Post by Intensity on May 18, 2006 12:55:43 GMT -5
Dave Draper does great articles on his website www.davedraper.com here is an exemple my friend Richard Seguin sent me, enjoy:
1 - Draper here… Just The Facts, Ma'am
>
>Anyone remember Dragnet, a cop show as old as television, featuring two
>no-nonsense detectives getting to the bottom of crime without messing
>around? Sergeant Joe Friday, the lead investigator, would repeat when
>necessary, which was often, the stiff line, "Just the facts, Ma'am." It
>worked every time. He and his partner, Officer Gannon, would go about the
>neighborhood, collect the facts, solve the crime and go home. End of
>story.
>
>That's where we are today: Just the facts, Ma'am. Fiction, guessing,
>exaggerations, elaborations, misconceptions, lies, tall tales and
>conjecture will not do. Not anymore, not for you and me, not for bombers.
>We're up to our ears in research, hypothesis, trials, analysis,
>contemplation and consideration. We want the facts, Ma'am, just the facts.
>Not reports, accounts, chronicles and data. Not anymore, not for you and
>me.
>
>I'm going to list 20 facts that pertain directly to you and me in our
>endeavor to develop muscle and might. See how they compare to your list.
>No yawning, ma'am, I'm just trying to get to the bottom of things.
>
>Here goes:
>
>1) There are no secrets; there are no shortcuts.
>
>2) Weight training and proper eating combined is the most direct way to
>build muscle and might.
>
>3) Right living and proper rest contribute significantly to the lifter's
>progress.
>
>4) The trainee's genetic makeup is a large determining factor in his or
>her structural and muscular development, strength and rate of advancement.
>
>5) External factors, such as environment, gym atmosphere, support and
>inspiration add greatly to the training process and outcome.
>
>6) Consistency in training is an absolute in its success, as are passion
>and commitment.
>
>7) Training intensity must be measured and applied both intelligently and
>instinctively.
>
>8) Exercise and eating are basic and simple in form, yet tough in
>application.
>
>9) Many people start weight training to achieve fitness goals, only to
>give up because they don't reach their expectations quickly, and because
>the activity is demanding.
>
>10) Mankind's failure to exercise and eat right is killing him.
>
>11) Gain weight too fast and the lifter will gain fat weight; lose weight
>too fast and he will lose muscle.
>
>12) Early weight training requires order in exercise, sets and reps and
>practice, as the lifter focuses on form, muscle engagement, pain,
>endurance, exercise groove and pace.
>
>13) Though fundamental, weight training and musclebuilding are ongoing
>processes of learning and discovery, as the trainee's development unfolds,
>as plateaus, injuries and obstacles are engaged and as time goes by and
>years are added.
>
>14) Hypertrophy, or musclebuilding, is caused by regular muscle overload;
>too much overload can cause overtraining or injury.
>
>15) Immature weight trainers seeking extraordinary musclebuilding goals
>are easy prey for marketing hype promising sensational advancements from
>pills packed with multi-syllable "cutting edge" ingredients, or advanced
>methodologies that are, at best, novel.
>
>16) Advanced or long-lasting musclebuilders, applying wisdom,
>understanding, knowledge, and rips and tears, settle into the training
>basics with finesse, intensity, instinct and continuing hope... continuing
>discovery.
>
>17) Musclebuilding is not limited to building physical health and strength
>alone; as discipline, patience and perseverance are required to approach
>the activity, so, too, are these rich qualities developed.
>
>18) It occurs often that a seeker of muscle and might will undertake a
>course of exercise and right eating for a worthy period of time and quit,
>only to return steadfastly to the activity upon declining -- they never
>were healthier, looked better and thought more clearly than when they
>trained.
>
>19) This might not agree with the so-called facts gained by research, but
>about one in one hundred takes his or her health seriously by training
>seriously -- another five pretend to care by going through feeble motions,
>and the remainder don't care enough to even pretend.
