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Time—the Ultimate Resource
By: Josh Bryant and Adam benShea A life in jail can be characterized by long periods of mind-numbing monotony that are interrupted by momentary anxiety-inducing experiences. Without a plan of action, being quarantined at home can very easily mirror this experience. Imprisonment can take many forms: physical, spiritual or just worrying about what will happen next.…
Gain Explosive Power, Lose the Learning Curve
By: Josh Bryant To get to Carnegie Hall you must practice, practice, practice, and ultimately the ends justify the means. The same thing could be said for great technique in the Olympic lifts. Athletes in traditional sports looking to gain explosive power don’t have that kind of time! Here are four ways to increase explosive power,…
Turning Back the Clock
by: Josh Bryant Imagine a pleasant evening in Waikiki, three sake bombs deep, the Don Ho cover band sounds celestial, then boom! All of sudden, the Big Kahuna and wrecking crew come in and want to do the toe-to-toe mambo. Who would you want by your side? Odd Haugen is somebody that immediately comes to mind. Odd…
The Science of Training: Lats
By Josh Bryant and Joe Giandonato Line up two guys side by side with the same amount of muscle mass and body fat percentage, the guy with superior v-taper looks bigger and leaner. Big backs cement bodybuilding legacies, look no further than Lee Haney, Dorian Yates, and Ronnie Coleman — a “wide-latted” shortlist of Mr.…
Dynamic Correspondence or Transfer of Training to Sports Performance
No matter how fun or novel something looks…… A good guide on transference is the following factors identified by the late legendary, Soviet Sports Scientist, Yuri Verkhoshansky, are what is called dynamic correspondence or transfer of training to sports performance. ✔️Accentuated Regions of Force Production (where in the range of motion are the greatest forces…
The Science of Training: Deltoids
by Josh Bryant and Joe Giandonato The metaphorical armor of a great physique is capped with a pair of cannonball delts. Beyond aesthetics, strong, well-developed shoulders are an insurance policy for contact and combat sport athletes while offering both performance and injury-prevention benefits in sports ranging from Kushti to cricket to powerlifting! Initially, incremental progressive…
Deadlift More- TODAY!
30 years ago, Spandex was the preferred gym attire, Tony Little held the answer to a six pack and static stretching, from big leagues down to the bush leagues, was the promised messiah to performance enhancement and injury prevention. But, in the 1990s, the once-faithful static stretching choir started making heretical accusations questioning the deification…
Picture < Words
As a kid, in a basketball game, as I was approaching the free-throw line to score two crucial points, a timeout was called and I remember a well-intentioned team member said to me, “Whatever you do, don’t miss.” At this point, I was jumpier than a virgin at a prison rodeo! I pictured missing the…
Julius Maddox’s World Record Bench Press
by: Josh Bryant At the end of August, Julius Maddox slapped the all-time world record bench press record to sleep; this past Saturday, he slapped it for sleeping with a world record 744-pound bench press, executed faster than the Tijuana Two Step. Everything is bigger in Texas, including bench presses, so no better place to…
