Dave Draper's Bodybuilding Resources

Having a trainer move you through a joint mobilization program or a masseuse go to work on your soft tissue is fabulous. But it’s not enough. This stuff is of the “daily importance” variety, and none of us are rich enough or have enough time to trot across town to get that kind of hands-on help. We need a program to follow at home, something that requires cheap or free tools and that can be done quickly, pre- or post-workout as needed.

In the forum and around the internet we’re picking up more and more pieces of the puzzle, and for a lot of people practice makes perfect… the picture’s getting clear. Others, though, need guidance: What’s a foam roller?; what’s it do and how do I use it? and what’s joint mobility? isn’t that the stretching I did in high school? are common questions we hear, and maybe these are questions you’re wondering right now. Here's one path to the answers.

"Curiously, my goal remains the same as I get older (hang on for dear life), but my approach varies workout to workout. I employ the time-proven basic exercises with a few modifications to match my encumbrances, and choose a path of agreeable resistance. Some days, one or two out of 10, that path is the path of least resistance. The remaining days I travel with sufficient burden, occasionally too much." Dave goes on to discuss our forum Challenge, raps off a couple of good Q&A bits and shows us a snippet from Bat and Crazy.

~ Need to stop drinking
~ Finding fast food
~ Handling the aging process