Never Gymless?

March 18th, 2008 | Category: Rants By Ross

 

Who said you need a fancy gym to get in shape?

Pumping Iron In Haiti

Julien Spencer trains at home with scrap metal, car batteries, and disassembled car engines. 

Obviously, I’m not suggesting that you open the hood of your car in search of exercise equipment.  There is a message however that one can take away from this story.  You do not need a state of the art facility to improve physical fitness.  A little creativity, coupled with perspiration, will go a long way. 

Julien Spencer is a living example of this simple idea.  And as far as I know, there are no JYEC’s (Junk Yard Exercise Certifications) available at this time.  Believe it or not, but you don’t need a fancy certification to get up and exercise. 

Go visit a prison if you want another example.  Many convicts get up and exercise, and become tremendous physical specimens.  They exercise without all of the nonsense that litters today’s fitness industry.  They don’t have top level coaches guiding their every movement.  They don’t have access to luxury gyms.  Their diets are far from optimal.  The list goes on and on. 

Now, I’m not knocking all cert programs, nor am I glorifying prison, but it seems like a new certification hits the market every week.  Before you know it, there will be certifications on how to become certified.  Years ago, these programs didn’t exist.  It didn’t stop anyone from getting in shape.  Go to the Sandow Site for more examples than you’ll ever need.  You could literally spend all day and night reading up at the site.

Sandow and The Golden Age of Iron Men

Bookmark ^ this site! 

I’m not sure how a discussion of car batteries turned into a discussion regarding convicts and the Sandow site, but these things happen after a long day. 

Ross

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11 comments

11 Comments so far

  1. James Crowther March 18th, 2008 7:45 pm

    Once again Ross, this is spot on!

    Great site as well, the Sandow one, thanks.

  2. PEDRO VARGAS March 18th, 2008 8:10 pm

    HOLA ROSS, SALUDOS DESDE CHILE MUY BUEN BLOG. COMO MUESTRA TUS PUBLICACIONES ANTERIORES TODO ENTRENAMIENTO TIENE COMO FACTOR COMUN LA FUERZA MENTAL Y LA MOTIVACION SEGUN TUS OBJETIVOS A LARGO Y CORTO PLAZO.

  3. PEDRO VARGAS March 18th, 2008 8:12 pm

    SALUDOS ROSS DESDE CHILE. MUY BUEN BLOG. RESPECTO A TU ARTICULO CREO QUE TODO ENTRENAMIENTO TIENE COMO FACTOR COMUN LA VOLUNTAD Y MOTIVACION DE CADA UNO. DEPENDIENDO DE CUAL SEA TU OBJETIVO.

  4. Administrator March 18th, 2008 8:19 pm

    Hola Pedro,

    Gracias para sus comentarios. Buena suerte – Ross

  5. Pat Dwyer March 19th, 2008 11:37 am

    Great article. I love to see how things are going on in other countries workout wise. Neat to see that they are very creative about their performance in this instance.

  6. Kemp March 19th, 2008 2:34 pm

    Awesome website link!

  7. gabriel licciardi March 19th, 2008 9:48 pm

    hola, ross yo estoy usando tus dos libros never gymless y Infinite Intensity, realmente eh tenido cambios muy grandes y muy buenos.. espero pronto poder comprar tu nuevo dvd.. saludos de san juan-argentina

  8. steve March 20th, 2008 8:40 am

    i need to go to this gym… too sick!

  9. Administrator March 20th, 2008 6:27 pm

    Gabriel,

    Gracias, y la buena suerte

    Ross

  10. Q March 22nd, 2008 12:13 am

    I have a pretty ghetto set up too. I get laughed at a lot, but my results speak for themselves. Using homemade and natural “weights” (Rocks,Logs,etc.) also has another benefit around my house…ITS FREE.

  11. levi March 26th, 2008 11:10 pm

    time out. youre an award winning author, fighter, trainer, all-around general badass and you speak other languages? this is getting out of control.

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