>
>20) One of the best arguments for exercise and eating right is, "What if
>you don't?"
>
>So, there's my 20. I know. Your list is bigger than my list, and more
>comprehensive, too. You went into protein and hormones and high reps
>versus low reps, catabolism and the truth about B-complex. You're so
>smart. You ask, "What about multi-sets, the anabolic environment, the
>progressive weight training techniques and percentages of the one-rep
>max?" I get stuck as soon as I get past squats, tuna and water.
>
>In an effort to reinforce my list I shall add a handful of training
>factors that occur amid my workouts that deserve amassing.
>
>There's the last rep in a set that I intend to perform, the last rep I'm
>able to perform and the last rep I, in fact, do perform. Each one exceeds
>the other until only darkness, stillness and silence stand before me and
>quitting. When building muscle, that is the only rep. Seek it as a loved
>one, or buried treasure, a vein of gold, oil reserves.
>
>The focus required to build muscle and might is of the sort that allows no
>other thought to penetrate the mind or feeling affect the body except the
>total involvement of the movement. The lifter who converses -- chats,
>gabs, gossips -- while he's lifting is divided. United we stand, bombers,
>divided we fall.
>
>Check all cell phones at the door.
>
>He who stares out the window or at the exit door between sets, or reads
>Vanity Fair while seated on the leg extension or otherwise abandons his
>attention to more important things than intense and directed training is
>on the outside looking in, lonely and alone. His days attending health and
>strength are numbered. He needs purpose, or his purpose renewed. Somehow
>he forgot the good reasons he's in the gym, and notes only the
>less-desirable attendants of the training process. He's bored and
>unrewarded, one step from lazy and on the brink of apathy. Give the man a
>generous portion of old-fashioned encouragement, a timely attitude
>adjustment and the excitement that comes from the last almighty rep, the
>same rep that builds muscle and might. Attentive Inspiration would awaken
>him and passion would spur him along. He must be attentive, doubt free and
>forceful. If he's not, he's history, yesterday, gone. His troubles are
>just beginning.
>
>Doubt is like heading down the freeway in the wrong direction. It's only a
>matter of time before there's a head-on collision with reality. Doubt
>doesn't appear once or twice during the wild ride, and then vanishes. It,
>like oncoming traffic, is continuous till you turn yourself around. Keep
>your eye on the road, driver. Beware of Construction Zone. Shoulder Work
>Ahead.
>
>Just when you think you can't go on (but you will) and you've endured more
>than you can stand (of course, you know no bounds) and your back and mind
>and spirit are surely broken (they are, in fact, like pillars of steel), a
>stranger says, "Where'd you get all those muscles, Mister," or "Wow,
>you're looking good, Man." Ah, sweet music to the ear. Encouragement, my
>friend, is a better musclebuilder than the bench press. Sincere support at
>the right time builds bodies more ways than Wonder Bread. Throw some
>crumbs out there; they come back when you need and least expect them.
>
>The antithesis to doubt is certainty. Here's where I trip slightly over my
>two left feet: I'm not certain about certainty. Nothing is predictable,
>not exactly. That doesn't mean there is no place for a genuinely positive
>attitude. In fact, if there is one sure thing, it would be there is no
>place for a negative attitude. The gym, and the action that takes place
>within its boundaries, must be assertive, straightforward, unyielding and
>intense. And how can they be without a strong attitude to lead and
>accompany the overpowering combination? Do not enter the iron and steel
>environment with questionable confidence. You are fire against ice. Do not
>stand before the power-rack with fear and submission. You are warrior
>against foe. Do not wander about indecisively searching for something to
>do. Grab a handful of metal and get to work. You are lifter against iron.
>
>I hear music coming from the speakers, '60s stuff that bounces off the
>walls like good old memories. This is perf, providing it's not too loud...
>accompanies the rhythm of training and prevents people from whispering
>like they had secrets. I train in a tall and clean concrete rectangle
>where everyone is busy building muscles and testing their strength without
>being jerks. It's like heaven, I think.
