Barbell Training as Rehab Brian Jones’ Story by Karl Schudt, SSC | May 29, 2013 “I’m glad you didn’t listen to your doctors.” – Mark Rippetoe “I can’t go the gym. Weightlifting is hard. I’m too old. I’m a hard-gainer.” There are lots of excuses that people have for not getting under a barbell. We want life to be …
To recap – on a roof, very quickly came off a roof – involuntarily. Broke my legs bad. Life had changed dramatically in an instant. Now I was faced with a future of being dependent on either a wheelchair or walker to even get around. I was an invalid. Life became nothing more than existing …
A View from above – A Barbell Stoic’s Perspective Part 2 Read More »
Brian Jones Stoicism is an ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium. To most, Stoicism is either unknown or misunderstood. This vibrant, action-oriented, and paradigm-shifting way of living has become shorthand for “emotionlessness.” Given the fact that the mere mention of philosophy makes most nervous or bored, “Stoic philosophy” on …
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Thanks to Jim Steel for his generous words. One of the best things about being a strength coach is that every once in a while, you come across some people who overcome seemingly impossible odds, who are almost on death’s doorstep, but by sheer force of will, decide that this current state of themselves …
Several months ago, I was walking through the airport in Lexington, KY. My headphones ‘ charge had died so I was having to hear the ambient noise in the terminal! Horrible, right? Wrong. Walking along the airline counters row, I heard from my right and to the rear someone say, ‘Hey, that’s the Barbell Guy …