Dan John is Coming To Town

Dan@IPG

Finally, here is the agenda for the Dan John event. Prepare to get wrecked!

Day 1: Sunday 27 December 2009

Talk #1 – Philosophy of Strength I
Session #1 – the JD Warmup
30′ break
Talk #2 – The Four Seasons + the Body is 1 Piece
Session #2 – Bow & Arrow: Teaching the Oly Lifts
30′ break
Talk #3 – Systematic vs. Systemic Education
Session #3 – Big 5 – 55

Day 2: Monday 28 December 2009

Talk #4 – Philosophy of Strength II: work/play/rest/pray + pick it up, put it overhead, & carry it for time/distance
Session #4 – the JD warmup
30′ break
Talk #5 – Tonic/Phasic Approach
Session #52 – Hardstyle KB
30′ break
Talk #6 – the Role of the Strength Coach + The Goal (is to Keep the Goal the Goal!)
Session #6 – Litvinovs

Transform

love his stuff and hope i can make it

Patto

I'd love to go to this. Reading Dan's book a the moment. I leave the book in the jax, nice short chapters, 1 chapter per dump. I don't know what I'll do when it ends. I might just start over again.

Anyway, no shows at home on December 26th and 27th = divorce for me. I look forward to hearing how it goes. Best of luck with this Dan!

Transform

Patto wrote: »

I'd love to go to this. Reading Dan's book a the moment. I leave the book in the jax, nice short chapters, 1 chapter per dump. I don't know what I'll do when it ends. I might just start over again.

Anyway, no shows at home on December 26th and 27th = divorce for me. I look forward to hearing how it goes. Best of luck with this Dan!

time of year wise i was thinking the same - divorce.

Hope there might be a change in schedule.......

Colm_OReilly

Should be there, Dan John is a seriously smart bloke.

Dan@IPG

I've pushed back the start of the Dan John weekend by one day to allow for the St. Stephen's Day tradition.

Anyone can sign up for both days or either of the two.

Day 1: Sunday 27 December 2009

Talk #1 – Philosophy of Strength I
Session #1 – the JD Warmup
30′ break
Talk #2 – The Four Seasons + the Body is 1 Piece
Session #2 – Bow & Arrow: Teaching the Oly Lifts
30′ break
Talk #3 – Systematic vs. Systemic Education
Session #3 – Big 5 – 55

Day 2: Monday 28 December 2009

Talk #4 – Philosophy of Strength II: work/play/rest/pray + pick it up, put it overhead, & carry it for time/distance
Session #4 – the JD warmup
30′ break
Talk #5 – Tonic/Phasic Approach
Session #5 – Hardstyle KB
30′ break
Talk #6 – the Role of the Strength Coach + The Goal (is to Keep the Goal the Goal!)
Session #6 – Litvinovs

spiral

will definitely be there really looking forward to this !!

Dan@IPG

I am getting a lot of feedback from people saying that they can not make the Dan John event because it starts on St. Stephen's Day.

THE DAN JOHN EVENT DOES NOT START ON ST. STEPHEN'S DAY!

It begins on Sunday 27-Dec-2009 and runs thru Monday 28-December-2009.

Yes, people can sign up for both days OR either one alone.

Roper

Maybe a friendly moderator could edit the first post? I know a lot of guys on this board are interested in this.

BossArky

Done.

Dan@IPG

BossArky wrote: »

Done.

Thank you.

gabgab

What sort of money is it per day?

itsallaboutheL

his seminars tend to be fairly practical don't they??

Not much point going if my back is in **** is there?

Dan@IPG

It's not complicated:
€200 per day
€50 discount per day for advance pay
€40 discount per day for members/students

There are 4 per day price scenarios:
person shows up at the door: €200 per day
person pays in advance: €150 per day (€200-€50)
member/student shows up at the door: €160 per day (€200-€40)
member/student pays in advance: €110 per day (€200-€40-€50)

The event is priced to cover costs and is priced very reasonably considering that, HELLO, IT'S DAN JOHN, and that similar types of 2 day seminars often run into the €1000 range.

