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Rory McIlroy insisted he had put off-course distractions behind him as he celebrated a thrilling one-shot win over Adam Scott at the Australian Open.
Scott led by four shots going into the final day, but Northern Irishman McIlroy birdied the last for a 66 to clinch his first win of 2013.
"Since the end of September, I have just felt in a better place mentally," said world number six McIlroy.
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There have been massive distractions for McIlroy this year, he fell out with his management company, there was the change of golf clubs, he made a mess of his schedule and didn't play enough early on. In Miami he walked off the golf course when he was destined to miss the cut, that was a low point, and he talked about being 'brain dead' when he missed the cut at The Open.
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McIlroy, who won five times around the world in 2012, including a second major when he won the US PGA Championship, admitted 2013 had been a frustrating year "with some things off the course".
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"I cannot believe I have won," said 24-year-old McIlroy. "I did not think it would unfold the way it did.
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I can't remember exactly how it was I stumbled across the first in Gail Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series. It was most likely a title dropped in passing by Veronica Belmont on the Sword and Laser podcast, coupled with the book then appearing on a Goodreads list of the best steampunk books. So I guess I take that first sentence back. Apparently, I remember exactly how I first heard of the book. Let's move on, shall we? Anyway, it was a book well worth stumbling onto, and since finishing it, I've become a huge fan of the series and its author. The blend of supernatural shenanigans, romance, adventure, steampunk, and dandy vampires all wrapped up in a Victorian comedy of manners style tale was exactly the sort of breezy — but not unsubstantial — book for which I'd been hoping. Needless to say but here I am about to say it anyway, I was pretty excited to move on to the second book.
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I read a lot, but that reading happens only in a few specific genres. Predictable ones if you've read anything on Teleport City — science fiction mostly, with a tiny smattering of fantasy, and a healthy dose of non-fiction ranging from military history, travelogues, and anything where Teddy Roosevelt punches out a rhinoceros and gets malaria while exploring some remote niche of the globe. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, given my fondness for horror films, is that I read almost no horror fiction at all. I don't know why this has traditionally been the case. What I read in the past just didn't click with me. I mean, there was some Clive Barker, sure. Everyone in the eighties read Clive Barker. But the Barker I liked skewed much more toward the fantastic than actual horror — Weaveworld, The Great and Secret Show, Everville, and Imajica.


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Four score and seven years ago, the gyms with platforms outnumbered the gyms without 1000 to one. Today, the gyms without platforms outnumber the gyms with platforms 1000 to one. Indeed, four score and seven years ago, there were only 1001 gyms, give or take a score! The one thousand and first gym was probably a Vic Tanny's salon, then just beginning. The opening of that cute li'l chrome health club, I suspect, marked the beginning of a paradigm shift in the art and science of weight training as it is popularly practiced in this country and around the world.
Our forefathers brought forth to this nation a method of weight training that was dedicated to the proposition that all methods are NOT created equal. Four score and seven years of scientific scrutiny and practical experience has taught us that their methods were - are - vastly superior to any developed thereafter. The underlying philosophy of their methods was elegantly simple in its fundamental thesis. To maximize your strength and fitness, you must lift heavy weights. Since there were practically no gizmos to make this easier to do back then, one was obliged to lift the weights while standing. Usually on a platform.
The world of Irondom will little note nor long remember what I have to say here. I acknowledge that lamentable fact. Olympic lifting has lost a lot of its former popularity to powerlifting and bodybuilding, especially in the USA. Couple this with the fact that the fabric of the bodybuilding gym industry has become inextricably interwoven with that of the equipment industry. You can't make a lot of money selling pig iron and platforms, so you devise expensive equipment and sell new models every year, like new model cars. To maintain their competitive edge, gyms are obliged to buy the new equipment because it has been marketed so expertly. These extant market forces mitigate so strongly against Irondom noting or remembering what is said in this article that that it is doomed to the same pile of trivial nonsense that is the end fate of all such pleas for a return to sanity. Still, I must protest, albeit into a raging wind of vile objections or (worse) utter obscurity.
