"Do you suppose they will choose to make war against lean, solid dogs rather than against fat and tender sheep?"
Why do I like Russian coach Konstantin Rogozhnikov so much? One reason is that his name looks cool in Russian italics: “Константин Витальевич Рогожников.” But more importantly, I like him because I am lazy. If you visit us regularly here at Lean, Solid Dogs, then (1) I weep for you, and (2) you know that I... Continue Reading →
If you are a Lean, Solid Dog, you need a lot of rest. By a quirk of history, Americans took much of what we “know” about fitness from a terrible source, bodybuilders. Why terrible? Because since the Seventies, bodybuilding has been transformed a few times over by steroids, and if you are training with "Vitamin... Continue Reading →
Strength is a skill in the way that hitting a baseball far is a skill, or boxing. Being big and hitting big do not correlate all that well. The same goes for judo and jiu-jitsu, where leverage and technique are king. Of course size helps, but it turns out that coordination counts for waaaay more. So... Continue Reading →