As a point of reference, I've attended seminars or talks from the following industry names:
Charles Staley
Dave Tate
Pavel Tsatsuoline
Mike Mahler
Charlie Francis
Alwyn Cosgrove
Jim Wendler
Dan John

Dan John is the simply the greatest educator. Coach will have a profound influence not only on your training, but on your life as well.

Will Heffernan

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

his seminars tend to be fairly practical don't they??

Not much point going if my back is in **** is there?

You could always do what I do and just drink coffee...eat muffins and any time you get asked to do anything just hold your back and look sad...like you'd love to do it but you can't.

Dan John has actually been here coaching Oly lifting all afternoon. I've not lifted a finger...just drank coffee...ate those chocolate coin things and soaked it all up...learnt a heap just watching.

It is one of those things really...Dan John is probably never going to present In Ireland again...unless we bring him back...so if you wanted to see the guy who I think is the best presenter in the industry (and I've seen or know just about anyone and everyone of note) this is your only chance.

I think it is quite funny and quite uniquely Irish...and before everyone starts blasting away at me...I love Ireland...I wouldn't be here if I didn't...but take a look at the 5,3,1 thread here and and all the advice and all the opinion etc...I mean I sat here at my desk with Jim beside me and we looked at some of the advice being given and almost had to be hospitalised from the laughter...all those people asking questions and offering idiotic opinions (and I'm not saying that all of the opinions were wrong...because I think some advice given was spot on) could of spent what they normally spend on a couple of tubs of protein and NO Xplode and actually sat around and listened to and asked and trained with Jim Wendler himself...but they didn't...I think that is mentally deficient in a major way.

Dan John had a major impact on Crossfit (till they fell out with him...which by the way is pretty much a guarantee of what a high quality coach he actually is) and on its popularity...to the extent that when you look at message boards you still see him mentioned constantly and consistently...I just wonder how many Crossfit folks will turn up...or how many Oly lifters.

I suppose we'll see.

cardio,shoot me

Oh will, just thought id mention you where mentioned in a tmuscle article, cant remember the name of it, was about your 180kg bench :P

Will Heffernan

cardio,shoot me wrote: »

Oh will, just thought id mention you where mentioned in a tmuscle article, cant remember the name of it, was about your 180kg bench :P

Shhhhh...you'll ruin my reputation.

itsallaboutheL

Will Heffernan wrote: »

Shhhhh...you'll ruin my reputation.

Link....??

:pac:To your reputation obv, not the article!!

littlefriend

Best of luck Will, hope everything goes well.

Transform

super day yesterday and hope today goes just as well - disappointed i cant be there for both days.

Simple, informative and most of all practical. Took so much video to remind me as there was tons covered

Patto

Here, here Transform.

Amazing day, well done and a huge thanks to Dan himself and to Will and Dan in IP for bringing him over.

As Dan in IP said to me a few weeks back, a day with Dan John is worth a 1000 years on the internet, so is my marriage so I had to leave it at just the one day

Dan didn't disappoint, before the seminar started Dan had tried to hit me in the balls as a means of teaching the KB swing, he threw a 16kg kettle bell at my balls several more times just to make sure i was learnin', he and another burly volenteer tried the rip legs apart, he did all sorts of strange things to my feet and finished by putting a couple of inches on my horisontal jump. Oh, and I got a tee shirt, sweet deal Dan!

At the end Dan asked if we had one take away point from the day. I had a full page:o, not ALL of which I'll use right away, the main take home for me was probably the KB snatch.

Given the amount of guys who traveled from abroad I was suprised not to see more boards regulars there.

Roper

I had to miss Day 1 thanks to a family engagement, but thankfully managed to weasel my way out of another event to Day 2.

Dan is a great speaker and coach. Not only did he go through an awful lot of practical coaching tips for lifters, fitness enthusiasts and kettlebell folk, he also had a lot of good stuff to impart about goal setting, training philosophy and a few good anecdotes about training, cutting your fingers off and chatting up women. Dan (IP's one) did all the work on this so naturally I'll take some of his credit and say you're welcome to all that attended. As he said at the seminar, if people keep coming, we'll keep bringing the best in the business over.

