street cred”. Either by reaching a certain level of strength or development. By actually competing in a actual related competition. Or working hands on and coaching others and getting then to a certain level. Is it fair? nope. Is it a hard reality…yes. Especially on a site like this which still has a slight hard core mentality.
That’s my 2 cents…
