Blog - Cast Iron Strength

21 Aug

Alternative, Coaching, Community, Health, Professional Resources, Strength training, United States

Bells and Whistles

August 21, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

Image via WikipediaI get to have a lot of conversations with people who are coaches or are looking into becoming a coach. I also like to be involved in the on-line lifting community...

18 Aug

Anabolic steroid, Dan Duchaine, Sport, United States

Book Review – Steroid Nation

August 18, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

The book Steroid Nation by Shaun Assael was released in October of 2007, the book takes the reader on a narrative of steroid use and culture in the United States. Starting from the...

16 Aug

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Social sciences

Using big words to sound "sciencey".

August 16, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

It has been said that if you can't communicate something in common terms or too the "layman" in language he can understand chances are you don't really understand what you are trying to explain....

14 Aug

Expo, Glasgow, Mikhail Koklyaev, Olympic weightlifting, Palace of Arts, Powerlfiting, Strongman, Weight Training, Worlds Strongest Man

Mikhail Koklyaev comes to Glasgow

August 14, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

Mikhail Koklyaev came to the glasgow palace of Arts to put on a show for that the UK strength community. There where some 70 people in attendance to witness the man lift and...

09 Aug

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Free Video Analysis Software

August 9, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

I'd like to blog about the joys of Kinocea

25 Jul

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Kettle Bells by Storm the Beach

July 25, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

Here is quote I came across by a member of t-mag.com by the name of storm the beach he is responding to a thread on "kettle bells for powerlifting". I'm posting this quote...

24 Jul

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EMG Data a Pre-cautionary note

July 24, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

EMG (electromyography) is a very useful measurement tool and one that has a lot of good uses in research however one needs to be aware of the limitations of using this data to make...

19 Jul

Clinical trial, Journals, Pharmaceuticals, Sports, Sports Science

Providing a Defined Standard for Research.

July 19, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

Currently there are a variety of things confounding the applicability and power of sports science literature. Outside of things that require money (sample size, taking total control of the subjects for a period,...

15 Jul

Deadlift, Health, Lumbar vertebrae, Muscle, Powerlifting, Shear stress, Vertebral column, Weight Training

Good Form Bad Form

July 15, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

It is almost uniformly accepted in the strength and conditioning world that one should look to keep a "natural lumbar curve" when performing lifts such as the deadlift. There is a rational for...

08 Jul

Effect size, Math, Meta-analysis, Research, Scientific method, Social sciences, Statistical Consulting, Statistics

The need for meta-analysis

July 8, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

The idea of science is to decipher the true nature of the world. As people our opinions and thought are prone to way too much bias and interpretation error to ever come up...

06 Jul

American football, Association football, Coaching, Sports, Squat (exercise), Track and field athletics, Train, Westside

Non-Linear or Auto Regulatory Perodisation

July 6, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

A study has been published recently in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning looking at the effects of what they term as Non-Linear and Auto-Regulatory perodisation. This is by no means a new...

26 Jun

Body composition, Business, Environment, Health, Medicine, Meta-analysis, Noise and Vibration Control, Physical exercise, Research, Systematic review

Vibration Training – A Review.

June 26, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

Welcome to the latest and greatest in exercise science whole body vibration training a modality that is guaranteed to shake the boat! (sorry first and last time I use a pun).It is one of...

21 Jun

Bodybuilding, Olympic weightlifting, Physical exercise, Powerlifting, Sport, Sports medicine, Strength Sports, Weight Training

More Injuries.

June 21, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

After writing the last installment about deep squatting the question of injuries and the rate in which they occur in both weightlifting and powerlifting peaked my intrest. To this end I have performed a...

17 Jun

Health, Knee, Ligament, Medicine, Physical exercise, Physical therapy, Quadriceps femoris muscle, Sport, Strength and Conditioning, Weighlifting

Squat Depth – much too do about nothing.

June 17, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

Squat depth is one of those issues in the field of strength and conditioning, physiotherapy and gym rats the world over that can cause massive divides as soon as it is mentioned. It can...

14 Jun

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Michael Shermer: The pattern behind self-deception

June 14, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

Michael Shermer says the human tendency to believe strange things -- from alien abductions to dowsing rods -- boils down to two of the brain's most basic, hard-wired survival skills. He explains what they...

13 Jun

Ben Goldacre, Dietitian, Dietitians and Nutritionists, Health, Meta-analysis, Nutrition, Nutritionist, Protein, Research, Science in Society, Scientific method, Social sciences

Agentism, Bias and Horrible Reasoning

June 13, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

Ironically enough whilst listening too the latest strength and power hour episode I heard a couple of things that got my back up a bit. Three female presenters and Dr. William Kramer were...

12 Jun

podcast, Strength and Conditioning

Strength and Power Hour

June 12, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

https://www.sphour.com/podcasts.aspxThe strength and power hour is a weekly hour long pod cast produced by the NSCA it contains loads of useful chat on strength and conditioning subjects and other related areas.Loads of decent speakers...

26 May

Fitness, Health, Physical exercise, Population, Shopping, Templates, United States

The idiot proof programme for getting strong as fuck cuz.

May 26, 2010
Posted by Marc Keys

We can talk all day about science, rational thinking, physiology et al what ever floats your boat, hell I love it. One of my favorite things is to either delve into some real...