Given the amount of guys who traveled from abroad I was suprised not to see more boards regulars there

I'll give you my answer to that, bearing in mind it's just my opinion. I just don't think people realise how much you can get from having someone like Dan or Jim Wendler speak to you about your training. I really don't think people realise the level that these guys operate on is way beyond what you might think. It's a bit like saying "here's a bajillion euro", you have no concept of it. These guys have literally seen thousands of athletes and ordinary joes walk in their doors and have worked with people just like you before. Over the course of the day with Jim and the day with Dan the thing that struck me most (and these are two VERY different people as anyone who was at both will attest) was the similarities in their training philosophies. ie. never go to max effort in training, don't worry about the minutae, just do the movements, look after your mobility and so on... It's January in two days and pretty much every gym goer/lifter including a good bunch of people on this site will walk into the weight room and do the total opposite, think they're doing deadly and come away with an injury after doing a few months of the usual. Seminars aren't cheap, don't get me wrong, and I understand the financial constraints people operate under, but it amazes me (and I include guys I coach in this more than anyone) how guys will spend **** loads on supplements, books etc. and won't pay to go to the source. I'd like to have Dan back in Ireland, but there's no guarantee that his and our schedules will allow that in the future. Here was one of the world's best strength coaches and 18 people got to see him in action. So be it. I'm glad I was one of them.

Transform

Roper wrote: »

I had to miss Day 1 thanks to a family engagement, but thankfully managed to weasel my way out of another event to Day 2.

Dan is a great speaker and coach. Not only did he go through an awful lot of practical coaching tips for lifters, fitness enthusiasts and kettlebell folk, he also had a lot of good stuff to impart about goal setting, training philosophy and a few good anecdotes about training, cutting your fingers off and chatting up women. Dan (IP's one) did all the work on this so naturally I'll take some of his credit and say you're welcome to all that attended. As he said at the seminar, if people keep coming, we'll keep bringing the best in the business over.

I'll give you my answer to that, bearing in mind it's just my opinion. I just don't think people realise how much you can get from having someone like Dan or Jim Wendler speak to you about your training. I really don't think people realise the level that these guys operate on is way beyond what you might think. It's a bit like saying "here's a bajillion euro", you have no concept of it. These guys have literally seen thousands of athletes and ordinary joes walk in their doors and have worked with people just like you before. Over the course of the day with Jim and the day with Dan the thing that struck me most (and these are two VERY different people as anyone who was at both will attest) was the similarities in their training philosophies. ie. never go to max effort in training, don't worry about the minutae, just do the movements, look after your mobility and so on... It's January in two days and pretty much every gym goer/lifter including a good bunch of people on this site will walk into the weight room and do the total opposite, think they're doing deadly and come away with an injury after doing a few months of the usual. Seminars aren't cheap, don't get me wrong, and I understand the financial constraints people operate under, but it amazes me (and I include guys I coach in this more than anyone) how guys will spend **** loads on supplements, books etc. and won't pay to go to the source. I'd like to have Dan back in Ireland, but there's no guarantee that his and our schedules will allow that in the future. Here was one of the world's best strength coaches and 18 people got to see him in action. So be it. I'm glad I was one of them.

totally agree and had the same problems with family (chop your balls off if you go for another day) commitments for the monday.

In my experience some people have an interest in these things and thats just where it ends, an interest, so they can talk about it but do not really want to know the basics best approach so they can return to their biceps curls program, take a ton of supplements (or not enough in some cases) and pretend they know what a tough workout actually feels like.

All in all i will be looking over the videos i took for quite some time

kieran dolan

Roper wrote: »

I had to miss Day 1 thanks to a family engagement, but thankfully managed to weasel my way out of another event to Day 2.

Dan is a great speaker and coach. Not only did he go through an awful lot of practical coaching tips for lifters, fitness enthusiasts and kettlebell folk, he also had a lot of good stuff to impart about goal setting, training philosophy and a few good anecdotes about training, cutting your fingers off and chatting up women. Dan (IP's one) did all the work on this so naturally I'll take some of his credit and say you're welcome to all that attended. As he said at the seminar, if people keep coming, we'll keep bringing the best in the business over.

