Archive December 2011

Since I am flying Coast to Coast…again…Point A to Point B Makes Sense!

It turns out that I was the problem. Yes, this is true: I had great ideas, excellent programming and some nice technical tidbits that worked for everyone. For the squat, I had progressions that I humbly think changed the world of lifting forever. Well, at least, I thought they were working. What I discovered was a disconnect: I was saying “this” and people were hearing “that.” I thought I was making a point, but my people were hearing another point. This reminded me of math class, by far my weakest subject:

“The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.”
Euclid…or, at least, what I can remember from Geometry

If you asked me to summarize “all of this,” this entire system of what I today call “Easy Strength,” a few years ago, I would have been at a loss. Seriously, I think I had the whole thing locked down years and years ago, but there was disconnect, perhaps more of a gulf or ocean, between what I thought I was saying and what people were hearing.

Honestly, the answer literally came to me just the other day which is months after the DVD and book came out and after I have presented this program to elite athletes, the top tier of coaches and amazing people who somehow “know” that this is the future of the strength, conditioning and fitness world.

You see, this program is all about getting people to their goals. Now, as the cliché goes, “if you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there!” I also need to add the old Irish joke: “I need to get to Dublin. Can you show me the way?” “Well, I wouldn’t start from here!”

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Coast to Coast and Toasted

I travel a lot. A lot. It’s hard to face the blog writing when you travel coast to coast, fall asleep and wake up in the middle of the night wide awake!

But, thankfully, I don’t always have to do much! I have three links today that do all the work for me. First, a nice blog post about one of my biggest principles of program design:
Anthony is an up and coming Strength Coach and he “gets it!”

Next, are you too poor to buy my stuff? Too lazy to walk over to the DVD? Well, Kevin Larrabee’s “epic” video of me teaching the squat and lifts is remastered and back up! I am in the middle of Highland Games season in this video and my belly has been all packed with counter weights for the caber:
Learn, watch, enjoy.

Finally, Laree Draper, the world’s finest person, has put Mass Made Simple on Kindle WITH a pdf for your journal work. If you don’t want to bulk up, buy it anyway because the information in the Kindle is as clear as I can make it presentation about fitness, strength and health. Buy THIS!.

Take the time to watch and read these materials. I think you will come away with a lot of depth about what is important in improving all aspects of your life. If you have questions, hit me up at My Little Q and A.