What's With The "Platform" Thing?
See, back in the days of platforms, the weights were made of iron, and dropping them on the floor was considered pretty "bush." You were instructed to lower the bar to the floor under control back then, an act which had some pretty worthwhile benefits in and of itself, besides being allowed to remain in the gym. Of course, it was appropriately believed that the successful raising of the weight was the primary intent of standing there in the first place. So, the platform was there for two major reasons: To protect the floor if you inadvertently missed a lift, and to mark the safe zone for exercising. No one walked onto or in front of a platform back then as a matter of both safety and courtesy. In case you haven't noticed, by the way, weights are STILL made of iron, although some are rubber coated for damage control.
But let's explore the benefits of the now-all-but-extinct platform a bit more. On the platform you could do cleans, snatches, presses with one arm or two, bent rows, jerks after a clean or off the racks, and a host of other truly great but long-forgotten exercises. Even ...err...squats and deadlifts! [Author's note: A great place for pics from the likes of the early Prof. Anthony Barker's poster courses? Or others?] And there was always chalk near the platform. The single most important safety feature in the gym is now also all-but-extinct. Gym owners are simply too lazy to clean the floor (you can't expect the lifters to chalk up without making a mess).
What's With The "Standing" Thing?
The most important benefit of doing your exercises on a platform is that you are STANDING! You are not sitting, lying, leaning or supporting yourself in any manner. Your synergistic muscles, grip muscles, stabilizer muscles, and prime movers are all synchronously endeavoring to move the greatest resistance possible, each contributing uniquely in the effort to force an adaptive response. Over weeks and months of training under the watchful eyes of fellow lifters and old gym rat aficionados, it began to happen efficiently, and manifold benefits accrued far beyond what can be accomplished with most of the modern-day gizmos.
This does not happen efficiently in the modern gym. In fact, it rarely happens at all. Not that it couldn't. It's just that in today's gyms, little of scientific weight training methodology is known or practiced. As proof of this startling pronouncement, witness the unending torrent of shoulder and low back injuries (two of the most common injuries among a host of nagging others). Witness the unacceptably high dropout rate among newcomers to Irondom. In case you haven't been reading Club Industry reports, the dropout rate exceeds 80 percent! Why? Failure, injury or both DRIVES them out!
Problems With Lifting Weights While Sitting, Lying Or Leaning
A greater chance for injury and failure are two major problems. Dr. Pat O'Shea, author of the first college text ever written on weight training (Scientific Principles and Methods of Strength Fitness, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1976), elaborated on the benefits of free weight training versus machine training. Said he of the ten perils of machine training:1. No machine can provide full range multiple joint movements as closely as free weights.
2. Motor skill engrams aren't established with machines as well as free weights.
3. The carry-over value of free weight training is superior to that provided by machine training.
4. Machine training won't help you develop a high level of fluid, dynamic full-range athletic strength.
5. The body is a homogeneous unit that engages in ballistic movements, particularly those generated by strong hip thrust.
6. Machine training doesn't provide for training variety and variability.
7. Machines don't permit the mind and body to develop in synchronization
8. Machine training does not stress the psycho-endrocrine systems.
9. Machine training does not provide for positive training experience.
10. Machine training does not provide for continuous long-term motivation.
I elaborated on these ten points in Power: A Scientific Approach nearly ten years ago (Contemporary Books, 1989). They explain, in large part, why so many people fail to get themselves in peak condition if all they do is train with machines. They also explain, in large part, why people get injured so much. Moving through prescribed patterns and ranges of motion just aren't the way Mother Nature intended for you to move!
But both O'Shea and I only hinted at the one important point that needs to be addressed. It comes closer to explaining the injuries and drop-out rates. The simple fact is that, with the use of machines, you're almost always sitting, lying or leaning. That is the underlying reason for all ten of the stated perils.
