daily dose of iron- 1

while Iron benefits the body in many ways including formation of hemoglobin, brain development and function, body temperature regulation, and muscle activity and metabolism, and not getting enough Iron will lead to Anemia. This is not the type of Iron I am going to talk about. the Iron I am referring to is a heavy barbell.



"that which is used is developed, and that which is not wastes away" this quote by Hippocrates explains well Wolff's Law and one of the benefits of strength training. Wolff's Law states that "bone in a healthy person or animal will adapt to the loads it is placed under.[1] If loading on a particular bone increases, the bone will remodel itself over time to become stronger to resist that sort of loading. The internal architecture of the trabeculae undergoes adaptive changes, followed by secondary changes to the external cortical portion of the bone,[2] perhaps becoming thicker as a result. The converse is true as well: if the loading on a bone decreases, the bone will become weaker due to turnover, it is less metabolically costly to maintain and there is no stimulus for continued remodeling that is required to maintain bone mass.[3]"

Osteoporosis is the thinning of bone tissue and bone density over time. According to health.google.com 1 out of 5 women over the age of the 50 have osteoporosis and half of all women over 5o will fracture a wrist hip or spine. Women need to be getting their daily dose of an iron barbell, to lead a strong long healthy less injury prone life, just as much as the meatheads out there do.

Bones get weaker over time, resistance training under heavy loads will cause bone to adapt and become stronger and denser. Seems pretty cut and dry, develop or else you will literally waste away.

YOU ARE?

This weekend Sara Cichorek and myself competed in USAPL's push/pull meet in Atlantic City, it was 4th meet of the year and 5th ever. I began to think, am I a "powerlifter" now? I could argue yes, I read about different techniques and ideas about programming and periodization, I plan for my meets and I've even trained a few friends to compete in a few powerlifting meets. I could argue no just the same, its only my first real year trying to compete, with mixed results.

This got me thinking, what makes someone a powerlifter? somebody that competes? i guess you can make that call, but that led me to think about internet "experts". There are a lot of "coaches" out there, a lot of "athletes" and "trainers" (especially in NYC).

To the coaches, if you do not train/coach anybody that does not compete, you are not a coach.

To the athletes, if you do not compete in whatever it is you are training for, you are not an athlete.

To the trainers, if you do not program for your clients you are not a trainer, you just make people sweat.

Competing does not make a person better or worse. But passing off a title that implies expertise is dishonest.

what happened?

quick rant. no spell-check just a quickie right down the middle. you know how i get down.

1-swithcing focus on this blog to something more maintainable for me. i'll put up links to other awesome articles and blogs i find, and i'll just babble on like modern Iraq.

on to my thoughts.

WHAT HAPPENED TO BEING A MAN IN THE GYM?
Since when is the pursuit of strength not at the forefront of every able-bodied, red blooded american male? its seems the Mustang has given way to the Prius.

people need to man and woman up!

women will not become bulky from getting strong, men you honestly have no excuse to not become strong unless you are a model and need to stay a certain size.

FITNESS PROFESSIONALS it is OUR responsibility to educate your clients on these things. Regardless of your goal getting stronger makes achieving said goal easier.

put down the BOSU ball the wobble board and get in the squat rack put a bar with appropriate weight on it on your back squat down get back up repeat! put some plates on a bar on the ground and pick it up.
That snippet too complex to understand then go and buy Starting Strength 2 by Rippetoe.
get in the gym and lift
I am stealing this from a t-shirt i saw at USAPL New Jersey State Power Lifting meet,
"7 days without lifting makes one weak"
side note, I am having trouble posting videos on here if you can figure this out show me the way.