Barbells and Bullshit: Challenging your thinking!

by Ian King

Futurists describe human response to a new idea as an over‐reaction in the short term and an under‐reaction in the long term. So a new idea comes up, like say the Swiss ball and everybody jumps on it, they’re having breakfast on it, they’re having dinner on it, they’re having lunch on it, they are sleeping on it and then they realize that wasn't necessary so they lose interest in. There is a happy medium.2

‘Little leopards grow into big leopards and big leopards kill.’

Lyn Jones the director of USA Weightlifting has often been quoted as saying that sports scientists are really more like sports historians. Sports scientists are often researching what coaches have been doing for years ‐ current research is more on sports training history than current programs ‐ researchers are often trying to validate (or invalidate) what most coaches are already doing.13

…excellent saying I once heard Loren Seagrave (US sprint coach) say: “You should know the rules before you break them.

Here are my concerns with building big biceps: • Powerlifters are more likely to tear them in deadlifting. • Weightlifters struggle to catch the bar on their shoulders in the front squat/clean recovery position. • Athletes get distracted from effective strength training by building big upper arms. Instead of developing appropriate power they develop irrelevant each muscles. • All the above potentially lead to performance decrement and increased injury potential.

Solution: Find out what caused the excessive body fat and goal set the reverse of this.