What stupid thing did you see Joel Seedman do today?

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Here's one I came across today ...it's always beyond stupid and needlessly complicated ...


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I am hoping we can start compiling a thread of all his insane gimmick lifts....if nothing else it's worth a laugh...
 
Im almost positive there isn't some whacky variation of exercises that Louie Simmons never thought of. Something like banded snatches with chains for a 1rm.
 
They make stuff up for content. Hey at least they are dedicated to excercise. They all wanna make money online and gotta come up with angles.
 
Wasn't there a poster many years ago who did all sorts of weird shit like this? He'd combine a curl and squat in a workout? Statiscool or something?
 
Wasn't there a poster many years ago who did all sorts of weird shit like this? He'd combine a curl and squat in a workout? Statiscool or something?
I thought that was Ripskater... Or was he the Marvin Maronivich guy?

My favourite is still Naudi Aguilar... that thread is the best...
When he couldn;t block everyone like he does on his own socials, the comments calling out his buffoonery where the best.
 
I think this Joel Seedman guy is trolling. He makes these exercises for the social media engagement. You can take a peep at his programming. It is mostly normal and a little bit of fluff. He is a 90 degree squatter though.
 
I thought that was Ripskater... Or was he the Marvin Maronivich guy?

My favourite is still Naudi Aguilar... that thread is the best...
When he couldn;t block everyone like he does on his own socials, the comments calling out his buffoonery where the best.

Those threads were great. I remember someone tallied up the win/loss ratio of fighters after they started working with him. Their records got way worse. Either his training methods were negatively impacting their performance or he simply attracted middle of the road fighters that couldn't quite win the tougher fights that mattered most. I think it might have been a bit of both.
 
I thought that was Ripskater... Or was he the Marvin Maronivich guy?

My favourite is still Naudi Aguilar... that thread is the best...
When he couldn;t block everyone like he does on his own socials, the comments calling out his buffoonery where the best.

This was like way back - 2008ish probably. I honestly can't believe Naudi is still around.
 
This was like way back - 2008ish probably. I honestly can't believe Naudi is still around.

It was so good though. Random shit sells.

You feel special when you have a super secret strength training program. Most of his supposed success is simply explained by him getting broken athletes, dropping the training load so low by doing random exercises and them recovering from the extended deload. That's my opinion on what he does anyway.
 
Those threads were great. I remember someone tallied up the win/loss ratio of fighters after they started working with him. Their records got way worse. Either his training methods were negatively impacting their performance or he simply attracted middle of the road fighters that couldn't quite win the tougher fights that mattered most. I think it might have been a bit of both.

He was picking up broken fighters who felt good initially from just recovering for a bit. My physio talks about it all the time and used to work with higher level teams. Sometimes half the job is just telling people to do a bunch of random rehab work so they can't do what they were doing prior and the deload fixes them with some massage thrown in, to feel better. Most can just be managed via adjusting training load and Naudi's programs removed that haha.
 
I think this Joel Seedman guy is trolling. He makes these exercises for the social media engagement. You can take a peep at his programming. It is mostly normal and a little bit of fluff. He is a 90 degree squatter though.
100% trying to get engagement, but the commitment with the face is what makes it.
 
All the hate makes me a Seedman supporter. Do weird, difficult stuff. I think that's great. Challenge your body, learn and master some complex movements. I've found that weird movements gave me a lot more confidence tin grappling, especially because I used to have people lampoon me as strong but slow or whatever.

I don't know man, if you like doing simple, compound lifts, do it and God Bless. But if you like doing some other stuff, that's great too; doing heavyweight weight while balancing on an unstable surface is great. Safe? Maybe not if you haven't developed the necessary levels of strength and balance to do it, but pretty cool in my book.

The main issue I have is where people take the crossfit method--or the method they used to take--of saying that everyone else is making a huge mistake in fitness but that they've found the "real" way to work out. I.E., everyone else is debunked, this way is the legit, authentic way. There's a million ways to work out and almost all of them beat being sedentary.
 
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The main issue I have is where people take the crossfit method--or the method they used to take--of saying that everyone else is making a huge mistake in fitness but that they've found the "real" way to work out. I.E., everyone else is debunked, this way is the legit, authentic way. There's a million ways to work out and almost all of them beat being sedentary.
But that's exactly what he does.
 
I had the good fortune to read his book before I ever saw his YouTube videos. It was really useful and, when I finally saw the videos, it also helped me understand why he does the crazy shit he does. I don't understand why he doesn't explain it better because his videos look fucking insane. (His crazy balancing videos aren't really related to what I found useful.) Disclaimer: I don't know if there's valid evidence to support all his theories, but they're similar to what other sports and strength coaches have done.

It's like he wants to look crazy on YouTube.
 
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All the hate makes me a Seedman supporter. Do weird, difficult stuff. I think that's great. Challenge your body, learn and master some complex movements. I've found that weird movements gave me a lot more confident in grappling, especially because I used to have people lampoon me as strong but slow or whatever.

I don't know man, if you like doing simple, compound lifts, do it and God Bless. But if you like doing some other stuff, that's great too; doing heavyweight weight while balancing on an unstable surface is great. Safe? Maybe not if you haven't developed the necessary levels of strength and balance to do it, but pretty cool in my book.

The main issue I have is where people take the crossfit method--or the method they used to take--of saying that everyone else is making a huge mistake in fitness but that they've found the "real" way to work out. I.E., everyone else is debunked, this way is the legit, authentic way. There's a million ways to work out and almost all of them beat being sedentary.
People have cross trained for a millennia, CrossFit at least the elite ones took it to the extreme. Training for actual top level CrossFit is going to be injurious to most people with the way they do cross train though with specific contest prep that is simply hazardous for most people. Being a hybrid athlete is theoretically the best thing for health though. Having one area of fitness that you specialize in is what your primary focus should be. You only learn through trial and error what you naturally have an aptitude for whether endurance, strength, power/speed, balance, coordination and hand eye coordination.

it is actually an abomination that sports has reached the point that we glorify specialists so much in the strength world especially. People that do reach the top of a given strength sport know that health is a secondary consideration.

The human body was not designed for some sports and guys squatting 800 pounds are really playing an evil kanevil stunt when they do it. That is why a guy can deadlift a grand then blood starts pouring out his nose and he has to basically take a nap the second after he pulls it because it is so taxing.

Being able to move well is actually the pinnacle of athletics. It is why people are enamored with people that can shoot, post, dunk, run up and down the court and play defense or the ability to pitch, play outfield and belt home runs at the elite level. receivers when they make a big catch and run 40 yards to score mesmerize. Look at the highest paid people in any sport that are not specialists and especially not close chained sports. The ones that can do everything well in that particular sport is who ends up being paid the most. That's why guys like Fronning and Fraser are handsomely rewarded. People may say they love a specialist more because they can do that one thing better than anybody but jack of all trades are actually the most watched/scrutinized and highest paid.
 
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