Greg Newton
07-08-2010, 04:21 PM
I just got finished talking with the one and only Jack King. Great guy to talk to. Jack runs a gym in Winston-Salem N.C. We had good talk about working out and Olympic style weightlifting from back in the day.
Jack is a wealth of knowledge about training. He shared a few things I'd like to pass along. For one, he said you can't plan Personal Records for a given workout. You have to go with your energy levels and motivation for any given day. If the workout zooms by and you end with high energy - don't stop. That is the time to put in something extra. The following workout you will find that you'll almost be able to hit that same P.R.
Closely tied to this is the concept of BioRhythms. I don't know much about this, but I promised to call him at a later date to get more information. He said that he would plan his workout volume according to his biorhythms for any given day. He also gave the example of Japanese pilots. If they have three lows, they aren't allowed to fly.
Another thing he commented on was the mindset it takes to get high repetitions in a movement. Jack said you have to literally attack the exercise with the minset of doing more. You can't just do twenty or thirty and think that is enough. As the numbers climb and the results happen, you become motivated to do MORE. The MORE you do, the BETTER you get at it.
Jack also told me a good story about mental barriers. He was lifting in a meet and not feeling well, bombed on his first clean and jerk. That put him behind on a lift. When it came to his final lift, he was going to go for 335. Several people came to him and told him to reduce the weight and play it safe. They said he couldn't make it. Then someone commented to the judges he would bomb and it carried over the P.A. system for all to hear.
Jack, being Jack was so incensed over all the negativity that he stepped up to platform and banged the clean and jerk out like it was nothing.
I enjoyed my conversation with him immensely. He is definitely what I'd call an iron game master with a knowledge of what works. His no frills gym is indicative of that. Whereas his main focus has been Olympic weightlifting and bodybuilding with weights, there are many things that can tranfer over to what we do. I look forward to seeing him collaborate with John on some things. Since he was friends with the York Barbell gang circa the 1960's I need to also ask him about isometrics the next time we talk.
Greg Newton
Jack is a wealth of knowledge about training. He shared a few things I'd like to pass along. For one, he said you can't plan Personal Records for a given workout. You have to go with your energy levels and motivation for any given day. If the workout zooms by and you end with high energy - don't stop. That is the time to put in something extra. The following workout you will find that you'll almost be able to hit that same P.R.
Closely tied to this is the concept of BioRhythms. I don't know much about this, but I promised to call him at a later date to get more information. He said that he would plan his workout volume according to his biorhythms for any given day. He also gave the example of Japanese pilots. If they have three lows, they aren't allowed to fly.
Another thing he commented on was the mindset it takes to get high repetitions in a movement. Jack said you have to literally attack the exercise with the minset of doing more. You can't just do twenty or thirty and think that is enough. As the numbers climb and the results happen, you become motivated to do MORE. The MORE you do, the BETTER you get at it.
Jack also told me a good story about mental barriers. He was lifting in a meet and not feeling well, bombed on his first clean and jerk. That put him behind on a lift. When it came to his final lift, he was going to go for 335. Several people came to him and told him to reduce the weight and play it safe. They said he couldn't make it. Then someone commented to the judges he would bomb and it carried over the P.A. system for all to hear.
Jack, being Jack was so incensed over all the negativity that he stepped up to platform and banged the clean and jerk out like it was nothing.
I enjoyed my conversation with him immensely. He is definitely what I'd call an iron game master with a knowledge of what works. His no frills gym is indicative of that. Whereas his main focus has been Olympic weightlifting and bodybuilding with weights, there are many things that can tranfer over to what we do. I look forward to seeing him collaborate with John on some things. Since he was friends with the York Barbell gang circa the 1960's I need to also ask him about isometrics the next time we talk.
Greg Newton