Dave Bolton interview

[donovan5]

For those interested in Boltons dumbell stuff here's a more recent interview

dhyana-fitness.at/wordpress/dave-bolton-interview-author-of-lost-secret-to-a-great-body/

[Michael]

Patrick is well versed in the light dumbbell training. Very informative interview on the light dumbbell training system.

[Deuce Gunner]

I saw that article on LQ some time ago. Did Bolton ever get the revised course or the new website going?

[Bob50]

Good interview to refresh our memory. Factually, if we use voluntary co-contraction (co-tension) of muscle antagonists, we do not need light weights. If we apply the same principles of training, we will get similar results. 

[Deleted]

Did not train with this protocol for a longer time now. What you wil get is a fairly lean look, exactly as Dave said. If you want to look big and swole, this is not the right protocol.

[TexasRanger]

Jul 29, 2018 8:03:04 GMT @patrick said:

Did not train with this protocol for a longer time now. What you wil get is a fairly lean look, exactly as Dave said. If you want to look big and swole, this is not the right protocol.

Just my humble opinion these days: you will probably get bigger with weights or other protocols, but, not a whole lot.  Your genetics are only going to go so far, no matter what you use.  Squats, deadlifts and bench presses will probably add a little more size, but, look at natural bodybuilders or guys like Robert Cheek, a 'vegan' bb'er.  Not a whole lot of size or mass on them vs. Bolton.

A lot of us have been fooled or lied to regarding putting on more "size" over the years by the muscle "magazines" (think they were recently -- correctly labled -- advertising publications by a federal group responsible for the oversite of magazines, etc.).  You'd consume bulking and muscle gain powders and all that crapola did was empty wallets and put on fat.  The old time lifters and so many claimed eat big and then "cut" down for "mass" -- but, you'd end up looking the same. (And how many of those guys were juicing...) Another are all of those stupid programs...they all use the same exercises for the most part and either the standard "X" number of sets/reps with 4 sets of benches, 4 sets of flies, or, a more HD-centric approach.  Who ended up looking like Arnold?  Lee Haney? following all of the spin...?

And I still believe this holds true decades after Jones wrote it:

Today, in this country alone, hundreds of millions of dollars are being literally stolen from people every year, stolen by convincing millions of people that they can do things that are impossible, things that are possible for a few people but that are impossible for most people. But if you believe that this situation is bad at the moment, that the government should somehow regulate it, then be advised that any attempt by the government to impose regulation on the field of exercise will make things far worse rather than better. Again the situation comes down to a case of “who decides,” and just who, if anybody, now associated with the government in any capacity knows anything of value about exercise?

NOBODY. Just because some group of idiots calling themselves “experts” appoints some other idiot to a position from
which he can force his stupid opinions down the throats of the public it does not follow that anything will be improved; the only thing you can count on as a result of such a move is the fact that the government will hire a few thousand other idiots and give them the authority to fuck up your life even more than it already is, and, of course, the fact that a few more billion dollars will be pissed away to no good purpose.

Apart from a rather limited number of hardcore bodybuilders who are misguided enough to believe that they have a
chance to compete against the outright genetic freaks that now dominate bodybuilding competition, just about anybody else in this country can produce nearly all of the potential benefits of proper exercise without spending much if anything in excess of about twenty dollars. You can build both a chinning bar and a pair of parallel dip bars for a total cost of only a few dollars, and those two exercises, chins and dips, if properly performed, will stimulate muscular growth in your upper body and arms that will eventually lead to muscular size and strength that is very close to your potential.

Adding full squats, eventually leading up to one-legged full squats, and one-legged calf raises, will do much the same thing for your legs and hips. Using this very simple routine, when you get strong enough to perform about ten repetitions of one-armed chins with each arm, your arms will leave very little to be desired.
Or, instead, you can do what many thousands of others are now doing and piss away thousands of dollars and years of largely wasted effort while producing far less results. The choice is yours

One of the best pair of arms that I ever saw on a man belonged to a guy that I knew about fifty years ago in New York, and he never performed any sort of exercise apart from chins and dips, and damned few of them.

arthurjonesexercise.com/First_Half/68.PDF

[mr potatohead]

Welcome, patrick!

[Deleted]

Thanks Potatohead!

TexasRanger I completely agree! Good observation and comparision between Bolton and Robert Cheek. I have a very thin frame (bone wise), I will never ever get "big" and lets be honest, it is pretty meaningless anyway. I still like the protocol, but after 2 years, it bored me a little and I felt I still had some weakness in some areas that should be ironed out. Plus, I missed bodyweight training. Nothing spectacular but thats how I looked

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[TexasRanger]

Jul 29, 2018 15:44:50 GMT @patrick said:

Thanks Potatohead!

TexasRanger I completely agree! Good observation and comparision between Bolton and Robert Cheek. I have a very thin frame (bone wise), I will never ever get "big" and lets be honest, it is pretty meaningless anyway. I still like the protocol, but after 2 years, it bored me a little and I felt I still had some weakness in some areas that should be ironed out. Plus, I missed bodyweight training. Nothing spectacular but thats how I looked

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Nonetheless, looking good.