Mike and I have been searching the internet exhaustively in order to discover and share more more gems of wisdom spewed by the man they called “The Iron Guru”.
Many of the ideas that Vince presented with fervent conviction were dismissed by and even laughed at by many of the athletes and “professionals” at the time. He would say crazy things like “saturated fats are not the cause of heart disease” *gasp!* — which would later on be given serious consideration by the shepherding hand of mass media.
Amongst the strange, yet effective things that The Iron Guru taught, was that an athlete could “transmute” his DNA thus altering his potential for building muscle.
The following is an excerpt from an out-of-print document about Vince Gironda that Mike and I are really interested in learning more about.
Biological Transmutation Of The D.N.A.
“For those who don’t know, Transmutation is the changing of a thing into
another more concentrated potent thing. D.N.A. is the master blue print in every cell of
the body. R.N.A. is the message unit or messenger that conveys the information to each
body part or junction. The process of transmitting information from D.N.A. to utilization
of nutrients and in turn muscle tissue repair, addition or growth, is a formula used by all
champions. Whether they know what they are doing or not.
In a lot of Vince’s writings you will find that he maintained the position that a
champion gets into shape by thinking himself into shape. He claimed that champions
were champions not because of the system they use, but rather, because they were
champions. This means they are able to transmutate the information for the cell, D.N.A.
to the desired process of intensification. Those who employ this transmutation, you will
notice, are above all things stubborn, aggressive, and possess channel vision and last but
not least, faith.”
All scientific scrutiny aside, it sounds to me like Vince is maintaining that the potential of a given athlete is not simply locked up inside the blueprint of his DNA (in fact, that blueprint can be altered) OR even in the type of training program they use! (and boy, are there a sh*t-ton claiming to be the magic bullet!)
The Iron Guru’s position is clear! – Champions THINK like champions… and that’s why they are champions!
And how do champions think? “above all things stubborn, aggressive and possess channel vision and last but not least, faith!”
New discoveries in brain science and quantum physics may point to some validity regarding Vince’s statement on the transmuation of DNA… but that’s really not the point! The point is that his statement gives hope to many of us who are led to believe that building muscle (or anything you desire for that matter) is somehow linked to our genetic destiny.
You’re ability to build muscle is as linked to the expression of your DNA, as much as you becoming an alcoholic because your father and grandfather were both drinkers! Both ideals are simply a relinquishment of responsibility for the results in one’s life.
MY QUESTION FOR YOU:
Have you ever done the “impossible”?
Have you ever defied so called “reality” in order to achieve a greater vision for yourself?
Perhaps you won a game that others expected you to lose…
Maybe you’ve become a successful businessman, despite your stuttering problem…
Are you dating a woman that is waaay hotter than your buddy’s girl… even though you’re not the typical “ladies man”?
Or are you lean, strong and jacked… despite your genetics?
A few days ago some of the kids I train at Strength Camp told me that their coach cautioned them against performing the bench press. Apparently he is of the understanding that the bench press is bad for your shoulders and baseball players (or any other flexion dominated sport participants) should completely omit them from their program. I think the term “bench pressing is the devil” was thrown in there also.
Look, I have been training myself and hundreds of athletes for close to 15 years now. I’ve spent more time and money studying this shit than I have on my undergraduate degree! No athlete has EVER suffered a shoulder injury due to bench pressing or chronic pattern overload under my watchful eye. And STILL I run up against numb skull coaches and “personal trainers” who want to advise about what exercise are “bad to do”.
Myths, tradition and plan old bullshit has dominated all areas of science and understanding since the dawn of time.
Consider the morons that thought Columbus was crazy because of his claim that the world is round. Galileo was put to death for his claims about the earth revolving around the sun. And Christ crucified for his message of love and unity.
So, if any smart-ass physio therapists or text book scientist out there want to challenge me about the inclusion of the bench press in my athletes training programs, feel free to comment below.
In the mean time watch this video about how to perform the exercise the CORRECT way!
This is kind of a weird video for LHM, but I thought you might get a kick out of watching us goof off a bit
After listening to a seminar by Jeff Anderson, the author of the Home Defense Tactics course, we decided to go out and buy some guns! (not that we’re scared or anything like that!)
Now, mind you that neither of us have EVER shot guns before (yea, real southern boys eh?) and we show up at this real red neck shootin’ range in Florida looking like a bunch of dorks trying to figure out what we are doing.
This is pretty funny stuff… especially the part when Mike loses his ear muffs and the weirdo with the long beard crack up!
Isabelle and Emerson are my two oldest daughters. Like most children their age they like to play “make believe”. They make believe they are princesses, doctors and mommies to their weird little plastic babies.
But yesterday their play was a bit different.
They decided, after watching “The Lion King”, that they were lions.
Along with their crawling on the floor, jumping and roaring so loud that the neighbors became annoyed, was an attitude.
With their faces mangled in fury and their eyes filled with aggression, they took on the attitude of an actual lion… King of The Jungle.
Emerson took on this role so well that she was on the verge of biting her older sisters cheek right off of her face. If you think this sounds sick and scary, it’s because it is! And as their father I was trapped between weather I should intervene to stop the whole charade or continue to let them express themselves.
Well, against my wife’s better judgment… I let the carnage ensue!
You see, I knew that they weren’t really going to hurt each other but what they were doing reminded me of when I played college football.
When playing college football I was a bit undersized for my position but I always seemed to whoop the asses of guys twice my size. The reason why I was able to do this is because I had become very good at playing make-believe.