>
>My point: Bomb it with God's might... DD
1 - Draper here… Just The Facts, Ma'am
>
>Anyone remember Dragnet, a cop show as old as television, featuring two
>no-nonsense detectives getting to the bottom of crime without messing
>around? Sergeant Joe Friday, the lead investigator, would repeat when
>necessary, which was often, the stiff line, "Just the facts, Ma'am." It
>worked every time. He and his partner, Officer Gannon, would go about the
>neighborhood, collect the facts, solve the crime and go home. End of
>story.
>
>That's where we are today: Just the facts, Ma'am. Fiction, guessing,
>exaggerations, elaborations, misconceptions, lies, tall tales and
>conjecture will not do. Not anymore, not for you and me, not for bombers.
>We're up to our ears in research, hypothesis, trials, analysis,
>contemplation and consideration. We want the facts, Ma'am, just the facts.
>Not reports, accounts, chronicles and data. Not anymore, not for you and
>me.
>
>I'm going to list 20 facts that pertain directly to you and me in our
>endeavor to develop muscle and might. See how they compare to your list.
>No yawning, ma'am, I'm just trying to get to the bottom of things.
>
>Here goes:
>
>1) There are no secrets; there are no shortcuts.
>
>2) Weight training and proper eating combined is the most direct way to
>build muscle and might.
>
>3) Right living and proper rest contribute significantly to the lifter's
>progress.
>
>4) The trainee's genetic makeup is a large determining factor in his or
>her structural and muscular development, strength and rate of advancement.
>
>5) External factors, such as environment, gym atmosphere, support and
>inspiration add greatly to the training process and outcome.
>
>6) Consistency in training is an absolute in its success, as are passion
>and commitment.
>
>7) Training intensity must be measured and applied both intelligently and
>instinctively.
>
>8) Exercise and eating are basic and simple in form, yet tough in
>application.
>
>9) Many people start weight training to achieve fitness goals, only to
>give up because they don't reach their expectations quickly, and because
>the activity is demanding.
>
>10) Mankind's failure to exercise and eat right is killing him.
>
>11) Gain weight too fast and the lifter will gain fat weight; lose weight
>too fast and he will lose muscle.
>
>12) Early weight training requires order in exercise, sets and reps and
>practice, as the lifter focuses on form, muscle engagement, pain,
>endurance, exercise groove and pace.
>
>13) Though fundamental, weight training and musclebuilding are ongoing
>processes of learning and discovery, as the trainee's development unfolds,
>as plateaus, injuries and obstacles are engaged and as time goes by and
>years are added.
>
>14) Hypertrophy, or musclebuilding, is caused by regular muscle overload;
>too much overload can cause overtraining or injury.
>
>15) Immature weight trainers seeking extraordinary musclebuilding goals
>are easy prey for marketing hype promising sensational advancements from
>pills packed with multi-syllable "cutting edge" ingredients, or advanced
>methodologies that are, at best, novel.
>
>16) Advanced or long-lasting musclebuilders, applying wisdom,
>understanding, knowledge, and rips and tears, settle into the training
>basics with finesse, intensity, instinct and continuing hope... continuing
>discovery.
>
>17) Musclebuilding is not limited to building physical health and strength
>alone; as discipline, patience and perseverance are required to approach
>the activity, so, too, are these rich qualities developed.
>
>18) It occurs often that a seeker of muscle and might will undertake a
>course of exercise and right eating for a worthy period of time and quit,
>only to return steadfastly to the activity upon declining -- they never
>were healthier, looked better and thought more clearly than when they
>trained.
>
>19) This might not agree with the so-called facts gained by research, but
>about one in one hundred takes his or her health seriously by training
>seriously -- another five pretend to care by going through feeble motions,
>and the remainder don't care enough to even pretend.
>
>20) One of the best arguments for exercise and eating right is, "What if
>you don't?"
