The Dick Smith Interviews: Insights on Isometrics and Overtraining Thanks to Mike Rinaldi, I had the wonderful opportunity of talking with Dick Smith over a series of telephone interviews. Dick’s background includes World War II experiences, a quarter squat over 1000 pounds and a lifetime of funny insights about the world of athletics. Yet, when you begin to look at the roll call of athletes who looked to him for help, his influence is staggering. Where would American lifting be without the names Lee James, Bob Bednarski, Bill March and Lou Riecke? Among hosts of others, over our discussions, we tended to keep coming back to these four, as well as Tommy Kono. As Kono trained in Hawaii and Dick lived in York (the “home” of American Lifting), it was difficult for the two of them to get together much. Whether the discussion turned to mental toughness, intelligent training or courage in the face of obstacles, the same list of names kept coming up.

Ideally, I hope to organize Dick’s pointers. For the record, I noticed that Dick and I both seem to enjoy the “story” as much as the “point of the story.” Unfortunately for me, I was then faced with pages of notes to reread and attempt to connect point “a” to point “b.” So, forgive me, if you will if a point seems lost or a principle forgotten. However, three overriding principles dominated our conversations and Dick’s insights: Not overtraining! Motivation (The mind of a champion) Flexibility Dick still laments the loss of isometric work in the USA. Simply, most people, including Bob Hoffman, just didn’t get it.

Isometrics didn’t make you feel tired. So, people would start to add in more worka few sets here, a few sets there. “You did plenty, but you didn’t get the blood pumpno lactic acid in the muscles, yet I could prove, with the Isotron machine, that your muscles were fatigued!” The Isotron machine was designed by the “master,” Doctor John Ziegler.

It measured, with a short electric stimulus, muscle fatigue. John still owns one of the original ones made by Doc Ziegler. Once Dick could get a ‘base’ on a guy, he could nearly instantly tell whether or not he was overtrained. 75 milliamps was a “normal” reading.

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If Dick could get a contraction at this level, the athlete was within limits. Over 100, trouble started to show. Dick had an enlightening story about Russ Knipp who had trained for three hours a day.

Dick finally got him to try the Isotron. Bob Bednarski got a solid contraction at 75, after only doing one lift a day for half an hour or so, five days a week. Knipp couldn’t contract until 175!!! On a personal note, I checked this with a stimulator my chiropractor uses. He noted that, yes, people without problems or stress seem to need a lower stimulus to contract, in fact, you can watch their muscles jump when it gets too high. Injured people almost CAN’T contract in some instances.

In other words, overtraining and auto injuries have some interesting parallels. I don’t know what this all means, but I found my chiropractor, Dr. Tom Malin, to intuitively understand Dick’s concept and agree with it 100%. The problem, according to Dick, is that people train isometrically at their weak point and hold it for six seconds. “How many reps does that equal? I don’t know, but most people just float through through their weak points. With isometrics, you focus there.” This kind of workout doesn’t feel like much, but it is putting a huge load on recovery ability.

“It faded out because it wasn’t understood. With a curl at 90 degrees, if you hold for 8 or 10 seconds with a max weight, how many reps and sets is it equal to? It was so simple, people abused it!” Lou Riecke had the “mind” for pure isometrics. He was a pure isometric lifter and didn’t go heavy very often in training. He and Bill March both worked with Doc Ziegler on various kinds of hypnosis and self-hypnosis. We will discuss this in greater detail in another article. Dick found that 3 Squat positions, 3 Pull Positions, 3 Press Positions and the Shoulder Shrug were the best combination.

Hoffman discussed his “Super 8,” but going high, low and “sticking point” seemed to work well for most guys. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathi Books Pdf there. For more insights about this idea, go to the deadstop front squat. (This little introduction into the the “Bulgarian Twist” started my relationship with Dick.) Bill March, however, liked to see the weights move. Work up to two sets of twenty and then tell me if they warm your core up! Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean Ps3 3.55 Patch Tradewinds Classic Crack. on this page.