Interview with John Little, Author of The Max Golf Workout

Mike Gray — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:00:41 +0000

Recently, I told you about a book I read, called The Max Golf Workout. I was privileged to have an extended chat (see below to jump right in) with author John Little about The Max Golf Workout as well as the Max Contraction system, on which the Max Golf Workout is based.

The two main ingredients to Max Contraction strength training are:

Loading a muscle with maximal weight for a brief period in a fully-contracted position until 100% of its energy is drained.
Longer recovery times spanning from 7-14 days between workouts, or even longer in some cases.

This is quite a revolutionary system and John Little was kind enough to go into great detail. We covered a variety of topics in the 76 minute conversation. Some of the highlights include:

What Max Contraction is and why it is beneficial to you
Why longer recovery times are better for optimal strength gains
Why stretching and aerobic workouts aren’t all they’re cracked up to be
How strength training aids in weight loss
Why three simple strength training exercises, performed infrequently are all you need for basic golf strength
How over-training is one of the biggest problems in sports today, including the possibility that it may have led to Tiger Woods’ knee troubles

I also give some of my own impressions after trying out the Max Golf/Max Contraction workout for myself. I will cover my experience in more detail in a post later this week. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the interview.

Keep an open mind, and please feel free to leave comments discussing your thoughts and feelings.

The interview can either be accessed here (right-click and “Save As” if you wish to save it to your computer), or feel free to use the inline player below. Please forgive the few brief periods of jitter in the recording, as we were conversing over the web and clearly the information superhighway had a few traffic jams.

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Interview with John Little, Author of The Max Golf Workout