>
>So, there's my 20. I know. Your list is bigger than my list, and more
>comprehensive, too. You went into protein and hormones and high reps
>versus low reps, catabolism and the truth about B-complex. You're so
>smart. You ask, "What about multi-sets, the anabolic environment, the
>progressive weight training techniques and percentages of the one-rep
>max?" I get stuck as soon as I get past squats, tuna and water.
>
>In an effort to reinforce my list I shall add a handful of training
>factors that occur amid my workouts that deserve amassing.
>
>There's the last rep in a set that I intend to perform, the last rep I'm
>able to perform and the last rep I, in fact, do perform. Each one exceeds
>the other until only darkness, stillness and silence stand before me and
>quitting. When building muscle, that is the only rep. Seek it as a loved
>one, or buried treasure, a vein of gold, oil reserves.
>
>The focus required to build muscle and might is of the sort that allows no
>other thought to penetrate the mind or feeling affect the body except the
>total involvement of the movement. The lifter who converses -- chats,
>gabs, gossips -- while he's lifting is divided. United we stand, bombers,
>divided we fall.
>
>Check all cell phones at the door.
>
>He who stares out the window or at the exit door between sets, or reads
>Vanity Fair while seated on the leg extension or otherwise abandons his
>attention to more important things than intense and directed training is
>on the outside looking in, lonely and alone. His days attending health and
>strength are numbered. He needs purpose, or his purpose renewed. Somehow
>he forgot the good reasons he's in the gym, and notes only the
>less-desirable attendants of the training process. He's bored and
>unrewarded, one step from lazy and on the brink of apathy. Give the man a
>generous portion of old-fashioned encouragement, a timely attitude
>adjustment and the excitement that comes from the last almighty rep, the
>same rep that builds muscle and might. Attentive Inspiration would awaken
>him and passion would spur him along. He must be attentive, doubt free and
>forceful. If he's not, he's history, yesterday, gone. His troubles are
>just beginning.
>
>Doubt is like heading down the freeway in the wrong direction. It's only a
>matter of time before there's a head-on collision with reality. Doubt
>doesn't appear once or twice during the wild ride, and then vanishes. It,
>like oncoming traffic, is continuous till you turn yourself around. Keep
>your eye on the road, driver. Beware of Construction Zone. Shoulder Work
>Ahead.
>
>Just when you think you can't go on (but you will) and you've endured more
>than you can stand (of course, you know no bounds) and your back and mind
>and spirit are surely broken (they are, in fact, like pillars of steel), a
>stranger says, "Where'd you get all those muscles, Mister," or "Wow,
>you're looking good, Man." Ah, sweet music to the ear. Encouragement, my
>friend, is a better musclebuilder than the bench press. Sincere support at
>the right time builds bodies more ways than Wonder Bread. Throw some
>crumbs out there; they come back when you need and least expect them.
>
>The antithesis to doubt is certainty. Here's where I trip slightly over my
>two left feet: I'm not certain about certainty. Nothing is predictable,
>not exactly. That doesn't mean there is no place for a genuinely positive
>attitude. In fact, if there is one sure thing, it would be there is no
>place for a negative attitude. The gym, and the action that takes place
>within its boundaries, must be assertive, straightforward, unyielding and
>intense. And how can they be without a strong attitude to lead and
>accompany the overpowering combination? Do not enter the iron and steel
>environment with questionable confidence. You are fire against ice. Do not
>stand before the power-rack with fear and submission. You are warrior
>against foe. Do not wander about indecisively searching for something to
>do. Grab a handful of metal and get to work. You are lifter against iron.
>
>I hear music coming from the speakers, '60s stuff that bounces off the
>walls like good old memories. This is perf, providing it's not too loud...
>accompanies the rhythm of training and prevents people from whispering
>like they had secrets. I train in a tall and clean concrete rectangle
>where everyone is busy building muscles and testing their strength without
>being jerks. It's like heaven, I think.
>
>My point: Bomb it with God's might... DD
