A Call for Papers

[LexAnderson]

I don’t believe it takes more athleticism to pull sumo. But I do believe that both conventional, and sumo have their own set of technical difficulties. The less ROM does lend itself to making sumo somewhat easier, but looking at old school pictures of Lamar Gant, one could point out the ROM of his pulls versus that of shorter armed lifters made his puller “easier” as well.

[TimK]

I don’t believe it takes more athleticism to pull sumo. But I do believe that both conventional, and sumo have their own set of technical difficulties. The less ROM does lend itself to making sumo somewhat easier, but looking at old school pictures of Lamar Gant, one could point out the ROM of his pulls versus that of shorter armed lifters made his puller “easier” as well.

Imagine if he had pulled sumo! Plates would be like 3" off the floor at lockout, lol.

[DirtyRed]

I don’t believe it takes more athleticism to pull sumo. But I do believe that both conventional, and sumo have their own set of technical difficulties. The less ROM does lend itself to making sumo somewhat easier, but looking at old school pictures of Lamar Gant, one could point out the ROM of his pulls versus that of shorter armed lifters made his puller “easier” as well.

Imagine if he had pulled sumo! Plates would be like 3" off the floor at lockout, lol.

At the local rec center meet I've done 3 or 4 times, there was a 14 year old girl who did pretty much exactly that. Just being able to hold onto what was likely more than double her body weight (150 lbs deadlift) as a 14 year old girl is still pretty impressive, but she moved the bar about as far as most people do when they unrack a squat.

[LexAnderson]

Imagine if he had pulled sumo! Plates would be like 3" off the floor at lockout, lol.

Gant pulling sumo, with a deadlift bar. Belkin who?

[KyleSchuant]

I would be interested in how to optimize self-programming in the absence of a coach. I could envision it as an algorithm / flow chart approach, but don't have enough experience to flesh it out.

I'm picturing a Choose Your Own Adventure book. "If you are over 50, turn to page 72. If you have shoulder issues, same page. If you are under 50, turn to page 24. If you still live at home and mum still cooks for you and irons your undies, turn to page 101 (Texas Method)."

[KyleSchuant]

Guys, maybe I'll contribute again, but now is way too soon for me. I still harbor quite a bit of residual anger from the last place. There's a lot of anger, actually, and I'm just going to stop typing now because thinking about it isn't productive.

It's been six weeks, better now? Plus... I like angry articles.

[perman]

Outside altruism, what's the incentives for submitting articles here? Not that I doubt people's intentions here, but articles over at SS are usually always written by people who get paid in the fitness industry, and thus are incentivized to get their names out there. I kind of picture this as a thread of grand intentions and little follow-up. I'd love to be proven wrong though, but unless there are many coaches of ambition who wish to have their names "ring out", the amount of articles produced will probably be very low I believe...

[KyleSchuant]

Over the years on the SS boards, there were a lot of people expressing strong ideas, and complaining - as they continue to complain here - that they weren't allowed to express their dissenting training ideas.

Here's their chance. If your ideas are good, write them up - in detail, well-argued, maybe even footnoted if relevant. Interested people from both sites will surely read them.

[perman]

Over the years on the SS boards, there were a lot of people expressing strong ideas, and complaining - as they continue to complain here - that they weren't allowed to express their dissenting training ideas.

Here's their chance. If your ideas are good, write them up - in detail, well-argued, maybe even footnoted if relevant. Interested people from both sites will surely read them.

Sure, and they are writing those ideas. Writing articles is a time commitment beyond that, and requires clear elucidated thoughts, not just clever concepts. I'm just marking my skepticism about whether much will come of it, I'd love to be proven wrong though.

[cwd]

I would be interested in how to optimize self-programming in the absence of a coach. I could envision it as an algorithm / flow chart approach, but don't have enough experience to flesh it out.

