THE big questions in the world of strength and conditioning: the efficacy of utilizing explosive movements in the pursuit of athletic betterment, calories vs “content” vis-à-vis weight gain/weight loss, the single vs multiple set debate…; now if it weren’t for pressing issues like these, exactly what, pray tell, would we Physical Culturalists have to argue… [More…]
Another Take on the Body By Science Methodology
“I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through. Listen to this music.” – Hafiz I’ve posted previously (here, here, here and here – all complete with plenty of fantastic TTP reader input and comments), my thoughts on Dr. Doug McGuff’s Body By Science methodology. Today I’d like to offer another… [More…]
Priming the CNS “Pump” for Maximum Fast-Twitch Fiber Activation
“We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were, for the moment, unpopular.” – Edward R. Murrow Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and the Murphy Strength and… [More…]