John McCallum's Keys to Progress

Keys to Progress by John McCallum is a worthy companion to Nautilus Bulletins 1 and 2. John was recognized as one of the greatest writers in the history of Strength and Health magazine. His series was informative, entertaining and inspiring.

It is uncanny how John McCallum and Arthur Jones, one in British Columbia, the other 1600 miles away in Florida, shared almost identical beliefs. Here's a sampling...

JM: The stiff-legged deadlift is a badly neglected exercise - Building Your CalvesI
AJ: stiff-legged deadlifts (a very, very good conventional exercise , but one most bodybuilders avoid entirely) - The Nautilus Principles

JM: When you finish, you should literally have trouble walking to a bench to do your pullovers. Your legs should be buckling and trying to collapse on you. If you can walk normally, then you're loafing - Hard Work
AJ: ; you should find it necessary to sit down for a moment after the set is finished; if you merely "feel like" sitting down, then the set wasn't hard enough - you should have to sit down to avoid falling down - Is It Worth the Price?

JM: You must provide stimulation for the arms by using a proper training routine for the rest of the body. Your arms just won't get very big without it - Arm Specialization
AJ: the arms will grow up to a point, but then additional growth will not be forthcoming - or at least not until heavy exercises for the legs are added to the training program - Indirect Effect

JM: Back exercises, like squats, have a growing effect on the rest of your body - Back Work for Bulk
AJ: When one muscle grows in response to exercise, the entire muscular structure of the body grows to a lesser degree...the larger the muscle...the greater the indirect effect - Indirect Effect

JM: There isn't an ounce of strength in a hundred tons of fat - Questions and Answers II
AJ: Fat can't contract, fat can't produce a force - Source to be determined

JM: Squats are the key exercise...they'll do more for your arms indirectly than all the concentration curls you'll do in the next twenty years - Gain Weight to Build Your Arms
AJ: it is difficult to build the size of the arms beyond a certain point unless the large muscles of the legs are also being exercised - Indirect Effect

JM: You're gonna do one set of twenty reps. And it's gotta be the hardest work you've ever done. You gotta be absolutely annihilated when you finish - Super Bulk and Power Thing III
AJ: The greatest single disadvantage that squats have is the fact that they are brutally hard if they are practised in a manner to give much in the way of results - Full Squats - Pro and Con

JM: You can do too many exercises - most people do. But you can't work too hard on any one set - Super Bulk and Power Thing IV
AJ: it has been clearly shown that it is almost literally impossible to overwork insofar as "intensity of effort" is concerned - Frequency and Extent of Exercise

JM: This is the hardest work you'll ever do; this is the most productive work you'll ever do - Leg Specialization for Bulk
AJ: in fact, properly performed, the squat is undoubtedly the hardest exercise that you will ever find. The hardest, and the most productive - From Here to Infinity

Keys to Progress is available from www.ironmind.com and well worth the trip back in time - much cheaper than a Hot Tub Time Machine!