Comments on: You Already Knew That

By: jasonferruggia

jasonferruggia — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:58:53 +0000

Thank you all so much for the comments. Keep them coming

@ Claudia- Yes, you got it. And we are considering doing that soon.

@ Andrew- No thoughts yet. Haven’t really tested it out.

@ Vince- Twice would be good.

@ Byron and Josh- Great posts!

By: Byron C

Byron C — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:22:12 +0000

Coach Fagan, I laughed my ass off at your post, mostly because it is so true and the fact I have a similar conversation at least once every week. These lazy sloths are not willing to work for anything. I usually end up frustrated and tell them to go hit an intense set of chest flyes and get the fck out of my way!

By: Josh Fagan

Josh Fagan — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:27:21 +0000

No kidding!
I had high school buddies all ove me over break and at my 10-year reunion. “How do I look more atheltic?” – as they sip their 5th beer. “I want to look like Cushing” – you gotta be kidding me.
Do you do anything in your life…Have you ever done anything as intense as Cushing trains every day? Do you do anything he does on a regular basis? Ever?
Ok. Sorry, start with basic compound lifts, squats, deadlifts, Rows, Chinups, Pushes. With his 175 lbs skinny-fat frame he looks at me with the Who-Farted look and says “C’mon man, I’m not a Noob. I need some new stuff dude, I’m past that. ”

Me with both hands up – “Done!”.

PS – nice common sense test…I should forward this post to my athletes.

- Coach Fagan

By: Byron C

Byron C — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:13:37 +0000

At 51 years of age and 225 and much to the displeasure of all the doctors I routinely squat (in the 400′s), deadlift,(in the 500′s) light power cleans due to 2 completely fcked up wrists from 20 yrs of boxing,rugby and such. Never EVER had knee problems,lower back problems whatsoever yet my doctor tells me I should be doing leg ext. instead which are murder for the knees. What a douche. Jason you are the man and there is no fcking thing called a fitness studio!

By: Kelly M

Kelly M — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:29:47 +0000

This is called a kettlebell windmill, for the obliques. Still looks bad to me, but what do I know. I just know I can find better ways to work obliques.

By: Kelly M

Kelly M — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:21:10 +0000

A bit off topic. Jason, what exactly is the woman in the picture doing? I have seen many people use really bad form with kettlebells, but I have no idea if what she is doing, is a good or bad thing. To me, it looks bad, mostly because she looks to be in a terrible position to do ANY rotation of the trunk, with resistance in her hand, like that. But honestly, I don’t know anything about kettlebell work.

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By: vince

vince — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:38:35 +0000

Train three days per week with an upper body pull, an upper body push and squat or deadlift variation. Finish up each workout with a few sets of curls or shrugs and you’re done.
Jason, just wondering if squatting or deadlifting 3 times a week would be too much for me (a hardgainer) – could I drop it to twice a week ?
Tks…

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:33:12 +0000

But they’re really large soup cans.

By: deb roby

deb roby — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:59:12 +0000

(laughs) Deadlifts are hard and hurt his wittle back. Which is why I do them every week and lift 1.5x my body weight (at 57… ).

Loved the quiz. Yes we DO know the right answers even if we don’t always DO the right answers.