A Must Read

I have mentioned to you about a person named Arthur Jones, and how everything that I work with now has evolved from his ideas.  He went against the grain, examined things logically and scientifically.  Encouraged us to use our God given brains, and would always call out the likes of Arnold and the Weider boys.

I love the guy.

I actually believe that he was 100 % right in his thoughts, but always limited himself to his machines.  He was, afterall, the inventor of Nautilus.

I have just taken his thoughts and really tweaked them.  I do believe that although he was innovative, he was also somewhat narrow minded in his thinking.

I believe that by implementing a wide array of apparatus, and training with abstract methods (chains, bands, slider boards) as well as machines, barbells, and dumbbells, it is a far more complete situation.  I train with everything.  You know that by now.

Seated calf machine...has a place
Chain flyes... have a place
Deadlift... has a place.

And so on.

But the one word that makes my skin crawl is...... EXPLODE. 
 
All of the so-called athletic movements and methods, to me, are just ways to convince athletes that they are different.  I never found any performance increases that came from doing these with my athletes. The athletes who really believed in me knew I would not use them.  Many I couldn't convince.  I would just walk away when they would start with their hang cleans, and push presses. 

Just did some reading to refresh myself. 

Go to ......arthurjonesexercise.com 
Then to Research and Books
Then Explosive Exercises in Sports Training
Do lots of reading 

The amount of athletes, old and young, who are damaging themselves with the high risk, high velocity movements is staggering.

Read some of these thoughts from the website that I have suggested.

Here's one to think about.  If Olympic Lifting produced better hockey players, then the NHL should be filled with Olympic Weightlifting medalists. 

I just have to laugh when I watch the sport drink commercial showing Sidney Crosby doing his Cleans with either 35's or 45's, I can't quite tell. 

C'mon Man.