There is a startling bit of information that was not brought to light until recently. The chances of injury, both during and as a result of training on machines, is far greater than while lifting free weights while standing on your own two feet. Now I must admit that, at first, this seemed odd to me. Most of us in Irondom simply assumed that machines offered the user a bit more safety than free weights! You know, limited range of movement, carefully hidden moving parts, total lack of ballistic stress, and so forth. Not so according to these relatively recent research findings:
* Weightlifters [Olympic style] have less than half the injury rate per 100 hours of training than do those engaged in other forms of weight training; 17 Vs 35. (Hamill, B. Relative Safety of Weightlifting and Weight Training. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 8(1):53-57. 1994)
* Retired Olympic weight lifters had lower lifetime incidence and prevalence of low back pain than a control group of normal active men of similar age; 23% Vs. 31%. (Granhed, H. et al. Low back pain among retired wrestlers and heavyweight lifters. The American Journal of Sports Medicine,16(5):530-533. 1988)
* Mike Stone, et. Al. provided an excellent review of the research literature on this topic. The inescapable conclusion was that weightlifting is indeed the safest method of weight training. (Stone, M. H., A. C. Fry, M. Ritchie, L. Stoessel-Ross, and J. L. Marsit. Injury potential and safety aspects of weightlifting movements. Strength and Conditioning. June: 15-21. 1994)
It is clear now, that Dr. O'Shea knew what he was taking about. The very forms of stress that machines force you to avoid are the ones your body not only craves because they simulate all movement on planet Earth, but absolutely requires for both safety reasons as well as performance reasons!
Benefits of Lifting Weights While Standing
Arthur Drechsler, author of the single most important book ever written on Olympic weightlifting (The Weightlifting Encyclopedia, A is A Communications, New York, 1997), hit the nail on the head. Speaking about the unique value of the Olympic lifts for athletes, Drechsler listed eight benefits unavailable to those using machines:1. The mere practice of the (Olympic) lifts [the snatch and the clean & jerk as well as related lifting techniques] teaches an athlete how to explode.
2. The practice of proper technique in the Olympic lifts teaches an athlete to apply force with his or her muscle groups in the proper sequences.
3. In mastering the Olympic lifts, the athlete learns how to accelerate objects under varying degrees of resistance.
4. The athlete learns to receive force from another moving body effectively and becomes conditioned to accept such forces.
5. The athlete learns to move effectively from an eccentric contraction to a concentric one.
6. The actual movements performed while executing the Olympic lifts are among the most common and fundamental in sports.
7. Practicing the Olympic lifts trains an athlete's explosive capabilities, and the lifts themselves measure the effectiveness of the athlete in generating explosive power to a greater degree than most other exercises they can practice.
8. The Olympic lifts are simply fun to do.
There is a lot of sophisticated science wrapped up in explaining these eight benefits. I cannot delve into it in this article enough to do it the justice it deserves. However, I can add a few insights to the list Drechsler provided.
The fundamental reason why what both O'Shea and Drechsler say is true is that the lifts are done while standing! In my mind, this places a premium on such lifts and detracts from the value of machines.
And, it's not only machines that are suspect. Free weight exercises that requires the use of benches or other contraptions of various sorts are implicated as well. Lying or sitting on a bench effectively limits the support and stabilizer requirements that are part-and-parcel to lifting while standing. Removing your need for synergy and stability, and therefore your ability to apply adaptive stress to the muscles and other tissues which provide them, is the reason that you are able to effectively injury-proof yourself more easily with lifts performed while standing than any other method of weight training.
To illustrate, let's talk about bench pressing (a free weight movement if I ever saw one). Lying on your back with 300-400 or more pounds in your hands presses your scapulae into the flat bench beneath. You lower the bar to your chest. But the scapulae are pinned to the bench and cannot slide inwards as you lower the bar. And neither can they slide outward as you raise the bar off your chest. This is not good! It causes undue stress on the tendons of the long heads of your biceps. The results?
