New ROK Article: Gym Etiquette
We all like going to the gym, don’t we? Of course. But you don’t want to go there and ruin everybody else’s experience with your boorish behavior. And that is […]
Physical culture
New ROK Article on Function Over Form
Or, for a more blunt title than “Function Over Form”: “When is it okay to listen to fat people for fitness advice?” The short answer is: Not very often. But […]
New ROK Article: How To Bench Press
The humble bench press is an exercise that is perhaps over-used by the bros and idiots of the world, but is still one you ought to have in your repertoire. […]
New ROK Article: Ancient Tactics, Today!
You might have noticed that the political situation at the moment…could be better. In response to the “Battle of Sacramento” that occured a couple of weeks ago (not to be […]
New ROK Article on Training the Forearms
Most people recognize that “weak hands make a weak man”, but unfortunately, most people use methods of training the hands and forearms that are either ineffectual (ie: wrist curls) or […]
New ROK Article on Kim’s Game
Kim’s Game is a method of training situational awareness and improving the eye’s ability to “grab” information that has been around for centuries. Most know it from the classic Kipling […]
New ROK Article on “Greasing The Groove”
“Greasing the Groove” is a term invented by the “Mad Russian” Pavel Tsatsouline to describe a program of high repetition weightlifting which can, contrary to popular opinion, create strength and […]
New ROK Article on Reducing Soreness
Once upon a time, as a young college student, I discovered something miraculous: That walking a mile or two at a leisurely pace after a heavy weightlifting workout reduced muscular […]
Second Return of Kings Article on Isometrics
Once again, I have written about isometrics, but a different sort of isometrics. Isometrics to work out the lower part of the body as opposed to the upper body in the […]
New ROK Article on Isometric Exercise
As I have alluded to in other articles, I have recently suffered a lisfranc injury in my right foot. This is going to keep me out of my day job […]