Logical Training Advice

My name is Paul Marsland and I come from Liverpool in England. I've been training since I was 17 and I've made my fair share of training mistakes along the way but through these experiences I've learned a great deal about how to train effeciently and effectively for maximum results. This site is to help share that information in the hope that I might be able to help others from making the same mistakes and save years on ineffecient training programs or canned routines.

The people whom I consider to have had the most influence on me are:

Mike Mentzer

www.mikementzer.com

I consider Mentzer to be my original mentor and I'm still a huge fan of his work, although I don't agree with everything he has written, I have many of his books, courses DVD's, Videos and an even an audio tape set.

Brian Johnston

http://www.exercisecertification.com/

Brian Jonstson has been the most supportive and influential not only in how I train www.zone-training.net but more importantly, how I think about exercise and it's underlying principles.

Over the years I've written articles on the subject of weight training and my experiences with it, here are just a few.

High Intensity Thinking Parts I & II, Many thanks for Juan Lancaster for encouraging me to write a follow up and for publishing it

In this article I discuss in detail my training and the changes I've made, nothing is left unturned and its my most frank and honest article to date.

High Intensity Terms (http://www.geocities.com/ultimateironfitness/_hipm.html)

I wrote this article some years ago and although my views have changed somewhat I still believe it holds valuable information on the principles of exercise science and High Intensity Training . The artwork was provided by very good friend Mark Collins, the guy in the middle of the photograph.

Contradiction in Terms (this was published in the IART exercise science annual Synergy 2003)

See here: http://www.exercisecertification.com/books/Library/synergy%202003/synergy%202003.html

This is what I consider to be my best article to date, in it I challenge Charles Staley and his thought and principles regarding training including how the concept of intensity and how its viewed in regards to exercise.

I've also contributed and featured in the second edition of the Zone Training Book available from the International Association of Resistance Trainers website.

See here http://www.zone-training.net/success/Marsland/marsland.html

You can also read many of my thoughts, views and discussion on varoius topics on the subject of exercise science, althougth the board has not been active for a while it still serves as view point in how my thinking has changed over the years and there are some excellent discussion from which many people can learn.

http://p210.ezboard.com/fhighintensitystrengthtrainingfrm1?page=1

Artwork by Mark Collins