by John Wood | Sep 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
I wrote a recent email on rice bucket training and it generated a lot of good responses. Training with bucket of rice has its advantages and its disadvantages but I think it is very much worth doing — although perhaps not the reasons you might think. At any...
by John Wood | Mar 21, 2014 | Blog Post
The internet age has brought forth a whole generation of “grip guys.” When I say “grip guys” I mean the folks out there who do grip training…and nothing else! No curls, no squats, no nothing, just all grip all the time.This situation, of...
by John Wood | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog Post
Mind strength is as important as muscular strength for high level athletes. At The University of Michigan, my head coach was Lloyd Carr and my position coach was Brady Hoke, but there was another coach, a guy behind the scenes, who was and is just as important: Greg...
by John Wood | Feb 24, 2014 | Blog Post
Every couple years, armwrestling seems to make a comeback on TV. Case in point: There’s a new show on armwrestling set to debut this Tuesday (2-25-2014) on AMC. Check out these videos: NOTE: Sure, it wasn’t perfect but it was still a lot of fun to watch....
by John Wood | Jan 23, 2014 | Blog Post
An advertisement for the Milo Barbell company from about a hundred years ago stated “You can’t be really strong unless you are really healthy.” At some point I will dig that out and post it on my Oldtime Strongman blog, but I bring it up because...
by John Wood | Jan 7, 2014 | Blog Post
You may have noticed that updates have been a little sporadic as of late. You can thank this new 8 pound, 12 oz. bundle of joy:How could anyone get anything done with this guy asleep on their chest? Now, if you were to ask me what the absolute worst thing someone can...
by John Wood | Dec 30, 2013 | Blog Post
If there’s one thing that they got right in 80’s movies, it’s the training montage. There WILL be times when the only thing standing between working out and doing nuthin’ is a great song. Here’s a few clips that still make the hair on the...
by John Wood | Dec 13, 2013 | Blog Post
Wouldn’t it be awesome if someone went around and interviewed all the legends in a particular area for their tips to success? That’s exactly what Jack Zanger did back in the early 1960’s – ol’ Jack spent six months traveling around the...
by John Wood | Dec 12, 2013 | Blog Post
Many people have written in over the years to ask what my hand gripper “reps” look like when I train. I can’t (and won’t) speak for anyone else but here is a short video clip illustrating what things look like when I do my thing.For best...
by John Wood | Dec 10, 2013 | Blog Post
I’m about as far removed from a typical gymnast as you can get. Not only am I 6’5″ and very firmly in the heavyweight class, I’m also bottom-heavy (i.e. I carry a lot of weight in my legs) which makes me ill-suited to any type of...