“American government is a deviant subculture. Its leaders stand on soapboxes and polarize the public by pointing fingers while secretly doing the bidding of special interests. Many public employees plod through life with their noses in rule books, indifferent to the actual needs of the public and unaccountable to anyone. The professionals who interact with… [More…]
The Efficient Exercise Method
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, continued, and dishonest – but the myth – persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.” – John F. Kennedy Resistance-exercise-based High Intensity Interval Training — it’s the Efficient Exercise bedrock training philosophy. It also constitutes the underpinning of my own personal training regimen. Properly programmed… [More…]
Where to Start?
A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. John Steinbeck Photo credit My good friend Andrew Badenoch, of 77Zero.org can certainly attest to this notion. To be prepared is one thing; to think that you have ultimate control? Heh, this makes the Gods of chance and… [More…]
1/18/10, Strength-Endurance Emphasis – and a Cool Power Calculator
This was a hell of a lead-in to a new 50+ hour work week – a real ass-kicker. My intent is to front-load this week in anticipation of a following week’s worth of not working-out at all – unless you count moving heavy furniture and appliances a workout. Another one for the “simple in design,… [More…]
12/21/09, Speed-Strength Emphasis
Before I delve into today’s workout, I’d like to share what I saw last night at my local Barnes and Nobel store. I enjoy, from time to time, perusing the diet and fitness section of B&N just to get a feel for what the rest of the world is fixated on. Hey, some people get… [More…]
Marv Marinovich – Off His Friggin’ Rocker…or Genius?
“Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.” – Albert Einstein A while back, I wrote about Todd Marinovich – Marv Marinovich’s son (and a psychological case-study in sports parenting); I certainly… [More…]
An Interview with John Makey of Whole Foods
“He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.” – George Savile Halifax I realize I’m a bit late to the game with this, but it is intentional, as I like to let things of this nature stew for a bit – my take being that… [More…]
12/1/09, Ushering-in December, in Style
After a few days away from work and some impromptu bodyweight workouts to bust-up the traveling-induced body-fog, it was back to business as usual (aka, the work-a-day grind). Up a 4:30 AM, in the gym and busting it out at 6:20 AM. GHR: 50 x 5; 55 x 3, 4; 60 x 2 (55 x… [More…]
11/28/09, A Little Something to Get the Blood Pumping
Not much to this intra-holiday, impromptu workout; just wanted to get out and move around a bit, shake out the “traveling” legs. It happened to be rather cold out, so I lengthened the sprints up to 200 meters. As the sprints took place on asphalt, I was forced to wear my Nike Frees. Not exactly… [More…]
More MetCon Musings
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln The Scribblings of a madman A little insight into how I develop some of my ideas; tease the few, substantial and practical take-away messages out of the bombardment of daily information. Metaphorically, I think… [More…]