Archive for 'Training and Exercise'
Base Strength
26 February 2007If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I once received a lesson in power and strength that lasted less than 10-seconds and provided me mental fuel that has burned for twenty years. In the mid-1980’s I was coaching a friend at a powerlifting competition. Also […]
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Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas Part III
14 February 2007The deadlift is an incredibly easy lift to understand: pull a loaded barbell from the floor to lockout in a smooth and uninterrupted motion. Pavel and Brett were competing in Vegas at the National AAU push/pull (bench press/deadlift) competition. Each man would need a few warm-up attempts before taking the first of three competition […]
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Progressive resistance workout pace:
22 January 2007I’m asked often, “How long should I wait between sets of weight training? Do I need to time myself with a watch like I read about in the magazines or see personal trainers do at the gym?” Some experts advise taking a set every 30-60 seconds and they demand punctuality – literally timing the […]
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Redux — Great forgotten exercise that most folks never knew to begin with: parallel bar dips
17 January 2007Parallel bar dips are without doubt one the best exercises I’ve ever used. Nowadays this magnificent compound, multi-joint exercise rarely makes it into the starting lineup of the modern trainee’s training regimen. Dips are super effective because they require three separate sets of muscles to work in muscular coordination in order to complete the […]
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How much time is needed to mount a serious training effort?
11 December 2006 In the world of physical transformation intensity trumps everything!
What’s the minimum weekly time investment you can slide by with and still make physical gains? I would say six cumulative hours. In 360 minutes you could perform three 60-minute weight training sessions and six 30-minute cardio sessions per week. Assuming you have a serious dietary […]
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5-rep sets: the default rep range
5 December 2006I had a conversation with Pavel Tsatsouline a while back and per usual his probing questions crystallized a truism that I’d long forgotten. He asked “Over the years did you develop a single preferred repetition range” What was ‘normal’ in my training. Put another way, what single rep range did I use most often […]
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Redux: Decline sit-ups with a twist
30 November 2006Sounds like an exotic drink, one with a little umbrella placed inside a lightly salted rim. This is a vicious gut exercise that purposeful primitives gravitate towards because, well, because it’s a vicious gut exercise and given a choice between easy and difficult, we’ll opt for difficult every single time. Crunches are handy and […]
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