I Don't Make This Stuff UP...

I just wanted to display and describe these photos to show you guys/girls that I don't make this blog information up and I'm not some dill-weed who reads a muscle magazine or men's health. I don't have many books since I'm a college student who works at a bar and spends all his money on good food (see older posts). But I believe the books that I have are some of the better resources out there. From Dr. Jonny Bowden to Dr. Verkhoshansky to Tim Ferriss I don't have a lot but I have quality material. Why make stuff up when you can learn from the experts and interpret the information for your own use?



If you read the linked blogs by Chris Grayson and/or Ben Knapp they always make a point that "what gets measured gets improved." I took this advice about two years ago and have a record of every single training session I've put myself or others through. You may not think so, but writing your plan and results down can really take your progress to the next level. If you put a training goal down on paper and formulate a map to get there, you're more likelely to progress at a quicker rate. For instance, if you're supposed to hit a 300lb training bench press in two months according to your plan, you're going to be more apt to do what it takes in those two months to get there. And if the 300lb bench press does not go up then you can look back at your training logs and see what may have prevented you from getting there and fix it in the next training cycle. This could go for other things besides training. Some others that come to mind are: Eating regimen, business notes, finances, and logging which pick up lines work at the bar and which ones don't.



Here's another view of my logs, time for a new binder!


Here we've got another shot of coaching/physiology books and books from a couple of my favorite authors. I highly recommend "The Edge Effect" by Dr. Eric R. Braverman which is about eating and adjusting activity for optimal brain chemistry. I also recommend all books by Dr. Jonny Bowden especially his brand new book "150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy" as this kind of combines a lot of information from his previous books and puts it together in a fashion that is highly applicable to anyone's lifestyle.



Here we've got some physiology text, strength training journals and russian strength training manuals (the base of lots of today's most successful strength training methods, that's why the Soviets kicked everyone's ass in the Olympics for so long)



Books of varius topics of strength, pathophysiology, motivation, brain chemistry, coaching, and "ROMO" NFL linebacker Bill Romanowski's story. It sounds funny but "ROMO" is packed with alot of behind the scenes info on the strength and conditioning scene in the NFL.