I always wondered why people felt guilty about eating creatures like (for example) chickens, and finally it occurred to me that it's misplaced guilt. After all, if you lived in a World where chickens were as big as people, and where people were as small as chickens, you're toast baby, because no chicken is going to put its conscience before a meal.

And if vegetarianism isn't punitive enough, exercisers can further cleanse their spirit by adopting any of several even harsher varieties of nutri-torture, including veganism, raw-food diets, and macrobiotic diets. And finally, truly advanced exercisers can earn their post-graduate credentials in cleansing, fasting, and colonics.

I'm Guessing She's A Vegan

It's not hard to see why exercisers would be drawn to a tactic like forced reps. After all, it hurts to go to failure, but it hurts more to do forced reps.

And make no mistake - despite the fact that forced reps occur long after your fast-twitch fibers have gone on permanent hiatus, these puppies do hurt - a lot.

One potential downside of forced reps is that they require a partner, however, for exercisers this is actually a plus because it helps to define each person's role- either as the punisher or the punishee.

The fact that forced reps are completely antagonistic to fast-twitch fiber recruitment and athletic attributes makes it even more effective from an exerciser's point of view: exercisers favor tactics featuring a high pain/low payoff ratio, and forced reps are ideal in this regard.

The essence of corrective exercise of course, is correction. This appeals to people who've accumulated a lot of guilt, presumably over years of inactivity and bad eating habits. It's almost as if exercisers feel the need to punish themselves as a way to atone for their past transgressions, real or imagined.

Thankfully for the guilt-ridden throngs, there are plenty of corrective-exercise specialists (who now assume Paul Chek's surname) ready and willing to help them out.

With the careful guidance of these extensively trained professionals, exercisers can re-learn how to sit, stand, walk, breathe, and eat, not to mention exercise. In fact, exercisers can even learn how to examine their own poop for further evidence of past wrongs.

Your Leader Contemplating His TVA

No Squats For You, Your First Rib Angle Is Dysfunctional!

Thank your lucky stars you found a corrective exercise practitioner before you went out and developed upper-cross syndrome from trying power cleans before you were ready.

And a word to the wise: you'll never be ready. So don't even think about moving any kind of respectable weights- we'll need to wait until your poop floats before we can let that happen.

The powerlifter goes to the gym to test her deadlift max. She relishes the anticipation of possibly setting a new Personal Record, and takes pride in being much stronger than most women.

As she works her way through her warm-up sets, she basks in the endorphin and adrenaline cocktail now running through her veins, and when her top lift has been accomplished, her confidence is boosted as she confronts her doubts and tests her will against gravity.

The Super Slow exerciser's workout isn't nearly as fun, unfortunately. For starters, super-slow repetitions aren't amenable to fun, worthwhile exercises like powerlifts, strongman events, Olympic lifts, or kettlebell drills. Typically, machines are used, which completely rob the exerciser of any possible sense of achievement.

But remember, this isn't supposed to be fun.

I should point out that I greatly admire the genius required to devise a form of physical activity so completely devoid of fun, pride, self-respect, accomplishment, functionality, and value. It's the combination of machines and super-low speed that makes this possible: most machines feature a cowling that masks the weight stack from the exerciser's view. Couple this with tai-chi-like slow motion, and you've got an activity that very closely mimics non-activity, even though it causes enormous pain.

Next Week…

Stay tuned for some powerful information and resources that I'll be sharing with you over the coming weeks. Even if you've been addicted for years, we'll help you gain control over your exercise-dependency problem once and for all!

His colleagues call him an iconoclast, a visionary, a rule-breaker. His clients call him “The Secret Weapon” for his ability to see what other coaches miss. Charles calls himself a “geek” who struggled in Phys Ed throughout school. Whatever you call him, Charles’ methods are ahead of their time and quickly produce serious results. His counter-intuitive approach and self-effacing demeanor have lead to appearances on NBC’s The TODAY Show and The CBS Early Show.

Currently, Charles competes in Olympic-style weightlifting on the master’s circuit, with a 3-year goal of qualifying for the 2009 Master’s World Championships.

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