Some Thoughts on Minimalist Programs
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- čas přidán 11. 02. 2020
- This is a clip from The Dan John Podcast Episode 24
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Dan John has spent his life with one foot in the world of lifting and throwing, and the other foot in academia. An All-American discus thrower, Dan has also competed at the highest levels of Olympic lifting, Highland Games and the Weight Pentathlon, an event in which he holds the American record.
Dan spends his work life blending weekly workshops and lectures with full-time writing, and is also an online religious studies instructor for Columbia College of Missouri. As a Fulbright Scholar, he toured the Middle East exploring the foundations of religious education systems. Dan is also a Senior Lecturer for St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London.
His books, on weightlifting, include Intervention, Never Let Go, Mass Made Simple and Easy Strength, written with Pavel Tsatsouline as well as From Dad, To Grad. He and Josh Hillis co-authored “Fat Loss Happens on Monday.”
In 2015, Dan wrote Can You Go? on his approach to assessments and basic training. In addition, Before We Go, another compilation akin to Never Let Go became an Amazon Bestseller.
In early 2017, Dan’s book, Now What?, his approach to Performance and dealing with “life,” became a Bestseller on Amazon. Hardstyle Kettlebell Challenge became available in September 2017, too. - Sport
This talk is what I love about Dan John. It's why he is my strength and culture hero. Explaining minimalism in lifting heavy then to morph into minimalism in the art world is a perfect analogy. Well done, Maestro!
Thanks for watching!
Nice thoughts. We say something similar in music....less is more, but less is more only, when you know what more is and you decide to do less.
Rewatching this now. The message as great as this kind Man 😌
Thank you Dan! 🤜🤛
Another fantastic video dude, super gratefull for all this content ❤️
Glad you enjoy it!
Another great video, such a goldmine of information. Thanks Dan!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a guy! thanks for the articles on T-nation, learned lots.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks a lot. Great info.
Glad it was helpful!
In all the years i learned so much from you. I actually see you as my mentor :) keep up the wonderful and great content. big love from germany
I appreciate that!
Have you checked out the German version of the site yet? www.danjohnuniversity.com.
Dan, I really appreciate what you say and I have read almost all of your articles that you have written in T-nation... learned a lot from these, great insightful stuff, I have long been in love with minimalist programs, two per week all out workouts with two major and one minor lift in each. Really enjoy it
I appreciate that!
@@DanJohnStrengthCoach thanx for appreciating sir, I feel lucky that I have read and learnt from people like you right from the beginning and it has really saved me from lots of non sense when programming workouts
Great video, just to the point. I like the big picture perespective and analogy to art. BTW is this Socrates sculpture on your right?
Socrates and Plato bookends, yes.
I found the example of your backing off in 91' and swelling very relevant. Prior to our current situation I had been doing an Olympic lifting program pretty much in line with what you described at the beginning of the video. Then, at age 53 with 35 years in the weight room, the pandemic forced me home with a single KB, a couple of bands, a PVC pipe, medicine ball, sprints and a lot of long walks with the dog. During this time most workouts dropped to about 15 minutes per session. While we don't have a set of scales at the house, we do have mirrors and I swear I have grown. I am curious to see what happens upon the return to the Oly program. Thanks for the putting out quality info Coach!
Let us know!
Will do. I ordered an Oly bar and bumpers for the garage. I won't be caught out like this again! The backlog on these items right now is equal to the delivery time on ordering a new car but hopefully I am only a few weeks away from getting under a loaded bar again.
Hey love your commentary on this one! Good food for thought. I'm trying to self-train a bit, can you recommend any books on basic concepts in weightlifting / strength training? I've just seen so many different programs and ideas people have, many of which appear contradictory (high volume, low volume, minimalist, complex, etc) I was just keen on learning some of the basic building blocks behind all those programs so I could put something together myself, if that makes sense.
Thanks
You are welcome.
I always enjoyed your content. Really good to here you address this as the idea that 2 exercises are all you need for ever seems too prevalent in the kb community.
Please could you point me in the direction of a more comprehensive kettlebell workout/philosophy/structure?
Taking a RKC is probably the best place to go.
@@DanJohnStrengthCoach thanks, is that the same as Stronfirst certificate?
Thank you, great video! Speaking of minimalist programs, what are your thoughts about Simple and Sinister ?
I've discussed it before. Search my channel for it.
Squat, chin, dip, deadlift.
Better off with toilet squats and push ups.
Just found ur channel Dan. So happy u got one. Id like to ask u about squat everyday program (Bulgarian style)Is it a good idea to run for an intermediate lifter? Can i run it the whole year with smart auto regulation? Cheers
You should try it for 6-12 weeks and see if it works for you.
Dan John thanks mate!
Holy shit. Its the man before he was famous
@@joneh9483 heheheh cheers man. Good to see an old comment like that. I’m a big fan of Dan.
Would you say beginners should be doing a higher volume more because they are learning the necessary skills of muscle recruitment and movement patterns?
Yes.
@@DanJohnStrengthCoach Im currently reading your book "Attempts" and really enjoying it. What would you recommend as the next one for me to read?
@@BodyByBisson 40 Years with a Whistle
Awwwww. =( 20's then....
wouldnt you consider stronglifts 5x5 as minimalist?
It would depend how you do them.
I think classic 5x5 not minimalist at all… At least for time issue… god damn lasts 1,30 hour.…less exercise but more time…
So I guess his podcasts are for serious athletes not the regular guy. Any two exercises has to be better than laying on the couch...