You can say what you will about Barry and me. We both have broad shoulders. My exchanges with Charlie go back to the time Mel invited both of us to join the Supertraining forum. Charlie knows how I feel about his insights, expertise, and contributions to the speed community, as well as the classy way he has helped forum members with problems not even directly related to speed enhancement.
You will not find any disparaging remarks about Charlie or his training protocols on the bearpowered forum. In fact, there is no other author whose works are so highly recommended on that site as Charlie’s. When I do my seminars, Charlie is the one I most frequently quote. Whenever I save up a few extra dollars, it’s one of Charlie’s e-books that I most look forward to purchasing. If you think there is a major disconnect between my positions and those of Charlie, check with someone who knows both of us, Tom Green. He can help set the record straight.
For those who disagree with our approaches, we sincerely respect your opinions. However, I’ve found a few previous posts to this thread somewhat disconcerting. It saddens me that forum members would denigrate the insights of Officer David Pike without knowing the background, particulars, or focus of his study. Pike, a US Air Force 2nd Lieutenant, was conducting a graduate school research project involving several fellow officers. When that project was complete, he forwarded the procedures, data, and analysis to Barry. Barry was not even aware of this project until Dave suggested he was planning to conduct such a study. Dave has no connection to Barry other than being a visitor to the forum.
After Barry received the data, he asked Commander Pike’s permission to present this information on bearpowered.
There are many things you can criticize us for. Just ask our spouses and they would agree. However, in this case, I think the classy thing to do would have been to avoid disparaging comments about someone before first getting the other side of the story. Officer Pike deserves better.
He had ‘no dog in this fight,’ and it is unfortunate that his link to Barry cast doubt on a project that, were its not for its association with someone you dislike, might have been given better consideration.