Answers to your most burning training questions… Straight from the mind of a strength maniac
Over the last two decades in the strength business, one of the things that I can count on without fail is waking up each day (even on weekends) to an inbox full of training questions.
Something else that I have come to realize is that if one person has a training question, a dozen other people (if not more) have the very same question.
While I have attempted to answer a lot of these questions through my daily email broadcasts, I realize that this format does has its limits . . . I can’t post images, for example, and email deliverability in general is always going to be a challenge.
It occurred to me that a simple but very effective way to address these questions would be to create a regular publication in which I can specifically answer these questions and in as much detail as possible.
“I have a question regarding thick bars. I’m trying to determine the right thickness or bar for myself so I don’t overtrain or use a bar that’s too thick. Is there a way you could use hand/glove size to determine what diameter would be optimal for the individual?”
- THE TRUTH about thick bars and hand size that you won’t read on the Internet.
- Digging back over FOUR DECADES into the archives for details on the very first commercially made thick bars.
- The specific size and style of thick bar I recommend.
- FOUR thick bar exercises (besides deadlifts) that should be a part of your program.
- Three coaching points on thick bar deadlift training that evidently no one on the entire Internet uses (besides me),
“I’ve got some extra money and would like to get some new training equipment so that I can work out at home instead of a gym. What kind of equipment would you suggest I get first?”
- The very first piece of equipment that I suggest spending your money on for your new home gym.
- My whole-hearted recommendation for the studiest set of collars available today.
- Sixteen effective exercises which you can create any program you could ever want (or need.)
- Four quick — but extremely powerful — dumbbell and bodyweight combo programs.
“I keep reading on the Internet that I should do several hundred crunches every day if I want to get six-pack abs. Is this true?”
- The TRUTH about crunches and six-pack abs.
- The very specific type of “push-up” that you will need to do to trim extra fat from stomach.
- Diet and nutrition recommendations that are ridiculously obvious yet few people ever do them!
- The most effective cure for “couchpotatoism and what you should be legitimately focusing your energy on to drop body fat..”
- My top recommendation for [gasp] cardio.
- The best oldschool exercise for testing your current abdominal strength levels.
- Three action items for building a strong, vigorous midsection.
3 Questions Issue No. 1 is a downloadable PDF file, 13 pages in length which covers the material listed above and contains several images in each article.
3 Questions Issue No. 1 (pdf)___________$4.99 plus s/h