Eliminating The Non-Essentials
"One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity" - Bruce Lee I'm sure this concept can be applied to many things in life, but in my experience regarding training this is an essential key to obtaining results. To do this, you must strip away the non-essentials and do what produces the fastest results possible. To learn something fast and get the most benefit from your time investment you need to: A). De-construct, B). Streamline, and C). Remap (I stole this concept from life hacker Tim Ferriss, the author ...
Caution – Training at the USI can be habit forming
It’s true. In a little over 2 months the daily schedule at the USI has gotten quite full. On any given day we’re training 9 people. These are people from all walks of life; new mothers, business owners, police officers, students and computer geeks turned meathead (myself). They all have found time in their ‘busy’ schedules to invest in their health and train with us. How did they do it, how on earth did they find the time to work out? Research shows that it takes 21 days to develop a habit - consider that a normal training split is ...
Your 2 Cents Are Worthless
The other day I got a question from a jiu-jitsu practioner/competitor regarding kettle bells. Apparently he had read an article where some guy proclaimed that the best training for an MMA athlete was kettle bells. In all fairness, I don’t know who this person is -- I believe he said he was a personal trainer or strength coach. So, he asked me what my thoughts were... Anyone that claims that any one thing is the best thing for training is probably one of the biggest indicators that they have no clue. The kettle bell is just a tool. It’s a ...
Observations From The Trenches
There are many things that can only be learned through practical application. Continued education through reading and by attending seminars is a must in my industry, but nothing comes close to real world "in the trenches" time spent in the weight room. To me, this is a science lab and I am a scientist. We have the luxury at USI of testing every training method and every assumption to make sure the training effect actually produces real results, or just pseudo results on paper. That's something that a book or seminar will never teach you. We also take this same ...
Disregarding Reps and Tempo: Timed Sets
People have a hard time counting reps and simultaneously keeping a tempo that puts them under a tension time. Everyone's interpretation of a second seems to be different. One simple and very effective way around this is to simply prescribe timed sets. This way nothing has to be counted, you merely have to focus on what you're doing. Just like most things, this isn't a solution for everything. Prescribing tempo lifts do change things and often times are very critical. For instance, if someone was performing a barbell bench press with a tempo of 3-seconds to lower the bar (the ...
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Eliminating The Non-Essentials
“One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity” - Bruce Lee I’m sure this concept can be applied to many things in life, but in my experience regarding training this is an essential key to obtaining results. To do this, you must strip away... [Read more of this review]
Caution – Training at the USI can be habit forming
It’s true. In a little over 2 months the daily schedule at the USI has gotten quite full. On any given day we’re training 9 people. These are people from all walks of life; new mothers, business owners, police officers, students and computer geeks turned meathead (myself). They all have found time in their ‘busy’ schedules to invest in their... [Read more of this review]
Your 2 Cents Are Worthless
The other day I got a question from a jiu-jitsu practioner/competitor regarding kettle bells. Apparently he had read an article where some guy proclaimed that the best training for an MMA athlete was kettle bells. In all fairness, I don’t know who this person is — I believe he said he was a personal trainer or strength coach. So, he asked me... [Read more of this review]
Observations From The Trenches
There are many things that can only be learned through practical application. Continued education through reading and by attending seminars is a must in my industry, but nothing comes close to real world “in the trenches” time spent in the weight room. To me, this is a science lab and I am a scientist. We have the luxury at USI of testing... [Read more of this review]
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