* nagging long-lasting pain from biceps tendentious,
* you can't lift as much,
* far less strength is developed, and
* you are saddled with poor performance in sports and daily activities.
On top of that, all benches are made to be about 16 inches off the ground because the rules of powerlifting dictated it back in the mid-sixties. This is downright dangerous for shorter athletes, who have to go into spinal hyperextension in order to keep their feet flat on the ground for better stability. The results?
* low back trauma
* less stability during training and therefore greater exposure to injury and less weight being lifted
* poor sports performance, or (worse)
* ruined sports career or quitting the gym from unnecessary injury.
Equipment manufacturers haven't even BEGUN to understand this fundamental flaw in a piece of equipment as simple as a flat bench! Imagine the flaws they perpetrate with the rest of their more elaborate gizmos!
How Can I Make Platform Lifting Safer And More Effective Than Machine Training?
The answer to this innocent question is that it already IS! The recent scientific research says it quite clearly. On the other hand, I would be remiss if I didn't leave you with a few points of caution. You will not experience the benefits of platform lifting - lifting while standing - unless you know a few things that must be avoided:
* Poor technique in executing the movement (placing too much stress on connective tissues, and the smaller synergists or stabilizers by getting out of the "groove")
* Premature use of a training method (going ballistic before a solid foundation is developed)
* Improper frame of mind while lifting (lack of focus, intensity or dedication)
* Repeating a movement until fatigue forces you to fail (predisposition to focus problems as well as injury)
Should I Abandon Machines And Benches?
Absolutely not! After all, the use of machines and benches are quite effective! Just expand you horizons a bit, and give it a try! Charles Staley, a colleague of mine in the International Sports Sciences Association, put it rather succinctly in his article on explosive lifting:
"Legions of successful competitive bodybuilders have achieved their goals without using these techniques. However, it has been my experience that many top physique stars have achieved their success in spite of their training methods and habits, not because of them. When you have a superior somatotype and a favorable hormonal system to support it, and when you have a superior ability to train hard on a consistent basis, you don't need to sweat the details. Recreational pharmacology should be factored in, also. "But let's assume that you're at least the fourth generation of your family to stand upright. Let's also assume you have a job, and limited chemistry skills. Let's further assume that your training program could benefit from a bit of variation, and even some fun. If you fit this profile, and if you employ qualified supervision (I'd recommend calling the United States Weightlifting Federation at 719-678-4508 in order to find a qualified weightlifting coach in your area), I would urge you to explore these methods. The downside? For starters, HIT Jedis will call you a fool. Also, you may abandon bodybuilding for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. You also run the risk of slow twitch fiber atrophy, as your Type II fibers hypertrophy to unprecedented size. Finally, you may suffer guilt pangs as you find yourself actually enjoying training again. On balance, I'd say it's worth the risk."
Will it ever come to pass that platforms make a comeback in the gym? Perhaps not (market forces y'know). But one thing is clear. It ain't gonna happen unless 1) you demand it, 2) muscle magazines begin talking about platform lifting, and 3) personal trainers begin getting experienced at it.
For years as a "master" level weightlifter, we had these classifications for weightlifters and totals for each weight class.
