By Tom Furman Upon Reading Pavel Tsatsouline’s book, “The Quick and The Dead”, my mind took a parallel path. With the timed intervals and exercises, it was possible to get an ample amount of work done. It wasn’t “one and done” like the old Nautilus training, nor a circuit, but the alternation of…

By Tom Furman According to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu pioneer, Rorion Gracie, “90% of fights end up on the ground.” This is a famous quote and used quite effectively to market the Gracie Jiu Jitsu method. In reality the actual amount is 31%. Here is the breakdown of the study and…

by Tom Furman — “Are You Hurt or Are you Injured?” — James Caan — The Program (1993) There is hardly a person who goes through life without a mishap, misstep or mistake. They get injured. It might be the dream of orthopedists that humans are buried with pristine joints, but life has different ideas. Man plans and God laughs. Even casual activity can fall off the path of playfulness and end in trauma to the body. It really doesn’t matter. What matters is how will this bump in the road affect your lifestyle. Will you be referring to this injury years from now as a reason for total inactivity…

Tom Furman There is a strong case for training in a well equipped gym or box. There is an equally good argument for a superior garage gym. However there is a third choice. Being able to train anywhere. A park or playground for example. Your gear is in your pack…

Why You Appear Differently As You Age by Tom Furman “There is a natural order. The way things are meant to be. An order that says that the good guys always win. That you die when it’s your time, or you have it coming. That the ending is always happy…

By Tom Furman The optimal female form is not chosen through Madison Avenue or Vogue Magazine, but through Anthropology. The waist to hip ratio signals, on a deep hormonal level, that the female is healthy and capable of breeding. This is not about sociology, but propagation of the species. Oddly…

By Tom Furman “Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT Done dirt cheap Neckties, contracts, high voltage Done dirt cheap.” ~ AC/DC, Dirty Deeds. Some years ago while reading about the training methods of lifter Anton Anasenko, I came upon the term, “Dirty Work” or “Black Work”. Anton would extend his sets longer…

by Tom Furman Stagger — “arrange (events, payments, hours, exercises, etc.) so that they do not occur at the same time; spread over a period of time.” Staggering, other than that which occurs after a night out getting tanked, is defined above. Spreading something out over a period of time. …