Comments on: Lose that Holiday Weight Gain, the Circuit Training Way! http://www.dieselcrew.com/lose-that-holiday-weight-gain-the-circuit-training-way Strength and Conditioning for Elite Athletic Performance - Free Articles, Videos for Coaches, Fitness Professionals, Personal Trainers, Athletic Trainers, Physical Therapists for All Sports Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Zun http://www.dieselcrew.com/lose-that-holiday-weight-gain-the-circuit-training-way/comment-page-1#comment-5295 Zun Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:37:28 +0000 http://www.dieselcrew.com/?p=4306#comment-5295 Jedd has a point about introducing non hardcore everyday gym goers to higher intensity resources... but from the example download the exercises are actually pretty difficult for regular overweight people (dynamic pushups to a bench) and there may be more efficient ways to train core than crunches and trunk flexion variations (read another review the book has quite a number of these). We do need more resources that show how little equipment we need to train effectively though. That's why the idea of circuits for bench only, hills only, plate only, etc is good so people who don't have one equipment in the circuit don't panic on how to substitute them. Proper progression guidelines always help in this case. Continue to kick ass people. Cheers Jedd has a point about introducing non hardcore everyday gym goers to higher intensity resources… but from the example download the exercises are actually pretty difficult for regular overweight people (dynamic pushups to a bench) and there may be more efficient ways to train core than crunches and trunk flexion variations (read another review the book has quite a number of these).

We do need more resources that show how little equipment we need to train effectively though. That’s why the idea of circuits for bench only, hills only, plate only, etc is good so people who don’t have one equipment in the circuit don’t panic on how to substitute them. Proper progression guidelines always help in this case.

Continue to kick ass people. Cheers

]]> By: Bill Jones, CSCS, MS, PT http://www.dieselcrew.com/lose-that-holiday-weight-gain-the-circuit-training-way/comment-page-1#comment-5272 Bill Jones, CSCS, MS, PT Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:40:13 +0000 http://www.dieselcrew.com/?p=4306#comment-5272 I would bet more than half were overweight! Hell my wife and I decided to do a very "non-scientific" study a few years ago. At every restaurant we went to we would count how may people had "baggage over their belts"...it was always between 75 - 85% of the crowd! Just thought I shove a link to one of our "body weight only" sessions. Burpees...hate 'em...but do 'em. http://jonesercise.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/100s-the-new-300-workout/ I would bet more than half were overweight!

Hell my wife and I decided to do a very “non-scientific” study a few years ago. At every restaurant we went to we would count how may people had “baggage over their belts”…it was always between 75 – 85% of the crowd!

Just thought I shove a link to one of our “body weight only” sessions. Burpees…hate ‘em…but do ‘em.

http://jonesercise.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/100s-the-new-300-workout/

]]> By: Jedd http://www.dieselcrew.com/lose-that-holiday-weight-gain-the-circuit-training-way/comment-page-1#comment-5270 Jedd Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:08:22 +0000 http://www.dieselcrew.com/?p=4306#comment-5270 Bill, thanks for posting. Again, here is the value I see in this book. It is a starting point for someone looking to get back in shape and get healthier, just like my review said: http://www.dieselcrew.com/getting-fit-and-healthy-in-2010/. Check it out - I work at a plant with 1100 people. Half of them are men and half of these men are over weight. Most of them have no idea how to exercise. This book is a push in the right direction for them. That's how I feel, but I'm willing to listen to anyone's point of view on this. For now though, it's time for some keg lifting and some attempts at muscle-ups. -Jedd- Bill, thanks for posting.

Again, here is the value I see in this book. It is a starting point for someone looking to get back in shape and get healthier, just like my review said: http://www.dieselcrew.com/getting-fit-and-healthy-in-2010/.

Check it out – I work at a plant with 1100 people. Half of them are men and half of these men are over weight. Most of them have no idea how to exercise. This book is a push in the right direction for them.

That’s how I feel, but I’m willing to listen to anyone’s point of view on this.

For now though, it’s time for some keg lifting and some attempts at muscle-ups.

-Jedd-

]]> By: Bill Jones http://www.dieselcrew.com/lose-that-holiday-weight-gain-the-circuit-training-way/comment-page-1#comment-5263 Bill Jones Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:17:35 +0000 http://www.dieselcrew.com/?p=4306#comment-5263 Adam has a point. However I tend to agree with Jedd on this one. Why? Hell, because my crowd does a bunch of body weight stuff! None of us is looking for the massive size, grip, etc. However some of that stuff is included in our program. We make it as challenging as possible within what we are doing. Some of it is science based and some of it is plain just ass busting. By the way I kinda think the program illustrated is a bit too easy! Except maybe the burpees...they always suck. We do them anyway! Love the site and info! Adam has a point. However I tend to agree with Jedd on this one. Why? Hell, because my crowd does a bunch of body weight stuff! None of us is looking for the massive size, grip, etc. However some of that stuff is included in our program. We make it as challenging as possible within what we are doing. Some of it is science based and some of it is plain just ass busting.

By the way I kinda think the program illustrated is a bit too easy! Except maybe the burpees…they always suck. We do them anyway!

Love the site and info!

]]> By: Jedd http://www.dieselcrew.com/lose-that-holiday-weight-gain-the-circuit-training-way/comment-page-1#comment-5262 Jedd Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:31:00 +0000 http://www.dieselcrew.com/?p=4306#comment-5262 I didn't ask anybody to change their training program. I think a busy businessman or someone else who travels a lot or has limited time getting to a training facility, or that has very little equipment could use the movements and circuits to help them. There's millions of people that go to training facilities and use the stepper and other things for hours and get no results. If they changed things up, it could make the difference, and I think this simple book could help them with that. Sorry we disagree on this. The purpose of this post is to offer a resource for people who do train the ways described above discover a way to get better results with their training. -Jedd- I didn’t ask anybody to change their training program.

I think a busy businessman or someone else who travels a lot or has limited time getting to a training facility, or that has very little equipment could use the movements and circuits to help them.

There’s millions of people that go to training facilities and use the stepper and other things for hours and get no results. If they changed things up, it could make the difference, and I think this simple book could help them with that.

Sorry we disagree on this. The purpose of this post is to offer a resource for people who do train the ways described above discover a way to get better results with their training.

-Jedd-

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