Mike Boyle Aerobic Base

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@lylemcd

Why the hate towards Boyle?

Because every 3-4 months or so, conveniently packaged with his new overpriced DVD set, he decides taht ‘everything he’s ever known about training is wrong’ and that it’s time to make a bunch of absolute (and usually wrong) proclamations about his ‘entirely new concept of training’.

Which will then change 3-4 months later when he has a new product to sell.

A coach with 30 years of experience should not show that level of flip flopping or be that attracted to fads and bs. He should have a core philosophy that, at most gets updated or modified as he learns. He shouldn’t be throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Or deciding after 30 years that

1. Oh noes, back squats should never be done
2. Oh noes, the CNS is important (this was after he read a T-nation article by Jason Ferrugia last year).
3. Oh noes, aerobic work should never be done

If at this point in his career, he’s still this unaware of how to coach people, well…

That’s why the hate for Boyle.

Lyle

Lyle,

I know you used to frequent his forum. I left a while ago. I also see the issue of changing and selling new products.

However, training wise, Boyle hasn’t had athletes backsquat in years, which he favored front squats. A few years ago, he leaned towards one leg squats (not bulg split squats). Now it appears he favors the bulg split squats.

Looking at his training programs, he still favors tri and quad sets, rotating upper, lower and core training with keiser type exercises. It appears the exerciss he chooses has changed over the course of the past few years.