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  1. Kyle Aaron

    easy doesn't work

    A study was done purporting to show that load doesn't matter for results.Since the study told the public what it wanted to hear - that easy works - it was widely and enthusiastically reported without any serious analysis or discussion. I corresponded with the authour, and he and his colleagues...
  2. Kyle Aaron

    Podcast interview with Markos

    Blake has done a little interview with Markos, who used to post here as PTC. He talks about the journey from building trade to garage gym to ProRaw and all the rest, and the growth of PL in Australia - we now get more people at novice meets than we used to have at national competitions...
  3. Kyle Aaron

    certifications don't matter much

    Most articles on choosing a trainer will tell you to check their certifications. I can assure you that it makes little difference. Trainers need to know anatomy and biomechanics, to have good communication skills, and to be able to teach correct movement. Some schools do the first, almost none...
  4. Kyle Aaron

    We're all wusses...

    ... compared to a guy like Paul de Gelder. YouTube - Navy Clearance diver Paul de Gelder 12 months post shark attack It's a bit gory in parts, don't click just before or after lunch. Short version, he got chomped on by a shark, still works out harder and more effectively than 99% of us...
  5. Kyle Aaron

    Drinking milk

    Full fat dairy not all bad for health New research shows there may be some added health benefits to eating full-fat dairy products. Scientists from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research surveyed more than 1,000 people on their eating habits over 16 years. They found those who had the...
  6. Kyle Aaron

    Well done Max and Markos

    On Markos' forum, he tells us Excellent. Well done to Max for his excellent lifts, and all the consistent hard work that went to them, and well done to Markos for his coaching of him. I hope to see similar results in May for all the PTC lifters!
  7. Kyle Aaron

    Strongman documentary

    This one is about Huge Girard and some of his friends from Quebec, but others can be found in the related links. iK1-e6Uvhco What strikes me is what nice, humble guys they are. One is a police constable, another works in a nappy factory. Seeing a guy who can flip cars picking up his dog's sht...
  8. Kyle Aaron

    Opinions on Stronglifts

    Genes are a funny thing, Mzanin, there is no lab test to find out how strong you can get, you just have to get under the bar for a few years and find out. So when I hear "it's genetics", seems to me that's like saying, "it was the Holy Spirit." Maybe so, but can you prove it? Obviously not, so...
  9. Kyle Aaron

    workout belts

    Over on startingstrength.com, some drongo reckons that if you lift with belts it'll increase your ab strength. Physiologically I can't see how unless he imagines that the belt provides some isometric resistance equivalent to pushing on walls or something. The guy saying this is in the 75kg...
  10. Kyle Aaron

    Commuting

    I'll be doing a 23km each way commute on my bike soon. I have to go from the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne to the CBD four days a week, get there about 0845. The car would be a mad drive and stupidly expensive parking. The train will be absolutely packed, is often late or cancelled...
  11. Kyle Aaron

    Deloading

    "Deloading", as I understand it, usually means dropping the weight so you can manage more reps. This can be a technique on an individual exercise, for example leg-pressing 20 reps of 200kg, stripping off a plate a side and leg-pressing 10x 160kg, stripping off another plate each side and...
  12. Kyle Aaron

    What happened to edit?

    We used to be able to edit our posts indefinitely after making them. This was useful for going back and fixing typos, or adding a little sentence to make something clear when we didn't need to do a whole new post, etc. What happened to that? Edit: I see it has some time limit, I can edit this...
  13. Kyle Aaron

    "You don't budge from there, do you?"

    That's what a PT said to me yesterday. "What?" "Your whole workout, you're in the cage, you never step out of it, you do everything in there." He smiled. "Well, yeah. Chins, rows, press, bench, deadlift, squat... that's all I do." "And you can do your curls there, too." "I don't curl." "You...
  14. Kyle Aaron

    Forward!

    It doesn't matter where you are, so long as you're going forwards. Writing about this was inspired by this thread... Zubi quit after 13 minutes that time. Then quit permanently six weeks after that. So lucku is already tougher than Zubi ever was. Remember: it doesn't matter what I do...
  15. Kyle Aaron

    Setting goals

    In physical training we hear a lot about what sorts of workouts to do, what supplements to take and so on. We don't often hear about the most important part: the mind, the decision to do something and the resolve to stick with it all. Setting goals is an important part of physical training. To...
  16. Kyle Aaron

    stopping sessions early

    Having a look over the strength mill forums, I found this old post which is a repost of words from the strength & conditioning coach of the Aussie cycle sprint team of the time. It discusses a few interesting things - including dissing Swiss balls, which should make most people here happy -...
  17. Kyle Aaron

    Making yoghurt

    From the cottage cheese thread, We bought the EasiYo, yes. But we don't buy their packets now. What yeast is to flour, yoghurt culture is to milk. It's a living organism, give it warmth and sugar and water and it does its thing - yeast produces carbon dioxide as it eats sugar, that's why bread...
  18. Kyle Aaron

    Starting up after 40

    Markos at PTC Franktson has a recent article up where he basically says that if you begin physical training for the first time only after 40 years old, you are almost certainly not going to keep it up. The people who are still training at 40 are those who were training at 30 or 20. That is, by...
  19. Kyle Aaron

    About becoming a personal trainer

    Kyle is lost As most know, at the moment I'm a chef, and years ago was infantry in the army, some years regular, some years reserves. I love cooking, but when you hit your 30s you find that there are hardly any chefs of your age or older in commercial kitchens. People burn out, decide they want...
  20. Kyle Aaron

    Sticking to it

    Obviously, the number one thing that decides how well we do is whether we stick to it. No amount of good food and rest or even drugs will do anything for us if we stay at home on the couch! And someone who works out regularly is still going to achieve at least some of what they want however bad...
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