The Font of Wisdom
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Overhead Squats
5-5-5-5-5
Afterward:
With a continuously running clock, one minute at each station for max reps:
pull-ups
butterfly sit-ups
Three rounds. One point for each rep. Post squat loads and metcon score to comments.
Articles and etc.
Unfortunate truths from Mark Rippetoe:
• Your muscles cannot get “longer” without some rather radical orthopedic surgery.More politically incorrect pearls of wisdom from CF's resident barbell strength guru can be found here. Read more...
• Muscles don’t get leaner—you do.
• There is no such thing as “firming and toning.” There is only stronger and weaker.
• The vast majority of women cannot get large, masculine muscles from barbell training. If it were that easy, I would have them.
• Women who do look like men have taken some rather drastic steps in that direction that have little to do with their exercise program.
• Women who claim to be afraid to train hard because they “always bulk up too much” are often already pretty bulky, or “skinny fat” (thin but weak and deconditioned) and have found another excuse to continue life sitting on their butts.
• Only people willing to work to the point of discomfort on a regular basis using effective means to produce that discomfort will actually look like they have been other-than-comfortable most of the time.
• You can thank the muscle magazines for these persistent misconceptions, along with the natural tendency of all normal humans to seek reasons to avoid hard physical exertion.
