You can't throw a rock without hitting a moron like that in any urban area.
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I loved it. "Dumbells um, um, stabilize, um, um, um"
Well, he said you have to stabilize dumbells in a number of dimensions, so I think he obviously meant the height/depth/length of our 3-dimensional experience, with possibly time as the fourth dimension which would cover TUT. Although he seemed like a physics connoisseur so I bet he's into string theory and the eleven or more dimensions looking possible based on some of the mathematical implications of quantum mechanics.
That was just on the tip of his tongue. I could tell.
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Well, he said you have to stabilize dumbells in a number of dimensions, so I think he obviously meant the height/depth/length of our 3-dimensional experience, with possibly time as the fourth dimension which would cover TUT. Although he seemed like a physics connoisseur so I bet he's into string theory and the eleven or more dimensions looking possible based on some of the mathematical implications of quantum mechanics.
That was just on the tip of his tongue. I could tell.
Yeah, it's just that some US Americans don't have maps.
What are you lot? The free weight nazis??? There was that one line - machines may be a better option for beginners. You know, for a beginner to lifting, without a personal trainer, he's not entirely wrong. Don't shoot me!!! Yes, I know they're horrible, they're not natural, there's a fixed plane of motion that's not suitable for every body and lever length etc etc. But the majority are adjustable, a beginner is unlikely to put in the time and the reps and the resistance to get into serious problems, and is much less likely to hurt themselves using a machine. It is a non-threatening, relatively safe intro to lifting, which is a stepping stone for a lot of people. In an ideal weight should everybody use free weights with good form and a sensible amount of resistance? Absolutely. But it isn't an ideal world. Everything else he said made absolute sense. And check out his gym - a lot of the 'machines' were cable stations, and most of the people in the vid were using free weights anyway. Get down off your high horses for a sec and give the guy a break.
(signing off now - i'll be back in six months when y'all have calmed down a bit and the lynch party has given up and gone home)
I don't really think he meant a half pound a day. That is what he said, but I think he meant a half pound a year. As in replacing the half pound of muscle you lose yearly stated just prior. Did he look like a total douche? Yes. Did he interview well? No. Do I think that this article is going to help his business? No. But, the media is a sick and twisted bunch in general and they almost always air the worst part of an interview given the chance.
I did a feature on David Barton for Men's Fitness back in the mid-'90s. FWIW, he was one of the first guys out there telling people to lift weights for fat loss, rather than doing cardio.
He fumbled his way through this TV interview, and clearly misspoke when he said "one day" instead of "one year." To make it worse, he lost his train of thought when he was talking about the difficulties novice lifters have when they use free weights without instruction.
But he's not a dummy. He's been around a long, long time, and has his name on seven upscale gyms. (I think he had two or three when I interviewed him.) So as a businessman he's doing something right.
He's also a showman -- like a lot of fitness entrepreneurs, he knows he's a walking billboard for his products. He should've spent some time prepping for that interview, but there's a reason he was being interviewed in the first place.
BTW, if you've never done a live interview on radio or TV, you have no idea what it's like to lose your train of thought and forget a simple word or phrase while the mic is on and the camera is recording. You have to just keep going and hope you find the word or phrase eventually, knowing that there's a good chance you'll look and sound like a complete idiot in the meantime. It's happened to me a few times.
BTW, if you've never done a live interview on radio or TV, you have no idea what it's like to lose your train of thought and forget a simple word or phrase while the mic is on and the camera is recording. You have to just keep going and hope you find the word or phrase eventually, knowing that there's a good chance you'll look and sound like a complete idiot in the meantime. It's happened to me a few times.
Sure. I've spoken to large crowds and been interviewd on TV, so I've experienced times like that. But I'd hardly expect anyone to stick up for me and tell me later that the interview made perfect sense. I'd own up to the fact that I totally bombed it, and explain that it wasn't a good representation of my actual expertise.
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He said you lose 1/2 of pound of muscle per day if you don't lift weights & "The average adult who's not exercising gains 1.5 pounds of body fat a day"
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, he was probably caught off guard by the camera and was probably high, smoking a joint in the back of the tour bus w/ Motley Crue
I've only done one TV interview and it was a disaster. I got caught off guard by the questions and stumbled through the answer. The piece of the interview used on the air was a mix of stuff I said anyway. It was embarrassing. Since then I cut people a lot of slack for interviews like this.
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I don't know what is funnier. That guys hair or the fact you have the nerve to judge another trainer.
If you don't have the nerve to judge that interview, then you have no right to be in the field and you should tear up your CSCS and move on to selling used cars
Barton said you lose "1.5 pounds of body fat a day" thats 100% wrong. He probalby misspoke (that happens when your on tv sometimes). he problaby meant 1.5 lb per year but even this would vary according to your age and nutrition and health issues but its more in line with reality than 1.5 lb per year.
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