The last few days I have spent a ton of time reading posts on Zach Even-Esh's blog. Zach is huge into old school training--no BOSU, no TRX (although he does use gymnast rings and ropes for suspension training, both of which have a much more primal feel than the bright yellow of the former), no Power Plates, no BS. Barbells, dumbbells, real kettle bells, chains, a ton of grip training techniques and even more iron plates. This is EXACTLY how strength training should be, pure iron and steel with a ton of body weight training for conditioning as well. Needless to say, my lifts have been off the charts with intensity and passion since I cut back on all the frivolous toys and started focusing on the grown man toys.
If you are feeling like the gym isn't the same as it used to be, maybe it's because you have been spending too much time doing the workouts you find in Steroid Weekly instead of doing what your primal self tells you to do. See that heavy thing in the corner? Pick it up. Move it across the gym. Press it over your head. Move it back across the gym. Do it a hundred times. Feel yourself bigger and stronger every day. Feel yourself get back to the basics.
