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A Rant by Jon Hinds:
In real life, we move our whole bodies almost 100% of the time. In sports, in martial arts, when climbing stairs or picking up kids or shoveling snow – we use our arms, our legs, our backs, our stomach muscles all together. Then why do 99% of all people who exercise, train their muscles in isolation instead of using functional fitness?
What good is it to be able to bench 300 pounds with your back supported and your legs unengaged? Who cares if you can leg press the rack? These activities only train you to do… these activities! In the real world, you have to use your full body to get things done. If you only train isolated muscles on machines, you’re setting yourself up for imbalances and injuries.
Just look at all the power lifters at the gym who can’t pick up a comb without a weight belt on.
I think “the Matrix” is true for life and the fitness industry, otherwise why would so many do what is obviously so un-natural?
98% of all people who workout train purely for aesthetics and not for function. Here’s why: they’re getting their advice… …continue reading.
You have all read it and heard it before:
You need two grams of protein per pound of bodyweight a day.
You need a super fast acting post workout shake.
You need to take supplements to get big and strong.
You can’t get stronger while dieting.
You can’t do conditioning or cardio if you want to get bigger and stronger.
These are all nonsensical myths that people want you to believe. If you do believe this stuff, it will actually be true. That’s how the mind works. What you believe becomes your reality. I don’t believe any of that stuff and thus it doesn’t affect me or the hundreds of people I have trained over the last 13 years.
You don’t need super high protein diets. It is a waste of your time and money to try to consume anything more than one gram per pound of bodyweight a day. The only time you would even need that much is if your carbs are extremely low. If you don’t believe me, try it for yourself. Cut out all your protein shakes and just eat food. Your protein will drop by at least 25% but I would be willing to bet… …continue reading.
Thanks so much to everyone for all the positive responses to yesterdays post. I will try to share more of them this week but here is one that I thought you might find interesting:
Jason- so you think all the research about post-workout nutrition is fabricated. Awful lot of evidence out there for over twenty years. Not sure where this idea is leading.
Do you think most people get enough essential fat? The fish oil thing is fabricated
also? Lots of studies.
How about glucosamine, again a lot of evidence. It seems to have stood the test of
time.
Is there an underlying thought process here?
Thanks
Michael
Mike,
It’s all BS. I am lucky enough to know tons of the biggest and strongest guys in the
world. I have trained tons of athletes who were inhumanly big and strong and fast. Not to sound cocky, but I, myself am fairly strong and fast and routinely outlift people who outweigh me by 50lbs or more. No one believes in that crap. And if they did use all that garbage do you think that they would actually be bigger or stronger? Of course not. Post workout nutrition is… …continue reading.
Jason,
Thanks for finally speaking out! I wish more people would realize the points you made in the e-mail. I had a couple of quick questions:
1. I drink chocolate milk PWO (use low-fat milk then add in Hershey’s syrup). Is it OK to add in a scoop of unflavored whey to the drink?
2. I recently ordered your Tap Out e-book set (LOVE IT!). I’m strapped for cash at the moment due to having my wisdom teeth removed…do you have any cost-effective ways of making blast straps to use for the scarecrow and blast strap push-ups?
Thanks and looking forward to the new book.
-Dan Johnson
Dan,
Glad you liked it. Yes, you can add some unflavored whey to the drink.
You can do some of the blast strap exercises just by getting two long pieces of chain and looping them around a bar. Fasten the ends with some kind of clip or karabiner and then just put a small hand towel around the chain and grab it. This will work for inverted rows, pushups and scarecrows.
Jason,
I believe what you say in this E-mail. When I was in U.S. Marine Corps boot camp, I put on… …continue reading.
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