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Hey there fellas, bounced back from the stomach flu and on my feet again so here comes another haul:

http://www.t-nation.com/training/4-ways-to-fire-up-work-capacity

Dan John article, as always read the comments in the bottom that's where half the info is as DJ answers alot of people questions when he does this. Great guy as he is.

http://www.t-nation.com/powerful-words/problem-with-exercise-science

Mark Ripptoe article where he is having problems with the rest of the exercise world. I felt he peaked in his first when he stated that strong is the thing the rest of the articles have been an attack on most of the established ideas he feel is wrong. Wich I agree probably is the only way forward but I find it funny that he does it in the setting of a commercial bodybuilding/strength training site.

http://romanoroberts.com.mx/steroids-crossfit-and-the-crossfit-games-who-how/

They introduce themselves better than I can in the beginning and it's a good read. Have created much controversy when it came online and I imagine alot of people here have read it.
 
I read the Rippetoe article earlier in the week and, as an individual who got a bachelors in Exercise Science I agree with most of his points. A degree in Exercise related fields does not qualify you to work in strength and conditioning. However, most of those programs are not designed with that intention. Many of the students I took classes with went into physical therapy, nutrition or public health.

His take on the current state of strength training literature is spot on.
 
Andy,

As an addendum - Unfortunately, I think Rip's "rant" on Ex. Phys. programs could be applied to at least one of those graduate degree tracks: Physical Therapy. I don't think it'd be unfair to say, based on my experience, that most schools don't prepare their students for anything past acute care protocols. My wife went to the #2 school in the US and learned NOTHING of substance or value regarding strength training for her patients. Sad.
 
"sadly, the guys with the most variations in their training are usually also the weakest and skinniest."

Dan, well said.
 
As a current physical therapy student, sadly I have to agree with Geoff. I only have one more year left, and most of that is clinical rotations, so I've already taken the majority of my coursework and they have taught us basically nothing in regards to strength training or actually helping our patients move better. They spend WAY too much time teaching thera-band exercises for rotator cuffs, "TrA activation" and trivial things like that that, in my opinion, will really have no benefit to anyone beyond the acute phase of injury.

Luckily, I have a good background in S&C, have had internships with good mentors, currently work part time as a strength coach, and take the time to read and educate myself on sites like StrongFirst, so I feel I am light years ahead of all of my classmates, but the state of physical therapy education is very frustrating to me.

My only  reason for becoming a physical therapist is to be able to do soft tissue work, manipulations, see and diagnose my own patients, etc. However, I plan on taking SFG courses and things like that after graduation to continue to learn more about strength, as I believe that is the number one thing we (physical therapists) should be giving our patients. But most just have no clue how. It's something that I hope to change one of these days, whether it's presenting courses, guest lecturing, or whatever. But PT schools need to start teaching their students more about strength for sure.

 
 
This older Ripptoe article goes in the same vein but more in the anti physical therapist-way.

http://www.t-nation.com/training/rippetoe-goes-off

I however doesn't feel myself educated to judge these types of articles. Where as something as what priorty my training goes is simple cause I could easily find out and my strength gets top priority.
 
x2 on what Andy said.

Unfortunately, I have talked to plenty of people who believe that their ACE or NASM certification makes them somehow specially qualified, and, even worse, use that in place of actual reasoning--i.e. "I am right because I am a NASM CPT" without actually doing any thinking.

I recently met a young guy about my age, who had just gotten his CSCS. It was readily apparent that he hadn't done any reading, research, or had any experiences outside that singular textbook... and he intended to train athletes straightaway.
 
You frequently see people post about various aches and pains they have.  The standard answer is, see your doctor.  I can't help but get the feeling that this is advice designed purely to shed any and all legal liability.  Aren't doctors in the same boat as the rest of these college trained professionals?  They don't know, and most of them know that they don't know.  Most of them will refer their patients to one of these other college trained professionals who don't know.  The people who know the most about how to deal with sports related injuries are the Brett Jones and Geoff Neupert's of the world, because they are all about physical performance, and they have seen most of what can happen.
 
Jeffrey, all you have to do is ask some SFGs or powerlifters in the area and you will find qualified medical professionals—hopefully lifters themselves—who understand your needs.
 
Pavel,

Any help the doctor would be able to give you would be due to the fact that he is a lifter.  The fact that he is a doctor is irrelevant.  The exception would be if you have something that only a surgery can fix, but most people don't need surgery.  When it comes to overall health, or strength and conditioning, doctors are no better off than the general population.
 
Jeffrey I think the Doctor answer is actually part of the thing that Dan John is always nagging us about called systematic education. You do the Doctor first to eliminate the big worries.
 
"Any help the doctor would be able to give you would be due to the fact that he is a lifter.  The fact that he is a doctor is irrelevant. "

Jeffrey, you are wrong.  The best specialists in many fields merge two disciplines.
 
http://www.t-nation.com/powerful-words/powerlifting-the-good-bad-and-ugly

Charles Staley article where he gives his views on the powerlifting scene.
 
http://www.t-nation.com/training/reflexive-strength-and-spider-man

By our own Geoff Neupert. For us who loves his and Tims work it's a reminder.
 
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