Lyle McDonald's Books- Everything I've stolen in the area of nutrition. If I've told you how to lose weight... it was from here... if you've got advice on bulking up... also here... if you are seriously interested in nutrtion and sports performance... don't talk to me unless you own them.
Dan John's 3 DVD set- (Something I won't get a cut of... but Dan, when I'm in Utah... you buy the beer... even if I have to wait an hour for my next one) The set includes Everything's over my head, From the ground up and Carried Away. If you are interested in lifting you should buy it. Just about everything I know and teach with regards to Oly Lifting was stolen from these... I bought them and still watch them.
Iron Woody Bands- These are the bands we use. I don't think they are better or worse than other bands but I can tell you I still have the original bands I bought years and years ago so they've stood the test of time.
Had a long day today. So this won’t be a long post…but I want anyone who had a question that they posted that I didn’t answer to post it here in the comments section…or if you have stuff that you want to see…post that as well.
Damian has put a blog together for all the rowing geeks out there.
Just for those that wonder why so many people want to punch my head in during testing.
Just in case you missed it…he got 9.
The Red Dragon did his rowing test tonight:
194, 177, 168, 162, 156, 161 for a 1020 metre total…not bad…not good enough to beat me…but not bad all the same.
He tested tonight and his results were as follows:
Weight – 108.8kg
Height – 196cm
Bench – 110kg
Pull Ups – 11reps
Push Ups – 48reps
Inverted Rows – 30reps
Squats (100kg) – 15reps (I stop the test at 15reps)
Trap Bar Deadlift – 220kgs
I know the forms not great…Fergus knew his form wasn’t great…get over it…we don’t train like that…but in testing I just want to see it get up.
As I explained to him early this month he’s in danger of looking and performing like an athlete.
I’m going to leave the rest of the stuff I was going to post till another day…I want Fergus to actually tell people a bit about how he found his program. What he liked and what he hated and I also want to know how he thought he was going to get on in his testing tonight.
I’m glad that he did really well because he turned up…did what he was told…and did it the way he was told to do it…he doesn’t only hear what I tell him but he actually listens….which makes my job sooo much easier. Aside from the fact that he is the worst DJ in the gym he’s been a real asset.
If you think this thread has turned into bit of a ‘love in’ let me give you an idea of how things usually work…Hugh and I were discussing Goose’s results. I was saying how impressed I was with his Pull Ups…I said ‘I am not really one for giving….’ as I paused to look for the right word Hugh jumped in to help me out and said ‘Encouragement, praise, incentive, reassurance, help…’ before he could continue I managed to say…’…easy reps in testing’.
These are Gus’s rowing times from 4 weeks ago listed first with his times from yesterday listed second. I’m not even going to bother adding them up…you can see he has torn time out of all his splits. He’s trained well this last month and I think you can see the fruits of his labour here. Well done Gus.
200m – 41.6 vs 35.8 400m – 1:20.4 vs 1:16.7 600m – 2:12.2 vs 2:02.0 800m – 2:58.5 vs 2:50.6 1000m – 3:52.2 vs 3:36.3 200m – 47.8 vs 38.4 400m – 1:28.9 vs 1:23.0 600m – 2:17.3 vs 2:08.1 800m – 2.58.7 vs 2:54.1 1000m – 4:03.6 vs 3:40.2 800m – 3:13.9 vs 2:50.8 600m – 2.27.0 vs 2:07.5 400m – 1.21.8 vs 1:21.4 200m – 45.2 vs 35.8
