Easy Strength Quotes

“I do only three lifts, seven days a week: 40 one-arm kettlebell swings with 20 kg; 20 two-arm swings with 32 kg; and 20 one-arm snatches with 24 kg.”
― Dan John, Easy Strength

“Some people—especially Art DeVany, recently—argue that the deep stretch and rebound in the kettlebell clean make this lift a superior way to develop mass. In addition, at the start of the movement, all three functions of the biceps are easily noted in the basic kettlebell clean.”
― Dan John, Easy Strength

“Wendler recommends the back squat, the military press, the deadlift, and the bench press.”
― Dan John, Easy Strength

“bench press, the military press, the squat (all its variations), and the deadlift.”
― Dan John, Easy Strength

“Hard in training, easy in combat,” quipped great Russian military leader Alexander Suvorov.”
― Dan John, Easy Strength

“Slow Strength It is a long-established scientific fact that dynamic strength is built on a foundation of slow strength. If you want to jump high, you need to squat heavy first. No, this will not make you slow—at least, not until you become very strong.”
― Dan John, Easy Strength

“quivering like a schoolgirl. I highly recommend experimenting with this new variation, as it blows away the core activation of a normal plank. (In fact, I suggest you stop”
― Dan John, Easy Strength

“A rut is a grave with the ends kicked out.”
― Dan Johns, Easy Strength

“Simply put, we tend to repeat our errors. We want to be successful, so we increase our volume and intensity to make the big leap. But then we find ourselves hurt, injured, or sick. Of course, a week or so after the flu, we hit our season’s best mark. Next year, we do it again—train too hard, get hurt, then improve. By the third year… Well, now it is “Fool me twice, shame on me.”
― Dan Johns, Easy Strength

“because, well, in technical terms, I am an idiot.”
― Dan Johns, Easy Strength

“For all the luxuries available to today’s American children, in their nerdy bike helmets, I pity them.”
― Dan Johns, Easy Strength

“You must first reach a certain level in your own art before studying other arts. Too much looking around is not good as it becomes confusing. You must have a strong base of knowledge.”
― Dan Johns, Easy Strength

“he cannot afford to be so open-minded that his brains fall out.”
― Dan Johns, Easy Strength

“while a child can do or has the potential to do a lot of things, he cannot do any of them well.”
― Dan Johns, Easy Strength

“a strength athlete’s running should be as “hard core” as a runner’s “lifting.”
― Dan Johns, Easy Strength

“Block Periodization, by Vladimir Issurin, and Science of Sports Training, by Thomas Kurz.”
― Dan Johns, Easy Strength