Good call. I'm registered & there should be a few of us from Santa Monica coming up.
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
After listening to Dos speak at the Summit, I know this will be a great event. Kuri, you will not regret the effort to make it there!
It's a 30 minute drive (on a Saturday morning, otherwise it's a 2 hour drive in "normal" L.A. traffic) so it's not much effort. I went to the Cougar clinic three years ago when Alwyn, Dos, and Bill were presenting and it was excellent. I'm really looking forward to this.
Chiron and Roland, you guys won't regret going.
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
It's a 30 minute drive (on a Saturday morning, otherwise it's a 2 hour drive in "normal" L.A. traffic) so it's not much effort. I went to the Cougar clinic three years ago when Alwyn, Dos, and Bill were presenting and it was excellent. I'm really looking forward to this.
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
Everyone that spoke is very, very smart. Hell, everyone that attended was smart.
Debbie Iwasaki, head football athletic trainer at UCLA spoke about dealing with shoulder impingements. She had a great way of explaining how to assess dysfuntions and methods to deal with them. Next time I'd like to see a roundtable with her and Bill on the topic, but I'll need a medical dictionary and even then won't be able to keep up.
Jess Garner and Matt Durant both gave great talks along on work they do with their High School and College athletes. What I took away is that my lifts don't compare with Jess's 15 year olds and Matt's female athletes can do pistol squats with a bigger load than anyone here. Talk about humbling.
Jim Liston, founder of CATZ, spoke on his assessment methods and corrective strategies, which I will immediately begin using with clients. Similar in some ways to Gray Cook's FMS and practical.
Note to JP - Jim would be a good one to bring out for the summit.
Cameron McGarr, one of Alwyn and Rachel's top trainers, gave a great talk on functional hypertrophy. The take home there is that sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is overrated and Cameron gets nervous when he speaks
Basically not all athletes (or weekend warriors) need to get bigger but just need to get stronger for their weight. And don't use bodybuilding-style high-rep sets if you want functional strength.
Rachel Cosgrove spoke on why women should lift (with research!!! ;0). Her message would be preaching to the choir here so I'll just say that what they've done with their clients is nothing short of amazing.
As usual the bulk of learning took place over beers and burritos afterward during which we were enthralled with the fantastic tales of Dos, who IS the man.
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
Cameron McGarr, one of Alwyn and Rachel's top trainers, gave a great talk on functional hypertrophy. The take home there is that sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is overrated and Cameron gets nervous when he speaks
So, at least for athletic performance conerns, don't worry about training with reps above how many? 8? 10? Hypertrophy will still come, with proper diet.
Chris, depends on the demands of the sport, condition of the athlete and what he/she needs of course. As you know the general guidlines are 6-12 for hypertrophy.
As for functional strength you might wanna do a phase with lower rep ranges in order to recruit all those newly built fibers.
If your talking about martial arts then explosiveness and strength endurance become key so I like complexes and other interval-type work in addition to strength and power work.
Dave, funny thing. Rachel mentioned that despite her crazy training for the Ironman she still lifts (2x wk now) because she feels it still benefits her racing. And I'm guessing her impressive upper body wasn't built running and biking. She got some guns.
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
Chris, I posted a connecting question in the hypertrophy for athletes topic, so I won't comment further here. Essentially, yes, what I thought/knew. Just trying to see what other useful info comes out in continuing discussion.
All I know is that Alwyn's MA training ebook, my main training template, works for me. I'm convinced it would do wonders for a vast many athletes.
And tell Alwyn I pimp that product like crazy. I can't help it if people aren't buying it. (Or are they?)
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