So what topics would you good folks like to see discussed in an article format?
Anyone in particular that you'd like to hear from on a particular subject?
Do you have something training related that's been kicking around in your head that you'd like to write about?
Let's use this thread to generate some ideas and get some insight. Being a community forum let's draw upon the local knowledge and create some great content!
Belt review
Home gym recommendations (probably just a sticky? doesn't really need a paper)
Barbell path in the clean
How to properly pair headbands with the rest of your lifting attire
Barbell deflection/rebound/whip and steel
Knipex Pliers: Why all your tools are wrong
The Dapper Beast: Mens Fashion for Lifters
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've made some rules for myself that I follow (I shared these as a lot of tips a week or two ago), and I try to follow these in a bull-headed fashion. It works, but it might not be a great approach. Inputs would include frequency of sessions, intensity of sessions, exercise choice, method of progression, set & rep schemes, etc.
I enjoy reading accounts of people in the iron game. I don't have any specific recommendations at the moment, though
Mechanical optimization of bar path on the clean, snatch and their power variants.
The belt, the squat and the Valsalva Maneuver - a review
When should I pull sumo?
Shoes - lifting, laboring, liaisoning and lovemaking
Asics 727 - Asian Magic
How to put 1lb in your deadlift over a year
Genetic engineering and sports
The role of gluteus maximus hypertrophy on the overhead press - a digression
Chebass88 wrote: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've made some rules for myself that I follow (I shared these as a lot of tips a week or two ago), and I try to follow these in a bull-headed fashion. It works, but it might not be a great approach. Inputs would include frequency of sessions, intensity of sessions, exercise choice, method of progression, set & rep schemes, etc.
I enjoy reading accounts of people in the iron game. I don't have any specific recommendations at the moment, though
I second this. Maybe the progression could start from where the lifter left off. There is such a spectrum of lifters (guys like me squatting 1x per week to some doing it 4x per week), but the method could still be used to slowly bump that total tonnage up over time. Eventually it could be an algorithm similar to the diet one everyone is doing right now. We can trust the computer to lead us to destroy those commie mutant bastards... wait wrong computer.
RPE. It's the one topic, that probably will never come up on the other side.
Also I could write 8000 words on the coefficient of friction with a two line example for the deadlift, where I describe it as some kind of rowing motion with a kettlebell. When this error is pointed out to me in the comments section, I'll suggest someone should send me a revision by fax. After Hanley did that it'll say in the article to use a dumbbell instead.
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.
Savs wrote: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.
Savs wrote: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.
No pressure for you, my good man.
Part of the OP was to see if there are some ideas even a moron like me can write about. I think I've got one formulated with a working title: "You're not a novice anymore."
Savs wrote: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.
No pressure for you, my good man.
Part of the OP was to see if there are some ideas even a moron like me can write about. I think I've got one formulated with a working title: "You're not a novice anymore."
