Review: Super Squats. How to gain 30 pounds of muscle in 6 weeks

I have never been a fan of squats. Why? If I am going to be honest it is simply because they are hard. Front squat, back squat or overhead squat these are the exercises that you rarely see in the normal gym being performed because like so many of the gym users out there do not go to the gym to work HARD nor do they realise the importance of doing squats.

Ever since reading about the exploits of some of my friends in London CJ Lewis at CJS Fitness and his journey into strength where he raised his deadlift to over 350 pounds, I was taken astounded at what doing a bit of research and spending 40 to 50 mins, 3 days a week in the weights room what results I could gain. From all the information taht is out there on the internet and bodybuilding magazines, it is hard to really figure out what is good and what is bad and then t see if they could really help me to reach my goals. My measurable goals wer to be able to deadlift 2x bodyweight and squat my bodyweight

Reading "Super Squats" by Randall J Strossen, and putting into practice his idea where the lifter finds a back squat weight in which he can do 10 reps with ten with that same weight he does 20 reps each workout increasing the weight. I really thought that with a good technical base in Olympic weights that it would not be hard but hell was I wrong. After the first 10 reps I was already dead, the next five reps my veins were about to burst, the final five reps each time I thought that I would collapse under the squat rack. This workout is not for the shy nor for those that do not realise that to gain strength you need to lift weights. I think that has been lost as most people hate to work hard, we all want the results but without the hard work and do not realise that without the hard work, you will achieve very poor results. Strossen notes that the squat is the cornerstone of your efforts to get big and strong. McCallum (1968) says that lifting 150 percent of bodyweight is a good minimum figure for ayone serious about gaining strength. How many of us out there have thought about that? Very few I would imagine. I tghink it is important to add though that unlike the elite athlete who regularly goes to the weights room and has the technical foundation to lift heavy each time, evryone needs to be honest with themselves and do not set too big a goal, set your own goal but the idea being that you will lift heavy for 6 weeks.

The book includes finer points as well on motivation and discipline to work through the 6 weeks to reach your goal. Let me say I took in every word especially since on some days I did not want to train, I was scared to train hard or did not want to train hard, some days I wanted to just give up as I couldnt take the sheer energy needed to do these 20 reps but I stuck to it and I must say it works. The only point I would say is that these 6 weeks have been hard and anyone wanting to embark on this program should not be fooled that it is very hard but stick with it and the results are there. A wonderful book to read, it is short and simple and as Joe Roark from MUSCLESEARCH says ...."a jewel ....This book simply must be in your library.

Review: Never Let Go by Dan John

The past few days I have been reading Dan Johns "Never Let Go". Dan John for those of us not familiar wit the name is one of the better strength coaches around, with a Masters degree in history and religious education, works as Head Strength and Track and Field Coach at Juan Diego Catholic High School and has written hundreds of strength articles in magazines and journals.

Alwyn Cosgrove writes " there are few people in every profession who can be considered great at what they do and few who rise above greatness and approach legendary. In the fitness and conditioning world, Dan Jon is one of the greatest of all time. A true professional, and an expert in every sense of the world: Dan John is a legend in this field".

The Velocity Diet Experience, 5x5 variations, te Litvinov workout, the GAble workout Dan Jon book has it all and more. He sheds light on things like losing weight so many times people who get caught up in wanting to lose weight want to do it combined with preparing for an athletic or sporting event or say getting a project together at work. The think they can do all these things at the same time and make things work. He talks about the Velocity Diet in 28 days, how you will be able to lose the weight that you want. Is it achievable well, yes it is so may differnt diets out there so much time needed to do but Dan Jon comes up with this diet that simply works well that is if you can keep to 28 days of pure hardship. Dan talks about elite athletes who come to him wanting to increase their speed but who can barely bench press, deadlift or squat their own bodyweight even though they inundate themselves with so much information from the internet and books and magazines. It seems they are unable to categorize what information is good and what is not and in the end make no progress. Dan Jon breaks everything down in the simplest ways drawing from methods used in the old USSR and his tried and tested methods from thirty years of experience.

What are the six best exercises out there? For the general fitness enthusiast Dan asks how do you know your training is working, have you asked yourself if the exercises you are doing are having any carry over into your athletic goals and ever so often are you asking yourself, is this really helping you to reach your goals?

From what I have read from other reviews, it seems that the book is a collection of some of his articles he wrote in testosterone.net. I have never read testerone.net but will do so to see if I come over anymore of his gems that I may have missed in his book. I read this book in about 4 days I was totally immersed and didnt want to put it down from the moment I read from the Litinow method to having your own home gym there is nowhere else where you will find it so easy to understand information.

Luis Noguera subcampeon de esqui aquatico con los productos de Trigger Point Performance Therapy

Hace un mes ya vino a verme Luis Noguera el subcampeon de Espana en la esqui aquatico. Tenai viente y pocos anos pero vino con dolores de espalda y buscando una programa de estiramientos que podia utilizar pre y post entreanmiento para mejorar su flexibilidad y ayudarle a conseguir un rendimiento optimo.

Con lo poco tiempo tuvimos juntos ya que ibamos a tener solo este hora entre nosotros lo presento a la linea de productos del Trigger Point Performance Therapy y sobre todo el Grid. Luis dentro de unos dias iba a ir a Rusia para competir en el campeonato mundia de esqui aquatico 2011. Dentro de este hora lo ensene su utilizacion de modo correcto paraque podia utilizarlo en casa para automasaje y autoactivacion de los puntos de gatillo del dolor con su posterior alivio. Lo ensene como la utilizacion del Grid aporta el flujo de sangre y oxigeno a los tejidos musculares y ayudaria en su rapida recuperacion y regeneracion. Al final de la hora ya conseguimos nuestro prgrama de flexibilidad utilizando los productos de TPT.

Disfrutate de los fotos de Luis y sus companeros de esqui aquatico nos enviaron mostrando como utilizan el Grid como parte de su rutina de flexibilidad diario.

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