Archive for 'Training and Exercise'
Why side lateral raises generally suck
19 March 2008If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Most lateral raises are technically executed so poorly they are rendered worthless. The problem is poundage. Too much weight turns the lateral raise, purportedly a deltoid isolator, into a piss-poor trapezius exercise. The prime considerations in a lateral […]
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Two back exercises worthy of consideration and inclusion in the rotation
11 February 2008I love the big sweeping compound multi-joint exercises that require groups of muscles to work together in synchronization in order to complete the muscular task at hand. When it comes to working the back muscles it is important to understand that the human back has a half dozen component parts: erectors, teres, upper and […]
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Trade secret #77 The stiff-leg deadlift
28 January 2008Keith jogged my brain this past week by asking about tips the other day. I thought back and what percolated to the surface of my memory was the stiff-leg deadlift. Done as an assistance exercise for regular deadlifts, I was first introduced to them by the great Hugh Cassidy, the carefree Nietzsche of powerlifting. […]
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28-Day Beach Blitz Part 5 of 5: Weight Training and Cardio
9 May 2007 Complimentary Weight Training: Fast & Light
Picking a weight program to compliment a diet is like picking the perfect wine for a gourmet meal. The ideal progressive resistance training approach to compliment our 28-day, all-out diet assault could be summarized as follows: quick pace, slow rep speed, lift infrequently but lift intensely. All our efforts […]
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28-Day Beach Blitz Part 4: Calories and Getting Started
7 May 2007Establish a caloric starting point by multiplying your current body weight times 15. By way of example, a 200-pound individual would be allotted 3,000 calories to commence the process. Take into account the caloric expenditure associated with exercise and eat another small supplement meal to replace and replenish calories burned through lifting and cardio. […]
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28 Day Beach Blitz Part 3: Preliminary Preparations
3 May 2007 The first order of business is to establish a daily meal schedule. We don’t have time for baby talk or seductive murmurs so just read and then implement these seven bedrock principles:
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The 28-Day Beach Blitz Part 2: Diet Pedigree
25 April 2007You need to be methodical and precise as every single day counts. Time is the enemy and with only four weeks to work our magic we don’t have time for fumbles, second thoughts or confusion. The dietary approach we’ll use is tried and proven by competitive bodybuilders, the acknowledged experts on shedding body fat […]
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