I'll give you my answer to that, bearing in mind it's just my opinion. I just don't think people realise how much you can get from having someone like Dan or Jim Wendler speak to you about your training. I really don't think people realise the level that these guys operate on is way beyond what you might think. It's a bit like saying "here's a bajillion euro", you have no concept of it. These guys have literally seen thousands of athletes and ordinary joes walk in their doors and have worked with people just like you before. Over the course of the day with Jim and the day with Dan the thing that struck me most (and these are two VERY different people as anyone who was at both will attest) was the similarities in their training philosophies. ie. never go to max effort in training, don't worry about the minutae, just do the movements, look after your mobility and so on... It's January in two days and pretty much every gym goer/lifter including a good bunch of people on this site will walk into the weight room and do the total opposite, think they're doing deadly and come away with an injury after doing a few months of the usual. Seminars aren't cheap, don't get me wrong, and I understand the financial constraints people operate under, but it amazes me (and I include guys I coach in this more than anyone) how guys will spend **** loads on supplements, books etc. and won't pay to go to the source. I'd like to have Dan back in Ireland, but there's no guarantee that his and our schedules will allow that in the future. Here was one of the world's best strength coaches and 18 people got to see him in action. So be it. I'm glad I was one of them.

I totally agree, it amazes the amount of guys I meet at seminars that don't work in the industry of health related/strength/fitness/sport that attend seminars just to improve their knowledge of their hobby. What strikes me more is that these guys possess knowledge most guys in the industry will never have. Talking to a few of them the last few days the one thing i always say to them is "Why aren't you doing this full-time, making money from the knowledge you have and the passion for learning?"
We have guys that make the effort to come from abroad for seminars, guys that are their to enhance their knowledge of their hobby and the remainder are guys like myself roper, transfrom, will walshe and co trying to get better stuff so we can help our customers get better and more to the point safer results.

Killme00

Im very annoyed i couldnt make it to this, but family must be No 1.

Roper

Killme00 wrote: »

Im very annoyed i couldnt make it to this, but family must be No 1.

I think everyone knows at this stage that I'm number one.

Killme00

Roper wrote: »

I think everyone knows at this stage that I'm number one.

prowler squits again?

Inspector Coptoor

I'd like to thank all at IPG for putting on another great seminar.
I learned a shed load at the wendler seminar and learned an awful lot from dan john as well.

He gave me his insights into the V Diet which i hope to try after the single lifts.
I learned how to do the olympic lifts in an extremely uncomplicated way.
I learned how to target an area im quite weak in, my rhomboids.
I learned the proper way to do kettle bell swings, snatches, get ups.

the seminar did cost a nice chunk of change, but it was worth it and i would have paid more.

the best thing about Dan's style of presenting is that he gets to know his audidence very quickly and is able to relate what he is saying to your individual area of interest, be it crossfit, oly lifting, power lifting, rugby coaching or GAA coaching.

it was awesome

Colm_OReilly

Wish I'd made it to this but keeping CF open and the move meant it wasn't a runner unfortunately. I'll keep picking Will's brain for information I guess.

Transform

Liam Henners257 wrote: »

I'd like to thank all at IPG for putting on another great seminar.
I learned a shed load at the wendler seminar and learned an awful lot from dan john as well.

He gave me his insights into the V Diet which i hope to try after the single lifts.
I learned how to do the olympic lifts in an extremely uncomplicated way.
I learned how to target an area im quite weak in, my rhomboids.
I learned the proper way to do kettle bell swings, snatches, get ups.

the seminar did cost a nice chunk of change, but it was worth it and i would have paid more.

the best thing about Dan's style of presenting is that he gets to know his audidence very quickly and is able to relate what he is saying to your individual area of interest, be it crossfit, oly lifting, power lifting, rugby coaching or GAA coaching.

it was awesome

i would have to agree on his style - very relaxed and making it relevant to the individual all the time.

Transform

lots of videos and more to come from the seminar here -

http://www.youtube.com/user/Transform1234

too many to load up so have a look through as there is lots of great info and i have a few more also