Anthony Johnson | The Dream Lounge

I received an early version of Congruent Exercise, as mentioned in Bill DeSimone’s speech at The 21 Convention 2010 of Orlando Florida, just recently. I took some time to scan through it, and thus far, it is exactly the book I, and I think many others, are looking for — and much more. But those comments can be saved for a review. What I wanted to mention today, other than that (according to Bill) the book is in it’s last stretch to home base, completion, is that Bill is a master of his craft.

Bio-mechanics as it applies to exercise.

And not only is he a master of his craft, but he loves his work, in a way and to a degree that most people never experience. This is probably hard to discern from an exercise bio-mechanics book, but if you are a man who loves his work to a similar degree and in a similar fashion, I think you will recognize it all the same.

It’s also inspiring to note…

Cool little video that I think deserves more attention.

No pictures, no video, just basic discussion of my most recent workout. Click the links for video/product fun.

8/30/11

• Wall sit: 110lbs x 2/54 seconds
• horizontal leg press: 390/107 seconds  41 reps
• Nautilus chest press: 220lbs/44 seconds  11 reps
• Nautilus pullover: 210/53 seconds  11 reps
• curls: 35×2/NA  7 reps
• single arm tricep press: 25lb  L=9  R=8  (reps)
• single leg heel raise: 75lb  L=11 R =11 (reps)
• mae forearm curls: 25lb, to failure each arm
• Heavy grip work
• lower back flex

Point 1: I have a bad left knee. For a while I was doing a wall sit followed by reverse lunges. This worked well for a time, but eventually my knee did not agree — post workout. Strange “creaks and cracks” occurred — time to call it quits. So far as I could tell that effect stemmed from the lunges, not the wall sit.

My suspicion proved correct: I maintained the wall sit and now use the best leg press I have access to — which is basically a pile of junk, but it works for…

For reasons I can’t fully explain, I feel inclined to honor this machine, which the picture above does in a very basic sense. And what machine is that?

The ARX Fit Omni machine, unveiled for the first time ever at The 21 Convention 2011 of Orlando Florida.

Obviously, I think highly of this machine. But it’s much more than that. This machine I think is a sort of last stand against a world of irrationality and widespread stupidity.

A “last stand” because this machine, along with the medical/commercial CZT line, are a representation of the best and highest in what it is to be an American in spirit, if not in birth as well.

• creativity
• innovation
• independence
• reason
• revolution…

In an industry flooded with imbeciles like Jilian Michaels, Tony Horton, beach balls, “cardio classes”, ZUMBA, and shake weights — we also have this.

We have a giant leap forward in exercise technology not seen since the likes of Arthur Jones. And we don’t just have a physical product of man’s mind…

 
This is an exclusive first glimpse of the most advanced and intense home exercise machine in the world. It is a personal/home version of the CZT machines that you have seen Keith Norris and I on — and it is going to be unveiled for the first time ever at The 21 Convention 2011 of Orlando Florida.

For those unfamiliar with these machines, it is essentially the equivalent of “working out with a fork lift” as I heard Drew Baye put it once. For the disciplined individual, this machine allows for a level of intensity in your workouts not achievable on conventional exercise equipment — and it does so without compromising the safety of chosen exercises.

If I ever get my hands on one of these, I would consider using it at the exclusion of all else for the vast majority of movements I seek to perform in my workouts (basically anything that could be done on this machine, would be done on this machine).

This is…