I'm picturing a Choose Your Own Adventure book. "If you are over 50, turn to page 72. If you have shoulder issues, same page. If you are under 50, turn to page 24. If you still live at home and mum still cooks for you and irons your undies, turn to page 101 (Texas Method)."

This book would *definitely* have RPE in it.

[Chebass88]

Sure, and they are writing those ideas. Writing articles is a time commitment beyond that, and requires clear elucidated thoughts, not just clever concepts. I'm just marking my skepticism about whether much will come of it, I'd love to be proven wrong though.

Think more along the lines of an article in Ironman magazine, and less of a documented, properly cited scientific article. Bill Starr’s articles are a great example - they are chock full of useful information, and are easy to read. On the other hand, John Fair’s articles are suitable for publication in actual journals.

Analysis of lifts or an approach you’ve made doesn’t have to be exceedingly long or wordy. Maybe a few paragraphs might get the job done. If it ends up only a few people read it - that’s okay too. It is more productive than looking at T&A on IG.

[unruhschuh]

Are you still interested in publishing articles on the website? If so, I'd like to propose my One weird trick to set up an HLM scheme THEY don't want you to know (working title). There is already very good feedback in the thread, that I could incorporate.

I'm also versed in markup languages like html, latex, markdown and asciidoc and am able to create simple websites, so I'm offering to help out in creating a basic website for the articles.

My idea is to write the articles in markdown or asciidoc, which are very simple plain text formats to write books and articles and can easily be converted into websites, pdfs and ebooks. This keeps the amount of work needed for publishing at bay and gives us more time to focus on the content.

[mgil]

We’ve got a few good starts so far.

We’ll need to set up some sort of static space to host the articles and we are currently bouncing around ideas.

[Manveer]

I'm also versed in markup languages like html, latex, markdown and asciidoc and am able to create simple websites, so I'm offering to help out in creating a basic website for the articles.

Very cool and a generous offer. We'll get you involved.

[unruhschuh]

We’ve got a few good starts so far.

We’ll need to set up some sort of static space to host the articles and we are currently bouncing around ideas.

Jekyll is very nice for creating static websites from markdown. It's an elegant way to divorce the content from the layout.

I'm also versed in markup languages like html, latex, markdown and asciidoc and am able to create simple websites, so I'm offering to help out in creating a basic website for the articles.

Very cool and a generous offer. We'll get you involved.

I can't wait!

[Cody]

We’ve got a few good starts so far.

We’ll need to set up some sort of static space to host the articles and we are currently bouncing around ideas.

Jekyll is very nice for creating static websites from markdown. It's an elegant way to divorce the content from the layout.

I'm also versed in markup languages like html, latex, markdown and asciidoc and am able to create simple websites, so I'm offering to help out in creating a basic website for the articles.

Very cool and a generous offer. We'll get you involved.

I can't wait!

We were literally talking about getting a static site/landing page with a place for articles yesterday. I even specifically mentioned your HLM post you made. How fortuitous that you were somehow on the same wavelength.

[unruhschuh]

We’ve got a few good starts so far.

We’ll need to set up some sort of static space to host the articles and we are currently bouncing around ideas.

Jekyll is very nice for creating static websites from markdown. It's an elegant way to divorce the content from the layout.

I'm also versed in markup languages like html, latex, markdown and asciidoc and am able to create simple websites, so I'm offering to help out in creating a basic website for the articles.

Very cool and a generous offer. We'll get you involved.

I can't wait!

We were literally talking about getting a static site/landing page with a place for articles yesterday. I even specifically mentioned your HLM post you made. How fortuitous that you were somehow on the same wavelength.

[Cody]

Wait... Does this mean I'm Keanu Reeves?

[MattimusMaximus]

Anything related to programming, recovery, and RPE... so basically lifting related lol.

[PatrickDB]

The first paper needs to be ALP.

ALP part 1: the Novice progression.

ALP part 2: the aesthetic intermediate and the GUAP [Generalized Undulating Aesthetic Periodization]