That’s one of those weird things isn’t it? Like people will take bullshit advice from some dude with abs, or technique/programming advice from some big dude, when they may not know what the fuck they’re talking about. If you didn’t know who boris schieko was and he gave you advice on squatting you’d probably ignore it, well not you in particular but you know what i mean. It blows my mind when @T3hPwnisher @MarkKO @flipcollar etc. Give people arvice and they ignore it blatantly. Crazy world we live in
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I find myself in august company there @kleinhound although TBH I would not think I’m too close to that level of knowledge or expertise yet.
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Yeah bit that normally involves hard work and takes more than 3 months… Ain’t nobody got time for that
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I’m looking for that insta fix brooooooooo
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I workout in a regular commercial gym right now. Old people, some general fitness guys and some people actually trying to gain strength/ muscle.
I have had people on several occasions during my training come to me and say things like "well that can’t be healthy… Aren’t you worried about your health?.. This looks dangerous… "
Especially when doing something like log lifts.
It annoys me very much. I mean does this look like I am working on improving my health? It is called strongman and I am aware of the risks. Why do you think it is appropriate to make such comments?
I smile it off and say something like “I am not doing this for my health”.
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Confession: I just whacked myself on the head with the fucking bar. Doing a conditioning complex, transitioning from push press to back squat. How retarded is that?
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Gotta love life’s self appointed safety monitors. The same people screaming “That’s dangerous!” are the same folks texting and driving, smoking, drinking, engaging in recreational drug use, not employing anti-slip mats in the shower, speeding/not coming to full stops, etc etc.
Whenever I get someone who decides to be a super helpful citizen and inform me that what I’m doing is bad for me, I tell them that nothing I do is healthy.
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Guilty.
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Me too. I live dangerously, haha.
I hate it when busybodies who haven’t exercised since highschool PE hit me with nonsense. Had a tub of guts at work mention lifting is bad for your joints. My answer: “Yes being active in any way involves risk. But it’s safer than being fat and diabetic.”
Another normal response is: “So you’re saying I’m going to die? Thanks for the heads up.”
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“On a long enough timeline the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.”
For @thatguyagain who hit his head on the barbell, I did that a month ago on a safety squat bar, so at least it was padded. I wasn’t tired from a complex or anything though, my coordination just completely failed me trying to step under a bar.
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The roundtable articles were my first thought. They’re a few years old, but pretty much every big topic’s been covered, I think. Bodypart splits, fasted cardio, carb intake, etc.
I think the general problem they ran into with those types of articles was mainly logistics. Getting input from 2, 3, 4 different coaches and then organizing them so they made sense. Nowadays, podcasts are an easier way to tackle that. You can get a few different coaches talking things over in real-time.
The other thing is that, really, top coaches only “disagree” on minutiae and agree on the overwhelming majority of principles. The only topics that could really be debated would be extremes or specific-case scenarios. Like, I guess Wendler and Rusin could debate the necessity of the big three or Paul Carter and Joel Seedman debate squat depth, but there aren’t really a ton of broad topics that experienced coaches** will disagree over.
** - Coaches who are still wet behind the ears tend to see things more black and white/right and wrong, and are more prone to vehemently defending their positions regardless of accuracy.
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Confession: Sometimes I swallow almonds whole, expecting them to make me feel more full. I’m not actually sure it helps, but it makes sense in my brain.
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Savage.
… I have read this 5 times now and it doesn’t get any less stunning lol
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I mean, like, not in the shell. I’m not an animal. They’re not any bigger than a fish oil pill.
Yeah that makes a lot of sense, fair enough
…does Tnation have podcasts?..
Not anymore. Years and years ago, around '05/'06ish, Shugart did some short audio-only interviews/essentially brief podcasts called the Double Tap (asking just two questions at time. Get it?) with a dozen or so different coaches.They were lost to the ether before the forum change-over and are even longer gone after.
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