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|Class III
|Class II
|Class I
|Elite IV
|Elite III
|Elite II
|Elite I
|114 - 590123 - 639132 - 689148 - 772165 - 838181 - 904198 - 953220 - 1003242 - 1047275 - 1075275+ - 1119
|114 - 672123 - 733132 - 788148 - 887165 - 965181 - 1036198 - 1097220 - 1157242 - 1196275 - 1129275+ - 1279
|114 - 777123 - 838132 - 904148 - 1009165 - 1102181 - 1190198 - 1257220 - 1323242 - 1367275 - 1411275+ - 1472
|114 - 882123 - 953132 - 1025148 - 1152165 - 1257181 - 1350198 - 1422220 - 1505242 - 1554275 - 1598275+ - 1670
|114 - 981123 - 1064132 - 1146148 - 1279165 - 1400181 - 1505198 - 1593220 - 1675242 - 1736275 - 1786275+ - 1857
|114 - 1064123 - 1157132 - 1246148 - 1394165 - 1527181 - 1642198 - 1731220 - 1824242 - 1890275 - 1946275+ - 2022
|114 - 1146123 - 1251132 - 1344148 - 1510165 - 1653181 - 1780198 - 1868220 - 1973242 - 2044275 - 2105275+ - 2188
|114 - 1229123 - 1344132 - 1444148 - 1625165 - 1780181 - 1918198 - 2006220 - 2121242 - 2199275 - 2265275+ - 2353
|114 - 1311123 - 1438132 - 1543148 - 1741165 - 1906181 - 2055198 - 2143220 - 2270242 - 2353275 - 2423275+ - 2518
ANNOTATED REFERENCES1. Hamill ,B. Relative Safety of Weightlifting and Weight Training. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 8(1):53-57. 1994 Found weightlifting to have lower rates of injury per 100 hours than other forms of weight training. 2. Andrews et al. Knee Shear Forces during a Squat Exercise using a Barbell and a Weight Machine. Biomechanics, 4B: 923-927. 1983 Found knee shear forces to be 30-40% greater on the weight machine than with the barbell exercise. 3. Granhed, H. et al. Low back pain among retired wrestlers and heavyweight lifters. The American Journal of Sports Medicine, 16(5):530-533. 1988 Retired olympic weight lifters had lower lifetime incidence and prevalence of low back pain than a control group of normal activemen of similar age, (23% vs. 31%).
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Bottom line, it's my belief that bodybuilding and bodybuilding magazines, as well as the complete denial in the 70's, 80's and 90's of steroid use among the top bodybuilders, has ruined weightlifting as a sport in the USA. I have been in the gym industry for decades and have seen first-hand what a joke strength training has turned into. I can only imagine where the USA would be among the top weightlifting nations had we never suffered under the plague of bodybuilding. Hopefully, the interest in strongman competitions and ESPN and fitness tv networks no longer featuring bodybuilding shows or contests will reverse this.
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A 2005 survey of industry professionals by Food Processing Magazine ranked food safety as the number one plant-level concern (see figure). Of those surveyed, 85 percent stated they were taking additional steps to ensure food safety. The ranking of food safety as the primary concern is justified. Outcries against outbreaks of salmonella, Escherichia coli (E. coli), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (also known as mad cow disease), hoof-and-mouth disease, and other food safety concerns (including issues surrounding genetically modified organisms [GMO]) are front-page news throughout the world.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that as many as 76 million illnesses are caused by food contamination every year in the US. In addition to the public cost, the impact of food safety lapses can be devastating within the food industry. While many food industry executives think of regulatory penalties as a risk, the major risks are potential shutdowns or, even worse, permanent damage to brands and companies. The news media of today are attuned to food safety stories, as they know that such stories sell a lot of newspapers and generate a lot of TV viewer interest. Does the consumer care? A survey of UK consumers conducted by the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) revealed that 71 percent of consumers were concerned about food safety, while only 16 percent were not.
Many food companies are investing significant funds and effort in building awareness for their brands in the market, which can pay off amply in competitive, commodity markets. One highly publicized recall (and the negative image generated in the media), however, can turn an established brand asset into a liability.
Nervous consumers can cause distributors and brokers to quickly abandon such tainted products in the channel. Non-branded manufacturers, such as ingredient suppliers or private-label manufacturers, can become tainted in the eyes of customers. As for distributors, food service operators and grocery retailers will question their credibility and the ability to keep their names out of the media. For retailers and operators, negative press can keep the consumers from the door. It is important to note that major retailers are clearly concerned about food safety. For example, the mock recall requirements from Wal-Mart and Costco exceed the requirements stated in most regulations.
