Archive for September, 2005

GRILLMAN: THE PLOT THICKENS

30 September 2005

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HELLO MARTY,
THE LAST SESSION WITH PULLS (deadlifts) WAS NOT AS SNAPPY ON 605X5 AS WAS THE PREVIOUS WEEK WITH 585X5. EARLIER IN THE WEEK I HAD DONE SQUATS PAUSED FOR THREE SETS […]

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Power eating care of Slim with the gold toothBourdain takes aim at food Nazis

29 September 2005

Big strong men have big strong appetites and I love unabashed heartfelt praise for the joys of really good eating. The book Ive enjoyed most in recent months was Tony Bourdains A Cooks Tour and this recent post from Zeb John put me so much in mind of Bourdains (and my own) love of […]

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Assistance exercises: melding compound with isolation, time-efficient triceps

28 September 2005

My old Zen powerlifting coach used to say that the best assistance exercise for a particular exercise was another exercise that most closely resembled the first exercise. This sounds a little like Professor Erwin Correy giving a lecture on table manners or Yogi Berra in deep doublespeak, but actually (as with most subtle Zen […]

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Squat, bench press, deadlift: the holy triumvirate of Purposefully Primitive progressive resistanceis it enough?

27 September 2005

Fewer things done better. Make do with less. Develop sophistication within a limited menu. Purposefully Primitive fitness adherents think like the Taoist martial arts master did who once quipped; better to know one fighting tactic truly and completely than simply be acquainted with hundreds. Lets get really good at a few key core progressive […]

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What a weekendGRILLMAN CHECKS IN

26 September 2005

My old friend Kirk Karwoski shot up from Maryland this past weekend and per usual his larger-than-life persona was still smoldering and churning in full undiminished force. He pulled into town on Saturday and coincidentally a small powerlifting competition was being conducted at the local United Auto Workers union hall. Chuck Deluxe was lifting […]

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Brain train feats and tactics

23 September 2005

Back in the day, I once wrote an article on psyche-up tactics for weight training in Muscle & Fitness and in response Jeff Everson wrote that you didnt have to read Plato before a set of bench presses. Im pretty sure this barb was aimed at me and in my book on incredible Ed […]

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How simple can you make it without losing effectiveness?

22 September 2005

Recently Ive had to introduce folks whove never lifted weights in their entire lives into my ways and my methods. This has caused me to deeply reconsider procedures and philosophies done for so long and so regularly that in some cases Id forgotten why I do things the way I do them. Ive lifted […]

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