James Smith: Diesel Crew


Jim Smith is a co-founding member of the Diesel Crew. Jim is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) as a Certified Fitness Trainer (CFT) and the United States (USAW) as a Club coach.

Jim is also an expert trainer who writes for Men’s Fitness and the Elite Q/A Staff. Jim has been involved in strength training as a performance enhancement specialist for over 8 years and as a strength athlete for over 18 years. He has worked with athletes from many sports who compete at various levels to improve performance, eliminate dysfunction and recover from injury. He has published articles about his unique training style and innovative methods for many prominent strength and fitness related sites. He is also the authored of three renowned strength manuals.


 


Tuesday Posts: Cressey, Gentilcore, and Contreras…

by Jason LaChance on June 28, 2011

in Bret Contreras,Eric Cressey,James Smith: Diesel Crew,T-Nation.com,Tony Gentilcore

Were off to a good start in the industry today with new blog posts from Eric Cressey and Tony Gentilcore along with a new T-Nation article from Bret Contreras.


Eric Cressey explains the idea behind using Open vs. Closed Loop exercises.

“Never expect true carryover from your strength and conditioning programs to the “randomness” of your daily life unless you implement more unpredictable challenges in those strength and conditioning programs.”

Tony Gentilcore brings us his weekly ‘Stuff to Read While You’re Pretending to Work’ post. As always Tony links to some very useful info. He recommends articles from:

*Jason Seib on why we should avoid scales.
*JC Deen on how fitness marketing effects the lifting habits of women. This is a good one for those women terrified of getting bulky.
*Jim Smith with a Livestrong.com article on how to balance fitness with a busy life.

Bret Contreras is at it again with another T-Nation article titled ‘Max Out On Squats Everyday’. Bret discusses his research and visit to John Broz’s facility in Las Vegas.

The article is too packed with info to summarize, but you should definitely look for the points on Olympic Lifting Methodology, Overtraining, Peaking, and Why Your Body is a Liar. The opening quote alone is classic….

If your family was captured and you were told you needed to put 100 pounds onto your max squat within two months or your family would be executed, would you squat once per week? Something tells me that you’d start squatting every day. Other countries have this mindset. America does not.
– John Broz

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