A peek inside Paul’s mind:
Hey Chris,
I have a herniated disk in my back and want to start training my legs again (I took 6 months of to recover). What exercises can I do to blow up my legs without further injuring my back?
Holy hijack Batman!
Anyway, to answer your question:
Squats and milk brother, squats and milk.
If he adds nothing to the dialog but talk of shit analysis, then he contributed to the movement:
"[i]In my book, How To Eat, Move and Be Healthy! I offer you a comprehensive explanation as to what a good poop is and explain what each of the other poops mean with regard to your health. Just so you can recognize any of these vitality criminals should they find their way to your toilet, I’ll introduce them to you beginning from the left and moving right:
Mr. Sinker & Stinker, The Olympic Swimmer, The Bodybuilder, Pellet Poop Man, Diarrhella, The Streaker, and, The Poopie Policeman; he’s the Gold Standard and exemplifies a good health cop!"[/i]
Chek seems like a well-intentioned weird dude. He’s done some good for some people and looks way better than most at his age. That dumbbell tossing exercise looks like a bad idea for the vast majority of gym goers. The wrist-headbutting pull-ups have a high-concussion potential and I admire that. The balance-ball-bow-shaking exercise is classic Chek ridiculosity.
Let’s all agree that if we encountered someone in our gym performing that circuit it would make our day. I mean, come on.
[quote]Loose Tool wrote:
If he adds nothing to the dialog but talk of shit analysis, then he contributed to the movement:
"[i]In my book, How To Eat, Move and Be Healthy! I offer you a comprehensive explanation as to what a good poop is and explain what each of the other poops mean with regard to your health. Just so you can recognize any of these vitality criminals should they find their way to your toilet, I’ll introduce them to you beginning from the left and moving right:
Mr. Sinker & Stinker, The Olympic Swimmer, The Bodybuilder, Pellet Poop Man, Diarrhella, The Streaker, and, The Poopie Policeman; he’s the Gold Standard and exemplifies a good health cop!"[/i][/quote]
It’s strange, but I actually got a lot out of that article.
Most of the time though, I think Chek is full of it though.
[quote]Otep wrote:
It’s strange, but I actually got a lot out of that article.
Most of the time though, I think Chek is full of it though.[/quote]
That’s the problem - just about everything useful about strength training has been in print in some form or fashion for about 30 years. Ask people to come up with new articles, and, well, you get stuff like Chek’s.
I honestly think hes just being weird for the camera.
He is f*cking batshit crazy. But he works hard, and if you work hard, and have good genetics, and eat right, you will look good, even if your training doesn’t match the 4 sets of 8-12 rep paradigm that Bubba from the gym told you is the best way to get swole.
Oh, and remember to monitor your poop:
Paul goes out of his way to make people think he’s crazy. It allows him to portray himself as some kind of esoteric genius who everybody hates on because he’s ahead of his time. It’s a pretty effective strategy. Among other things, Chek refers to L. Ron Hubbard’s DIANETICS as an “excellent book.” Which is pretty much as far as you need to read to get an idea of just how this guy thinks.
[quote]belligerent wrote:
Paul goes out of his way to make people think he’s crazy. It allows him to portray himself as some kind of esoteric genius who everybody hates on because he’s ahead of his time. It’s a pretty effective strategy. Among other things, Chek refers to L. Ron Hubbard’s DIANETICS as an “excellent book.” Which is pretty much as far as you need to read to get an idea of just how this guy thinks.[/quote]
Mike Mentzer tried the “I’m so crazy I must be a genius and the world just hates me because I’m ahead of my time” route as well.