Mel Siff Blog

I conclude this year with an overview of what I have found to be the most interesting or intriguing facts and opinions about really good news, body weight and obesity, the drawback of weight concerns, passive smoking, lies, ... And when scientists and reporters jump from results to conclusions, yet another source of error lures behind: the so-called post hoc fallacy, the wrong belief that the first event is the cause of a second event if they always follow each other. ...

... for themselves the majority of fitness and nutrition gurus would be out of business. Many people have been taught what to think but not how to think. I would hope the best way to cure this problem would be to show them evidence that indicates facts. ... I am also working on some information that will help people in the fitness industry learn how to construct valid arguments and identify logical fallacies. Below I have included the basic system I use for learning. ...

Mel Siff has referred to progressive overload weight training as a fluctuating overload system (Siff M. 2000 Supertraining page 90). In other words progression is more like a wiggly up and down graph with an overall trend of up – yes I ...

Mel Siff has referred to progressive overload weight training as a fluctuating overload system (Siff M. 2000 Supertraining page 90). In other words progression is more like a wiggly up and down graph with an overall trend of up. ...

There was no grandstanding to Save a Negro, there were no overplayed super training moments (there were super training/working moments, but they weren't overplayed), and you didn't walk out thinking, “Well, gosh darn it, ...