Before each game I would sit in my locker and imagine that I was a Raptor… you know, the small, quick, agile, meat eating dinosaur the would attack much larger prey than itself and win, featured in the movie Jurassic Park. Sitting in my locker I would see, in my minds eye, myself as a Raptor and at the kick off I would sprint down field and attack my prey (the kick returner) as if I were a hungry prehistoric beast desperate for its next meal.
And as process would have it, I made practically every tackle on the kickoff team!
Last weekend in Quebec City a bunch of us were goofing around in the hotel gym and decided it was going to be tough to get a real “hybrid” workout in so we had a contest instead.
We wanted to find out who could do the most triceps pushdowns with the stack.
Here are the competitors.
a) Mike Westerdal
b) Lee Hayward
c) Dave Ruel author of Anabolic Cooking
d) Vince DelMonte
This video has no educational value. It’s purely for your entertainment. Oh and thanks to Patrick McGuire of Empowered Nutrition for filming.
If You’re Not Looking Forward To Every Muscle Building Meal You Need This!
Thanks for your feedback last week with recipes to spice up my nasty new diet
Below you’ll find a video about how I make my pretty basic protein shakes with Whey, Psyillium Husks and Heavy Cream.
Hey! I would love to hear about the protein shakes that you are making. In fact, Mike and I are thinking about using all of your recipes and making them available to you in a free report… I think that would be pretty cool.
I love food. All types of yummy cuisine… in fact, my new favorite meal is the Fried Catfish with Collard Greens and Cheese Grits at a southern-style restaurant in St. Pete called Savannah’s — DEEE-licious!!
I also love being lean and athletic, so I’ve found a way to strike a balance and continue to lose fat. (I’m weighing in at 223 since my injury and subsequent diet / training alterations).
Basically, I ONLY eat really nasty “diet foods” and a 2 gallons of water all day for 6 days of the week and then binge on a ton of that southern goodness that you see pictured above.
Sunday – Friday I am basically sick to my stomach eating nothing but:
My strong hunch is I’m not the only one in our tribe that suffers from back pain from time to time.
Needless to say if you just ignore the issue, nothing is going to change and matters certainly won’t improve.
As a follow up to Elliott’s video yesterday on lower back pain we’d like to give you this FREE report by Eric Wong.
Eric trains MMA fighters for a living and has suffered severely from back pain as a young man. In fact as a high school student he had surgery on his back which got in the way of his living an active lifestyle big time!
Many of us can relate to this. I know very few people that don’t have to deal with lower back pain on occasion.
Eric has donated this special report. If this PDF even helps reduce your back pain just a little isn’t it worth five minutes of your time to check out? It’s called,
“The 1 Reason Why You Get Back Pain….And What To Do About It”
Honestly, can you really put a price tag on the health of your lower back? Life really takes a turn for the worse when you have trouble getting out of the bed in the morning and have to watch while others live life to the fullest.
I’m not here to rub it in if you have back pain, I’m trying to give you an encouraging nudge to try and do something about it. Feeling like a victim and hoping that doctors have your best interest at heart may be a long dreary road.
Elliott and I first met when I threw out my back a couple years ago. I’m feeling much better now and I’m so happy I did something to fix the state of my back. (Thanks for the help Elliott)
If you’re in the same boat I hope you decide to take matters into your own hands: Go ahead, FixYourLowerBack.com
Now if you’ll excuse me I need to go stretch my hip flexors since I do have Donald Duck syndrome as Elliott likes to call it. Hmmm I thought I just had “junk in my trunk”.
Ori Hofmekler is a well-known fitness expert, former Penthouse columnist and no stranger to controversy. His ideas about training run so contradictory to most of what you see in the fitness magazines that most people either say, “the guy’s a fucking genius,” or “he’s a complete dumbass who doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” Love him or hate him, one thing that Ori got right is his concept about the development of super hybrid muscle. In fact, his Controlled Fatigue Training program is really one of the very first hybrid muscle training programs ever put together. Hybrid muscle training develops super hybrid muscles and developing super hybrid muscle is of course you know, the goal of the Lean Hybrid Muscle training program.
Lean Hybrid Muscle is inspired in part by ancient warrior cultures like the Spartans, the Gladiators, the Vikings and others. Ori’s concepts are also inspired by these warrior cultures. His interest arose from his formative military experiences, which prompted a life interest in survival science and the ways of the warriors. Ori began researching ancient cultures and based on what he learned, became convinced that ancient warrior cultures like the Spartans, the Gladiators and the Vikings were so successful because they had developed a great deal of super hybrid muscle.
Normal muscle fibers are generally either built for strength or endurance with not a lot crossover–at least not in modern man. Ancient warriors though, not only had great strength, but they had a hell of a lot of endurance too. They were like that because the way they trained forced them to develop super hybrid muscle, which is muscle that has essentially been reconfigured, adding mitochondrial density, resulting in a bigger stronger muscle with more endurance capacity.
Ori says that Controlled Fatigue Training builds super hybrid muscle by triggering our body’s survival factors. Survival factors are what keep us alive–there’s a lot of them but they include strength, power, speed and endurance. The survival factors are also what trigger the “fight or flight” response–meaning that you’re either ready to seriously kick some ass or you’re going to haul-ass for the hills with your tail between your legs. The ancient Spartans, Gladiators, Vikings and others, were able to choose “fight” not “flight” because they had developed super hybrid muscle. Their muscles were capable of generating and sustaining strength for extended periods.
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Needless to say if you just ignore the issue, nothing is going to change and matters certainly won’t improve.
