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Organic Food: The Real Story

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:23:35 +0000

By Jamie Hale www.MaxCondition.com by EricT

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DIY Training Equipment Guide: Part 1 - Planning and Material Selection

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:00:31 +0000

by JoeWeir

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Food Labeling For Food Allergens

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:47:20 +0000

by EricT

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Romanian Deadlift (RDL)

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:14:14 +0000

The Romanian deadlift is a deadlift variation that is begun from the hang position rather than from the floor. This exercise was originally use by weightlifters1 to improve performance in the competitive lifts but the RDL is not really as similar to any phase of the clean or the snatch as many believe. It is, however, useful as a cross-training movement to develop specific musculature and...

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What Are Herbs Really Good For?

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:18:53 +0000

I recently published some very informative articles on ergogenic dietary supplements by Melvin Williams. Or at least "supposedly" ergogenic dietary supplements. Obviously, while many supplements may have health benefits, some are more ergogenic than others. by EricT

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Macrominerals

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:38:59 +0000

by EricT

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How To Read Food Labels

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:58:18 +0000

by EricT

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Creatine And Exercise

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:02:55 +0000

The 2007 ISSN Position Stand and Summary of Literature The ISSN Stand On Creatine Supplements 1.Creatine monohydrate is the most effective ergogenic1 nutritional supplement currently available to athletes in terms of increasing high-intensity exercise capacity and lean body mass during training. by EricT Footnotes 1. Ergogenic aids are any external influences that can be determined to enhance...

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Fight Or Flight: Lift or Die?

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:24:04 +0000

Have You ever heard someone say that in order to lift a very heavy load they imagine they are "doing battle" with the bar? Of course the real hardcore lifters don't say the word bar, they say "iron". "It's just me and the iron in a battle to the death," they say, or some such similar nonsense.1 Well they verbalize this thinking and, indeed, it can be somewhat contrived but the truth is we DO...

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For the Love of...Pullups And Chinups

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:39:08 +0000

by JoeWeir

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Paradoxical and Diaphragmatic Breathing

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:46:18 +0000

otherwise known as breathing wrong and breathing right, dude… Or..high chest breathing, chest breathing, thoracic breathing, accessory breathing I began to hit on this in a previous post, On Breathing.... The purpose of that post was to introduce the fallacy of "expanding the chest". To do so I focused on strongmen of old and their ideas about ribcage expansion. Indeed, that was a fetish that...

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Anderson Squats

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:38:14 +0000

Looking through the pages of GUS you’ve probably seen Anderson being used to describe squatting exercises. Way back when Paul Anderson was a major powerlifter he would deload his barbell during his squatting. The term deload, in this case, implies that the barbell is rested on the pins of a power rack or similar apparatus such that you are no longer ‘loaded’ with the barbell. Anderson used...

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Strength Consolidation: An Example

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:45:25 +0000

by Eric Troy All strength athletes, at certain times, must consolidate their gains and they will do this instinctually by adding reps to their present limit. As a matter of fact this is an "old-school" way of training and it is still prevalent. There is not a NEW way that is better by virtue of science or Russian periodization. The ways that work haven't changed…our attitudes and expectations...

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Strength Training with Single, Double and Triple Progression

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:38:03 +0000

by Eric Troy This article is about basic strength traning progression. If you are looking for information on using single rep training you should read The Singles Scene The only other person, besides myself, that I've known to speak in-depth about single, double, and triple progression is Anthony Ditillo. However, to be frank, most of what he said about it makes no sense to me and he...

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Deadhang Pullups Versus Whatever

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:21:41 +0000

A "question" about so called deadhang pullups has found it's way into way too many trainee's minds. We can blame Crossfit once again for muddying the waters. All "variations" of the pullup are really not changes to the basic exercise, they are just changes to grip. Beyond that you just pull your body up after hanging from a bar. You either start a pullup from a completely stretched "dead" hang,...

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Can't Do One Pullup? Stay Positive

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:18:53 +0000

Or..How to Do Your First Pullup By Eric Troy Countless articles have been written about pullups. MOST of those articles are assuming one has the ability to do at least a couple of pullups already. For those that can't even do one, which are MANY, well, that room is so silent you can hear a pin drop. by EricT

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How To Set Up the Dumbell Bench Press

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:35:54 +0000

by GUS Injuries and tweaks happen during dumbell bench press at two common instances. Picking the dumbells off the floor or a low rack. And during the setup. by EricT

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Ninety Second Rest Periods For Strength? Are You Kidding Me?

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:06:15 +0000

Ok, you are at your favorite forum or you are talking to one of the trainers in the gym and you want to know about rest periods. "How long should I rest between sets", you ask. Here is the typical first response you will get from the forum: "What's your stats?" Now you'd get that response from the forum whether you asked about rest periods or whether most people prefer chocolate chip over...

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Strength Training Rep And Set Range

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:50:41 +0000

by JoeWeir

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On Breathing...and Strongman

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:10:20 +0000

by EricT

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