1 “Oh no he didn’t” moment of the net
If you haven’t seen the Boyle “Death to Squats” video, check it out.
1 insanely awesome guy has a new blog
I got to know Roger a little bit on the Flzine forums. He is without a doubt my go to guy for all things 90′s nostalgia and likely to write great things on training and more. He put up a recent article on time management. Check him out and add him to the rounds.
1 other guy gets a new blog
Tony Gentilcore left his old blog, no longer sponsored by Reebok, for his very own domain now. Tony is nothing if not entertaining and always providing good warm-ups and training tips.
A few reviews of Body By Eats + 1 Interview
Kevin Larrabee
Brian St. Pierre
Skwigg’s Blog
LiveWell360 Interview (former client)
1 update about Body By Eats
I am going to re-launch in a week or with options to just buy the book and more.
We have also been chatting inside the members site and come up with some great ideas and solutions for those who want to be involved. So far we have figured out price, going to do a transformation contest pre-christmas, and have even more ideas brewing.
You will only be able to join the site one more time before the relaunch of FLTS where all the big changes are going to happen. So if you were on the fence before keep that in mind. List is still up for early notice here.
1 karaoke singer I can’t get enough of
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dang, I haven’t done regular squats in…. over a year at least! just one-legged splits/leg presses for me… and deadlifts, of course.. easier on the back all the way.
“I will give you plankton” LOL!!
Leigh can we get your take on the squat issue? I think it would be cool to discuss on the fitcast too. Also, that video is just horrible Leigh.
Thanks for the mention. And also, thank you for the song. Ryan is now wandering around the house singing “tuts my barrah” as he is getting ready for work.
That video is scary. You did bad things to my ears.
“no longer sponsored by Reebok” LOL, nice.
My belly hurts from laughing, hehe. “hooohooooooohoo”
Wow. Mike Boyle’s not just telling me there’s no Santa Claus. He’s telling me there’s no Sun and Moon.
I watched the Boyle video. To be honest it was a “duh” moment. The idea that someone had to do an experiment to find out that the lower back is a limiting factor in the back squat is silly to me. And the fact that there is a limiting factor in an exercise does not dismiss that exercise. I am not saying this means that the back squat is good or bad only that finding a limiting factor is kind of obvious.
By the logic that “the back squat is not a good lower body movement” then the infamous “leg press” WOULD be a good lower body movement. After all you can load the heck out of your legs without your lower back being a limiting factor. WAIT a minute, leg press is bad for you back!
Circular logic and not what I’d call critical thinking.
As for the experiment, well, I have a lot of respect for Mike Boyle and while I don’t agree with everything he says about everything he has a big influence. But the idea of strength coaches doing “scientific experiements” and then announcing them on YouTube videos is ludicrous. Experiments must be well designed with controls. I’d like to see a youtube video presented to a peer reviewed journal.
These days trainers and coaches are going around criticizing science, embracing cranks, and conducting experiments. I don’t see any lab coats opening up training centers.
I am also taken aback by the direct “talking” to “muscleheads” and forum crowds. The work he is promoting is obviously marketed to other professionals so why not speak to THEM.
“The death of Squat”, then “The death of Aerobics.” Granted there’s a lot to be learned from people like Mike Boyle, but sometimes he is just talking gibberish. He probably injured his back doing squats and now squats are bad for everyone. It’s true though that traditional back squats should not be performed by all people. There are a lot of alternatives that require less coaching.
I think some things need to be kept in mind (caveat, I have not yet watched the video, but I’ve followed Mike Boyle’s StrengthCoach.com podcasts).
1. He trains mostly university-level (NCAA DI) hockey players, who are already accomplished athletes who have probably been back-squatting for years.
2. In a multi-planar athletic environment like field sports (FB, soccer, lax) or hockey, much of the muscular work is done predominantly with one leg bearing the majority of the load at any instant. Training the posterior chain to be more independent is indicated in those cases.
3. The method isn’t intended to progress you to higher and higher poundages like a powerlifter would be doing with max effort work.
4. My main criticism for unilateral training like this is its time-inefficient. It takes twice as long to get through a Bulgarian Split Squat training session as it does for a back squat. When I only have an hour to train, that’s a limiting factor.
I don’t think Mike Boyle would disagree with a thing I’ve said here. He’s probably taking an extreme stance on this to get discussion going. In that, he’s been very successful, although the powerlifting community pretty much thinks he’s lost his marbles. I don’t think MB cares though – he wants “fitness” trainers (gen pop) to use more unilateral techniques because it helps their clients get more balanced and coordinated & he wants athletic trainers to use the techniques because it helps the athletes avoid injuries and become strong in a more sport-specific way.