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Most countries have governmental agencies, such as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA), that are responsible for regulating food products. These agencies help to ensure that foods are safe to eat, and that they do not contain any harmful additives. Correct labeling of food products is strictly enforced, and some countries now exercise strict guidelines relating to product advertising. Food control and safety will only increase with the closer linking of food supplies among countries and regions, especially in light of illnesses such as mad cow disease and avian (bird) flu, which can spread to humans through food consumption.
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The two markets with the most impact worldwide are the US and the European Union (EU), given that they are among the largest, and are major importers and exporters of food. The US Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (also known as The Bioterrorism Act of 2002) is also playing a major role in the worldwide food industry. This has created a new requirement for consumer goods manufacturers, as they must track the source of raw materials as well as the destination customer of the finished goods, and all participants in the supply chain must maintain inventory attributes such as lot number, revision codes, manufacturing date, expiration date, serial number, etc. In theory, all of these requirements will enable everyone to combat bioterrorism threats and manage product recalls should they be necessary.
Most of the bioterrorism security regulations require food manufacturers, distributors, and logistics companies to establish and maintain records that would allow inspectors to conduct a trace investigation to protect the food and animal feed supply. It requires having the means to provide reporting mechanisms required beyond traditional lot traceability. With the FDA having authority over about 80 percent of the US food supply, the Bioterrorism Act will have more impact on the worldwide food and beverage industry than all other regulations combined. While limited exemptions exist, the law is intended to be broadly applied to all companies that manufacture, process, pack, hold, transport, distribute, or receive regulated food products. It is estimated that the act covers over 400,000 US and foreign facilities.
The Bioterrorism Act is being replicated throughout the EU to ensure the safety of the food supply from a terrorist attack. On January 10, 2005, Markos Kyprianou, the EU commissioner for health and consumer protection, indicated that the guiding principle of the European Commission (EC) (primarily set out in its 2000 white paper on food safety [see http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/library/pub/pub06_en.pdf]) was to apply an integrated approach from farm to table, covering all sectors of the food chain, including feed production, primary production, food processing, storage, transport, and retail sale. This clearly indicates that food safety concerns impact all members of the food supply chain.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) set forth the basic conditions for safeguarding food in EC Regulation EC/178/2002 (see http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2002/l_031/l_03120020201en00010024.pdf). Article 18 of the regulation specifies that the traceability of food shall be established at all stages of production, processing, and distribution (or from farm to table, including growers, processors, manufacturers, and distributors, plus retail and food service). Indeed, the stricter EU regulations make food processors legally bound to have traceability systems, even if their customers do not necessarily require them. This is applicable to the entire supply chain (production, storage, purchasing, quality control, and so forth), and to everything that contributes to food safety (including packaging, closures, seals, bottles, jars, and the like). This is in contrast to the former requirement to identify only the source of a ingredient (see Is Intentia Truly Industry's First In Food Traceability?). There is also the need for backward traceability for multiple ingredients, as well as forward traceability, for recall purposes.
Another current example is the EC's General Food Law, Article 15, which mandates fast tracking capability for all food, food products, and animals used for food. Such regulations underscore the need for an automated distribution system that can provide prompt and accurate tracking and tracing. The 2005 UK food scare involving chili powder contaminated with the red dye Sudan1 was a major test of the traceability legislation, which had been introduced in January 2005. The dye had been banned from food products in the EU in 2003, but it surfaced in a batch of imported chili powder used to make Worcestershire sauce, which was in turn used as an ingredient in a wide range of products. The FSA ordered the withdrawal of hundreds of products from supermarket shelves, and the problems were eventually traced back to a contaminated shipment of chili powder that came to the UK in 2002 from India. Thus, as regulations become more stringent and global safety concerns grow, all aspects of the food and beverage product lifecycle management (PLM) must integrate internal best practices, customer requirements, and regulatory compliance.
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