Sorry for the lack of posts lately.
Here’s a little something to tide you over.
Believe it or not, I’m actually going to link to a t-nation article.
(Something inside of me just died).
While the guys at t-nation catch a lot of flack (and deservedly so), occasionally they do good.
Like when they run articles by Dan John.
Today’s article was especially good and I recommend you read it now.
Soak up the wisdom of the article and do your best to shield your eyes from the ridiculous bodybuilder photos.
Oh and one more thing: Enjoy the holiday weekend.
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Outstanding article! Dan John is the MAN, hands down. Not only does he know what he’s talking about, his writing and ability to get it across to the layman is what impresses me the most.
Matt, I really like the information that you have on your site. We are kindred spirits my friend … From one Dinosaur to another
That was, actually, a good article. Yea, T-Nation has some good stuff (and yes, I do read it at times), but they are full of old routines and old science repackaged as new routines and science. I remember reading an article about a year ago on T-Nation on the correct way to train based on neural fatigue-It was “new science” the aurthor recently deducted from graduate school. The funny thing was, I remember hearing almost the same stuff in a (get this) Muscle & Fitness video (Ed Coan was talking) back in 1993. I guess the porno and steroid loaded bodybuilder pictures makes it “new.” Anyway, sorry about the rant. Good job picking a good article.
Hm….nice ideas presented in the article (do what works for you, don’t get caught up in the new fads and stuff), but what he wrote at the end kinda shocked me. He said something to the effect of “Don’t come and ask me questions if you haven’t passed out, hurled or fallen to your knees at least once this week in the gym.” I understand you want to have an intense workout and always give it your all, but, in my opinion (and I’m not a workout expert so I could be dead wrong), you should know your limits. It’s good to workout really hard and be sore and tired the next day, but when you go so hard that you pass out or hurl, your body is sending you a message that you are working it too hard and it can’t keep up.
Actually, he said “Don’t ask me questions about OVERTRAINING unless you’ve passed out, hurled or fallen to your knees at least once this week in the gym.”
His point being that most of the guys asking about overtraining don’t work out anywhere near hard enough to be even close to regular training… much less overtraining.
And I don’t think every word of the article was meant to be taken quite so literally.
Good article Matt! I read this one earlier this week. T-nation definitely appeals to more of the “bodybuilder” types, but there’s a ton of great info on there from time to time and if you read the write authors. Especially people like Eric Cressey, Mike Robertson, and others like Dan John.
Keep the great info coming!
Brandon
HardgainerMuscleBuilding.com