“I was always honest about my weak points. This helped me grow. I think it’s a key to success in everything: be honest, know where you’re weak; admit it.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger If you follow my training log over at the TTP Facebook group (and you should!) you’ll see the cornerstone of my training is done… [More…]
The “Best” Route to Swoleville?
“Knowledge without mileage equals bullshit.” — Henry Rollins The past week has provided for an interesting convergence of physical culture themes, punctuated by the resurgence of a few instances of the age-old “HIT vs old-school bodybuilding” debate. Actually, the debate has now mushroomed so as to include many other methodologies (CrossFit, Oly lifting, power lifting,… [More…]
A Walk Through the Five Ts: the Last Stop – Trademark
“Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.” – Will Durant The last stop in our walk along the circular Five T path is Trademark (or, if you prefer, basecamp). Essentially, this is knowing who you are, how you’re wired, and what you’re good at. Endomorph? Ectomorph? Mesomorph? Or (more likely) some… [More…]
Managing the Variables
“The height of cleverness is being able to conceal it.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld Ever wonder what the relationship is, in a practical sense, between systemic fatigue, workout-induced muscular failure, workout volume, and that oftentimes misinterpreted word, “intensity”? And, more to the point, what is the interplay between these factors and workout frequency? And… [More…]
Losing Your Religion
“The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.” – Henri Frederic Amiel It’s often said that diet is second only to religion insofar as each topic’s ability to generate heated debate among “believers” who will defend to the grave their sacred beliefs. The same phenomena is… [More…]
HIT, HIIT…or HIIRT?
“To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe The ARXFit Alpha providing this particular session’s HIIRT train caboose. Huh… Curious as to what the differences are between HIT,… [More…]
Say, That’s a Nice Lookin’ Tail…
All are lunatics, but he who can analyse his delusions is called a philosopher – Ambrose Bierce First, a little prospective… My Efficient Exercise clientele, widely speaking, consists of folks situated smack-dab in the bullseye for being the most susceptible to “diseases of affluence” — those maladies exacerbated (and, arguably, initially brought-on) by poor dietary choices and lack of proper… [More…]
Return-On-Investment; Time vs Goals
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. William Shakespeare Continuing with the Health vs Performance curve theme from last time out, we see that the weekly time investment requirement, relative to increased performance, increases exponentially. I know, I know — big shocker, right? But somehow, this basic tenant becomes…I don’t know…watered down? —… [More…]
Bodybuilding, Health and Athletic Development
Three diverse pursuits emanating from a single, overriding endeavor — weight training. I began dabbling with a Venn diagram to illustrate the association (or, rather, lack thereof) between the above-mentioned individual pursuits themselves, and quickly gave that up; the association being more along the lines of the interaction of blobs within a lava lamp (showing… [More…]
Venison Butchery and Sausage Making; One Hellova Birthday Present
Charcuterie: …from chair ‘flesh’ and cuit ‘cooked’) is the branch of cooking devoted to prepared meat products such as bacon, ham, sausage, terrines, galantines, pâtés, and confit, primarily from pork. Charcuterie is part of the garde manger chef‘s repertoire. Originally intended as a way to preserve meats before the advent of refrigeration, they are prepared… [More…]